by Fenric69
The system isn’t broken. It’s just waiting to be stained." In a world powered by "Pure" Blue Mana, Arthur Fenric was born a glitch. To the Royal Academy, his crimson energy was a disease—a hollow, infectious rot that lacked the harmony of the Great Font. For twenty-six years, the disgraced prince tried to harmonize. He tried to be "pure." He failed. Exiled to the Frost-Bound Barrens with nothing but a rusted blade and a death sentence, Arthur finally stops trying to breathe underwater. Out here, in the sub-zero silence, his "disease" reveals its true name: [SYSTEM MIMICRY]. Arthur doesn't channel mana; he infects it. He doesn't study spells; he steals their blueprints. By Staining the world around him, Arthur realizes that the "holy" resonance of the Kingdom is just data waiting to be overwritten. From the density of ancient cedar to the predatory speed of frost-beasts, everything is a resource. Every "Pure" soul is just a battery. The High Lords think they discarded a prince. They don't realize they unleashed an Architect. The Barrens were his laboratory. The Kingdom will be his masterpiece.
