When a thirty-year-old office worker collapses on a crosswalk after a night of overtime, he thinks his life is over.
But when he opens his eyes, he discovers he’s been reborn in Lost Song, the masterpiece game he once played all night. He’s now Ansel, the fourth son of the Thorne family, a doomed villain destined to be sacrificed.
In this world of swords and magic, the “Song of Creation” has long been shattered, its fragments scattered across the continent. Only “Singers” can hear the melody’s guidance, while “Heroes,” accompanied by Singers, search for the fragments and uncover the truth behind the world’s creation and destruction.
Ansel knows the story: his father is the final boss of the academy arc, and Ansel is destined to be a stepping stone for the protagonist, Erik. In the end, his own father will sacrifice him to a demon, turning him into a puppet.
To escape his fate, he struggles to survive in a frigid mansion, then fights through blood and fire on the northern battlefield known as the “Everfrost Watch.” Carrying the weight of his comrades’ deaths, he flees the fallen city. After changing his name, he joins the shadow organization “Raven’s Eye” and hones himself through covert missions.
Ansel Thorne, or rather, Ansel Violette, who has taken on a new name, fights the script laid out for him at every turn.
Until a mysterious girl with brown hair reaching her waist appears before him. Her name is “Aelia.”
She reveals the truth behind the “Unyielding Emblem” in his palm:
“Suffering is not worth glorifying, and survival is no victory.”
Ansel angrily rejects this “chosen one’s” gift, because every awakened fragment comes at the cost of countless nameless lives.
This time, there is no script, only choices. Amid the shattered melody, he will play a song of solace and rebirth for the dead and the living alike, a song belonging to the “Unyielding.”
