Virat: Abandoned by Destiny

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Some memories disappear with time.

Some are buried beneath pain.

Some are hidden behind fear.

And some...

are simply forgotten because the person carrying them was too young to understand their meaning.

But forgotten...

does not mean lost.

Sometimes...

a memory only waits.

Waiting for the right moment...

to return.

V's body burned with fever.

His breathing was uneven.

His small hands trembled beneath the blanket.

Lily sat beside his bed.

A damp cloth rested against his forehead.

She carefully removed it.

Then touched his forehead again.

Still hot.

Her expression tightened with worry.

"V..."

She gently placed another cool cloth against his forehead.

Outside the room...

Brald stood silently.

Nefi was nearby.

Niki had also come to check on him.

Alistair stood farther away.

No one spoke.

Everyone could feel that something was wrong.

But perhaps...

the fever wasn't the only thing consuming V.

For days, the Sage's ten prophecies had remained inside his mind.

Questions.

Warnings.

Possibilities of a future he could not understand.

The more V thought about them...

the heavier they became.

And perhaps...

his body had begun carrying the weight his mind could no longer bear.

Inside the room...

V's breathing suddenly became heavier.

His eyelids trembled.

And then—

the world around him disappeared.

Five Years Ago...

V was five years old.

His tiny body lay weakly upon the bed.

Sweat covered his forehead.

His breathing was shallow.

Lily sat beside him.

She held his little hand tightly.

"V..."

Her voice trembled slightly.

"I'm here."

V slowly opened his eyes.

"Mama..."

"I'm here."

Lily smiled gently despite the worry in her eyes.

"Don't be afraid."

V tried to move.

Pain immediately crossed his face.

His body felt as if it were burning from the inside.

"Mama..."

"I don't feel good."

Lily's eyes became moist.

"I know."

She gently stroked his hair.

"Just rest."

But something inside V was changing.

His blood was moving strangely.

His heartbeat became louder.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

V suddenly grabbed his chest.

Lily's expression changed.

"V?"

His body trembled.

A strange crimson glow appeared beneath his skin.

Lily froze.

"What..."

The glow spread through his body.

V cried out.

"Ahhh!"

Lily immediately held him.

"V!"

She looked toward the doorway.

"Liza!"

A presence suddenly appeared.

Liza stepped into the room.

Her expression was serious.

She immediately approached V.

"Move back, Lily."

Lily hesitated.

"But—"

"Trust me."

Lily slowly moved aside.

Liza placed her hand above V's chest.

Her eyes widened.

"So..."

"It finally awakened."

Lily looked at her.

"What awakened?"

Liza remained focused on V.

"His Skill."

V's trembling became stronger.

"Skill...?"

Lily whispered.

Liza nodded.

"Yes."

She looked at V.

"V has awakened an Ultimate Skill."

Silence.

Lily stared at her.

"An... Ultimate Skill?"

"Yes."

Liza's voice remained calm.

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"But his body is still too young to handle it properly."

V's breathing became heavier.

Lily immediately returned beside him.

"Then what do we do?"

"Keep him calm."

Liza placed her hand against V's forehead.

"And don't let him fight the pain."

V's eyes were half closed.

"Liza..."

"I'm here."

"What's..."

"inside me?"

Liza looked at him.

"Something powerful."

V's tiny fingers tightened around the blanket.

"Is it..."

"bad?"

Liza's expression softened.

"No."

She gently touched his head.

"Power isn't good or evil by itself."

"It depends on the person who uses it."

V stared at her through his fever.

Liza continued.

"What awakened inside you is called..."

She paused.

"Blood Elevation."

The words entered V's mind.

Blood...

Elevation...

But he was too young.

Too sick.

Too exhausted to understand what they meant.

His eyes slowly closed.

Lily held his hand.

Liza remained beside him.

"You don't need to understand everything today."

"Just survive this first."

Hours passed.

V's fever remained dangerously high.

Lily never left his side.

She changed the cloth.

Gave him water.

Checked his breathing.

Adjusted his blanket.

Whenever V moved restlessly...

she immediately held his hand.

Eventually...

V's breathing became calmer.

His fever slowly began to fall.

Lily released a breath she hadn't realized she was holding.

"He's better."

Liza nodded.

"Yes."

Lily looked at V.

"He'll be okay?"

"He will."

Liza smiled faintly.

"But..."

She looked toward V.

"There's something you need to understand."

Lily looked at her.

"What?"

Liza's eyes became serious.

"This Skill..."

"Will become a part of his life."

Lily remained silent.

"And if he doesn't learn to control it..."

Liza paused.

"It may one day try to control him."

Lily's expression changed.

"Then..."

"Teach him."

Liza looked at the sleeping child.

"I will."

V's consciousness slowly faded.

The fever became a distant sound.

The room disappeared.

The voices became quieter.

And then...

everything became white.

Pure white.

No floor.

No sky.

No walls.

Nothing.

V opened his eyes.

He stood alone.

"Where..."

A familiar voice came from behind him.

"You finally came."

