It's midnight .. A sixty-three year old man lying on his bed , on the verge of death .. The loud sound of the clock hands declares the emptiness of this big mansion .. The reason that makes him annoyed isn't the noise of The clock hands; but it's the fact that he finds them as if they were screaming "you are alone .. You are lonely .. Your heart is like this mansion; big but empty .. Nobody is here for you" ...

After a long life full of memories .. Sometimes lovely , sometimes cruel .. "Is this really my end?! .. Am I going to die like this?! .. Am I going to meet my god?! .. I used to think that if my death moment came , I would hope to have an immortal life but now I guess I'm satisfied ; I no longer have anyone to stay for and I don't want to see myself losing my beloved ones again .. perhaps I could have been able to protect them then , but I don't want the thoughts of regret to devour me at my final moment ..."

"I guess I had my fair share of life experience and wisdom .. Life isn't about getting more; It's about desiring less .. Real happiness is the ability to see beauty in little precious things .. However, There is still that part of me that thinks if I could go back , I'd do what I should have done from the start ..." .. The need for sleep beat him .. He didn't know if it were his daily short sleep or it would be his final everlasting sleep ...

It's 3 A.M .. Heavy rain , Loud thunder , windowes opened and the cold wind .. All of them woke him up .. A strange book surrounded with fireflies was flying over him .. Instinctly , He caught the book which had a very ancient but also looking new cover at the same time .. The pages were heavy and too blurr to be read except for the first page which had the author name on it {THE DARK NECROMANCER} .. As soon as he had said the name loudly , The next page content became clear ...

“Hi there .. Do you want to go back?! .. Can't You find peace in your final moments?! .. Is there a fierce monster inside you scratching your soul walls wishing to go outside to revenge?! .. oh , sorry , where are my manners .. I'm the dark necromancer , a mage , the author of this book and the only one who can help you .. Although you don't know me , I know you very well even better than you know your self .. I can make you go back to your beloved ones in condition that you only finish the stories of my book .. A very simple thing , isn't it?! .. once you finish reading this page loudly , the next page which has the name of our first story will be clear .. make a contract with me with your own blood; cut yourself and spill it on the first story to start .. Good bye for now and don't disappoint me my dear , I'll talk to you once you finish our first story \[THE EMPEROR OF THE THREE KINGDOMS\] ...”

He opened his eyes to find himself lying on his back in a forest .. He stared into the clear blue wide sky until his consiousness and memories started coming back .. It was scary and strange to see the arrows flying in the sky from everywhere , screaming fighters , screeching swords and smell of dead bodies all over the forest .. The fact that he could understand their foreign languages was even stranger .. But the strangest thing ever was the fact that he has become a little baby with diaper!! .. A few minutes ago , He was unable to move because of being too old but now he is unable to move because of being too young .. It looks that finishing the book stories isn't by reading them , He will have to live them himself!!

"How the hell did I sign this blood contract with the dark necromancer! .. What the hell did I put myself into?!"

About one kilometer away in the countryside , There was Oliver the modest hardworking trader standing in front of his simple house waiting for his wife Olivia to get ready to go selling with him .. she was saying good bye to their only daughter Mira ...

Oliver :"Come on honey , hurry up!"

Olivia :"Yes, darling .. I'm coming"

They had to take the shortcut of the forest everyday to reach the near wealthy town to sell their goods there .. fortunately , The fight has just ended ...

Olivia :"Didn't the tournament end two days ago! .. Why was there a fight right now?!"

Oliver :"After the end of each tournament , There are those participants who hold grudges against each other and decide to settle things by fighting secretly here till death"

Olivia :"This is too cruel .. Is this silly reason really the cause of all these bodies death?!"

Oliver :"You are right honey .. This is too much this time .. I'm afraid that someone might have exploited the situation to commit something further"

In this moment , They heard a baby crying nearby .. It was the dead body of a man and next to him a crying baby with a precious necklace around his neck with a symbol of the elf kingdom in spite of being a human child!

