Traders of Aetherglow

A quiet orphan remembers a life he never got right. Ten-year-old Rael Dawnrise wakes up in a small-town orphanage with two sets of memories—one of a childhood still unfolding, and another of a burned-out adulthood that ended without meaning, ambition, or regret… only exhaustion. The world around him feels the same. The iron bunks. The school uniform. The quiet streets of Sunview. Until the sky begins to crack. Strange lights appear where nothing should exist. Sirens replace routine. And creatures that do not belong to this world descend through wounds in reality itself. As civilization struggles to survive an incomprehensible invasion, Rael is forced to face a truth he avoided in his past life— Doing nothing is no longer an option. In a world where reality itself begins to compress, fracture, and rewrite its own rules, Rael must navigate survival, loss, and a power system no one understands yet—this time determined not to drift, not to hesitate, and not to waste the life he’s been given again. have already edited the symposis on webnovel to include that I am publishing it on royal road as well