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“If you could relive your life—not to chase fame or fortune, but to right your deepest regrets—would you dare face your own past?”

Yun Fei was an ordinary man in his thirties, living a life soaked in the bitter wine of missed opportunities and mistakes. A failed business, a broken family, friendships turned sour, and the loss of the only girl who truly loved him—his world was a long list of what-ifs and if-onlys. He wasn’t evil, but he had been weak. Not cruel, but often silent when he should have spoken. His was a life not ruined by one catastrophic event—but by a thousand small regrets that, over time, swallowed him whole.

And then he died.

Not in glory, not in battle, not even in some poetic tragedy.

Just… alone. Forgotten.

But death wasn’t the end

Born Again with My Future Regrets

Scene: Rooftop, Time-Frozen Reality

The air was thick with distortion.

Kairoth's blade—composed of ruptured memories and split seconds—hovered mid-strike. Inches from Lin Xiya's chest.

Small. Fragile-looking. A gentle glow wrapped around his limbs like silk ribbons made of moonlight.

Lin Xiya's heart slammed against her ribs.

The boy looked at her, eyes wide with tears he didn't shed.

> "I was born in a timeline where you both lived. Where the Swan Ring wasn't broken. You died saving the world, Mama."

Yun Fei rushed to steady her, but his own hands trembled.

"I was only three when the Echo Collapse began. But I was chosen by the Swan Ring's final feather. It sent me here—to protect the moment where everything begins again."

Kairoth paused, tilting his head as if hearing distant static.

"This… was not in any simulation."

"You defy deletion, then birth paradoxes to protect yourself. A son from a dead time."

> Swan Ring Protocol – Echo Shield: ACTIVATE

Status: Lin Xiya – TEMPORARILY IMMUNE TO TERMINATION

A dome of white energy burst from Yun Xi, forcing Kairoth backward.

Then came a voice—not the child's—but something older, female, and familiar:

From behind the clouds descended a figure wrapped in swan feathers and threads of light—

The Swan Ring Warden. The original keeper.

"Still interfering, mother of threads?"

"They remembered too early. But fate does not like being cheated." She turned to Lin Xiya. "And neither does destiny."

His fingers were still locked around Xiya's wrist. She clung to his arm, eyes unfocused, lips trembling.

"I missed you, Dad," he whispered.

Yun Fei froze. Every wall around his heart shattered.

He knelt, pulling the boy close, barely choking out: "I… I never even knew you."

"I know," Yun Xi whispered. "But you loved me. You both did."

The child handed him something glowing.

> Unlock Partial Future Memory Thread?

Warning: May alter emotions permanently.

Together, they pressed their hands to the key.

A small house in the countryside. Cherry blossoms outside.

A toddler running barefoot through grass.

Yun Fei chasing him with a camera, laughing.

Lin Xiya in a sundress, holding a tray of fruit juice.

Systems fell. People forgot love. Cities shattered.

They died holding each other—ensuring their son could escape.

The Swan Ring granted him a miracle:

Yun Fei held her as Yun Xi stood between them.

"I don't know how long I can stay," the boy said. "But I'll help until the Swan Ring calls me back."

Kairoth glared from afar, outside the shield dome.

Then he vanished—fading into shattered echoes.

As normal time resumed around the school…

Only three people remembered what happened.

And the child who shouldn't exist.

> New Mission Unlocked: Thread of the Son

Protect Yun Xi for 3 days. Every timeline now watches.

Chapter 15: Our Son from a Shattered Tomorrow