Morning light spilled through the windows like it was trying to burn my eyes.
"Ugh…"
I turned my head and pulled the blanket over my face, groaning softly. My head hurt. Not badly, but enough to make thinking annoying.
Why is the window so bright…?
Wait.
Why am I even thinking like that?
A strange thought crossed my mind.
Wasn't the window always there?
No—That wasn't right either.
"…Ah?"
I froze.
My heart started beating faster.
The room felt familiar, but at the same time… wrong. Too big. The ceiling was too high. The bed felt too soft. The blanket was heavier than it should've been.
I slowly opened my eyes again.
Wooden ceiling.White curtains swaying gently.Sunlight falling on a polished floor.
This was—
"…My room?"
Before I could think further, my head throbbed.
"Ahhh—!"
I clutched my head and sat up suddenly, breathing heavily.
"Huff… huff…"
Something flooded my mind.
Images that didn't belong.
Tall buildings.Crowded streets.A world without magic.
A life that wasn't this one.
A final moment I couldn't clearly remember—only the feeling that it had ended.
"…So what…?" I whispered.
What is happening?
My breathing slowly calmed as the truth settled in.
"I died… huh."
Not in a dramatic way.Not with regret.
Just… died.
And now—
"I reincarnated… and just got my memories back?"
That sounded ridiculous.
But the memories were real. Too real.
I looked down at my hands.
Small.Clean.Definitely not the hands I remembered.
"…Right."
I was Aiden Veyron.
Five years old.
Son of a Margrave—one of the nobles who guarded the borders of the kingdom.
My father ruled a harsh land filled with monsters and dungeons.My mother managed the estate and politics.And I had a younger sister who followed me around everywhere.
This world was called Eryndor.
A world with magic, monsters, classes, skills, levels, and dungeons.
And yesterday—
Yesterday was my awakening day.
I remembered it clearly now.
The crystal.The quiet hall.The calm faces of my parents.
My class—
Common Mage
No cheers.No disappointment.
Just acceptance.
I had gained one skill.
Fireball.
And that was it.
No talent.
At least… that's what the priest said.
"…Well," I muttered, rubbing my forehead, "even if my class is common, I can still use magic, right?"
I held out my hand without thinking too much.
A spark appeared.
Then a small flame.
A perfectly round fireball floated above my palm.
"…Oh."
It didn't wobble.
It didn't drain me.
It just… stayed there.
I blinked.
"That's… easier than I expected."
I let the fireball fade.
The moment it disappeared, something strange happened.
My vision flickered.
Like text appearing in the air.
"…Huh?"
A translucent window appeared in front of me.
But it wasn't clean.
It was glitching.
Lines overlapped.
Text flickered.
[STATUS WINDOW]
Name: Aiden VeyronAge: 5
The next line shook violently.
Class: Common Mage
Then—
Mana: ERROR
Mana Capacity: ERROR
Mana Recovery: ERROR
"…Error?"
I leaned closer.
Magic Affinity: ERROR
Growth Limit: ERROR
My heartbeat quickened.
"What do you mean, error…?"
Another line appeared, delayed.
Talent: ———
For a second, I thought that was it.
Then the text distorted.
Glitched.
And rewrote itself.
Talent: EX (ERROR)
The entire window shook.
[WARNING][UNAUTHORIZED TALENT DETECTED][SYSTEM LIMIT OVERRIDE — FAILED]
More lines poured in.
[No growth restrictions detected][Mana limit unavailable][Cooldown function — NOT FOUND]
I stared.
"…So that's how it is."
I didn't feel excited.
I didn't feel scared.
Mostly, I felt confused.
The system itself didn't know what to do with me.
The window flickered again—and vanished, as if it had never existed.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Aiden?" my mother's gentle voice called. "Are you awake?"
I quickly dropped my hand.
"Yes!" I replied.
The door opened, and she stepped inside with her usual warm smile.
"You're up early today," she said. "Did you sleep well?"
I looked at her.
At her calm expression.At the familiar warmth in her eyes.
Nothing had changed.
"I slept fine," I said honestly.
She smiled and patted my head. "Good. Come down for breakfast. Your father is already up."
After she left, I sat quietly on the bed.
The world outside was moving normally.
My family was the same.
No one knew.
And for now—
That was fine.
I stood up and got dressed.
Let's see what this life is like, I thought.
Not with ambition.
Not with confidence.
Just curiosity.
After breakfast, I went back to my room.
My stomach was full, my parents were busy, and my sister had already been taken away by her maid. Everything felt… normal.
