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In the beginning, there were twin goddesses who created the world.

But one day, the younger goddess, jealous of her older sister goddess, fell into corruption and became a demon goddess.

There is only one being left in the world who is called a goddess.

-Excerpt from Genesis 1.

***

She has never seen the outside world.

A narrow, dark, underground room.

Because that small space where not a single ray of light entered was the only world allowed to her.

[The outside world is dangerous and full of terrible things. Compared to that, this secret room is such a safe place.]

She has never met anyone else since she was born.

Because from the moment she realized that she was herself and remembered, there was no one by her side.

[Other people? There’s no need to be curious about those people who locked you up here and ignored you, right?]

First, there was no need to starve to death.

Because her daily food always flowed down from the ground through a small outlet built into the wall.

Even though it was just someone’s leftover food, she was grateful.

She grew up eating only that, so she didn’t even know that it was trash.

[You have to eat food. That way you won’t die and can continue talking to me. If you die, it’s over.]

She could neither speak nor read.

Because I have never learned or been taught anything necessary for living from my seniors in life.

[You don’t have to think about anything. We’ll spend the rest of our lives together in this cozy place.]

She wasn’t lonely.

No, I never knew what it felt like to be lonely in the first place. Because I never knew what it felt like to be with someone.

But that’s okay. She always had someone there for her.

A being that has been by her side since the moment her ego awakened.

Her only companion was the being that called itself ‘darkness’.

So she had to settle for the reality that was given to her all along, and be content with it. All along, in a dark, closed room with no sense of time.

One, life is fickle and as always, things don’t go as planned, and changes come suddenly.

Squeak-!!

The iron door was covered in rust, as if it had not been opened for a very long time.

The iron door, which had never been opened before and seemed like it would never open again, opened with a loud noise.

Beyond that, a bright light came in.

It was only as bright as a candle, but it was dazzling to her, who was experiencing brightness for the first time.

“… It really happened.”

After the light appeared, she saw a living, moving figure just like her, but she couldn’t tell what it was.

Step, step, step…

Soon, the being slowly walked towards her.

She instinctively began to threaten it, wary of a stranger she was meeting for the first time.

“Ahhh! Aaaah!!”

[You are an intruder! You are the one who will make you miserable! Kill me! Right here, right now!]

The darkness also did not welcome it, and began to react with a violent reaction it had never shown before.

Step, step, step…

But it didn’t stop her from getting closer, and eventually, her alertness reached a breaking point and she rushed at it.

“Wow-!!”

He threw his torso with all his might, and fell backwards with a loud noise.

Boom boom boom-!!

Then he immediately climbed on top and punched me in the chest area.

She had little strength, as she was poor in food and had poor muscle development due to living in a small, confined room.

For some reason, the opponent did not show any resistance, even when he fell backwards or was attacked.

Just intense anger directed at someone other than her, and a sad, guilty look in his eyes towards her.

But she didn’t know that fact, so when her opponent showed signs of discomfort, she started hitting him more desperately as if resisting.

The next moment, the person who had been quiet until just a moment ago suddenly hugged her tightly.

“… Ah!?”

She was startled and flailed around at the sensation and pressure she felt for the first time in her life… .

Kwak-!!

Rather, the other person seemed to be hugging her more tightly as if he would never let her go.

“I’m sorry… . I’m really sorry… .”

“Ouch! Aaaah! Aaaah-!!”

“I just found out now, I found out too late… I’m really sorry, oppa.”

At that moment, hot moisture touched her cheek, which was fluttering madly.

She couldn’t figure out what it was, though….

“Uh, huh… ?”

The moment she touched it, for some reason, the same drops of water began to flow from her eyes.

“Ughhh-!!”

“Sorry, sorry Julia… .”

She hugged the other person, who unconsciously made her body strange as if it were the other person’s.

“… From now on, I will protect you. No matter what happens, I will protect you. ”

She couldn’t tell what the words whispered in her ear meant.

