Through my Tier-Alpha access, I intercepted "Project Ascendant" on Marshal Kaelen’s terminal. It was a classified plan he personally authorized to conceive a pure-blood heir with his mistress, Lyra. To him, I was merely a decaying stabilization device. Instead of confronting him, I stepped into the black market for an unanesthetized surgery to physically sever our irreversible neural bond. Cutting this connection meant permanently losing my S-class Guide abilities, enduring chronic nerve pain, and drastically shortening my lifespan. The agonizing procedure just ended, leaving my b****y neural node behind in a box. As the central AI coldly announced that Kaelen had returned early and was walking upstairs, I dragged my ruined body toward the exit, wondering if I could vanish completely before he opened the door.