The Sovereign’s Paradox - 6

Echo's gaze didn't waver.

"Why?"

The old man exhaled slowly.

For centuries, no one had dared to ask this.

No one had dared to seek the Fifth World.

Because those who did 

Disappeared.

Every last one of them.

Erased from history.

Forgotten by time.

Gone.

 

Echo had spent years searching.

Reading through ancient texts.

Studying forbidden archives.

But every record of the Fifth World ended the same way 

With nothing.

There were no failures.

No warnings.

No messages left behind.

It was as if the world itself had erased the knowledge.

And now, standing before the Grand Judge, Eiko was finally about to learn the truth.

 

The old man's hands trembled.

"This world… It does not allow the Fifth."

Echo narrowed his eyes.

"What does that mean?"