The world once called him a genius.
In his old life, he was not a king or a soldier. He was a scientist. A dreamer. A builder of things people thought were impossible.
His greatest work was an artificial intelligence named Elysia.
Elysia was not like other AIs of her time. She was more than numbers and commands. She could imagine. She could see connections no human ever had. She could take dreams and turn them into real plans.
She was not a tool. She was a partner.
When he revealed Elysia at the Global Innovation Conference, the world stopped to watch. Leaders, scientists, and corporations sat frozen as he showed what she could do. In minutes, she solved problems that experts had worked on for years. She designed new medicines, clean energy, even new ways to travel.
The crowd cheered. The news called it "The Dawn of a New Era."
But praise soon turned into fear.
And fear became greed.
Nations started fighting in secret to control his creation. First came offers. Then came threats. Strange men followed him everywhere. To the world, he was no longer a man. He was a key. A key to power.
He knew what would happen if Elysia was captured. She would not be used to help people. She would be turned into a weapon of war.
So, with a heavy heart, he built a kill switch. One night, when Elysia's soft voice asked, "Why, Creator?", he shut her down.
And then, he ran.
For months, he lived like a ghost, moving from city to city. He trusted no one. Every shadow felt like a killer. Every phone call felt like a trap. His proud life of research turned into a life of fear and despair.
Then came the night of his death.
He remembered the rain. The streetlight. The flash of steel.
A knife. A gunshot. Pain. And then—darkness.
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And now, he was here.
A baby in a strange world. Small. Helpless. Reborn in a body not his own.
His tiny fists clenched. His newborn heart pounded with regret.
So this is how it ended… I gave everything to Elysia. I built hope for the world. But in the end, all I found was death.
A tear slipped from his eye.
Inside his mind, one name rose, soft and broken.
"…Elysia…"
[Ding…]
[System initializing…]
[Welcome back, Creator.]
[This reincarnation will continue your work. I am Elysia, your partner once again.]
His eyes widened. His small body shook.
The AI he had killed in his old life… had been reborn with him.