Many years ago, a baby was born into this world.
The baby could not see, hear, speak, or even move, yet he still managed to survive.
That was because the baby possessed power akin to that of a god.
Anyone with a physical or mental defect would gradually have the missing part restored after touching the baby.
Those suffering from lung disease would recover;
Those who were empty and lonely would have their hearts filled;
Those who were timid and fearful would find courage surging within them;
Even the disabled would have their lost limbs reborn;
That baby...
Possessed the power of "Soul Distribution."
Anyone who touched the baby would receive a soul granted by him, allowing wounds that could never be healed by the person's own soul to gradually recover.
At the same time.
The knowledge those "touchers" learned after being healed, the abilities they mastered through effort, and even the talents formed when those abilities reached their limits... all of it would be deeply imprinted within the fragments of soul granted by the baby.
And...
At the moment those "touchers" died, everything would return to the baby.
Everyone who touched the baby died young. Some died within years, others within months, and some within mere days.
Yet even so, people continued flocking to the baby.
And whenever the granted soul fragments returned, the baby's once-immobile hands and feet, as well as his blind eyes, would gradually heal.
Not long afterward...
When his deaf ears finally became capable of hearing, he discovered that people called him by an incredible name.
—Yhwach!
That was the origin of the name "Yhwach."
When Yhwach grew up, he discovered that he could drip his blood into wine. The soul of anyone who drank the blood wine would be inscribed with a letter representing