Chapter One: The Silence Inside
Everyone in the kingdom of Arelion believed magic came with light—glowing hands, flying sparks, spoken spells. No one imagined magic could be silent.
Thirteen-year-old Eryon Vale discovered his power by accident.
He did not touch anyone.
He did not speak a word.
He only thought.
And the man across the crowded market collapsed.
Eryon stood frozen, his heartbeat louder than the screams around him. He didn't understand what he had done—only that his mind felt heavy, as if something deep inside him had moved for the first time.
That night, Eryon learned the truth.
When he focused on a single person and allowed a dark thought to finish forming, something invisible obeyed him.
He could end a life with his mind alone.
Chapter Two: A Power No One Should Have
Eryon tried everything to stop it.
He avoided anger.
He avoided fear.
He avoided people.
But thoughts are wild things. They come uninvited.
One mistake nearly destroyed him.
That was when Master Kael, a wandering mage who could read echoes of magic, found him.
"You carry the Quiet Curse," Kael said gently. "A magic so rare that the world erased its name."
Eryon shook. "I don't want it."
"No one ever does," Kael replied.
Kael taught him the first rule:
A thought is not harmless just because it is silent.
Chapter Three: The King's Interest
Whispers spread.
A boy.
No spell.
No weapon.
The King of Arelion wanted Eryon found—not to protect the kingdom, but to use him.
Eryon ran.
Every step away from the castle was a step toward freedom, but also toward danger. Because if the king captured him, Eryon knew what he would become:
Not a boy.
Not a person.
A command.
Chapter Four: The Hardest Choice
The king's soldiers cornered Eryon at the edge of the Black Forest.
Fear screamed inside his head.
One thought—just one—and the threat would end.
The power stirred, ready.
But Master Kael's words returned:
Power that obeys you will also define you.
Eryon closed his eyes.
And instead of ending lives, he turned the power inward—locking it behind walls of discipline, pain, and control.
The soldiers fell unconscious, not harmed, their minds overwhelmed but alive.
Eryon collapsed.
He had chosen the harder path.
Chapter Five: The Boy Who Refused
Years passed.
Eryon became a guardian—not of people, but of himself. He lived far from crowns and commands, mastering meditation, restraint, and clarity.
The world never knew how close it came to fear itself.
Legends grew—not of a killer, but of the boy who could have ended everything… and didn't.
And in that choice, Eryon proved something far more powerful than magic:
True strength is not what you can destroy
but what you refuse to.