V turned.

"Liza?"

Liza stood there.

She smiled.

V stared at the endless white surroundings.

"Where are we?"

Liza walked toward him.

"This place..."

She looked around.

"...is yours."

V blinked.

"Mine?"

Liza nodded.

"I gave you the power to create this place."

V looked around.

"Why?"

"Because sometimes..."

Liza smiled.

"People need somewhere outside the world to talk."

V stared at her.

He was too young to understand the meaning.

"What's this place called?"

Liza looked toward the endless white horizon.

"The Eternal White."

V repeated it quietly.

"The Eternal White..."

Liza nodded.

"You can come here when you need to."

V smiled faintly.

"Really?"

"Yes."

Liza placed her hand on his head.

"But remember something."

V looked up.

"What?"

"Not everything you learn here will be easy to understand."

V nodded seriously.

"I'll remember."

Liza smiled.

"I hope you do."

But V was only five.

His body was sick.

His mind was exhausted.

And the power inside him was far too great for him to comprehend.

The memory began fading.

Liza's voice became distant.

The white world disappeared.

And the words she had spoken...

slowly slipped away.

Present Day

V's breathing suddenly changed.

His fingers moved.

The memory returned.

Not completely.

Not at first.

Fragments.

A white world.

A familiar face.

A gentle voice.

A promise.

The Eternal White.

V's eyes remained closed.

But another memory surfaced.

Crimson.

Pain.

Blood.

Liza.

Five-year-old V.

The first awakening.

The warning.

Everything began connecting.

And then...

V remembered.

Crimson Space

V stood inside a completely different world.

Unlike the peaceful white emptiness...

this place was surrounded by crimson darkness.

The ground beneath him seemed to move like liquid blood.

Liza stood before him.

She looked older than she had in his childhood memory.

Her expression was calm.

But serious.

V stared at her.

"Liza..."

She smiled faintly.

"So..."

"You finally remembered."

V looked around.

"This place..."

"Is connected to your Blood Elevation."

V's eyes narrowed.

"Do you remember what I told you when you were five?"

V remained silent.

"I told you that Blood Elevation was an Ultimate Skill."

"At that time..."

"You were too young to understand anything beyond that."

V lowered his eyes.

"I forgot."

"I know."

Liza's voice was gentle.

"Back then, you didn't listen carefully enough."

V looked at her.

Liza smiled slightly.

"Today..."

"Listen carefully."

V nodded.

"I will."

Liza raised one hand.

The crimson space slowly changed.

Images appeared around them.

Blood.

Memories.

Pain.

Connections.

Liza spoke slowly.

"Blood Elevation isn't simply the ability to make your blood stronger."

"It interacts with the things that flow through you."

"Your memories."

"Your emotions."

"Your pain."

"And your bonds."

V's expression became serious.

"Memory Echo..."

A crimson ripple appeared.

"Blood Elevation can leave echoes of memories within the blood."

Another ripple.

"Shared Pain."

V's eyes narrowed.

"Pain can be carried..."

"felt..."

"and in certain circumstances..."

"shared."

Another crimson light appeared.

"Blood Bond."

The light connected two points.

"Blood can strengthen a connection between people."

V remained silent.

Then...

the crimson light darkened.

Liza's expression became serious.

"And then..."

"Blood Hunger."

The atmosphere changed.

V felt something cold move through his body.

"What is it?"

Liza looked directly at him.

"An instinct."

"An instinct that seeks more."

"More blood."

"More power."

"More."

V's fists tightened.

"And if I lose control?"

Liza's expression hardened.

"Then Blood Elevation stops being your tool."

"It becomes your master."

Silence.

V stared at his hands.

Liza continued.

"Blood Elevation has three levels."

The crimson world behind her changed.

Three enormous symbols appeared.

"The first..."

"Blood Elevation."

The first symbol illuminated.

"You are here."

V looked at it.

"Level One."

"Yes."

Liza looked toward the second symbol.

"Level Two..."

"Blood Ascension."

The symbol remained covered in darkness.

V frowned.

"What can it do?"

Liza shook her head.

"I don't know."

"The complete power of Level Two is unknown."

V looked toward the third symbol.

It was almost completely hidden.

"And that?"

Liza's expression became unusually serious.

"Crimson Genesis."

V waited.

"What does it do?"

Liza remained silent for several seconds.

"That..."

"Even I cannot tell you."

"The power..."

"The conditions..."

"And the price..."

"All of it is unknown."

V stared at the darkness.

For the first time...

he felt something deeper than fear.

Responsibility.

Liza stepped closer.

"V."

He looked at her.

"Never let Blood Elevation decide what you will become."

V remained still.

"Your power may become stronger than you."

"Your instincts may become louder than your reason."

"And one day..."

"You may be forced to choose between what your power wants..."

"...and what you believe is right."

V looked at his hands.

"Then..."

"How do I know which one to choose?"

Liza smiled softly.

"Remember who you are."

She sat beneath the crimson darkness.

Then looked at V.

"Let me tell you a small story."

