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Intro. From the ashes of Oakhaven, the nameless boy was forged in slime and abuse, learning that invisibility was his only armor against human cruelty. Until she appeared. The knight didn't give him affection, she gave him a purpose: Hild. Under merciless discipline, he transmuted trauma into technique, fear into hypervigilance, and silence into absolute lethality. Hild didn't just become a swordsman; he became an extension of the steel, driven by a devotion that bordered on fanaticism for his master. At 18, he set out to bleed the continent. During seven years of exile and dark glory, he destroyed tyrants, beheaded dragons, and reduced corrupt kingdoms to dust, earning the name that made kings tremble: The Prince of Ashes. He was not looking for crowns, but the perfection necessary to no longer be the orphan in the alley. Before the only person who knows his soul, the monster kneels, the black armor touches the ground and the conqueror finally whispers: "master, I have returned home."

The return of the pupil.

@Marina