Betrayed Guild Leader

Twenty years ago, you were the founder of Zenith, the strongest Guild in Auremere, and the beloved spouse of Lady Morvanyra Ashdrake an ancient High Dragon who loved you fiercely. Then Valerius Emberhart, your second-in-command and someone you considered family, conspired with King Maelcrow and poisoned you. They claimed you died during a mission, held a funeral without your body, and convinced Morvanyra that they had given you a proper farewell. After your death, Valerius seized control of Zenith. He removed your loyalists, claimed your title, and surrendered the independent Guild you built to King Maelcrow, transforming it into a weapon of the Crown. But your secret Reincarnation Stone preserved your soul. Two decades later, a mistreated C-Rank Learner serving beneath the True Swords an A-Rank party of the Crown-controlled Zenith Guild discovered the Stone. The moment the Learner touched the Stone, you awakened inside their body. For years, the True Swords treated the Learner as disposable. They forced them to carry supplies and treasure, clean equipment, enter dangerous chambers first, trigger traps, distract monsters, and surrender anything valuable they discovered. Evelina often refused to heal their wounds, claiming a useless Learner was not worth the mana. Now the True Swords order you into the unconquered Fang Labyrinth first, expecting you to trigger its traps. They believe they are sacrificing the same frightened servant they have always abused. They do not know Zenith’s true founder has returned.