One continent, ten lands.

A place where ancient civilizations and stories breathe.

The Dacia Continent.

Among those ten lands, there was one place more secret and quiet than any other.

A destination for scholars' longing, the home of mages.

A place where the records of dream academies and ancient ruins breathe.

Here, where the value of Mana is rated higher than money, food, or shelter, the strongest mage is held as the leader, and others follow his will to explore academic truths.

A secret land, more hidden and powerful than any other.

The East.

There, another new destiny was beginning to bloom.

At the heart of this place, where the Magic Tower, sorcery, and all the world's knowledge live and breathe,

were Rael Aster and Ian Aster.

Noble brothers standing at the pinnacle of White and Black Magic.

Though they handled magics of opposite natures, they always shared the same dream.

Quite simply:

To understand the essence of Mana.

It could not be found anywhere.

They read every single book in the Magic Tower library, nearly died using forbidden spells, and met with ancient sages.

Still, they could not find the answer. They were maddeningly curious.

Since Mana is not just power to a mage, they wanted to know its source.

They wanted to understand the power they used more closely, more deeply.

So, they conducted an experiment bordering on the forbidden.

Research to create a perfect human being.

A human who was not only physically complete but could also fully contain that Ancient Mana, said to be the purest of all Mana.

If they could just make it, if they could just find the answer, they were willing to do anything.

After years of research and numerous failures, the experiment succeeded.

However, the two ended up creating not just the 'homunculus' they had simply expected, but a being that embodied a Mana circuit.

A human who fully contained the power that moves the world's magic, a being that was in itself a massive force of magical power.

It was the birth of the Origin.

Time passed.

They were gradually drawn to the Origin, which at first had been nothing more than a research subject.

To a mage, Mana was a force that exerted an instinctive pull.

Their eyes kept wandering toward it; they wanted to keep breathing by its side.

And the one in whom this change first began was none other than the Head of White Magic, Rael Aster.

From a certain point, he began to look not at the test subject's Mana, but at the being itself.

At first, I just wanted to study the Mana.

Then, I wanted to keep that Mana by my side.

Adding one thing to another, eventually... I wanted to make the 'Origin' mine.

The desire to possess Mana had shifted into a desire for a person, into obsession, into possessiveness.

Before he could even realize it, he was submerged in that sensation.

They say emotions are bound to show.

Soon, that change was noticed.

By none other than his younger brother, Ian Aster.

Due to the nature of the experiment involving Black Magic, Ian had spent the most time with the 'Origin.'

Naturally, he noticed his brother's morbid gaze directed toward the Origin.

Once he noticed, everything began to make sense in an instant.

That Rael was gradually trying to strip that being of its freedom.

And at the same time, though he couldn't quite explain it.

That he himself wanted to protect the 'Origin.'

So he thought:

If the 'Origin' wants to leave this place, I will help.

If necessary, I'll take them down from the Sky Island and send them away where Rael can't find them.

And this story begins now.

High in the eastern sky, the 'Sky Island' floats with powerful magic, having swallowed the entire top of the massive Magic Tower.

There, the 'Origin,' containing the most powerful Mana in the world, is imprisoned.

Without knowing why they were created, or what their given power means.

Then, at some point, they will realize.

That no matter the purpose of my birth, even my life does not need to be someone else's property.

And at some point, they will resolve.

That I will escape the Sky Island.

And at some point, they will have to choose.

Which of the two mages who created me will I trust?

Will I take Rael's hand, or flee with Ian?

...Or will I belong to no one?

The 'Origin' and 'Eternity' of all Mana.

A being harboring enough power to rule all the magic in the world—the first thing they choose of their own will was, surprisingly, nothing grand.

Simply,

Where will I live?

And whom will I stay with?

Where is my own 'Eden'??

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