Olivia :"Oh my heart! .. What a poor baby! ..This dead man must be his father"

Oliver :"It looks that this child is from the elf kingdom"

Olivia :"But he is a human baby and his father was a human"

Oliver :"Indeed , I guess his mother was an elf .. This baby is half-elf half-human"

Olivia :"What!! .. Isn't the love between an elf and a human prohibited in the elf kingdom?!"

Oliver :" That's right .. I really don't know ; I'm just guessing"

Olivia :"Please , darling .. Can we take him , please?! .. I want my lovely Mira to have a little boy brother .. please .. please"

Oliver took some time thinking about the consequences until Olivia interrupted him , not by her words but by her eyes .. Her wide eyes looked at him in a propitiatory manner .. This was his weakest point .. Oliver could never say no to Olivia's eyes ...

Oliver with a smiley face :"o..ok , We will take him"

Olivia jumped of happiness , hugged Oliver tightly and kissed him on the cheek , then they took the baby with them ...

Olivia happily :"Let's call him Zero"

Oliver :"Nice , I don't mind .. We will have to hide this necklace for now though"

They were too happy but the baby was startled when he heard the name because this was the same name he had in his real life before signing the blood contract with the dark necromancer ...

A new life .. He couldn't complain as he escaped from death to start living a happy life with caring parents and lovely sister .. This family warmth reminded him of his previous real life , his beloved ones and the stories that he should finish to go back and protect his beloved ones then find peace with them . However , This warmth and the rebirth of his childhood soul made him love his new life .. The desire to live , The desire to love and be loved and The desire to discover .. The awakening of all of them made him slightly forget about his real goal and think that he found his hoped peace ...

He spent his childhood days working with his sister in the farm to help their parents and gave a decent amount of his time for reading in the library to understand this world .. He learned that he now lives in a continent called \[Interkatika\] .. It has three different kingdoms : Human kingdom , Elf kingdom and Demon Kingdom .. The relations among them aren't good .. In this world , The powerful rule and the source of power here is called MANA .. The law of the power , It's the same as his previous life but the difference is that the power was the wealth ...

Interkatika has an ancient great tree in its center .. The kingdoms call it \[The Holy Tree\] as it gives mana fruits every five years .. Those mana fruits can increase the capacity of mana , increase mana control ability and even may upgrade the fighter to a superior realm of power .. But the fact that the tree only gives one hundred mana fruits each time made the wars break out among the three kingdoms for centuries until they decided to hold a tournament every five years for the youth of each kingdom and only the top one hundred fighter in the arena can claim the mana fruit whether the fighter was human , elf or demon ...

Even in the human kingdom , The rule of power prevailed .. Those who don't have the power shall not talk .. The social status and the fate of the families are decided in The Magic Academy .. The power of students at graduation determines who they will be in the society .. Thus , Our Zero decided to study mana , learn controlling it and enter The Magic Academy to provide prosperity to his family .. But what he didn't know is that what happened to his beloved ones in his previous life will happen to his new family in this world too! ...

Zero was lying on the rooftop looking at the sky and wondering :"Was the earth as beautiful as the sky before the mankind existed on it?!!!" when Mira came to him running "Hurry up , Zero .. The procession of the Sun Commander has just arrived to recruit newcomers for the magic academy .. I'm completely sure they will accept you"

For the last few months , Zero was meditating and trying to expand his mana core with a stabilized foundation .. This was a very important primary step before learning using mana in the academy .. When he went to the procession , There were too many people taking the acceptance exam .. The Sun Commander was standing on the test stage with a very big ball made of special transparent glass ...

It tested the kind of mana and its power capacity .. Each participant has to put his hand on the ball and it will turn into a definite color related to the kind of mana circulating inside the body .. It will also give a number measuring the power of the mana .. Before Zero's turn , All the villager's sons and daughters had a purple coloured mana with number less than one hundred and were not accepted .. This fact plus sensing The Sun Commander's incredible aura made Zero frightened for a minute there .. But when he put his hand , It gave Black color .. All of them were astonished .. But what was more astonishing was the fact that the glass ball exploded when it tried to measure his inner power ...

