Chapter Zero: The Forbidden Archive
Ren Kisaragi, a 19-year-old university dropout, thought rock bottom was hiding in a manga café, dodging reality with instant noodles and unread emails.
He was wrong.
Without dying, without warning, Ren is dragged into a vast, timeless prison—a forgotten library stretching into infinity. There, in a realm untouched by time, he meets a girl unlike anyone he's ever known: Seris Vel’Zereth, the feared and legendary Witch of Greed, imprisoned for over 1,000 years for a crime she may not have committed.
Ren has no powers. No cheat skills. No system.
He can’t even read the magic books.
But when the library begins to awaken—when ancient shadow guardians rise, and reality itself begins to fracture—it becomes clear that Ren’s presence is not a mistake. Someone, or something, has disturbed the laws of this sealed world.
Worse still, an all-seeing, faceless observer tells Ren the truth:
There is no way back to Japan.
Not for him.
Not for Seris.
And yet… Ren makes a choice.
If he can’t return home, then he’ll break this place open and walk forward with Seris—no matter what waits for them beyond the library's walls. Even if the world calls her a monster. Even if it costs him his life.
After all, his grandma always said:
"A real man doesn’t let a girl cry alone."