[175 years ago]
Laughter echoed through the ancient halls as a robust, tall man with silvery-blue hair and piercing sky-blue eyes, a scar boldly marking his right eye, taunted the ambitious young Ichika.
"HAHAHA, you aspire to become an Elder, Ichika?"
Undeterred, ten-year-old Ichika Natsu responded with determination, "Yes."
Raphael Carpenter, another ten-year-old with skepticism etched on his face, challenged Ichika's lofty dreams. "Do you truly believe you can be an Elder when you're blind? And even if you could, how could you aspire to join them after they've forced our master into hiding?"
Despite the discouragement, Izumi Sliva, one of the esteemed First Five Heavenly Generals, intervened with wisdom. "Raphael, don't dissuade him. Although the Elders have their dark side, I, too, was once among them. It would make me a hypocrite to discourage Ichika from pursuing his dreams."
