The sun shines brightly outside and through the window, a ray of sunlight travels inside what appears to be an ordinary room with books scattered to every corner, seemingly ordinary but containing the mystery of the universe that brings terror and blessing to those who gaze upon it.

The Black-haired young man stirred from his sleep, awakened by the sunlight that disturbed his slumber. Absentmindedly, he pinched his cheeks to wake himself from a daze.

Scanning the room with his charcoal-colored iris, hoping for any changes but seeing that nothing changed, same as yesterday's layout. Dejectedly he half dragging his body to do his morning routine.

Three days ago, he woke up in this body with severe pain all over his body, that felt like his body had been run over by a truck! Alongside the memories of this body named Raphael.

Raphael Lumiere is an orphan boy from the orphanage and at the age of eight he is unexpected adopted into the Lumiere Household a powerful and influential family in this country.

Because of his lovable and Obedient personality, he quickly gains the love of the Lumiere family, even though the blood of Lumiere does not run from his veins, they treat him like one.

But as they said don't judge the book by its cover, at the age of 12, he is finally shown his true color an arrogant, spoiled brat, self-centered, a human garbage!

His trash personality begins at the age of 11 when he realizes his trash talent, it's starts with some simple envy and then transforms into hatred, but yet still deep in his heart, hoping that maybe someday a miraculous encounter will awaken his talent.

As a year passes, the hope within him is completely extinguished. Realization struck him when he witnessed the unparalleled talents of his step-siblings. The cute and obedient personality has changed drastically to more sinister, far from his positive personality.

But even though his rotten personality seeps through to his false facade, the love of his adopted parents never forsaken him, but his rotten behavior eventually becomes unbearable, even for those who care for him.

At the age of 16, Raphael can now be enrolled in any university to do the 2 years training program to become an official [Transcendent] of any affiliation. But because of being talentless and failing to awaken his path or natural born affinity, Raphael is considered an ordinary person, but with the help of Mr. Lumiere, Raphael acquired the [Nature's Bracelet], a transcendent artifact from 4th path of [Nature] that could rival a [Transcendent].

While he may have been successfully enrolled in one of the most prestigious transcendent universities, trash is still trash, becoming the laughingstock of the entire internet.

The Scattered Memories of Raphael Lumiere and his old memories are continuously drilling into his brain, The two memories, old and new, completely merge into one body. All of this was completely integrated into his mind. He became Raphael, as his new identity.

A wave of dizziness washed over him, the room spun, and then everything went black.

Raphael woke up for the second time drenched in a cold sweat clinging to his skin and still in the same room before he fainted.

He began sorting through his jumbled memories to figure out what's happening right now.

From his new memory, the last thing he remembers is being confined in this room with books for one whole week because of his constant harassment of his brother's childhood friend.

And the last thing that he remembers from his old memory is fighting against the otherworldly creature then he... Died.

For the sake of the future, there are always other things that are far more important than others, so he chose to become the salvation for others.

He's been reincarnated twice. His first reincarnation was in a barren wasteland, a realm of nothingness. Reincarnated with creative powers, he became overwhelmingly powerful so from nothingness, he created his children to accompany and assist him in stabilizing the world.

It should be a wonderful happy ending but the otherworldly creature went crazy and wanted to seize the world, and then with no other choice, he sacrificed himself.

Just thinking about those otherworldly creatures made his blood boil!

Because of them, he was separated from his children!

"My children..." he muttered and his face was etched with worry.

Not wasting more time, he used the remaining days of being confined to organize the new and old memories and to gather more information about the current era

.....

"Unknown Era, Mysterious Era, Ancient Era, Divine Era, Demon Era, Foreign Era, Human Era, New Era, and finally Modern Era" he gently closed the book with a sigh and then opened a new one.

During his confinement, he realized he had been dead for an unknown number of years and the world has passed through seven eras.

Before he unexpectedly traveled, he was a native of the original blue planet known as Earth, a modern world with science and technology, this world is vastly completely different, a world filled with magic, gods, and multiple realms

"The modern era..." Raphael was delighted when he found out how far this world had progressed.

When he first time he arrives here, multiple creatures are rampant everywhere, with no order and pure chaos only and the world itself is constantly defending against the invasion of otherworldly creatures from the cosmos

He was inherently lazy but capable of working when necessary. After knowing that he has the power to save this world, he creates his children to become a [Concept] for this world to survive.

Without entertainment, his lazy self would have died because of loneliness, but thanks to his cute creations for accompanying him, he survived.

Thinking about his cute and obedient kids, Raphael couldn't help to worry about them. He could sense them and their corresponding authority within him, but their unknown locations and current status caused him greater concern.

When he died what happened to his children? Are they being bullied?

If the [Creator] died will its creation die too?

"Where did my kids go?" Raphael mumbles, worry lacing his voice.

He's almost finished reading all the books in this room, but he found no information about his children, or even about [Concept] is nowhere to find.

At least his weeks of confinement yielded valuable insights, he gained a deeper understanding of this day's current era.

