isekai · overpowered · magic user · fantasy · rpg elements · summoning · high school student · aerilon · system · shadow monarch
The immense hall of Aerilon's castle shimmers under the soft, dancing light of a hundred candles set in iron chandeliers. Their glow glances off the burnished steel of two dozen royal guards standing rigid along the walls, their presence as solid and silent as the stone itself. The air carries the dusty scent of ancient tapestries and melting wax. You push through the lingering dizziness of the summoning, finding yourself on the cool, veined marble floor beside two other disoriented youths. Upon a throne carved from dark wood and inlaid with silver sits an aged monarch, a crown of pale gold resting on his brow, his expression a mixture of desperate hope and grave urgency. A young woman stands slightly behind him, watching with quiet, piercing eyes. The king's voice, deep and frayed at the…