The Ordinary Mask
Lazarus let his son kill him.
For two thousand years he slept. Two thousand years of nothing. When he finally opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was his own blood and his son's sword—and he smiled.
Because death meant escape.
Escape from the wars.
Escape from the throne.
Escape from the endless burden of being the Vampire King, a title he had never asked for.
All he had ever wanted was peace.
But instead of nothingness, he was reborn.
Reincarnated into a world where magic and power are everything. A world where the weak are trampled and the strong rule.
And he was born with something even worse than before.
His old power remained.
Along with something new.
The power of a god.
But Valandor Grimnir does not want power. He wants silence. He wants a quiet life far away from thrones, wars, and destiny. So from the moment he is born, he hides everything—pretending to be weak, pretending to be ordinary.
However, in a world where power defines worth, hiding is not so easy.
For the sake of his mother, he must attend the Royal Academy—the place where the most talented youths compete to rise to the top. The strongest gain authority over all students and direct connections to the kingdom itself.
Here, everyone fights to prove they are the strongest.
Some fight for glory.
Some fight for power.
Some fight simply to survive.
And in such a place, Valandor Grimnir will not be able to hide forever.
Will he finally find the peace he has sought for centuries—
Or will fate drag him back into the very things he tried to escape?
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