Too normal.
I sat on my bed and leaned back against the pillow, staring at the ceiling.
"Okay…" I muttered. "Let's calm down first."
I closed my eyes and tried to organize my thoughts.
I had lived five years in this world already. I knew things—basic things. Stuff every noble child knew.
This world had magic.Magic came from mana.People awakened classes, learned skills, leveled up, hunted monsters, and entered dungeons.
There was a system everyone could see.
Levels.Stats.Skill ranks.Talent ranks.
All of it.
I just… never thought about it this deeply before.
Because I was five, I reminded myself.
Yesterday, my awakening had already finished.
My class was Common Mage.My first skill was Fireball.
No talent—at least officially.
And yet…
I focused my mind.
Just like earlier.
The world blurred slightly.
And the status window appeared again.
This time, it stayed.
[Status Window]
Name: Aiden VeyronAge: 5
Class: Common MageLevel: 1
Strength: 3Agility: 4Endurance: 3Intelligence: 12Wisdom: 11
Mana: ERRORMana Recovery: ERROR
Magic Affinity: ERROR
Growth Limit: ERROR
Skills:– Fireball (Basic)
Talent: EX (ERROR)
I stared at it quietly.
"…My stats look normal," I said softly.
Low strength.Low endurance.Slightly higher intelligence.
Pretty much what you'd expect from a noble kid who hadn't trained yet.
Then there were the errors.
Mana: error.Affinity: error.Talent: error.
I rubbed my face.
"I really need information."
If I didn't understand the system, I couldn't understand myself.
So I did the most reasonable thing a five-year-old noble could do.
I went to the library.
The Veyron family library was huge.
Tall shelves, old books, handwritten records, monster journals, dungeon maps, and awakening records dating back hundreds of years.
No one stopped me.
No one ever did.
I climbed onto a chair, pulled books down carefully, and started reading.
Slowly.
Patiently.
This world categorized talents like this:
F Rank
E Rank
D Rank
C Rank
B Rank
A Rank
S Rank
Then, rarely—
SS Rank
SS-rank talents were legends.
Heroes.Founders of kingdoms.People whose names still existed in history books.
Some scholars even theorized about something higher.
"SSS Rank," I whispered.
But no records.
No proof.
Just guesses.
"…Then what is EX?" I muttered.
There was nothing.
No mention.
No explanation.
As if it didn't exist at all.
I swallowed.
So my talent is higher than SS…?
That thought alone made my head hurt.
I went back to my room.
Sat on my bed again.
And focused.
This time—
I focused directly on the talent line.
The moment I did, the screen reacted violently.
[Talent Information — Limited Access]
Name: Absolute Overflow (EX)
Effect 1: No cooldowns when using skills or spellsEffect 2: Skill Point gain ×100Effect 3: EXP gain ×10Effect 4: No known limits on mana or energy usage
Effect Status: PARTIALLY SUPPRESSED
My eyes widened.
"…What?"
No cooldowns?
One hundred times skill points?
Ten times experience?
No limits on mana?
"No limits…?" I whispered.
What does that even mean?
Mana was supposed to have a maximum.
Everyone had limits.
Even dragons.
Even legendary mages.
And yet—
Before I could think further, more text appeared.
[NOTE]Due to the low rank of the current world, this talent's capabilities have been forcibly lowered.
Talent rank has been reduced.
Several functions are unavailable.
I froze.
"…Lowered?"
Lowered from what?
My heart started beating faster.
Then—
The screen glitched again.
[ERROR]Talent suppression incomplete.
Due to the restriction of the world and the low level of the talent user, full capability cannot be displayed.
Even after suppression, multiple values exceed system limits.
The text distorted.
Flickered.
Shook.
I stared at it, my mind completely blank.
"…Seriously?"
I closed the window.
Opened it again.
Same result.
I leaned back and covered my face with both hands.
"…What the hell kind of talent is this?"
No cooldowns.
Infinite mana.
Massive growth.
And this was the lowered version?
My brain refused to process it.
Error.Error.Error.
Everything about me was an error.
"…This world is messed up," I muttered.
Or maybe—
I was.
Aiden Veyron:Five years old.Common Mage.EX-rank talent that the world couldn't even understand.
"…@#%$#@," I whispered quietly.
I stayed there for a long time.
Thinking.
Not planning to conquer anything.
Not dreaming about being the strongest.
Just trying to understand—
What I even was.
Author's Note:Thanks for reading! If you enjoy reading this book, please add it to your collections.