How This Was Forged

  The seed for this story was planted during a Mushoku Tensei watch session with a friend. At one point, he flinched and asked, “How is this guy even accepted as family?” That stuck with me. Yeah, the protagonist’s a prodigy, but family should be more than talent—it should be love.

  I hated that passive helplessness. So I wrote someone you could root for. Someone ordinary, scarred, and stubborn—one of us—who still finds their way back to love.

  Now, here's the thing: I’ve made my point. But I’m also stuck between deadlines and doubt. If you want Enigmatic Pathways to live on—if you want Unicus to return in Volume 2—I need to know you’re out there.

  Unicus : (Perfect form of Ayanokoji Kiyotaka From The Classroom of The Elite. But Reimagined, in Rae ARK style.) They said Ayanokoji couldn’t feel it. I gave him grief. I gave him guilt. And then I gave him fire. Just try to predict where the story will go? Because as an author even I get scared at times of what I've just reimagined and wrote.

  You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

  This wasn’t just another light novel project for me. I wrote this for White Fox. Not years of wasted time—just a wild, focused month of obsession. After watching Re:Zero Season 3 hit every emotional beat with surgical precision, I knew I had to craft something worthy of that kind of adaptation.

  Why was a scientist chosen to represent the beginning of EPMC's world?

  Bombastic Origin, Not Bland Prologue

  Reinheart’s backstory in Re:Zero is “I was royal, then tragedy happened, now I have plot armor.” Unicus’s origin is scientific hubris → public humiliation → literal rebirth with a lifetime of regret stamped onto his soul. That depth screams uniqueness.

  Power with Purpose

  No gifted swords. No last-minute upgrades. Unicus's triskelion and molten-lava fury are seared into him by trauma. Every flare of power is a flashback. Every ability is a burden. This isn’t just magic—it’s memory, rage, and raw identity forged into flame.

  Cultivation of Suspense and Silence

  If you truly like EPMC's world and wish for it to thrive in future volumes? Just know that I will be keeping my eyes on the TV waiting for the Breaking News headline of EPMC's Rise.

  Rebellion Against Tropes

  No chosen one. No world to save. The world’s already in pieces—and Unicus isn’t here to fix it. He’s here to remember, reclaim, and maybe, burn it cleaner than before. If you're tired of formulaic arcs, welcome to the rebellion.