The world seems ordinary...
Yet beneath its daily rhythm, something begins to stir—something that was never meant to exist.
Kaivan Badrika Alijaya, a young man adrift and hollow, stumbles upon a mysterious tome known as the Tome of Omnicent — a book said to reveal destiny itself and unveil every hidden truth.
At first, Kaivan only wished to rebuild his life: start a small business, make friends, and reignite the fragile hope he once lost.
But the more he obeys the guidance of the tome, the stranger his world becomes... as if reality itself is bending under unseen hands.
From light and shadow that coexist in silence, to faith crumbling into doubt, Kaivan begins to realize that every choice demands a price.
And behind it all, one question echoes endlessly:
What do you seek… when you already know everything?
This entry is written for the MAL x Honeyfeed Writing Contest 2025 — Twilight Frontiers, under the Urban Fantasy theme.
Instead of creating a new setting, this story unfolds in an unseen corner of the Kaivan Universe—an invisible fracture within everyday life, where the familiar city hides something quietly unnatural.
Kaivan Badrika Alijaya, a young man drifting without purpose, encounters a relic known as the Tome Omnicent, a book said to reveal fate itself. What begins as a desperate attempt to fix his life slowly twists into something stranger: lights behaving wrong, shadows stretching where they shouldn’t, and the city shifting—as if it’s watching him.
One night. One choice. One crack in the world.
And beneath it all, a single question:
What are you searching for… when you already know everything?
This entry is written for the MAL x Honeyfeed Writing Contest 2025 — Twilight Frontiers, under the Urban Fantasy theme.
Instead of creating a new setting, this story unfolds in an unseen corner of the Kaivan Universe—an invisible fracture within everyday life, where...