The Lion Has Returned
“As my last wish, kill me Carl,”the king said with breathless voice.
“.....You really are an idiot, brother.”
Carlos looked down at the king, unblinking yet his voice filled with pain, his tears falling down. And Carlos laughs bitterly and sounds broken. And he lifted the blade higher, tip aimed for the heart to finish quickly. For his brother to not feel the pain and be free from those strings that control him immediately.
“....Brother, you never changed”
And Carlos drove the sword downward to meet his brother’s heart…
But the throne room shattered. The throne room’s doors that have been closed for eternity had blown open and thousands of swords had just been thrown to him in an instant with a terrifying speed. His eyes widened.
Something massive passed between him and his brother, faster than thought and attacking him. He didn’t have time to lift his blade. And a shadow came between them and then—
Nothing.
His brother had opened his eyes as Carlos fell to the ground and his last breath was caught in his throat. And he heard something… a scream…as he could no longer open his eyes.
And only darkness was there.
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At twenty-eight, Carlos returned from the war bearing scars no crown could heal. He had fought, bled, and stood against his own brother—the beloved king—whose soul had been twisted by divine control. When Carlos finally won, just as he raised his blade to end it all, a stranger struck him down first.
He never expected to open his eyes again.
But he does—fifteen years old once more, with the weight of his memories and a god whispering in his mind. He’s been sent back, not to win a war, but to prevent it. To stop his brother from becoming a puppet. To unravel the path that led to destruction. And maybe this time... to protect the bond they once had.
But the palace is full of masks. Power is a poison. And the closer Carlos gets to changing fate, the more fragmented his memories become—flashes of lives and deaths he doesn’t fully understand.
The god who brought him back says this is redemption.
But is he a savior... or something else entirely?
Can Carlos protect his brother, rewrite destiny, and hold on to the fragile peace he never had?
Or is the past more unbreakable than time itself?
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