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However, just as Aiden thought he was about to break through the Mirror Abyss, the shattered mirror pieces around him suddenly froze in midair.

They did not fall.

Instead, as if pulled by some invisible Strength, they began to piece themselves back together.

This time, the images in the mirrors completely changed.

There were no grand temples.

There was no false perfect god.

Aiden’s steps suddenly stopped.

His double pupils tightened in an instant.

In the mirror, he saw Cheryl.

She was sitting in a valley filled with blooming bellflowers. Beside her stood a man dressed in pure white.

The man’s eyes were full of gentleness and understanding. He seemed to understand her strength and weakness even better than Aiden did.

Cheryl leaned against the man’s shoulder. On her face was a completely relaxed smile that Aiden had never seen before.

In another mirror,

Kelsey was smiling sweetly as she held the hand of a tall man. His body gave off a warm aura that came from the same source as the supreme Miko.

He was the guardian most suited for Kelsey. He could easily heal all her pain.

And Zoey...

She stood side by side with a being who had perfect data-processing power. In their eyes was a deep understanding that went beyond everything.

In every mirror, the people Aiden cared about most had someone else beside them.

Someone better.

Someone more suitable.

Those people understood their pain better than he did.

Those people cared for their souls more than he did.

And the way those women looked at them was so sincere, so open, and without the slightest hesitation.

"You may not care about Strength."

"But what about feelings?"

"Are you truly willing to be forgotten by them completely?"

"Are you truly willing to be replaced by someone better?"

From the depths of the Mirror Abyss, the voice of the Pillar of Jealousy became sharp and full of hatred, stabbing straight into his soul.

This was jealousy’s final line of defense.

It did not attack his Strength.

It attacked his heart.

Aiden stood where he was, his knuckles turning white from how tightly he clenched his fists. His eyes were fixed on the mirrors that reflected the people he cared about most.

The wind inside the Mirror Abyss seemed to freeze completely at that moment.

The scenes reflected by the ice-cold crystals looked so real that they could drive a person to despair.

Cheryl’s smile, Kelsey’s innocence, and Zoey’s silent understanding all bloomed beside another "perfect person."

"Are you truly willing to be forgotten by them completely?"

"Are you truly willing to be replaced by someone better?"

The voice of the Pillar of Jealousy was like poisoned bone spikes, drilling madly into the depths of Aiden’s soul.

Aiden stood where he was. His knuckles hurt from how tightly he clenched his fists, turning pale.

His double pupils stared fixedly at the mirrors that reflected the people closest to him.

However, the expected rage, madness, or collapse of his spiritual resolve did not happen.

Instead,

in the deathly silence, the corners of Aiden’s mouth slowly lifted.

He smiled.

The laugh was very soft, but inside the Mirror Abyss, which was filled with hatred and jealousy, it sounded especially sharp.

"What are you laughing at?!"

The voice of the Pillar of Jealousy suddenly became shrill, filled with anger and shock, as if it had been mocked.

Aiden slowly raised his head. The black and white light of law that had been swirling in his double pupils faded away completely.

In its place was a deep calm, as if he had seen through all ages and understood everything.

"I’m laughing at you."

"You are one of the mighty Abyss Seven Pillars, yet you don’t even understand what you are."

Aiden’s voice was not loud, but every word was like thunder, making the void hum.

"You think this illusion can break me?"

"You think the fear of being replaced can drag me into the Abyss of jealousy?"

Aiden took one step forward.

As his foot landed, the void did not shake.

But beneath his feet, a strange circle of white ripples spread across the mirror surface.

"The true nature of jealousy has never been that someone else is better or more perfect than you."

Aiden looked at the false images in the mirrors. His voice carried a clear sense of understanding, as if he had risen above it all.

"At its core, jealousy is the fear of separation."

The moment he said that, the strange voice from the depths of the Mirror Abyss vanished completely.

The whole space fell into a deathly silence, as if even the laws themselves were holding their breath.

"You are afraid of losing your connection with others."

"You are afraid of being forgotten. Afraid of being abandoned. Afraid that, in this world, you are nothing more than a useless burden."

"So you try with all your strength to become the ’only one.’ You want to become someone who cannot be replaced."

Aiden looked straight into the darkness at the deepest part of the Mirror Abyss. His tone was calm, as if he were stating the simplest truth.

"But the more you fear separation, the more you trap yourself."

"You use jealousy to push everyone away. You use suspicion and possessiveness to test and hurt every person who tries to get close to you."

"In the end, you can only hide inside the mirrors you created, staring at countless false reflections and feeling sorry for yourself."

