The First Bard

Lyric Golden Light has always believed he was destined to become the greatest hero the world has ever known.
An undefeated duelist at the prestigious College of Swords, Lyric turns every battle into a performance, earning admiration, jealousy, and a reputation as the academy's most talented-and most theatrical-student. At his side is a simple wooden rapier carved by his father, a weapon everyone mocks except Lyric, who believes legends are made by the people who wield them, not the weapons themselves.
When the Headmaster publicly humiliates him, declaring that true legends carry legendary relics instead of carved sticks, Lyric leaves the only home he has ever known in search of a weapon worthy of his dream.
Hidden beneath the College lies the forgotten Archives of Echoes, where the stories of history's greatest heroes live on within ancient relics. There, Lyric expects to find a legendary sword. Instead, he awakens Astral Requiem, a mythical harp-bow forged from the world's first song-a relic that has waited centuries to choose its next bearer.
Its awakening sends shockwaves across the world.
Ancient relics begin stirring from their slumber. Forgotten legends return to life. And an organization known as the Choir of Silence, devoted to erasing every legendary story from history, sets its sights on the young bard whose existence threatens everything they believe.
Joined by his loyal cat-girl companion, Lanel, Lyric embarks on a journey filled with impossible adventures, legendary relics, and songs that inspire ordinary people to become heroes. Along the way, he writes The Lyrics You Crave, a performance that transforms him into the world's greatest entertainer and earns him the title history will never forget:
The First Bard.
As every legendary relic demands a curse in exchange for its power, Lyric must decide whether greatness is measured by the glory he earns or by the hope he leaves behind.
Because in the end, legends are not born.
They are written.