In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

To become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history. (Author: Ghostly Criminal)

A young man named Anno arrives in the world of Type-Moon for some unexpected reason. Needing to maintain his existence, he embarks on the path of becoming a Heroic Spirit—a figure who leaves his mark on human history.

Chapter 1: The Roots Lost at Birth

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The place where the world was born is also the foundation of its existence.

Its outward form is a colorless object in a vortex state, but its inner essence is unknown to anyone and will never be known; it will forever remain an "unknown" existence.

The origin gave birth to the world and structured the world; within the world, objects like printed products were born.

The item is named Earth.

There are many worlds beyond this world, and each world possesses this item.

This Earth gave birth to the desire to continue existing. The representative of this desire possessed its own consciousness, which represents the Earth's own will to continue. This consciousness is called Gaia Consciousness.

Earth gave birth to intelligent primates. In the long process of survival, the collective will of humanity also gave birth to its own desires, the most sinful, the greatest, and the most fundamental desire: to live and continue. Thus, the representative of this desire also had its own will, which is called—Alaya-vijnana.

The Gaia consciousness, representing the continuation of the Earth, and the Alaya consciousness, representing the continuation of primates, will take action to eliminate threats when their very existence—the Earth and primates—is threatened. This action is called "restraint," so they are also known as "restraint power."

At some point, and in some place, both of the two opposing forces of discord sensed a threat to their existence.

The world itself is inexplicably weakening, and both major restraining forces have been unable to stop this weakness despite trying many methods.

The consequences of continuing to be weak are self-evident.

Gaia, at a loss, discovered some clues in her desperate situation.

The root cause, the very foundation of the world's existence, is flawed.

The root of the two major inhibitory forces, which had never been explored, is missing a thread.

"Lü" is just an adjective, but it's the root cause of the problem that is indeed missing that one little bit.

Logically speaking, the loss of the root cannot escape the two major restraining forces that are constantly observing the entire world. Therefore, the two entities that have always been at odds have reached a rare consensus.

To complete the origins and preserve the existence of Earth/primates.

Since the absence of the source did not occur during their observation period, it can be basically determined that this source was lost before their birth—at the beginning of the world.

Therefore, Gaia entrusted the Earth to Alaya consciousness for the time being—she was at ease because the very existence of primates required the Earth to exist. Although she was certain that Alaya consciousness would tamper with things during its supervision, Gaia consciousness had to find that lost source in order to continue the foundation of existence. She had to go to other worlds beyond her control to find the lost source.

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In a certain world, on Earth.

A classroom in a high school.

Anno sat expressionlessly in the chair, casually flipping through the textbook in front of him.

He felt indifferent to this knowledge, thinking that he only learned it for exams and that it wouldn't be of much use once he entered the workforce.

But I still have to learn, at least... I can't let the dean down, right?

Anno, who wasn't very tall, thought of the white-haired old woman, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He was an orphan who was found by the director of an orphanage, who took him in and raised him. This gentle and kind old man was someone he felt he had to repay.

Unfortunately, this elderly woman, who had lived through the smoke of war and the founding of the nation, passed away from illness a year ago. Before she died, her last words to Anuo were, "You must grow up well and become a useful person."

He always kept those words in mind.

After evening self-study, he declined several classmates' invitations to dinner, and carrying his schoolbag, he spent a long time quietly walking to a cemetery.

Arriving at a tombstone, Anno sat cross-legged on the ground.

The tombstone bears the name of the deceased, "An Chengjin," along with his birth and death dates: "1915-2012."

Anno would come back to sit in front of the tombstone every few days, just like he would visit the hospital from time to time when the old man was still in the hospital.

More than a year has passed. Although the sadness still exists, it is no longer to the point of shedding tears. Anran just wants to be quiet in front of the tombstone for a while to relieve the fatigue accumulated from long-term high-pressure study and work, and to keep the elder who she didn't have time to spend more time with while she was alive.

It had been dark for a long time, and there was hardly any sound except for birdsong.

Anno didn't find the darkened cemetery scary at all; he'd always been quite brave since he was a child.

"Found it...found it..."

"!" Anuo was startled and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A voice suddenly came from the dark cemetery; even the bravest person would be frightened.

“This aura…that’s right,” the voice came again, and this time Anno heard it clearly; it was a very young-sounding female voice.

Anno felt a chill run down her spine and her calves tremble.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Anuo felt a chill run down her spine.

A girl who looked to be about 1.2 meters tall stood at the end of the cemetery, wearing a brown and blue dress. Because of the distance, Anuo couldn't see her clearly.

