THE VEIL

There is a world that humans cannot see.

It exists quietly… beside our own.

Watching.

Listening.

Waiting.

Humans think their emotions disappear.

That happiness fades.

That guilt stays in the past.

That anger eventually becomes nothing.

But it doesn't.

Every feeling leaves something behind.

A trace.

An energy.

This energy is called Veil Essence.

It exists everywhere.

In every person.

Every place.

Every memory.

Some of it is soft.

Warm.

Almost peaceful.

Gold…

Happiness.

Green…

Greed.

Maroon…

Guilt.

Every emotion has its own color.

Its own weight.

Its own presence.

But one of them…

is different.

It doesn't fade easily.

It grows.

It spreads..

It waits.

Black.

Resentment.

Resentment is born from pain.

From things left unsaid.

From wounds that never healed.

From the feeling that something was never made right.

And unlike other emotions…

resentment doesn't always disappear with time.

Sometimes…

it becomes stronger.

And when too much of it gathers…

something happens.

People begin to change.

Kind people become cruel.

Small disagreements become hatred.

Old wounds become new battles.

And eventually…

chaos begins.

But humans don't know why.

They can't see the energy surrounding them.

They can't see what their emotions leave behind.

They can't see the world that exists beside theirs.

The Veil.

A world hidden from human eyes.

A world where emotions don't simply disappear.

They remain.

They grow.

And sometimes…

they become something much more.

For centuries…

someone has watched over this world.

Someone who understands the Veil better than anyone.

Someone who has seen happiness turn into grief.

Love turn into loss.

And pain turn into resentment.

His name is Axiom.

But before he became the man who watched from the shadows…

he was something else.

A protector.

And his story…

began long before the four girls ever entered the Veil.