BtClouds
"There's no panacea for regret.
You cannot cure every illness, and not everyone you wait for will come home.
But if someone reaches for you, stay.
Sometimes, being there is the only cure that matters."
-Sheng Vaelor
Takeru Natsuki was twelve when he died, after spending most of his childhood waiting for his heart to become healthy enough for his real life to begin.
He never got to travel with his mother. Never saw the clouds from above. Never reached the future he kept promising himself would come later.
In Buena Village, another child is born only weeks before Rudeus Greyrat.
His name is Sheng Vaelor.
Sheng grows up within the same world of swords, magic, demons, nobles, adventurers, mistakes and consequences-but he is not simply Takeru living again under another name. What remains of that first life survives imperfectly, while Sheng grows into a person of his own.
BYŌJAKU TENSEI is an OC-centered alternate continuity written out of love for the Mushoku Tensei light novels. It follows the original chronology and characters as closely as it can be faithfull, while exploring how one additional life can change the people and events around it.
Sheng is not meant to replace Rudeus, solve every problem, become unbeatable because he is the protagonist, or collect relationships without consequence. He will learn, fail, lose, grow, and sometimes be unable to change anything at all.
Some original characters, lore and mechanics will appear, but I will try to keep them compatible with the logic and progression of the Six-Faced World.
This is Sheng Vaelor's story.
"No matter what anyone says, I won't stop trying to heal the rest."