THE SCRIPT IS RIGGED, SO I'LL JUST ERASE IT

​"Now do you see?" ​Seraphina Valerius looked at me with cold pity. "You can't outsmart the Heavens, Vesperian. They aren't just strong. They are the Script." ​In this futuristic world of 2526, the 7 Heavens' Chosen were hard-coded to win. Arthurian swung his sword, and 'Causality' ensured he hit. Seraphina spoke, and 'Fate' made it real. ​Against them, I was just a D-Rank disappointment from a family of 'Pragmatic Monsters.' ​"You're right," I muttered, looking at my charred hands. "I was arrogant to think a human could fool the stars." ​—BOOM!! ​The golden barrier of the Aetheria Spire shattered. The Hero’s 'Certain Victory' sputtered into grey mist. ​"...Wh-What was that?" she gasped. ​I smiled. "Maybe you should go ask the stars. Oh wait! You can't. I erased them." ​My name is Vesperian Thorne Malakor. ​Ten minutes ago, I was supposed to be a corpse. On the last day of school, I got into a fight with the kid I used to bully—the Hero, Arthurian. I tripped, smacked my head, and the memories flooded in. ​I realized two things: ​I was inside a futuristic game I used to play. ​I was a Villain. ​Not the cool, tragic kind. I was the worst cliché—a spoiled, arrogant Young Master meant to be a stepping stone. My fate? To be humiliated by the Hero, manipulated by a Devil, and die a dog's death in a D-Rank Rift. ​The hero? The same kid I’d been bullying. The 'Main Character' of a world teetering on destruction. ​"Ah, fuck it." ​I had no idea if I could survive, but I was going to try. Extorting extras, manipulating protagonists, stealing 'Cheat Items' before the Hero finds the map—nothing was beneath me. ​But the universe noticed. As an Unregistered Soul, I am an 'Illegal Variable.' The 'Laws' tried to correct me with 'accidents' and random monster spawns. ​The script was rigged. The house always wins. ​If I played by their rules, I was dead. So, I stopped playing. If the universe uses Laws to protect its favorites... then I’ll use the Void to erase the laws. ​[SYSTEM: UNREGISTERED SOUL DETECTED] [ELEMENT: VOID-ENTROPY (RANK: D)] [WARNING: YOU ARE AN ILLEGAL VARIABLE] ​Excellent. If I'm illegal, I don't follow the rules. ​I’m the only one who sees the 'Conditions' of the script. I know the flaws in Arthurian’s 'Victory.' I’ll live with no regrets, gather the 'Dregs' the hero discarded, and make the Heavens tremble. ​We aren't here to save the world. We’re here to survive it. ​The price of rewriting destiny is steep, and the Void is always hungry. ​"Let them come," I muttered, watching the 7 Chosen glow like gods. I stood in the shadows, my D-Rank mastery flickering. I didn't need their light. I had an eraser. ​"The script says you win today, Arthurian. I think it's time for a rewrite."