The Tyrant's Light Chapter 1: Awakening

Chapter 1: Awakening

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[Darkness.]

[A heavy, suffocating weight pressing down.]

？？？

Do you regret it?

[A voice. Low. Unfamiliar.]

Jiang Dungi (past fl)

Regret?

[She forces her eyes open. The world is blurred, distant. Something feels… wrong.]

Jiang Dungi (past fl)

I regret nothing.

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Then wake up.

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[The pain hits her first.]

[A sharp, blinding ache in her skull. Her body feels foreign, too light, too delicate. The scent of antiseptic fills her lungs.]

An yue (fl)

Where… am I?

[The ceiling above is unfamiliar. White walls. A hospital room. The distant beep of a heart monitor.]

[A rush of memories floods in.]

An yue (fl)

No.

[That’s not right. These aren’t her memories.]

[A different life. A different name.]

An Yue.

[A forgotten heiress. A girl who faded into the background while her family stripped away everything that should have been hers.]

[She was weak. Powerless. A pawn to be sacrificed.]

Jiang Xinyi—no, An Yue— lets out a slow breath.

Tch. How ridiculous.

[A second chance. A different world. A weaker body, but the same mind.]

[They expect her to remain a pawn.]

[She will become a queen.]

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[The door opens.]

[A nurse steps in, startled to see her awake.]

Nurse

Miss An Yue! You’re awake! I’ll call the doctor immediately—

An yue (fl)

Wait

[The nurse hesitates. Something in her tone makes her pause.]

Nurse

Y-Yes?

An yue (fl)

How long was I unconscious?

Nurse

Two weeks, Miss An. You were in an accident

An yue (fl)

And my family?

[Silence.]

[The nurse shifts uncomfortably.]

Nurse

Your cousin visited… once.

[A wry smile curves An Yue’s lips.]

[She already knows the truth.]

[They wrote her off. Left her to die.]

An yue (fl)

I see.

[Fine.]

[If they don’t want her… she will make them regret it.]

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[Later, when the doctor finishes his examination and leaves, An Yue sits in silence.]

[The memories of this body settle in. The betrayal. The dismissal. The way her name was erased from the family records, as if she never existed.]

[She exhales slowly, adjusting to the weight of it all.]

[A new world. A new game.]

[And she?]

[She refuses to lose.]

End of the chapter

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