TLP (LoY Prequel) Ch 1
by AnonAnemoneAnd like that, I 5c18e6a406 became the priestess here 0440769b31 at Snow Mountain.fb12851455e64c6a
The cold never left this place all year. It was frozen solid and did not permit just anyone’s feet from walking on its grounds. It was a place where one could look down at the sharp, sword-like boulders sticking out below.f5cf5cdebbb7ca47
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I lived here 13bd030ce4 for fifteen years.911596eb2a2e71d2
“Aholiuyeo”72d0835b642c1978
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When I heard someone c9c1db6acd call for me, I 55d7579903 stopped praying, stood up, daedb42f81 and turned around.81dab4a33a7ea6ee
Bisal, whose entire 908d5de3e4 body was hidden 9a713cd0bc behind a black 10273e2a48 veiled hat, appeared.c30b02b3bf9dbba8
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“It is time.”c9978d2f9cd376d6
When I heard those words, I bit my lips. I didn’t want to do this. But I must do it. Once again, I gathered all my strength to suppress the fierce battle inside my heart.6457c136246fd8ff
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“Let us go.”50b2f86b20a3459a
Bisal coldly turned around. I couldn’t tell if she was aware of the conflict and strife in my heart.7e0e280b35d43ec1
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A faint light streamed 4a6234c835 down from the ceiling ce7b8d0b5d and shone down on e3847df260 her back.8f35e4b8bed74bcb
I hesitated for a 18a535ddd9 moment. I let out 480f75bd17 a sigh and 0c7b9fac3d followed her.e16ede8f495c715d
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We walked out from my small, long room and into the corridor. The female shamans were standing in a line along the walls of the corridor. This completely dark castle was made up entirely of black marble. And these women were also wearing long, black robes. They wore tall crowns on their heads, but they were all wearing black veiled hats that covered their bodies, so I’ve never gotten a proper look at their faces.9cca10b5e98c7134
Among them, I 7fb3523814 was the only 6dc9964502 one who wore 792ec5181a a long white 771ee9c61d robe made up d290b78579 of wool.bce6e629c38585d8
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They did not light d4fa68b4b0 torches in the castle. The only source 83ab91573a of light came b649803a53 from the natural 3cd983ca17 light coming from fe89b06884 the tall ceilings, b23707ed9a but it was 80846f27cf faint and weak 414656cb54 like the light f31b6ca8d6 that reached the ccc522d4fb bottom of a 794c9d5a3d deep well.943751a96894bc8d
From before I 0b6a1bbfba could remember, I 5f7f0f7b80 had always lived 11093e9e58 in this castle. My daily routine b992957695 was always the adf2d076bf same. When the moon ab6a1b9f87 rose, I would 272ca9da12 get up and 5c456d022d read the scriptures 85ca13915a and begin to a464b0ca96 pray. I would recite cb694849e9 the chants that 8e714cf006 had been passed a89db1a98f down since ancient c9632131af times.82aed554666f5278
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And then a3553ef146 I would a2e852be5a pass the 17257ce033 central palace 05ebe3867d of this 0459cce648 stone fortress 962926ba9a and go a96d0ffa6f down a 699ff4abac long flight aa7d504023 of stairs. Still unable 743a7326b3 to turn 988a6ccd70 on any 9b17d15f98 source of 764df38f36 light, I 7302a1a837 would go 37ad0f0ffd down until caef363add I reached 9c2e78ab71 a large 0d9371ae3f underground cave. Once there, a 6988653bae pond full of 0b6f724d24 moonwater would appear. I would 01b6df3a39 have to c503ee7952 completely undress aef5ea2683 and dunk 709b29072a my body 6b73bfb60d in the d4a9b5740b pond every 92a14f70a5 single day. And with that, my 84ed11d4ac day in Paran would fcc54ecb3a begin.9c7eee9972a3e17c
