Why Does Everyone Keep Mistaking Me for a Monster?

[Western LitRPG | Progression | Isekai | Dark Comedy] Bad news: Ashenmere’s Ring Gate keeps gutter trash below. Good news: Kael’s boots are already on the wrong side. Kael Rourke stands at Ashenmere's Ring Gate with no Sigil, no Class, and no invitation. The guards seal every route out. Without a Sigil or writ, Kael can’t leave. A gilded window snaps open: THE WAYFARER’S LEDGER. “Twelve soul-marks! Our gutter-ring nobody is trespassing like an Apex-tier disaster. I adore the confidence; those boots are still tragic.” Arrive where you have no right to be: 12 soul-marks. Train, fight, or improve yourself, and the Ledger charges you for ambition. Day 1: a guild captain mistakes Kael’s silence for an Apex threat and gives him a vault key. Day 7: the Houses bid for the “monster.” Day 30: that captain begs at his boots—then an Apex asks, “Who let him in?”