Fate was always fickle.
Born as humans, people were destined to become entangled with fate from the day they were born.
Some were born into wealthy families.
Some could only be born into poor households.
Some were born with extraordinary talent.
Others could only silently submit to mediocrity, becoming an insignificant member of the vast multitude of living beings.
This was fate, an existence that made people feel utterly powerless when faced with a choice.
Of course, it was also something elusive and intangible.
Was fate truly real?
Or did fate not exist at all, serving only as an excuse for people who gave up while struggling helplessly against cruel reality?
However, in this world, fate did exist.
It simply was not a law possessing a will, much less an invisible force. Rather, it was the gravity of the planet itself.
In this world, from the moment a person was born, the greater the changes they were destined to bring to their nation, society, and even the world—in other words, the heavier the burden of fate they carried—the stronger the power they would be granted.
That power was called magic power.
Yes.
In this world, magic power was a force that could not be increased through effort alone. It depended solely on the weight of the fate humans were born with.
Those destined to accomplish great things were meant to accomplish great things. Everything was ordained by fate. The absolute order of every person's life was decided at birth, leaving no room for resistance.
This was the law of this world.
Therefore, magic power was a force used to surpass common sense and revolutionize the world. It could be said to be the manifestation of one's will as an ability reflected upon the world. Thus, the total amount of a