The System gives power.
  It also takes shape.
  In Serah Vale’s world, every young adult is recognized, their strengths laid bare by an ancient force said to be divine. Most accept what they are shown. Most commit to a path and let the System guide their growth.
  Serah’s recognition is different.
  Marked with a high Imprint, she feels the weight of constant observation—every thought, every shift in focus nudging her toward fixation. While champions rise in the arena and rival students chase prestige, Serah chooses something far more dangerous: awareness.
  At the Academy of Measured Ascension, she learns that power without structure fractures, and escalation without intent consumes. But as the System’s pressure intensifies and powerful figures begin to take interest in her resistance, Serah must confront a terrifying possibility:
  What if the System does not merely measure who she is—
  What if it decides who she will become?
 
 
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