Chapter 27: The Flame Order Accepts the Loophole

(Order Learns to Coexist)

The Flame Order accepting the loophole was not an update.

It was—
a surrender.

The first to change was not the Flame Domain.

It was the Flame Order itself.

After seven consecutive self-check failures,

the Flame Order abandoned its highest-priority directive: eliminate contradictions.

This was the first time since its creation that it modified a core objective.

Original Objective:
Maintain absolute consistency in Flame Domain order

New Objective:
Under the premise of allowing contradictions,
extend system stability

This was not evolution.

It was compromise.

At the center of the Reality Null Zone,

the Nameless One clearly felt—
the pressure lighten.

Not disappear.

But—
no longer constantly compounding.

The world no longer asked repeatedly:
"Are you allowed to exist?"

It asked a different question:
"How long can you bear it?"

Deep within the Flame Order,

the nameless annotation was formally cited.

Not as a rule.

But as—
a precondition.

Under this annotation, the Flame Order added content for the first time.

No signature.

Only a calm record:

Observed
Result: Continued existence, risk controllable

The Pyrohunter sequence began retraction.

Not destruction.

But—
freezing.

They were redefined as:

Final measures, activated only if the loophole fails

For the first time, the Flame Domain
placed weapons last, not first.

Flame Domain Capital.

The flame lamps relit.

Not everywhere.

But—
as needed.

Some streets allowed Non-Flame nights for the first time.

Citizens panicked.

Yet no disaster occurred.

And fear began to waver.

The Reform Faction took over Flame Domain operations.

They did not declare victory.

Only issued one announcement:

Flame Domain enters
Partial Order Period

Not a pleasant name.

But remarkably accurate.

The Lawful Faction fell silent.

They realized:

The world did not collapse simply because order was “incomplete.”

Instead, it had gained a little breathing room.

No longer perpetually on the verge of fracture.

The Rift Flame faction did not celebrate.

They knew:

This was not the end.

Only—
the first time they were allowed to stand at the table and speak.

And at the center of it all,
was still—
the Nameless One.

He was no longer pursued.

But he could not move far from the Reality Null Zone.

The Flame Order had marked a range for him.

Not a prison.

But—
a buffer zone.

Representatives of the Reform Faction attempted to speak with him.

“What do you want?”

The Nameless One thought for a long time.

Then said:

"For those who come after."
"A world that doesn’t have to reach my step."

The Flame Order recorded it.

No reply.

But over subsequent dispatches,

it began—
actively delaying clearance orders.

Began marking “observable anomalies”.

Began allowing small-scale inconsistencies to exist.

This was not benevolence.

It was learning.

At the edge of the Flame Domain,

a child appeared for the first time without awakening flame.

Yet was not taken away.

The supervision log wrote only one line:

Non-Flame
Status: Observed

The child survived.

The world—
lived a little longer with them.

The Reality Null Zone gradually stabilized.

No longer expanding.

No longer fully closed.

It became a symbol.

Not a forbidden zone.

But a reminder.

The Nameless One stood at its edge.

His existence stability slowly rising.

18%.
19%.
20%.

The cost remained.

But no longer instant death.

He lifted his head, gazing at the Flame Domain.

And whispered:

"It can slow down now."

In the deepest layers of the Flame Order,

the system log recorded one more line.

No logical tag.
No execution number.

Only a preserved statement:

Order does not need to be perfect.
As long as it allows people to live.

The Flame Domain was not saved.

The world was not healed.

But for the first time, they learned to coexist.