He took seventy-two pills to end his misery. Instead, he woke up in a fantasy world as a prince—and became father to the very monsters destined to destroy humanity.

Kain is twenty-two, homeless, and utterly broken. Abandoned by his parents, fired from his job, hunted by debt collectors—he swallows every pill he can find and waits for death.

But death has other plans.

He wakes as Prince Aldric, fifth heir of the Astravian Empire. The pills should kill him any minute. So he runs—far from royal politics—to an abandoned village on the empire's forgotten frontier.

There, he finds orphaned children. Abandoned like him. Unwanted like him. He takes them in. Feeds them. Loves them. Becomes the father he never had.

He doesn't know what they truly are.

Each child is an apocalypse-born—a being destined to awaken and destroy humanity. The prophecy is written. The end is coming.

And Kain, who blames his own miserable life on the father who abandoned him, refuses to abandon his children. He will protect them. Love them. Fight for them.

Even if loving them means watching the world burn.

Even if protecting them makes him the father of monsters.

Even if his children will one day kill everyone.

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Because Kain knows one truth that prophets and heroes have forgotten:

Monsters aren't born. They're made by a world that refused to love them.

And this time, the world will pay for every child it threw away.

I know you've been waiting for the next chapter. I see the messages. I feel the anticipation. And I know that some of you have been growing frustrated with the delays.


I want to be honest with you about why.


The truth is, I've been editing my first novel. My older work. The one that started all of this. I've been rewriting, restructuring, breathing new life into pages that have been waiting for my attention for far too long.


This novel—Kain Story—should be my priority. I know that. You know that. Every time I open my document, I hear your voices asking for more.


But my older novel has a deadline. And the readers there are waiting too. They've been patient. They've been loyal. And I cannot disappoint them.


From now on, This Novel will update on a fixed schedule:


Monday — Wednesday — Friday — Monday


The pattern will repeat. You can predict the chapters. You can plan your reading. You will never have to wonder when the next update will come.


I know this is not perfect. I know you want more. But this is what I can give you right now—consistently, reliably, without fail.


I hope you are still enjoying the story. The journey of Kain, System, and Chaos is far from over. There is so much more to come—secrets to uncover, bonds to test, and a certain demon queen who has not yet decided what to do with the mortal who has somehow found his way into her Plan.


If you want to read my older work, the novel that has been consuming my time, you can find it here:


"I'M NOT YOUR HUSBAND, YOU EVIL DRAGON"


It is popular. It is loved. And it is finally getting the attention it deserves.


Chapter 27 - AUTHOR'S NOTE