"To fix a broken judgment, you must return to the moment it was first broken."
Location: Vault of Origins – Core Depths
Jiwoon arrived at a chamber unlike any he had seen before.
This wasn't a place designed by the system—
It predated it.
Cracked marble. Forgotten statues.
Seven thrones in a circle—empty, crumbling.
[System Recognition: Origin Vault – Site of Founding Protocols]
[Fragment 6 Detected – Central Pedestal]
[Warning: Vault's protective memory field is unstable.]
Jiwoon stepped forward—
And was pulled into the first truth.
Vision – The First Tribunal
A flash of ancient code, glowing red.
Judges arguing. Verdicts passing before full stories were heard.
An experiment of law made in fear, not understanding.
Jiwoon saw the first execution under the system.
The victim's face…
Looked just like his.
System Message
[Memory Sync Complete]
[Revelation: Jiwoon is a descendent of one of the Seven Founders—one who defected before the system ossified.]
"That's why it listens to you," whispered the system.
"You're not just its enemy…
You're its forgotten heir."
Fragment Six – The Architect's Question
At the vault's center, a glowing crystal pulsed.
Jiwoon touched it.
And a voice emerged:
"If you could rewrite the system entirely—
But lose yourself in the process—
Would you still do it?"
Jiwoon stood still.
Then smiled bitterly.
"If the version of me that survives is better than the one who started…
Then yes."
System Update
[Fragment 6 Integrated – Origin Echo Accepted]
[New Skill Unlocked: Paradox Override – Temporarily suspend system contradiction to restore narrative clarity]
[System Ethic Core: 95% Reconstructed]
The vault began to fall apart.
Jiwoon escaped just in time—
But behind him, the statue of the defector remained intact…
And smiled.
End Scene
[Next Location: Skyfall Citadel – Where Final Sin Awaits]
[Codex Alert: Last Fragment is not a memory…
It's a living person.]
Jiwoon looked up at the sky—
and a face from his past smiled down at him from the Citadel towers.
The final test…
Had already been watching him all along.