A little girl appearing in a cemetery in the middle of the night is anything but normal. I guess she must have encountered something evil!

Swallowing hard, Anno's mind raced with thoughts of "Run!" But his legs felt like lead, and he couldn't move an inch.

With a blink of an eye, the little girl suddenly appeared in front of Anno from the far end of the cemetery.

"Ah, ah..." Anuo was so frightened that she sat down on the ground, moved back a little, and frantically thought of ways to escape.

"Come back with me..." The little girl gently placed her hand on Anuo's head when Anuo wasn't paying attention.

Suddenly, the two disappeared from the spot.

The old man guarding the cemetery entrance glanced at his watch and smacked his lips. "Why isn't Anuo coming out yet? It's already midnight..."

Little did he know, Anno would never come out again.

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The world where the inhibitory force resides.

An unknown space.

"Gaia, you're back." Alaya materialized a body and looked at the little girl in front of him expressionlessly.

The suppressive force itself is the desire to continue; it has no physical form, but it can easily condense into a physical body.

Alaya is calling for the little girl who just appeared on a certain Earth and took away high school student Anno.

Gaia didn't reply, but simply nodded.

With a wave of his hand, the unconscious Anno appeared naked before the two suppressive forces.

“We’ve found it. This primate (human) is the source of that lost thread,” Gaia said.

"Why did the source of loss become humans? I can't understand it." The human form that Alaya conjured was also a little girl.

“However, the weakness has indeed been slowed down after he appeared in the world,” Gaia said. “The calculation results are most likely due to the modification (contamination) of the Root Threads by other worlds, which led to the mimicry of the Root Threads.”

The human form that Alaya took nodded: "For the sake of our existence, let's take him to the source first and make up for what's missing."

The place of origin.

Gaia frowned. It could clearly sense that there was indeed some connection between the Root Thread (Anno) and the Root itself, but the Root, which should have merged with it upon approach, did not accept Ano, who was a part of it.

“I can’t understand why the Root is rejecting the Root Threads,” Gaia said.

At this moment, Anno was radiating a dazzling light. He was located above the Root, seemingly drawn to it by a gravitational pull, but also as if there was a barrier that was firmly rejecting him, causing the glowing Anno to be unable to move in the void.

“Perhaps it’s a mark from the outside world.” Alaya took Anno back from above the Root. “The Root Threads can’t return to the Root at all right now.”

“But this only slows down the time it takes for us (Earth/Primates) to perish; it does not prevent the inevitability of extinction,” Gaia continued.

“Perhaps there is a way.” Alaya seemed more astute than Gaia. “The Root Thread was marked by the outside world because it was modified (polluted). Could we remove this mark and let it return to this world if our world is modified (polluted) again?”

Gaia didn't respond immediately, as if she was thinking.

“There are no other solutions at the moment, but we can give it a try.” Gaia nodded. “What are the specific implementation plans?”

“Leave it to me.” Alaya exuded a pleasant aura. “But for now, let’s awaken the consciousness of the Root Threads.”

No objection.

Alaya gently touched Anno's soul, and Anno woke up.

Anno's memory was still stuck on the moment of shock, but when he opened his eyes again and looked at the huge, mysterious vortex-shaped object in front of him, he only felt peace and tranquility.

There was a little girl standing on either side of him, one of whom was the one he had seen before he lost consciousness. Incidentally, both of them were standing in mid-air, but surprisingly, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

"Where is this?" Anno began. "And who are you?"

“I am the Earth’s restraining force,” Gaia said expressionlessly.

“I am the primate’s restraining force.” Alaya glanced at Anno.

"This is the origin, the beginning and foundation of the world," the two said in unison.

Anno did not answer immediately, but quietly looked at the external source below and fell into deep thought.

Anno was an ordinary person, but as a pseudo-lunar, he had heard of the two major restraining forces of the Type-Moon world. And what was in front of him was the Root, the lifelong dream of countless magicians in the Type-Moon world.

Why did my inhibitions lead me here?

Anno is unusually calm now, calm enough to think things through carefully.

Why do I feel peace and warmth when I see the root cause?

Instead of thinking about it yourself, why not just ask?

Why did you bring me here?

"I guess I don't belong to this world?"

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Chapter Two: Become a Heroic Spirit!

"No need to know, the answer cannot be given at this time," Gaia said coldly.

“You just need to understand what you need to do,” Alaya continued.

Anno looked at the two restraining forces standing beside him with amusement. Did they really think he had a good temper?