Zokaro was trapped in the body of an infant, unable to fully control his body. His mother was always changing his diaper, and he could neither walk nor stand.
One day, his mother carried him in her arms in the garden of their home, far from the noise of the city. What Zokaro saw at that moment left him stunned, unable to understand what was happening before him. It was his father and his sister Kalia, using their magical powers and strong skills; his father wielded the element of fire, while his sister possessed the element of water, though her abilities were very weak compared to her father’s.
Here, Zokaro began to think deeply, wondering about his place and the story of this world. He started trying to make sense of everything happening, and how his sister and father could possess magical power. His mother Rinma stepped forward to treat her daughter.
Zokaro remembered what that strange entity had told him, and what Raibo had said about their king and his plans to rule the world. He gathered his thoughts and began to uncover the story of the world, the entities, and the system that governed it. All these things had been imagination written by his own hands, yet they had become reality amidst a world blended with fantasy.
Zokaro recalled everything he had written, and the story of this world was known as "The Maze"; a maze with no salvation or exit, no final refuge, where everyone would die under the grip of the entities of Loryza.
Loryza were the entities Zokaro had met; a powerful and ruling race with authority, who were scheduled to enter war alongside humans.
Afterward, Zokaro forgot the events of his story and how to organize them to recall them, and he did not know what to do. He had to remember all events to save his family. But currently, he was weak and powerless in a world ruled by authority, strength, and noble blood.
Days passed, and Zokaro's mind was confused for an infant; he did not respond to anything, not even his first smile. Rinma noticed this and began to worry, fearing he might have autism. No matter how his sister tried to play with him and make him laugh, there was no response from him.
He remained like this until nine months after his birth, when he began to move all four limbs and control his body slightly, though his mother always watched him closely to prevent any harm.
He was not like any ordinary infant; he rarely liked to sleep during the day, except occasionally. He began going out of the house to the garden to observe his sister’s training with their mother, who was teaching her to control the element of water.
Here, Zokaro recalled an important fact: in this world, a child is born with one or two elements inherited from their parents or one of them. He noticed that his sister did not use the fire element, only the water element, and anyone with the water element had a method for healing injuries or illnesses.
Zokaro’s imagination expanded, realizing that he needed to inherit both elements to develop them and become much stronger.
After a month, Kalia turned eight years old and reached the age permitted to join the Magic Academy, a prestigious academy to learn magical arts, control internal powers, and reach higher levels.
Dazkor decided to return to the kingdom of Riba for Kalia to join the academy’s classes.
Rinma said: "But we have been out of the kingdom for ten years… we do not know if we will adapt to them again."
Dazkor replied: "It’s fine; we will try to adapt again to the nature and environment there… and Zokaro will be suitable for it as well."
Rinma said: "But you know that upon your return, the king will force you to join his army; he has insisted on this for a long time and even threatened you with your position."
Dazkor answered: "Do not worry. Now I am an ordinary person after my return. So let us go back for the sake of our children’s future, and my old friend will help me."
After two months and the quick arrival of summer, Zokaro turned one year old.
His mother began preparing the luggage to go to the kingdom of Riba, to start a new life there.
The world ended the moment his story became real.
Zokaro was a failed novelist who poured his life into a world no one cared to read.
After finishing his story, he believed everything was finally over.
Then the world collapsed.
When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer who he once was—
reborn into the very world he had created, surrounded by familiar faces that were no longer the same.
Monsters he once imagined now roam freely.
Characters he wrote now shape reality.
And the ending he knows is one where no one survives.
Armed with forbidden knowledge, a body that refuses to break,
and a darkness that slowly awakens within him,
Zokaro must decide whether to follow the fate he wrote—
or destroy the world again to rewrite it.
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