Aiden stopped walking. A faint trace of mockery flashed through his double pupils.

"Jealousy has never been some world-destroying Strength."

"It is nothing more than the helpless rage of someone who is lonely to the extreme."

Boom-!!!

The moment the words "helpless rage" fell,

the entire Mirror Abyss froze completely.

Those warm, cruel, and malicious images instantly lost all color, turning into dead gray.

Crack!

Crack, crack!

Thousands of ancient mirrors, mirrors that had lasted for ten thousand years and could not be easily destroyed even by gods, shattered at the same time.

Aiden had not broken them by force with the Law of Space.

Instead, his words had struck the very logic that supported this layer of law.

At that moment, the law of jealousy collapsed on its own.

Countless shining mirror shards poured down like a storm.

Every shard turned into nothingness in midair.

Absolute darkness swallowed Aiden in an instant.

In that dead silent darkness, there were no mirrors, no illusions.

Only pure emptiness remained.

And right in front of Aiden, at the deepest point of the darkness, a faint light appeared.

It was a tiny point of pale blue light.

It was only the size of a soybean, like a lonely heart beating in the deepest part of the Abyss.

That was... the core of the Pillar of Jealousy’s consciousness.

The pale blue light trembled slightly, as if it was suffering from an unimaginable shock to its understanding.

A long time passed.

Then an ancient, hoarse thought, filled with endless exhaustion and confusion, slowly entered Aiden’s mind.

"You are... the first..."

"person to reach this place."

The thought came in broken pieces.

Then came another deathly silence.

Aiden did not speak.

He only looked quietly at that faint blue light.

"...Why?"

The thought sounded again.

This time, there was an uncontrollable tremble in its voice.

"Why are you not afraid?"

"Why are you not afraid... of being separated from them? Of being forgotten by them?"

"Aren’t they the people you care about most?"

Aiden looked at the trembling point of light. A faint warmth flashed in his double pupils.

He spoke slowly, his voice echoing through the emptiness.

"Because I know that a true connection does not need jealousy to keep it alive."

"They love me because I am Aiden."

"Not because I am the most perfect one, and not because I am some god who can never be replaced."

"Even if one day, someone truly appears who is gentler than me, stronger than me, and better suited to protect them... and they make their choice..."

Aiden smiled softly.

That smile was free and open to the extreme.

"Then I would only be happy for them."

"Because I love them. So all I want is for them to be happy."

"That kind of bond has already gone beyond space and beyond law. How could you ever cut it apart with something like ’replacement’?"

The pale blue point of light began to tremble violently.

Its glow flickered, bright and dim, like a dying candle in the wind, ready to go out at any moment.

Ten thousand years.

Since the Abyss was born, it had seen countless Demon Gods and countless powerful humans.

Every person who came here had tried to fight jealousy with great Strength and strong will.

But no one had ever used this way to lay bare its true nature so completely.

And no one had ever faced the fear of "being separated" with such calm acceptance.

In the darkness, only that point of light remained, flashing silently.

After a long time,that hoarse voice sounded beside Aiden’s ear again, carrying a trembling tone that was almost like crying.

"Ten thousand years..."

"No one has ever asked what I was afraid of."

"You are... the first."

Aiden looked at the pale blue point of light, curled up and trembling.

He did not show the authority of a lesser god.

He did not release any terrifying killing intent.

He only bent down slowly and crouched in front of the light.

In his double pupils, that faint blue glow was reflected.

Aiden reached out and held his hand above the point of light. His voice was low and gentle.

"Then I’ll ask."

"What are you afraid of?"

The pale blue light trembled violently beneath Aiden’s palm. Its weak glow was like a firefly that might go out at any moment.

"I’m afraid..."

That hoarse thought finally sounded again, carrying pain and fear that had been buried for ten thousand years.

"I’m afraid of being forgotten."

"I’m afraid that when Big Sister and Second Brother wake up... they will both be more important than me."

"I’m afraid that on the day the Seven Pillars gather again, I will be the weakest one... the one who gets abandoned..."

As that thought poured out, six other terrifying shadows slowly appeared in the empty darkness around them.

They were the phantoms of the other six pillars, towering over everything and giving off a primal pressure that could make even gods tremble.

And before those mighty shadows, this pale blue point of light was as small as a speck of dust.

"We were once equal fragments of Earth’s consciousness..."

"But I was always the weakest one."

"They control destruction, greed, pride... Each one of them is stronger than me, and each one draws more attention."

"Only I have to hide in the dark corners, watching their light, and then... feeling endless jealousy."

The thought was filled with bitterness and self-mockery.

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