CHIME!
[Narrative Realignment Detected. Protagonist has defined his ultimate ambition.]
[Schema Points Awarded: +50]
[A new Primary Narrative Quest is being proposed by the Host: "The Scumbag Sovereign." Are you certain this is your chosen path? To take everything you desire without compromise?]
Was I certain? I'd been certain since the moment I'd felt my balls being crushed by the System. I wasn't just certain—I was fucking starving.
Confirm it.
[Narrative Path Confirmed. Good luck, Your Majesty.]
I sat up, pulling Natalia with me so we were face-to-face. I took her hands in mine, expression serious, voice low.
"What I'm about to tell you... you can't repeat to anyone. Not Emi. Not our parents. No one."
I watched her swallow, her eyes wide as she waited for the rest.
"It could get me killed, or worse, turned into a lab rat for the VHC."
Natalia's eyes widened. "What are you talking about?"
