When I finally exited the stage, the place I came back to wasn’t Earth.

Mumble.

There were countless lights scattered across the black abyss. The sight was reminiscent of the Milky Way in the night sky.

Entering the Curtain of Ignorance.

“Curtain of Ignorance?”

I opened my mouth to speak, but my thoughts were not expressed as actual. I was already a figure of light as well, and no longer taking human form.

“What is this?”

But I looked different from the other lights scattered across this darkness.

Gao--!

An enormous light illuminated the surroundings. The source of the light was none other than myself, and the endless darkness was pushed back by the light I emitted.

“What? Who are you? Let me out!”

“Don’t be ridiculous! Who would believe such a contrived remark? A god?”

“Are you an angel…?”

The figures of light residing in my spreading light took on human forms. Only then could I finally recognize the identities of the myriad of lights floating in the darkness.

“Are those all people’s souls, or minds?”

I concentrated my consciousness and observed the figures. The number of lights that entered my domain easily exceeded hundreds, and all of them were facing the same three beings.

‘That is.’

The three figures looked human, but they were not.

A beautiful, blindfolded woman.

An angel with six giant wings.

An old man holding onto a black, glowing, stone ta...