Eren screamed as the world tried to delete him.
The system couldn't decide what he was anymore—protagonist, NPC, threat, or error. His skin cracked like porcelain. Not bleeding—splitting. Light poured out. Not divine, but corrupted.
Kai stood still, watching. Not with pity.
With curiosity.
> "You're mutating," Kai said. "Good. Let's see what you become."
[System Alert: Fatewretched Anomaly Reached Stage 1]
[Class: Undefined | Power Source: Narrative Rejection]
> A being fueled by what the story no longer wants—but cannot forget.
Eren rose.
Half his face had fractured into radiant glyphs. His voice echoed with multiple narrative timelines, overlapping, confused.
"You were supposed to die at the trial," he whispered.
"You were supposed to make me."
Kai shrugged. "I did make you. Just not into what they wrote."
Eren charged.
---
The battle was not fair.
Eren had raw force, the kind built from shattered prophecy and system grief.
But Kai had control.
When Eren lunged, reality lagged. Kai blinked forward.
[Skill: Narrative Override – Slow-Mo Beatdown]
> Insert a cinematic combat trope. Trigger frame-by-frame control for 3 seconds.
He landed a palm on Eren's chest.
"Sit down."
Eren exploded backward, crashing through a wooden cart. Villagers screamed. The earth buckled.
> [Your legend grows.]
---
But Kai didn't move to finish him.
Because something else was coming.
Something new.
---
Divine Layer: Live Override
"He's collapsing the emotional pacing of the arc," snapped one god.
"He weaponized sympathy. We're losing genre cohesion."
"Enough," said another. "Deploying replacement."
[Override Command: Inject New Chosen]
[Designation: Seraphine Elen Astraea]
Role: Divine-blooded Heroine / Lightmage Class / Savior Prodigy]
Insert Point: Mid-battle.
Style: Fall-from-the-sky entrance. Wings. Tears. High emotional contrast.
---
Back in the mortal plane…
The sky ripped open above the battlefield.
Light poured in.
A girl descended, slow, glowing, wrapped in white flames and weeping hope. Gold-blonde hair. Skin like moonlight. Wrapped in prophecy.
The villagers gasped.
> "An angel!"
"A divine hero!"
"The real one!"
Kai looked up.
> "Oh, no. Not this cliché."
---
She landed gently beside Eren's ruined body and turned to Kai.
"You've twisted fate," she said, her voice shimmering. "I am here to restore it."
Kai stared at her.
Then burst out laughing.
---
"You think you can restore a story I already broke?"
She drew her staff, glowing with celestial runes.
> "I don't have to win. Just hold the line until they delete you."
Kai's smile sharpened.
[New Power Detected: Trope Corruption – Lv.0.3]
> You may now hijack, subvert, or weaponize common genre conventions.
Current options: "Forbidden Romance," "Enemy-Rival Conversion," "Fated Betrayal," "Light-Dark Polarity Collapse"
> Use with narrative flair for best results.
---
He stepped forward, unarmed, and met her glowing eyes with his void-black ones.
> "You're the golden girl. The system's white knight. Everyone's darling."
> "So let's make this fun."
He held out his hand.
"Fall in love with me."
---
[TROPE CORRUPTION: Forbidden Romance – ACTIVATED]
> Attempting to bind opposing forces through emotional contradiction.
Impact: High destabilization risk. High backlash. High drama.
Her eyes widened. "W-What are you doing—!?"
Her light dimmed slightly. Her grip faltered.
> Confusion. Emotional bleed. Beginning doubt.
---
The villagers watched, caught between worship and fear.
Eren rose behind her, fractured and screaming.
Seraphine hesitated.
Kai smirked.
> "Welcome to the new story."