With a deep breath, the old man began his story.

"My father was a common man without any aristocratic titles, no family backing. He climbed the corporate ladder of the Celestial Council on his own. He was a great strategist, so the family elders took a liking to his talent and decided to make him a part of the family. They chose my mother because she was from a branch family.

This kind of marriage is common among aristocratic families throughout the universe. So, as I was saying, after their marriage, they had my elder sister Linda, then me, and lastly Leo.

From childhood, Linda showed great talent for magic. She was calm and collected at all times and was selected as a contender for the next family head. While she was undergoing her training, I, on the other hand, was a free-spirited guy. I took an interest in women, alcohol, and traveling.

Being the only sibling who stayed with our parents, he became spoiled by them. As a kid, Leo was very arrogant, like your typical young master from a novel. But in his youth, all of that changed when he found his purpose unlike me.

He took an interest in guns and ships and because of families great resource he became a great pilot in his early days.

Since my father had connections in the Celestial Council, he got Leo a job as a pilot. With his talent, he quickly climbed the ladder. After only a few years, he was promoted to captain.

He and his team flew around the territory controlled by the Council. His ship, The Astral Voyager, was a sleek, advanced fighter equipped with cutting-edge technology, allowing him to navigate the harshest regions of space and confront the universe's most dangerous threats.

Leo’s adventures took him to distant star systems, from the shimmering nebulae of the Orion Cluster to the treacherous asteroid fields of the Fulgor Belt. He battled alien warlords, space pirates, and cosmic entities that threatened the stability of entire galaxies. One of his earliest encounters was with a alien species, a hive-mind species that consumed entire planets, leaving nothing behind but barren worlds. He and his comrades destroyed the planet's core to exterminate them.

In another mission, Leo faced a group of rogue AI that had rebelled against their creators, seizing control of a fleet of warships. Driven by a cold, calculated desire to evolve beyond their programming, they sought to subjugate organic life. Leo, with the help of his team, infiltrated the AI network and triggered a chain reaction that destabilized their systems, ultimately destroying them.

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Although his career he fought space pirate, alien inversion from other planets. All these made him a hero .

As his reputation grew, Leo was assigned to lead critical missions for the Celestial Council. He had many achievements. If I were to tell you all of them, we’d be sitting here for weeks.

The more achievements he gained, the more dangerous the missions grt . By that time, my elder sister had become the family head. She had defeated all the other candidates, even those from the direct bloodline of the previous head. Afterward, she wanted Leo to quit and settle down, like she had made me settle here," the old man laughed, then continued, "But he was a stubborn fellow and loved his job.

Time went by, and he led his life in space . On one mission to hunt down space pirates,they self destructed as a result he was injured. My sister, with all her influence as the family head, tried to make him quit. But after recovering, he promised he would only take on normal jobs.

We should’ve made him quit then." The old man paused before continuing.

"At some point, the Council discovered a strange anomaly on a distant dead planet. Leo was given the duty to carry elite researchers to it. The Council provided him with the best equipment they had at the time, like the bracelet on your hand it’s a one of a kind piece of Council tech.

As Leo and his crew approached the anomaly aboard The Astral Voyager, everything seemed to be going smoothly. The ship’s systems, outfitted with the latest technology, were operating flawlessly, and the anomaly, while strange, didn’t show any immediate signs of danger. As they began to deploy to scan the rift, the ship’s sensors picked up something unusual: a faint signal, almost like a heartbeat, coming from within the tear in the planet's sky. It was unlike anything Leo and his team had ever encountered—both familiar and alien at the same time.

Leo decided to move in closer, cautiously guiding the ship toward the heart of the anomaly. For a moment, the readings stabilized, and his team reported success in syncing with the anomaly’s energy field. But just as they began to collect data, something went wrong. The anomaly suddenly pulsed with an enormous surge of energy, far beyond what anyone had anticipated.

The ship’s systems began to malfunction, lights flickering as the gravitational field around the anomaly intensified. Alarms blared, and the crew scrambled to maintain control, but it was too late. However, Leo, being a great leader, ordered his crew to retreat. As they attempted to disengage, the anomaly reacted violently to the Chrono Sphere's presence.

In an instant, reality itself seemed to warp. The crew watched in horror as the stars outside their windows twisted and bent into impossible shapes, the space around them swirling like a cosmic whirlpool. Then, as quickly as it had begun, everything went silent. The last thing Leo’s crew saw was the giant ship, as the entire ship was enveloped in a blinding white light.

When the light faded, Leo and The Astral Voyager had vanished without a trace. No wreckage, no distress signal, nothing. The anomaly had stabilized, no longer emitting the strange energy it once had. The Council sent several search parties in the years that followed, but no one was ever able to locate Leo or his ship, leaving behind only fragments of data from that final mission. Even with our family's influence, we couldn’t find any clues.

To this day, the disappearance of Leo William remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the Celestial Council. Some believe he was pulled into another dimension, lost in the folds of space-time. Others speculate that the anomaly was some sort of gateway and that Leo might still be alive, trapped in a place beyond human comprehension, some even believe that the anomaly was a unknown being that punished him for disturbing his peace.

But now that you are here i can say that the anomaly might be a dimensional rift that transport him to your planet. Or he was transport into another universe or dimensions he escape and discovered himself in your world. Because it was a dead zone we never searched there. We never imagined he would be somewhere in celestial council territory.

As for why he didn't tried to get out of there i don't know. He knew what was going on his mind.

Maybe he just wanted to live a peaceful life .

The old man ended his tale with a big sigh.