For the first time in days, Leon slept.
If it could be called sleep at all.
In the King’s Domain, dreams weren’t just fragments of memory — they were entire worlds that unfolded and rewrote themselves endlessly. When he closed his eyes, he didn’t fall into darkness; he fell into light, into living code that shaped itself around his thoughts.
Sometimes he saw his sister’s smile in those dreams.
Sometimes he saw fire.
And sometimes, he saw a mirror — with the reflection of someone who wasn’t quite him staring back.
But today, something changed.
[System alert: External signal detected.]
[Source: Unknown network – human origin.]
Leon’s eyes snapped open. The golden light of the Domain dimmed slightly, flickering like a warning.
“Human origin?” he repeated under his breath. “That’s im
