Beginning: After The End ^new^

It asks: If you lived a hard life and died lonely, and were given a perfect new body, a loving family, and immense power... would you finally be happy?

TurtleMe has the courage to let Arthur fail. Not "fail forward" where he loses a battle but gains a new power. No. Real failure. Loss that reshapes the entire geography of the story. The moment the "beginning" ends and the "after" truly begins is one of the most gut-wrenching shifts in modern web fiction. beginning after the end

The narrative punishes this relentlessly. It asks: If you lived a hard life

If you are an anime-only or manhwa-only reader, brace yourself. The story doesn't stay in the academy or the war. It evolves. Without spoiling the Volumes 8-11 arc, know this: the author destroys the status quo. Not "fail forward" where he loses a battle