The moment Leonel's thought echoed inside his mind, silence pressed in around him.
Then—
Ding!
A clear chime rang, not in the air but deep within his consciousness. His breath caught.
{System initialization complete. Primo System… awakening successful.}
Leonel's eyes went wide. For a heartbeat he didn't move, didn't even breathe. The words weren't heard with his ears, yet they rang as clearly as if someone had whispered them right beside him.
"…What…?" His voice was hoarse. He rubbed at his eyes, half-expecting he was still dreaming. But the words didn't vanish.
Instead, a translucent panel shimmered into existence before him, glowing faintly like moonlight captured in glass.
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[Status Window]
Name: Leonel Harrynader
Age: 16
Ability: Chaos
Title: Primogenitor's Heir
Race: High Human (Upgradable)
Bloodline: Heaven (Locked)
Level: 0
HP: ???
MP: ???
Strength: ??
Agility: ???
Intelligence: ???
Skills: Weapon Mastery, Zone, Martial Master
[Primogenitor's Legacy — Sealed]
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Leonel's jaw went slack. His heart pounded so hard he could feel it hammering against his throat.
"This… this is real," he whispered.
All those nights of reading stories, dreaming of systems, awakenings, and powers—it was here, in front of him. Not on a page. Not in his imagination. Here.
{Host has met the conditions for activation,} the voice continued, calm and mechanical. {Blood acknowledgment of the Book of Primordials has been recorded. Pathway to inheritance has opened.}
Leonel swallowed hard. The book. That strange night, the cut, the collapse—it all clicked together.
Excitement surged through him, sharp and dizzying. But beneath it, a cold thread of fear coiled in his chest.
"If this is real… then what does it want from me?"
His hand trembled, but he raised it anyway, fingers brushing the empty air. The panel didn't waver.
Leonel licked his lips, heart racing,
"This...this is my Status."
The panel blinked. A new line of text appeared at the bottom.
[New Function Unlocked: Inventory]
But it wasn't the only thing that caught his eye. His gaze froze on the sealed line near the bottom.
[Primogenitor's Legacy — Locked]
A chill rippled down his spine.
"…What… the hell does that mean?"