For as long as I can remember very few novels seemed to excite me. Don't get me wrong it's not that they are bad, it's me who is always looking for more. After reading volume 7 of the Eminence in shadow I have to be honest Daisuke Aizawa blew me away. I could sense the creativity from each chapter and I genuinely expect more. Everytime I read the Eminence in shadow I find myself feeling admiration for him but the fanfiction surrounding the anime is what confuses me. More like it fails to communicate Daisuke sama's depiction of the story. It is not bad just not as good as I would have wanted it to be. Maybe my expectations are too high. But then I asked myself why not try writing one?. Sure it might fail but I would have no regrets. The worst thing that could happen is to get ignored. So let us begin with the story and hopefully this may help me grow as an author.
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The day was pretty average just like any other day. But one thing that I can say is memorable about it was me finally completing volume 7 of the Eminence in shadow. I preferred using an audiobook than reading because I usually struggle to focus because I fantasize a lot. Sometimes I forget what I was doing or even reading. I lay on my bed satisfied with the story so far. I was just about to call it a day when I received a message from my phone. I looked at the notification drowsy.
*Dear sir we are attempting to create a perfect scenario and you have been chosen as one of the candidates. This is a great honor as we will be granting you an opportunity to experience any fictional world as any character at any point in the story. We have only two requirements:
1. No one can know that you are a candidate for such a scenario especially the fictional characters
2. Due to copyright laws you cannot be sent there as the exact character so variation is required. You must pick an ability from another fictional character that is unidentical to the character of your choice.
If you wish to participate please reply with detailed information. Thank you for your time*
At first I wanted to ignore it. This is obviously spasm mail but I decided to humor them. Without hesitation the fictional world is The Eminence in shadow as Cid Kagenou of course but the bonus ability is kinda tricky. I need something that will not conflict with Cid's persona so Jinwoo is out. There would be no need for Shadow Garden if I have a whole army of immortal shadows. Emergency production which is Takuto's ability from Mynogrha has too many limitations and is disadvantageous. This is harder than I thought. But this is just spam mail so I just send something dumb. I replied to the message.
* The Eminence in shadow as Cid Kagenou with the abilities of Alien X with full control though Lucas and Dwiba are permitted to offer advice but not interfere. Due to this so called copy right laws how about Hazel eyes with the variants of black,red, blue and gold colors. As for the time period pre-narration when Cid was twelve years old*
"Well that's all dumb, I have a feeling I will regret this" I said as I pressed the send button. Maybe I was overthinking it you agree too. Right now all I can think is about how sleepy I am. I dropped back into bed and snuggled with my blanket before going to sleep. Something felt eerily wrong so very wrong because I could have sworn I was asleep on my bed but it felt like I was sitting up. I opened my eyes, the sight that greeted me made me doubt if I was awake.
First of all I was sitting but my bed was no where in sight no scratch that my entire bedroom was missing!!!!. I felt younger too and shorter. Fortunately there was no one around. A piano was Infront of me , it was large. I never really had the comfort of touching one. I was mesmorised by it. Wait wait that is not what's important. I looked at my reflection on a window pane that was near me. I looked familiar but where had I seen this face exactly. Obviously it was not mine. That's when it hit me I looked like Cid when he was younger. First I was shocked honestly shocked is an understatement. I nearly had a heart attack. You mean the message was legit!!! If I knew I would have taken it more seriously.
That's when I realized that now the stability of this world relied on me becoming Shadow. There is no telling how much of a butterfly effect would occur if I did things carelessly. So there is no other option I have to become a Chinobyi and perform Cid's actions without fail. I felt different though. I had this urge that I can't exactly put into words. It is more like a dream than an ambition. Had I always had it or is it Cid's. No matter what...I...had to become the Eminence in shadow. I don't exactly know what it is but it felt as though I always wanted it. To be a mastermind who manipulates everything from the shadows. I looked out of the window, the sun was setting. Well I guess am Minoru for now. Hehehe this is going to be fun.