V sat beside her.

"Once..."

"There was a river."

"Beside the river stood a small tree."

"And near the tree..."

"there was an old stone."

"The tree believed the river would always flow beside it."

"The stone believed it would remain exactly where it was."

"And the river..."

"believed nothing at all."

V listened quietly.

"Years passed."

"The river changed its path."

"The tree grew old."

"And the stone slowly became smooth."

V's eyes remained fixed on Liza.

"Everything they thought would remain forever..."

"changed."

Liza looked toward the crimson horizon.

"Because almost nothing in this world remains exactly as it is."

"Power changes."

"Strength changes."

"Time changes."

"Even the world around us changes."

She looked back at V.

"But there are things worth holding onto."

V listened.

"Family."

"True friends."

"People who stand beside you..."

"not because they need your power..."

"but because they care about you."

Liza placed a hand over V's chest.

"Those memories..."

"Those bonds..."

"They can remain inside you even when everything else changes."

V lowered his eyes.

Liza smiled.

"So don't try to control everything."

"Don't try to make the world remain the way you want."

"Protect what matters."

"And let the rest change."

V was silent for a long time.

Then...

he looked at his own hands.

The crimson light reflected in his eyes.

Liza's words slowly settled inside him.

Power was not the answer to everything.

Power was a responsibility.

V raised his head.

"Power exists to protect..."

He paused.

Then finished quietly.

"Not to control."

Liza smiled.

"Exactly."

The Crimson Space began fading.

Liza's figure became distant.

"V..."

Her voice echoed.

"Remember this."

V looked at her.

"Power is yours."

"Never become its."

The world disappeared.

Present

V's eyes opened.

His breathing was heavy.

For several seconds...

he simply stared at the ceiling.

Then—

"V!"

Lily immediately leaned toward him.

His eyes moved toward her.

"Mama..."

Lily's expression softened with relief.

"You're awake."

She placed her hand against his forehead.

The fever had weakened.

But it was still there.

Lily quickly adjusted his pillow.

"Don't move too much."

She brought water.

"Drink slowly."

V obeyed.

He looked at her.

Her face was tired.

But she was still there.

Just like before.

Five years ago...

she had sat beside his bed.

She had held his tiny hand.

She had watched over him through the fever.

And now...

she was doing the same thing again.

Only this time...

V was ten.

He was older.

Stronger.

And he finally remembered what had been hidden inside his own memories.

Lily gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Does your head still hurt?"

V shook his head slightly.

"Not as much."

Lily sighed in relief.

But she noticed something in his eyes.

A distant worry.

A thought he wasn't saying aloud.

She didn't know about the Sage.

She didn't know about his ten prophecies.

She didn't know what kind of future V had been thinking about.

She only knew that her son was carrying something heavy.

Lily gently held his hand.

"V..."

He looked at her.

"Whatever is troubling you..."

"You don't have to carry it alone."

V remained silent.

Lily continued.

"Whatever happens to you..."

"I will be here."

She gently smiled.

"So you don't need to worry about everything right now."

V looked at her.

"You don't have to live tomorrow before tomorrow arrives."

The words struck something inside him.

V's eyes widened slightly.

The Sage's ten prophecies.

The future.

The questions.

The fear.

All of them returned to his mind.

But Lily's hand remained warm around his.

She knew nothing about what was troubling him.

Yet somehow...

she had given him exactly the words he needed.

Lily gently touched his forehead again.

"Right now..."

"You're here."

"You're safe."

"And you have your family beside you."

V slowly closed his eyes.

For the first time in days...

his mind became a little quieter.

Outside the room...

Brald finally relaxed.

Nefi lowered her worried gaze.

Niki quietly stepped away from the doorway.

Alistair remained silent.

But even he could see...

V was finally awake.

Tia slowly approached the room.

She looked toward Lily.

"Mummy..."

Lily turned.

"Yes?"

Tia looked at V.

"Is Brother okay now?"

Lily smiled gently.

"Yes."

Tia nodded.

She looked at V for a moment.

Then asked quietly,

"Can I stay here with him?"

Lily smiled.

"Of course."

Tia quietly entered the room.

She sat near the bed.

No jokes.

No laughter.

She simply stayed there.

V looked at her.

Then at Lily.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

His fever hadn't completely disappeared.

The pain hadn't completely vanished.

And the mystery of Blood Elevation had only become deeper.

But now...

he remembered.

The Eternal White.

The Crimson Space.

Liza's warning.

And the truth behind his power.

More importantly...

he remembered something else.

The future could wait.

Tonight...

he was here.

His family was here.

And that was enough.

V slowly closed his eyes again.

Not to escape.

Only to rest.

Lily remained beside him.

Her hand gently held his.

Just as it had five years ago.

Tia quietly remained nearby.

Outside...

the night continued peacefully.

The world kept changing.

But inside that room...

for a little while...

nothing needed to.

V had his family.

He had those who cared for him.

And somewhere deep inside his memories...

Liza's words remained.

Power exists to protect...

Not to control.

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