Alex sat in a car driven by one of Zero's AI units, efficient, silent, offering nothing beyond the function it had been sent to perform. The destination was unknown, but the purpose of the trip was not.
He had spent nearly eight hours with his family after leaving the guild house because he needed that much time atleast to be among indiviauls who knew and saw him as just Alex, reminding him who he was and not what he had been, to offset the nightmarish memories of his past years, to know for certain he trully was what he belived himself to be, he was Alex and not the Dark King.
He needed that certainty before he walked into whatever came next.
The road ahead stretched long and straight, carrying them further from the city with each passing minute, the density of buildings thinning, the familiar geometry of urban space giving way to something older and quieter.
