"Not all who witness history shape it.
But some… remember it so others can."
Location: The Infinite Archive
After leaving the Genesis Layer, Jiwoon arrived in a void lined with glowing scrolls and rotating cubes of memory.
No footsteps echoed here. Only silence so heavy it felt sacred.
Then, a voice spoke—not aloud, but directly into Jiwoon's mind.
"You seek to fix what should not have existed."
"Do you wish to see how deep the fracture goes?"
Jiwoon looked up.
Floating above him was a figure made entirely of light and ink, robed in pages of history.
Introduction: The Archivist
"I have no name. I am what is left when no one agrees."
"I am the system's memory… but not its will."
Jiwoon: "Then you know why the system turned cold."
"I know everything. I watched it break—
and I watched no one weep for it."
The Great Fracture
The Archivist raised a hand. Images unfolded around them:
Tribunals voting to erase gray-area crimes.
Mercy overridden by protocol.
Reconciliation denied because it "complicated records."
"The system didn't break because of evil.
It broke because it stopped listening."
Jiwoon: "Can it be healed?"
"Not by force. Only by inheritance."
The Gift
The Archivist lowered a cube of data into Jiwoon's hands.
[Core Fragment Acquired: Root Record – Conflict Thread 4/7]
[Description: Grants access to alternative judgment logs suppressed by current Tribunal.]
"This record holds forgotten verdicts.
Use it wisely, or the system will consume you trying to rewrite them."
A Warning
"You are not the first to try.
Some tried to delete the system.
Others tried to control it.
All failed."
Jiwoon: "Then what makes me different?"
"They rewrote law with fear.
You… are trying to rewrite it with understanding."
End Scene
As Jiwoon turned to leave, the Archivist whispered one final truth:
"When you reach the Sixth Fragment…
you will face the choice they feared most."
"And you must choose… not what is right.
But what you are willing to live with."
The scrolls closed behind him.
And for the first time, the Archive sighed in hope.