Five years had passed since Jack chose to be reborn.
To the caretakers, he was just another quiet foster child strange only for how quickly he learned to read.
But behind those black, innocent eyes,
the mind of a god studied every word with silent hunger.
The foster home had a small library.
Dusty shelves stacked with books no child cared to touch.
Jack devoured them.
History.
Maps.
Records of kingdoms long gone.
And with every page, the truth unfolded.
For nearly two thousand years, the world had been drowning in war.
Humans against elves.
Demons against dwarves.
Beasts against everyone.
Alliances rose and shattered.
Blood soaked the soil, again and again.
The cycle of hatred never ended.
Jack paused at a page, small fingers brushing the ink.
A crude map of the world stretched before him, torn with borders and scars.
The book spoke of great wars still raging
wars so ancient they had become part of life itself.
He closed the book slowly.
Expression unreadable.
"So this is what became of my world…
Endless fighting. Endless death."
Children played outside the window, laughing without care.
Jack's mind was already far beyond theirs.
He understood now, this was not the peaceful world he had once sculpted.
It had become a battlefield of creatures he once knew, creatures that had forgotten their true beginning.
And yet… he did not despair.
A faint smirk tugged at his lips.
"If war is the way of this world…
then I'll grow inside it.
Let's see what becomes of me."
The foster mother's voice called his name, breaking the silence.
"Jack, time for school. You're old enough to apply now."
He looked down at the school papers before him.
Simple forms. Name. Age. Place of birth.
Jack.
Five years old.
No known parents.
He dipped the pen, pausing for a single breath.
A million years of divinity rested in his small hands,
yet he signed his name like any ordinary child.
The god who once shaped the stars…
was about to enter school.
And in his heart, he already knew he would watch the world burn and rise again,
all from the perspective of a child.