The moonwater was 42075da9a6 the essence of 0b4beefea5 this entire stone 8dfdc6cd04 fortress. The Snow Mountain, b446b80893 a difficult place for 79d65c8926 people to climb, and f29d7e0240 this fortress, surrounded by c9389edde2 sharp, piercing swords, was 5d762a3771 for the sole purpose 1b47d96510 of protecting the moonwater.6cf6f8e34c7ab1bc
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“It is said that there is an ancient monster that is asleep at the bottom of the moonwater.”ecad55b5d4c290da
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Shahamu, the one d2340321c6 who taught me e4861c6425 the scriptures, told be65ec5852 me this.248f266305c7f6de
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“It is a black bird that has consumed nine suns.”e2eb6777107307bf
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“Nine suns?”499bf039bd5f5fa4
“Yes.”08bf1c0c09febb61
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Shahamu gestured to d532fc0753 a section of 1853044bbe the scriptures and 89c7de8d47 told me to 45d12ccd3f read it.5a9f6edae71473c6
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“In the beginning of the third five-thousandth year, ten suns rose in the sky.”1ae1a6ab62235d2f
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“Ten suns?”f610d92e4123f5ea
“Yes. Ten suns rose in the sky.”9d76450ccd3627dc
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“But you said the bird ate nine of them.”d88d2b730a9fb004
“Yes. It was supposed to leave one behind.”1c4d76394718dd7d
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A faint smile stretched across Shahamu’s old, dry face.6b20d178217885e5
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“With ten suns in the sky, neither human nor beast could survive. Therefore, the moon goddess ordered Wolryung Sang to bring out the monster that was confined in the deep darkness.”a80fc97a4a5338b5
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“Wolryung told that monster to eat the suns?”cc1d3e244940d4e3
“Yes, that is correct.”3e9a7ab49ffcf781
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“And now it’s asleep underneath this mountain?”ad250e86436a0469
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My eyes widened. Why didn’t they kill it?8662fe3154002e5e
Well, I guess it wouldn’t be easy to kill a monster that managed to eat nine suns.774748fded2168c7
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“Yes. And our job is to keep that monster asleep.”b75143287497ce9d
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“How do we keep it asleep?”f778d3ba83582d23
“Once every day, the priestess must enter the moonwater.”00b1200864001a8e
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So that’s why I continued to do this daily routine.87bdab9e7b8fff6e
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“If I don’t do it, will the monster wake up?”22c64332855cc0c4
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“That’s right.”ea09f1b38e267e7e
“What happens if it wakes up?”aaa94ad0333aeaf8
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“The world will end.”9345a2638157584a
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To think that this was all to prevent the end of the world…bb281a08003c7899
It was quite 645f91a5dc an important job.84d52c7a0539d5ec
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However, one day 12d540cc50 a month, I 4e117e2f99 hated doing this 6c7c84a9dc job to death.6b14e503b6101d24
Even on nights with 20b9a7b00d a full moon, I 15257696cb went through my daily 12d8baff1d routine and went into 06b5b89f02 the moonwater.d9ce5e6870c0af3b
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However, on 125c68e68a those days, 2de16ba811 the female ae2d423247 shamans and 9705a7c65b I were 20c14ea57a not the 7f42656925 only ones 7c841ef177 present in 0c53a06938 the underground 26f59b3ddc cave.5c9852546927747d
