One of the greatest misfortunes for Nathaniel Klein (Nate) was that, due to the power of the Oracle, he could not forget a single painful memory.
He remembered every sound around him from the moment of his birth. Even before he learned to speak, he stored the syllables of incomprehensible sounds intact in his mind.
Thus, later on, he was able to reconstruct the cold voice of Veseba whispering to him as a newborn.
“Don’t resent me too much, my baby. This is all for your own good. For you now, this power is nothing but poison. If people discover your Divine Power, you will become a living icon of the Holy Imperial Family, treated as a fountain of Divine Power and exploited for the rest of your life.”
Probably right after that, the ‘brand’ was engraved. The only reason Nate couldn’t properly remember its location was that he immediately lost consciousness due to the excruciating pain that tore through his soul.
On the other hand, one of the greatest fortunes for Nate was that, due to the power of the Oracle, he remembered even the faint hallucinations he had briefly heard.
On the day the brand was engraved, Nate remembered someone’s voice urgently calling out to him.
“Wait a minute! Don’t do that! There might be another, better…