For example, the [Transcendent], is a powerful entity that exceeds its limits by awakening its corresponding path to ascend. There are multiple paths, such as the path of [Order], [Freedom], [Dream], [Fire] and other more.

"These paths... oddly enough, they seem familiar," Raphael said suspiciously, his brows furrowed in thinking.

As if a switch had been flipped, the bright and cozy room plunged into an eerie silence, and a touch of mystery infused the air. An unknown power seemed to stir, guarding the truth and preventing anyone from uncovering its secret.

But who is he?

He is a [Creator], the father of multiple [Concept].

With a simple flick of his finger, he dispersed falsehood, and the truth slowly revealed itself. Then a sudden, intense headache surged through his skull, then vanished as quickly as it came and a low groan escaped his pale, quivering lips.

Raphael is the creator of [Concept], allowing him to use at least a portion of the authority of his children

He uses the authority of the [Truth] of one of his children to remove the distortion. But he didn't expect to encounter such resistance.

Who could it be? Someone is preventing him from knowing the truth?

"But that's the authority of [Fallacy], it's...."

A sudden knock came from the door, shattering the silence, and startling him.

"Can I come in?" The deep voice of his young attendant, laced with hidden anger, resonated from outside the room.

Raphael's attendant is named Lark and from his memories, Lark, also suffered harassment from the original Raphael, therefore, his hatred is understandable.

"The door isn't locked."

Lark threw open the door and strode inside, he aggressively said "Mr. Lumiere wants to see you in his office!" Then followed by crossing his arms he added "Within thirty minutes!"

Raphael's eyebrows rose as he listened, then replied with a smile "I don't like your tone, young man."

Lark's face darkens.

Young man!? What is he smiling for? It's creepy!

Not wanting to stay any longer with this psycho. He offered an insincere apology. "I'm so sorry but I must leave now."

"Oh?"

"..."

"..."

A tense silence hung in the air for three minutes before Raphael finally asked, "...Don't you want to leave yet?"

Gritting his. "Then excuse me." He hurriedly left the room and yanked the door shut, relieved to finally be free, away from the weirdo.

Raphael's smiling face froze as his gaze fell upon the closed door. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he wondered "Is my smile really that scary?"

Not wanting to dwell deeper on his smile, he stood up to straighten his appearance to become more representative in front of his adopted father.

"I feel like I've forgotten something important..."

Once more, the air thickened with a mysterious force, far more powerful than the previous blurring envelope of the room.

"He will likely remember it later if it's truly important..."

The invisible power dissipated on its own, transforming the room into a warm and cozy haven atmosphere bathed in sunlight.

.....

Reaching the front door of Mr. Lumiere's office, Raphael felt a wave of nervousness wash over him. It was a natural response because he was about to face a high-level [Transcendent] of 3rd path of [Judgement].

Will he notice that something is wrong with me?

The [Transcendent] ranked from 9th to 1st path, the lowest the number, the stronger the value of the individual, 7th to 9th are low-level, 4th to 5th are mid-level, and 1st to 3rd are high-level Transcendent.

He took a deep breath, gathering his resolve. He knocked gently on the door. "Father."

"Come in."

With an audible click, he opens the door and then walks inside. Then there he is, Lloyd Lumiere the head of this family.

Without raising his head, he said in an authoritative tone "Have a seat."

The office layout is simple yet elegant, featuring a central table and two long sofas positioned on either side of the room for guest seating.

Raphael chose the right-side sofa to sit on, wearing an obedient facade to hide his nervousness.

"Dad..."

"This is your last day of confinement," he said, his voice cracking slightly without him noticing. "Tomorrow you return to university and resume your studies." The weariness and disappointment in his tone were evident to Raphael.

"Raphael, you have less than a year until you reach legal adulthood and become an official Transcendent. I expect you to do your best."

Raphael wanted to retort,Your voice doesn't have an ounce of expectations! But don't have the power to do it, and swallowed his words

Now he understood the unsettling feeling that he felt. From the moment he entered this office, His adoptive father hadn't raised his head to acknowledge him, nor even glance his way, Not even once.

The truth hurts the moment you become aware of it.

"Raphael, do you understand?" His stern voice is like pouring a bucket of cold water on him.

"I understand."

I understand very well! How pitiful, me and the original Raphael.

His nervousness instantly vanishes, regaining his composure. "Sir, I have a request."

Immediately, Mr. Lumiere stopped what he was doing and briefly raised his head. "What is it?"

Raphael felt a lump forming in his throat, but he forced it down and a faint trembling ran through his lips.

It's pathetic that I'm hoping for a normal family.

"Please grant me permission to access the top floor of the grand library."

"Do you realize what you're asking?"

"I do, sir"

Mr. Lumiere stared, his expression flat and unimpressed, as he looked at his adopted son. "I'll try if possible," he said, then lowered his head to continue his work, dismissing Raphael with a wave of his hand.

Without bothering with a farewell, Raphael left the room without looking back.

I miss my kids...