In the warmth I felt for the first time since I was born, in the words full of determination.

Inside a dark, closed room where silence was a daily routine.

For the first time, the girl’s, Julia’s, sad cries resounded.

…after that, the darkness did not appear.

***

Julian left the secret room where his twin sister was locked up and climbed the hidden stairs in the dungeon of Dustin’s mansion.

“Fucking motherfuckers.”

Julian tried to appear as gentle as possible in front of his younger sister whom he met for the first time.

But the moment I was alone, my anger grew so strong that I could no longer control my expression.

‘… You have to endure it. You can’t make a fuss here.’

If I do that, he will find out about my sister’s existence and even the fact that I met her will become known.

Julian returned to his room, barely able to contain the anger he had never felt in his life.

Then he sat down at his desk, opened a drawer, and took out a diary.

[Ale Dustin]

The name written on the cover of the book was that of the Dustin family’s mistress, his mother, who had passed away from an illness several years ago.

The mother he remembers was a kind person.

He always had a gloomy complexion and a somewhat gloomy atmosphere.

She was a wonderful person who was devoted to her husband, kind to her children, and treated her subordinates without discrimination.

I thought she was a model person as a wife, a parent, and a noblewoman.

‘Until I discovered this, that is.’

A diary I found while looking for my late mother’s room because I missed her empty space.

The content written in it was so shocking that it completely changed Julian Dustin’s perception.

Julian, with a cold expression, slowly opened his diary.

“I finally got pregnant. Now I can fulfill my duties as a proper housewife.”

Keep turning the pages.

“My body feels heavy. Is it normal for pregnancy to be this heavy?”

continue.

“Somehow I feel like there isn’t just one child in my stomach. It’s just a feeling… but it absolutely must not be that way.”

Pass it on.

“… In the end, I gave birth to twins. A boy and a girl. What on earth did I do wrong that the goddess punished me like this?”

My teeth ground out at my mother’s words, who described the birth of life and their own birth as punishment.

“My husband wanted to kill my younger sister, the girl, before anyone found out. He thought my older brother, the boy, would be the successor.”

The hand holding the page is trembling.

“Everyone who was present at the birth was silenced by my husband. But I couldn’t bring myself to kill the baby I gave birth to because of the pain in my stomach, as he wanted.”

He felt nauseous at the duplicity of his parents’ behavior, which was completely different from what he had known of them until then.

“We compromised by building a new space underneath the mansion’s dungeon. Until then, we decided to raise the child outside the mansion so that his existence would not be discovered.”

My vision becomes blurry when I read.

“When the child was old enough to stand and eat on his own, the construction was finished. The husband killed the nanny who had been looking after the child alone and locked the child in a secret room in the basement.”

How, how can a person be like this?

“At least as a parent, I thought I should give her a name. I named her Julia, after Julian. A name that probably no one would ever call her.”

His younger sister, Julia Dustin, whom he never knew existed until now.

“Julian is growing up well. But I won’t be able to watch him grow to the end. I’ve become sick. Am I being punished for abandoning my child?”

Unlike him, who enjoyed his rights as the successor to the count’s family, his twin sister was treated like an animal.

“…I wonder how that child, Julia, is doing?”

There the diary ended, with a small drop of blood on the paper.

“Woweeeek-!!”

Julian, unable to bear the disgust that came with worrying at the very end, quickly got up from his seat and spat out the vomit and water.

The floor and carpet were dirty, but I didn’t care.

Because what was dominating his mind right now was resentment toward his parents and guilt toward his younger sister.

“… Oppa, I will protect you. I will make you happy as much as you suffered. ”

Things you, who are not worthy of being called parents, could not do.

He said that he would do whatever it took to appear in their place.

Even if something happens that throws this family and you into the abyss.

After all, we are all sinners.

Julian muttered softly and made up his mind.