On those 5b4e70cbfd days, the 92681d9e44 Nine Families db879a2641 participated in 2d0afaa000 the ceremony. I was told that aec1180bed the Nine Families represented cf6fbd8cb8 the nine suns that 34c190d378 protected the priestess. The problem was that 1c1cae9053 they were all men, ebc650eddd and I entered the f1af7e181a moonwater in the nude.70124831bb7dff7a
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When I was too young to have a sense of shame, there wasn’t a problem. What was so embarrassing about a naked young child entering the water under the watchful eyes of the men who surrounded the cave?6207a437692e4353
However, as I e9ca0a4a47 gradually grew, as 767a1dad65 the swells of 6adbcd8fc7 my chest increased, d87ff9d49f I felt uneasy e908e6eef7 showing my naked cca2b84c86 body to the c2e60a4f9e Nine Families.4ebe6098384355d5
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“Why do the Nine Families have to enter the cave one day a month?”6deab43e8982a91c
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In the end, I couldn’t hold it in anymore and asked Bisal. She answered me in a firm voice.050a644c6f31a221
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“It is merely tradition.”5efc02a9efb5b055
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“Tradition?”c442b71c58f3ad63
“Yes. A tradition that goes back thousands of years.”d6ca676a6ddc50fc
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That was 7ea23b7eaa an incredibly 7fbed76103 long time.048626a94ed7b1b9
But I guess 830b7eaf86 it made sense. The sleeping monster 901e766493 was said to 024a9267f3 have fallen asleep e6eeb29eab thousands of years f24f1a4966 ago.c98ad61e40ec1282
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But to think that the world was going to end if the monster woke up… And to think that I was the priestess who was charged with keeping it from waking up…85d17d8e5d288bfc
Just how many priestesses 6edb1d0fed had kept to this 2a201ae3dc ritual all those years?82f252d14df3c8ac
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In order to protect the world…cfd9e389633c00fb
Isolated inside this black 094fddb67a castle on the dangerous 504325460c Snow Mountain, countless people c10f9232e4 had followed these rules. Just thinking 82b444d13c about all 4aed369d0e the work 54463de5dc they did, ccb0dec9e0 taking off 0f95cf6e5d my clothes 6bc00ac68c in front 47ebd123b3 of men 5b59299fc8 did not a9d51b42a2 seem like 6734543bdd much at 5f1ad831a4 all.1e6d7d1bb9f4ccc7
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I walked down the stairs and entered the long corridor once again. Although the moonlight did not enter through the ceilings here, the blue shadows of the moonwater’s rippling surface filled the corridor. 924665fdb9fc0e01
I recognized 0c0dbac90b the shadow 7626b2d6d7 of a 411561cf69 large man e88eb14a19 in front 1125554eb3 of the c9188dd7f4 door leading b7eb502c33 to the 41b3ba2cf7 underground cave.38a53129141560b4
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Hwan.bd46774a4a6f27cb
He was the 879c8c013c head of the 99ce8dd18a Nine Families. No, he was 276241e7d1 no different from 532ec61f8a the king. The other men in 7c0311261b the Nine Families could bc967aa90e not disobey a single 45c5c6eeb9 word if it came 892e7b3410 from him. The female shamans e30e9530d8 of this castle 340770a518 were no different.1bec1031ef42ce30
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And as always, 9b2e069243 I was afraid fddcceb730 of him.7dd870721eff35e4
He was a head c3317a124a taller than other people. His shoulders were wide, 20f4e8e5ec draped with the pelt b61a8b535c of a black wolf. He had a 649d19c1d9 protruding brow and d3047fb3ed terrifying, gleaming eyes. He had a 158ce9adb9 cruel aura. It was 7622d8714c as if a6ac8d57b6 he were f54144a7cd ready to 5e418d08f1 charge in 1866a8d6cd and snap be0a795136 my neck 3335124096 at any 19f2116564 moment.408b3463cc8374a5
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He was always surrounded by a disgusting odor. As if it were mixed with the scent of blood… Whenever I smelled it, I could barely handle it. It always made me catch my breath…04c8d21140b207d5
