Chapter 1: The Awakening of a Forgotten Existence Part 1 The world did not know his name. And honestly... Adrian Voss preferred it that way. In a world filled with billions of people, he was just another ordinary person living an ordinary life. No one looked at him and saw anything special. No one could imagine that beneath his fragile body was a forgotten will that had once challenged the existence of an entire universe. To everyone else... He was simply Adrian. A twenty-four-year-old final-year Civil Engineering student from Hinthada, Myanmar. A young man who spent most of his days dealing with assignments, thesis requirements, and the endless pressure of graduation. Nothing about his life suggested that he was connected to something beyond human understanding. In fact... If someone looked at his life carefully, they might even wonder why everything seemed so difficult for him. Since childhood, Adrian's body had always been weak. Unlike other children who could run outside without worrying about anything, Adrian often became tired quickly. Illness followed him. His physical strength was far below average. Even simple things that others considered normal sometimes required more effort from him. Growing up with a fragile body shaped his personality. He became quieter. More cautious. He learned not to expect too much from the world. But despite everything... He still tried to live normally. His family was the reason. Adrian lived together with his parents in a simple home in Hinthada. His father and mother owned a small grocery store. It was not a large business. It could not compare to huge companies or wealthy families. But to Adrian... It was home. Every morning, the familiar sound of the shop opening would wake him. His father arranging products. His mother preparing things for the day. The simple conversations between them. Those small moments became a part of his life. Things that seemed meaningless to others... Were precious to him. Because Adrian knew what it felt like to be unable to do many things. He knew what it felt like to watch others move forward while he remained behind. His younger brother was different from him. More carefree. More energetic. Sometimes they did not talk much. Sometimes they had different ways of thinking. But they were still family. The people who stayed beside him regardless of his weaknesses. And then... There were his two dogs. The two creatures that always seemed to understand him better than anyone. The male dog had pure white fur. He was quiet and loyal, always staying near the family. The female dog had white fur with yellow patches across her body. Unlike the male dog, she was much more playful. Whenever Adrian returned home, she would immediately run toward him. For someone who often felt like the world ignored him... Those simple moments mattered. Sometimes Adrian wondered if animals were kinder than humans. They never judged his appearance. They never cared about his weak voice. They never laughed at his failures. They simply accepted him. And maybe... That was why he loved them. ... The day after his first thesis seminar... Adrian sat quietly inside his house. A cup of coffee rested in his hand. The morning sunlight entered through the window. Outside, the sounds of ordinary life continued. Motorcycles passing by. People talking. The movement of a normal city. Everything was peaceful. Yet Adrian felt tired. Not physically. Something deeper. The kind of exhaustion that came from carrying invisible weight for too long. His first seminar had finished successfully. But instead of feeling proud... He only felt relieved. One more burden was removed. One more step closer to graduation. He looked at the coffee in his hand. A small smile appeared. "Finally..." He whispered. "Almost finished." For most people, graduation was a celebration. For Adrian... It was simply the end of a long struggle. He placed the cup down and leaned back. His eyes slowly closed. For a moment... Everything was quiet. Then... Something happened. A feeling he had never experienced before. A strange pressure appeared deep inside his mind. Not pain. Not fear. Something older. Something impossible. His breathing stopped. His heart suddenly beat faster. And inside the deepest part of his consciousness... Something opened. A memory that did not belong to this life. A battlefield beyond imagination. Countless stars burning. Ancient civilizations falling. A lonely figure standing above endless worlds. A name. A name that felt both unfamiliar and strangely familiar. Aetherion. Adrian opened his eyes. The coffee cup in front of him trembled slightly. His face became pale. "What..." He whispered. "What was that?" He did not know. He could not understand. But somewhere deep inside... A forgotten existence had begun to awaken.