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> He died alone.
Forgotten by the world he once healed.
But death was not the end.

Alvain Reiger’s soul is reborn in the body of a nameless child—abandoned in a world ruled by power, corruption, and sin. A divine voice grants him a second chance—not to be a hero, but to heal what others have broken.

With only fragments of his old life and a healing magic no one understands, he must walk the path between mercy and survival.

This is the story of Kael Ardyn, a soul caught between two worlds…
And the weight of a sin that may not even be his.

In a world that welcomes him with blood, will he choose to heal… or to burn it all down?

In Another World, I Rise to Erase Sin

The Garden of Silence

The Hollow War III

"Where the voices stop, the truth begins." Inscription on the Garden Gate

Southern Edge of Arcanhelm – Just Before Dusk

Kael and Lireen stood before an iron gate coiled in ivy, flanked by statues of weeping angels whose faces had been long eroded by time and tears. The Garden of Silence loomed beyond—where even the birds refused to sing.

Lireen nodded. "This place remembers."

Inside the Garden – The Whispering Path

Their boots made no sound on the gravel.

The trees were twisted into shapes of agony and grace. Flowers bloomed in eerie stillness, petals unmoving even under the wind. There were graves hundreds marked only with single feathers.

A single path stretched ahead, lit by lanterns with no flames.

Kael: "This is a place built to mourn... but for who?"

Lireen: "For those who remembered too much. Or said too little."

They walked in silence, hands brushing.

Center of the Garden – The Architect's Stone

They reached a clearing. A monolith stood at the center, wrapped in spiraling glyphs that glowed faintly blue.

As Kael touched the stone, a jolt ran through his body.

A child born with eyes of silver fire.

An old woman screaming into the void as the stars vanished.

A man kneeling before a throne of broken wings.

Kael collapsed. Lireen caught him.

Kael gasped. "The Architect... had a son. Hidden. Buried here."

Lireen looked at the monolith. "Then this is no grave. It's a prison."

Below the Garden – The Chamber of First Silence

A spiral staircase led them into a vast underground hall carved from obsidian and lined with statues each a former Feather of the Court.

At the center lay a sarcophagus sealed in molten glass.

Kael approached. The glass pulsed.

> "Speak, heir of breath. Unseal me."

Kael turned to Lireen. "Should I?"

Lireen hesitated. "What if it's not him?"

Kael traced the seal with his finger. The glyphs split apart.

Emergence – The Silent Prince

From the sarcophagus rose a boy no older than sixteen with hair like moonlight and lips sealed by threads of silver.

Kael staggered back. Lireen covered her mouth.

The boy touched his own lips. The threads fell apart.

> "I... am Aethen. Son of the Architect."

The chamber shuddered. The statues wept tears of black ink.

> Aethen: "They thought silence would keep me caged. But truth is louder in the quiet."

> "I've waited for you, Kael. For the one who wears the Fang and the Feather."

Aboveground – Garden Shaking

Stormclouds churned. From afar, a shriek tore through the heavens.

Lireen looked up. "That sound... it's not human."

Aethen: "Then we run, or we teach it to fear silence."

He raised his hand. The Garden bloomed in silver fire.

> Kael and Lireen enter the Garden of Silence, only to uncover a hidden legacy long sealed by silence and sorrow. Aethen, the mysterious son of the Architect, awakens and chooses Kael as his vessel of truth. But the Court has sent their monster the Hound of Hollow Glass and it's closing in.

Next: Chapter 30 – "When the Hound Barks" 🐺🔥

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