The order of the mana kinds according to power from weak to strong is : purple < brown < blue < green < yellow < orange < red .. In addition to a legendary rare colour which mixed all the previous kinds of mana into one colour .. BLACK .. The Sun Commander put his hand on Zero's shoulder and said "I personally will be your private teacher .. So get ready in one week , boy"

The human kingdom had thirteen squads with thirteen commanders .. The squads are considered as rivals to each other .. In this procession , There were also many officers from many squads other than the sun squad who witnessed the birth of the black mana miracle ...

At the night , The family was celebrating their son who became pride of the whole village when the door knocked and a huge man entered :"I'm the tenth officer of the fire squad .. The one who is called Zero must come with me now to serve The great Fire Commander as his slave"

Olivia :"WHAT?!!"

Oliver :"What are you talking about , Officer ?!!"

The fire 10th officer :"His majesty ordered that Zero will be his own slave .. The ones who refuse that will be sentenced to death"

Olivia screamed :"NOONE WILL TAKE MY SON FROM ME , YOU CORRUPTED OFFIC–.. " .

She couldn't complete her sentence because the officer slapped her face and she fell to the ground .. Mira screamed and Oliver who could no longer control his anger threw a punch that broke the officer's canine ... Zero was standing and didn't know what to do ..

The fire 10th officer :"NOW BOTH OF YOU SHALL DIE AS THE ORDER SAID , YOU FILTHY COMMONERS .. MAGIC DOUBLE GUNS"

It was only a second but felt lika a whole century for Zero's eyes .. Oliver and Olivia were both lying on the ground dead with their chests penetrated by magic arrows .. Zero's mind went blank and lost consiousness , then the officer carried him to the underground prison leaving Mira crying on the ground ...

Zero :"What is this darkness?! Where am I ?!"

Suddenly another copy of Zero appeared out of the darkness in front of his eyes , but with completely white body , white clothes and big smile on the face ...

Zero :"Who are you .. Where am I .. Why do you look like me ?!!!"

???? :"Zehahaha .. We are inside you .. inside your heart"

Zero :"Who are you"

???? :"Don't who me .. I'm you"

Zero :"What do you mean ?!"

???? :"Zehahaha .. Well , I'll try to simplify things for your stupid brain .. I'm your inner white shadow .. As you have an outer black shadow which appears when you are exposed to light , I'm your inner white shadow which appears when you are exposed to darkness"

Zero :" !!!!!!! "

???? :"Well , You can call me , Zera"

Zero :"Do you mean that you are the evil me ?!!"

Zera :"Zehahaha .. Don't act as an innocent , you hypocrite sinner"

Zero :"What?!"

Zera :"You are the one who killed your beloved ones .. Don't accuse others , It was your weakness which did that .. You are the real killer"

When he remembered what happened in this world and his previous life , The tears started coming out

Zero :"I jus- .. I just didn't want to hurt anybody .. I wanted to live in peace with my family .. When I try to hurt someone , My heart feels hurt as well"

Zera :"Zehahaha .. That's why you are the killer .. You didn't want to kill the criminals so you ended up killing your own people"

Zero :"N-No .. I didn't kill them"

Zera :"By the way , When you open your eyes now , You will find yourself in the underground prison .. You have been unconsious for two days .. But in the next event , I'll take the lead not you"

Zero :"Can I ask you a question ?!"

Zera :"Why do I feel a tremendous aura from you?!"

Zera :"Zehahaha .. Nobody is perfect .. And I'm Nobody .. Zehahaha"

At this time , There was a great explosion at the underground prison's door .. The officers and guards hurried to capture the intruders but it was just one kick of The Sun Commander that caused all this destruction .. "WHERE IS MY PUPIL?!"

As soon as the sun commander helped Zero and took him out of the prison , He wanted to see quickly what Mira was doing .. But Zera had another opinion ...

Later that night , It was a very busy and tiring day as usual .. The fire 10th officer was back home when he realised that the lights can't be turned on and saw a small figure sitting on his chair in the darkness with his left foot on his right knee ...

The fire 10th officer :"Wh- Who are you?!"

???? :"Zehahaha .. Who am I ?!!! .. I AM YOUR DEATH"