Not only did his Nen awaken spontaneously, without any deliberate training... it awakened perfectly.
Theta, tasked with teaching Prince Tserriednich's telepathic abilities, had watched his rapid progress with growing unease. She had long suspected the prince was a monster in human form—and now, watching his power bloom unchecked, she finally made up her mind.
She had to kill him.
If he had been a kind soul, Theta might have devoted herself entirely to nurturing his talent. But with someone like him—twisted, arrogant, unpredictable—there was only one path left.
"Your Highness, once I see you off, I shall follow you to the very end."
To Theta, it was her duty to erase the danger she had helped create. To prevent Tserriednich from harming anyone else in this world, she would kill him—and then take her own life, to atone for the monster she had allowed to grow.
The righteousness of those with holy convictions often takes the form of the unexpected.
With this resolve, Theta convinced the Fourth Prince to explore the depths of Zetsu, one of the Four Major Principles of Nen.
She would strike when he was fully immersed in Zetsu—his aura suppressed, his defenses down. That moment would be her only chance.
It was a well-calculated plan. She believed the odds of success were high.
But what Theta hadn't accounted for... was the unpredictable brilliance of a true genius.
As Tserriednich trained in Zetsu, his aura suddenly surged. His Nen awakened of its own accord.
The ability he manifested was named [Parallel Future].
By closing his eyes and entering Zetsu, Tserriednich could instantaneously perceive the events of the next ten seconds. Not as a guess, not as a possibility—but as a fixed vision of the future.
This wasn't like Observation Haki in One Piece, where someone like Katakuri could see a possible outcome and react to change it. Tserriednich's power revealed a locked timeline—one where the people around him were bound to follow the script he foresaw, down to the smallest gesture.
And yet, he was exempt.
Others were frozen in fate. But Tserriednich could change his own actions—while everyone else moved like actors, unaware they were stuck in a scene already written.
...
Consider this example.
Tserriednich uses his ability and sees Theta shooting him within the next ten seconds.
Immediately, he opens his eyes and dodges to the side.
In the present, he survives.
But Theta, whose perception remains trapped in the foreseen ten seconds, still sees him standing in front of her—just like in the vision. She raises her gun and fires at empty air, completely unaware that he has moved.
To her, she has just killed the prince.
And then, when the ten seconds end... she sees him alive again, standing exactly where he shouldn't be, eyes cold and calculating.
It's as if the laws of time and space bend around Tserriednich's ability, forcing everyone else to follow a script—while he rewrites his own lines freely.
The future, once seen, must play out.
But only for others.
For the prince himself... there are no rules.
...
This power was as broken and incomprehensible as Alluka's wish-granting ability. It defied reason—and that only made Tserriednich more arrogant.
When he saw Theta pull her gun and shoot, only to miss completely due to his foresight, he didn't respond with anger.
He was thrilled.
She had betrayed him. Tried to kill him. But what fascinated him more was what his ability had revealed. The confirmation that he was, in his own eyes, invincible.
With power like this, what did he have to fear?
Why bother punishing her?
He simply smiled.
Curious now—wondering why she'd tried to kill him in the first place. As if betrayal were just another interesting experiment.
But while he was feeling magnanimous... his Guardian Spirit Beast was not.
...
"Three times."
The eerie, human-faced horse-like Guardian Beast loomed behind Theta.
"You have deceived the Prince twice. Do it again... and you will become something no longer human."
Theta didn't understand what it meant by "inhuman." But before she could ask, a strange pattern bloomed across her neck. It pulsed with malevolent aura, draining her energy, weakening her limbs until she collapsed.
No one fully understood the abilities of the Fourth Prince's Guardian Spirit Beast—but it seemed tied to deception. And once a line was crossed... there would be no going back.
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