Another day and another way to survive until his master arrived. Now he could only hope that his master wouldn't ignore him. At least that's what he thought.
He is Elurian, one of the chosen, trained by the guides, and he was only 10 years old, the youngest of the chosen. But he is no ordinary boy, for he has the potential to awaken supernatural powers. With his master, Rex Violet, the strongest of the guides, Elurian finds his way to save the world from the apocalypse.
There was another fact that Elurian is not from this world. He is a transmigrator who knows the end of this world.
"Has Master forgotten me?" he muttered as he lay on his back in the middle of the cold, snowy desert.
His gray eyes look dull as he realizes that he is trapped in this place and may freeze to death. He remembers his memories before he transmigrated to this world. That's what keeps him going and he doesn't want to give up here.
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Ahn Seohyun returned to the only place that was precious to him, where his brother was buried. The world had changed into something unrecognizable and he was left alone to survive in this cruel world.
"Hyung, are you waiting for me in there?" he murmured without any emotion in his voice.
In his hand was a thick, red-covered book with a golden title. Ahn Seohyun placed the book next to his brother's grave as a memorial on the day of his death. The book is a printed version of a novel written by his brother while he was alive, and the story is not complete, there is no ending to the story of the novel.
[The Tower of Desire]
That's the title. It is a fantasy story set in another world that is quite interesting. The protagonist of the story is one of the greatest characters who resembles the personality of his brother. Maybe his brother deliberately wrote a character similar to himself in the novel to enjoy writing it.
However, the story stops just as it is about to end due to his older brother's sudden death in an accident.
"Hyung, how should the ending be?" Ahn Seohyun also replaced the dried flowers with new ones he brought. "I've read it over and over again and I still don't understand how it ends."
Then he remained silent for a long time until the sky darkened and gray clouds appeared. Raindrops fell slowly to wet the place. It was then that he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.
"I finally met you. You were so hard to find and finally you came here alone to follow your brother?"
Accompanied by the sound of revolving weapons, people in black suits appeared around him. Ahn Seohyun smiled faintly. He knew this would happen.
It was time for him to say goodbye to his brother. It's not that he came to die, but he will go to another place far away to fulfill a certain task.
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"This is the end, right?" Ahn Seohyun said while taking something out of his pocket, an antique pocket watch.
"What..."
Ahn Seohyun turned around, facing his enemy. "Let's meet again at another time."
As he called out that, he pressed the button of the antique pocket watch in his hand and everything around him changed. Time stopped and the people froze like statues. Like a strange filter looming over this world, Ahn Seohyun looked somewhere before he was transported to a pure white room.
[Is this your choice?]
A voice of unknown origin echoed in his mind. The voice sounded static like a robot that couldn't be recognized whether it was male or female. Ahn Seohyun still couldn't get used to it since he first heard that voice. Now, he decided to reach out for help from the unknown entity.
"Yes," he answered.
[Alright, to reset the time of this world, you have to save another world from the apocalypse.]
Ahn Seohyun knows that. That was the request he submitted and the conditions given by that entity.
[The condition is as I have mentioned. You will have a different identity in that world, you can think of it as reincarnation.]
Strangely, the voice started to sound like a human. Ahn Seohyun was a little surprised.
[Good luck, the world under the control of the Tower of Desire is waiting for you.]
That last sentence was something Ahn Seohyun already knew. The novel written by his brother was no an ordinary story. That particular entity mentioned that the world existed and he had to complete the end of the story. But, he still didn't know what it meant.
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When Ahn Seohyun woke up, he found himself in a different body. The body of a boy with silver hair and gray eyes. Information about that body is provided by that entity.
Elurian, one of the children selected as a disciple of guides, is the direct disciple of this world's protagonist, Rex Violet. The entity immediately placed him close to the protagonist to make his mission easier.
However, with how he knows the protagonist, it seems difficult for him to get closer and get help from the protagonist. Rex Violet is someone who is not interested in human relations and only carries out his duties as a guide.
He wouldn't even blink if his disciple died. Ahn Seohyun, no, now he's Elurian, he thinks the protagonist's personality is similar to his older brother because, from the protagonist's point of view, Rex Violet only cares about people who are interesting to him.
That's right, Elurian's situation now is not optimistic because he has not attracted the attention of Rex Violet. So, there was a small possibility that his Master would come to save him. Even so, he still hoped for luck or perhaps because his Master resembled his older brother.
As he felt his body starting to freeze and his breathing became stagnant, he closed his eyes. If he wanted to save himself, it was almost impossible. He was indeed caught off guard because he thought as the chosen person, no one would harm him. That is exactly naive. That was due to his understanding from the novel that the chosen people would not be bullied.
Learning from his current situation, if he survived then he would have to see others as real people and not predictable novel characters.
At this critical moment, Elurian suddenly remembered another memory, namely when his brother gave him a gift. It's something that keeps him warm in cold weather just like scarves and jackets.
At that moment, the coldness around him suddenly disappeared and the warmth he had imagined became real. Elurian attempted to open his eyes only to see a reddish silhouette appearing by his side.
"Little rabbit, who made you like this?" The voice that sounded emotionless, but was filled with concern came from his Master, Rex Violet, which was quite surprising.
'Little rabbit?!'
Elurian, who was about to answer, felt his consciousness sink and finally he fell asleep.
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