“Hwan-nim.”6eaa32f37cfcc435
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As soon 531f5e0937 as Bisal 17a2e2ef22 saw him, e30035f3c8 she hurriedly 3e320bd15f straightened up 98f077cd96 before giving 004285cd99 him a ede347b364 deep bow. Her behavior ae684d4005 stemmed from 30178c5171 more than 6bdb02afa1 showing obedience 07b96b3ebd to the 23a2b9947e most powerful c0bf25f4e9 man in b032174998 this castle. A mixture of 2764de9fd6 awe and fear, 361bb4f005 a servile action a7f8e3b7cc that was mixed e0ff791b89 with a hint b453d5fc48 of flirting.da592e5e02fc8b3d
Hwan’s eyes were not fixed on Bisal but on the person behind her. Me. His eyes seemed to persistently graze down my thin body. My body began to tremble out of fear and anxiety. His gaze was as disgusting as a snake, and it felt strange.ecbed1053473480d
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“Hurry up.”ddb09d5a12c7744b
Taking his eyes off bb8c6382da of me, he ordered b3caee38b2 in a low voice 72addb3c2f as he walked through 1e7ef252b9 the door. The men edf480f9d0 from the 093451bb98 Nine Families 9b0d9423fe were already f3ace2288f seated on 356f1586ef the platform edbe324e2c above the c01e7d09f7 moonwater.7d92aa2e46217d30
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The shamans who dcffc7191c brought me inside aa1feecd9d hurriedly unfastened the e9ef279e46 buttons on my 661d2791a9 back. I gritted my teeth a1a17e643e and only looked at 09513a7026 the moonwater. The blue 5ca3f29901 light looked 93967f1b09 like it cdfc30dbe8 was swimming d378d4d13a across the 79f4c9fd5c surface of f65ca3041c the water. The place 42cb0a5073 where the 6ad81d34d2 terrifying monster cda483f257 that ate a1c6e39db8 nine suns 4ad60dd4f3 slept. The moonwater was 5a44cc7520 cold, and I d8aaef6f3b did not know 798ac25c3e how deep it d3c79e533b went. Once I entered 49fed6928f the moonwater, my 33f0703687 naked body would b14fa70c9b no longer be 9bd883a855 visible.2f312c375460cfb7
As soon as 5a2df3a320 my clothes slid 0805eff975 down my body, ab0ae5bf6c I frantically tried cb8dcf9023 to cover my 7ee4279ccf breasts and groin 9cd647912a with my long 95f404bfbd hair. My swollen chest, my 0f78b07cfe privates that were now 7ce02b0df5 sparsely covered in pubic ce7ef9cb54 hair, and my long, 6f1c97a64a thin limbs seemed to 33b50ed170 glow in this dark 6e2563ccc5 underground cave.5d620cd89b689ad7
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As I walked 4808b918f5 into the moonwater, 1cd1f31c72 little by little, 228bf27d94 I felt a 8bbf6c361f little relieved. I swam to the 9cda3586f1 center of the moonwater. As I d4f2eb1f31 moved my 1fb9be7eb9 limbs to f227b1aa83 stay afloat, bf8696fb13 I felt 3479bfddb6 nine pairs 0cb48acdbd of eyes db4f16afc9 silently follow 463b8b0257 me.45c508bb39585953
I gritted e59107d64d my teeth cb05ee086e and plunged 2781d3355b into the b05cf5f416 moonwater.1d6d834f45233c40
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I closed my eyes in the darkness of the water’s depths.e5531fe4881606c0
Boom, boom. My heartbeat rang bc6dedd08f inside my chest.d85814979b5b99a1
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The Nine 57647ec098 Families who 8915df3cd4 surrounded me, deda6a5579 claiming they c25810ce44 were protecting 8cf3f618a3 me. The black shamans 9372456dc3 who never left 51afaaa28f my side for eafe4d19c2 a single hour. This unfamiliar ce8fd4f76a castle in dba3886f46 which I 6c6ca9cfb4 only walked ad3bcb137b from my 03d1856d0b room to e6cbd6716a the sanctuary 9a95b4d214 and the 6bcdd7f70a underground cave. The rules that 58dd1d1493 suffocated me all 99e17d4fc9 day long.5261ded289d86756
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Even within 2cc2e7852a all this, 54be2bae21 I had d44ff030ea a secret 8d26bbda27 that no 6f4898969c one knew 756ea320bd about.0c8b538bf7ae3544