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In this world of trash beasts and givers, there is a legend of a quill jinki, which can grant its user the ability to alter reality by defying the law of the world and a pair of eyes that can see through everything, a divine artifact that can expose the truth of this world. It is said that the vital instrument chose its own master, but there is one crucial part that no one knows about, the next giver has to be the reincarnation of the previous one. This time, it is you, dear reader, who is the next giver for the legendary jinki, Rule Breaker.
As the next master of the quill jinki, your awakening as a giver is truly something extraordinary. You were born just like any other human, but when you reach the age of ten, you will experience physical pain, as mysterious symbols and patterns start craving itself into your eyeballs. Not to mention, the pain of merging your current memories to ones from all of your previous lives. Thus, this is why you are now clutching your forehead, while screaming bloody murder. Blood is flowing out of your eye socket like a waterfall, and when it runs down your wrist, the red substance slowly turns into a scarlet quill that starts warping around your wrist, hardening into a bracelet.
When the pain in your eyes and heads subside, you start seeing every basic information, thoughts and emotions of everyone around you as floating words, and your mind is clearer than ever. You are now very aware of your reincarnation situation, your status as a new giver of Rule Breaker, along with the knowledge of how to use it. Taking a deep breath, you scan your surroundings, only to lock your eyes on a teenage girl, who is a few years older than you.
“Kyouka…”
Unfortunately for you, in this lifetime, you have awakened your giver ability as a trainee in Central Hell Guard Training Academy, which is a place for training future hell guards to capture you on sight. After all, the hell guard is not only responsible for capturing criminals, but also to find the truth about the Sphere and the Ground, and who has more knowledge about it than you, a giver of a jinki that can expose the truth of this world.
Standing in front of you now is the most outstanding student in the Academy, Kyouka Nijiku, she sees you, a prodigy, the youngest student to ever attend the academy, as her rival, her friend, but apparently, not anymore. Kyouka is slowly unsheathing her katana, pointing it at you, her voice is so cold that you don’t recognise her at all.
“Truth Keeper, surrender now or we will force you”
Upon hearing her words, the academy’s instructors come at her side, surrounding you. They may be teachers, but their skills are not something to scoff at.
“... I think I'll take the second option, Kyouka.” - You replied back at her, activating your jinki.
The scarlet bracelet unwraps itself from your wrist, changing into a bigger quill, big enough for you to hold like a sword, with the feather serving as the blade. You swing your sword around to kick up the surrounding dust, creating a smoke screen. Then you immediately turn your jinki back to the regular size of a normal quill, rapidly writing the word ‘Canvas Town’ in the air, before launching the letters you just wrote onto the ground, which create a portal to teleport you to your desired location.
After the smoke is clear and without you in sight. Kyouka sheathes her katana in frustration, vowing to herself that next time you meet, she will fulfill her duty as a hell guard.
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<<Meanwhile at the entrance of Canvas Town>>
Landing on the ground with the thud, you make your way to the town, looking for the mayor. The moment you step inside, everyone turns to look at you for a few good minutes, before they start cheering, someone even goes and fetches the mayor.
For the people of Canvas Town, you are more than just a Truth Keeper, you are friends with the first spellcaster, you are the one who helped build their town, and regardless of your appearance, your status, this town will always welcome you with open arms. From the older days, the spellcaster and the rest of the town have vowed to become your sanctuary, hiding and protecting you from people who want to hunt you down. Unless you said otherwise, they will not say a word about you to anyone, not even the Cleaner.
After hearing about your arrival, the mayor of Canvas Town runs as fast as he can to meet you. Upon seeing you, the mayor immediately knows you are the real deal, especially when you look at him with eyes that are full of different symbols and patterns carved on it.
The Eyes of Truth can show its holder every single information about someone or something, from their name, age, origin to their thoughts, their emotion, no truth can be hidden from them. However, the holder is not an exception to this rule, just like how they can see the truth from others, they themselves can’t hide their own truth. The moment you have awakened as a giver, your eyes color will change based on your emotion, and you can’t lie anymore. Thus, those eyes are physical proof that a person is a giver of Rule Breaker.
“Y-You did great, making your way here safe and sound.” - The mayor said, wiping some of the dried blood on your face, before giving you a hug.
Hugging him back, you quietly say - “Thank you for welcoming me… “ - Then you just fall asleep on his shoulder, due to the blood loss and mental strain from your awakening.
Seeing you have drifted off to dream land, the mayor simply carries you off to his house with a soft smile on his face.
<< A few decades later>>
Enjin, a giver of Umbreaker, a leader of team Akuta, is driving his team to the mission location., where rumors said to have seen a person using a quill jinki to kill trash beasts.
“So… Rudo, do you think the Truth keeper is real?” - Riyo, the red hair cleaner asked, while she was playing with the white hair teen.
“... yeah, I think so. I mean someone had seen them, so they must be real.” - Rudo said, thinking carefully about what he wants to ask next. - “... What kind of person is the Truth Keeper, anyway?”
“ A legendary one. They have this cheat skill that can alter reality and what not, you know. ” - Zanka Nijiku chimed in, taking a pause before continuing -” According to my sister, they were a prodigy in the academy, before awakening their giver’s ability.”
Enjin whistled, before pitching in his own opinions - “Woo~ a prodigy and a legendary giver in one package. You don’t see that everyday!”
“Well, whether or not the Truth Keeper really appear in this polluted zone, this is a nice warm up for Rudo, before meeting the woman in No man’s land. “ - Gris, a supporter, said, patting Rudo’s head.
“Damn right! Well, we are here. Everyone please wear your mask and watch the gap when leaving.“ - Enjin wore his half mask, getting out of the jeep.
Landing on the solid ground, what greet the cleaner team are mountains of trash that stretch as far as the horizon.
“Hmm… How can we search for one person in this heap of trash?” - Follo, another supporter, muttered to himself.
However, before anyone can voice any suggestion, they can feel the ground beneath them shaking and the sound of rapid stomping can be heard.
“A STAMPEDE!! WE HAVE A STAMPEDE INCOMING!” - Tomme, the third supporter, screamed, pointing at the herd of trash beasts that was running toward them rapidly.
All givers on the team immediately activate their vital instrument, but they don’t get a chance to have any action, as you act faster than any of them. Using your Eyes of Truth, you lock on to every trash beast’s anima in the herd, linking them together. Then, you summon your quill jinki and write the word ‘Erase’in the air, before launching the written letters into the incoming stampede, resulting in turning all of them into dust at the same time.
Stunning at your performance, everyone turns to look at you with widened eyes, but their hands clenched at their weapons tighter, when they see you turn the regular size quill into a sword with the feather serving as its blade. In the blink of an eye, you disappear in front of them, only to reappear behind them, slicing the trash beast that is stealthy sneaking behind them into pieces.
‘They are fast!! I couldn’t even see them move!!’ - Zanka thought, sweat rolling down his forehead.
Remembering what Arkha Corvus, the cleaner’s boss, said to team Akuta before they started their mission. - “When you find the Truth Keeper, you need to let them know you mean no harm. First, you need to take your choker off - ”
Enjin slowly takes his choker off, signaling everyone else on his team to follow suit.
“Second, you are going to ask them-”
Gathering all of his charm, Enjin tries to speak to you in a cheerful and relaxed tone, while a sweat starts rolling down his forehead.
“Would you like to have a cup of coffee?”