Aethelgard’s Zenith: The Luminous Shadow
Reborn into his favorite, brutal novel, "Aethelgard's Echoes," Lucius Valerius di Corvino awakens not as the struggling protagonist, but as a privileged scion with a secret weapon: an overpowered System and knowledge of the dark future. In a modern world crackling with elemental powers and shadowed by corporate-noble intrigue, the prestigious Aethelgard Academy prepares to select its newest cohort through merciless duels. Lucius, gifted with the impossibly rare affinity for Light and cursed with memories of a world destined for chaos, must become colder, more ruthless than the villains he despised. With golden eyes reflecting a calculating mind, he'll manipulate allies, shatter rivals, and perhaps steal a heart or two along the way, all while carving his own path to absolute power. Forget destiny; Lucius is here to rewrite the echoes of Aethelgard, bathing the coming darkness in his own blinding, lethal light.