Against the System

[!] MUST READ [!]
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In a land where everyone is born with magic, one boy has none.
Kaelen Verenth, fourteen. He keeps his head down and trusts the path laid out for him, until the day he steps beyond his door and finds a realm of blades, scholars, and whispering circles who all serve a pattern they can't name.
Roads feel rehearsed. Encounters click into place. The world moves as if someone is turning a page he hasn't seen.
There is a mind behind the curtain. Everywhere and nowhere. It bends truth in small ways at first, a shadow that moves after its owner, then in ways no one can ignore.
He isn't meant to notice. He isn't meant to ask.
Yet he does.
When the Loom trembles and the rules begin to slip, the only child without a spark may be the only one who can pull the right thread.
"Reality isn't real, cults worship glitches, people vanish either willingly or unwillingly. The System is not your ally."
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What to Expect:
▰ Skill, tech, magic.
▰ Morally complex protagonists.
▰ Slowburn Worldbuilding following character growth.
▰ Typical fantasy elements.
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Updates weekly.
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[!] Original work, do not distribute. [!]
[!] Not AI Generated. [!]
[!] Novice writer. [!]
[!] Posted on AO3, Royal Road, too. [!]
[!] Image taken from Pinterest, edited with Canva to add the title. [!]