In Stella Ethereal Academy, Inside a small dorm room, the room was messy with a lot of misplaced and unpacked things, a young lady with red velvet hair, she wore black tank-top, and vintage jeans, sleeps at the floor, not in a ladylike position, she seems to fell asleep because she was tired, packing her things yesterday, that young lady is Velvet. A warm sunlight touches her face, she twitches and opens her eyes slowly, scratching her messy hair, and yawns while raising both his hands.

"*Yawn*…*heummph*… I must've fallen asleep yesterday…it was a tiring job to move my belongings to this dorm…and I didn't want to bother everyone in the orphanage to help me." Velvet looked at the other bed beside her, it seems her roommate hadn't arrived yet. Well, some people need to give a goodbye to their own family after all, so they must have taken their time. While Velvet didn't want that, she already knows that the people at the orphanage will probably tease her rather than being sad at her departure.

*Humph*, they probably held a party, because they have one empty room. Velvet makes a pouting face, then she grabs a towel and her black and red academy uniform, she needs to take a bath first, the bathroom is on the left of the room.

After taking her time in the bathroom and dressing herself up, Velvet stepped out of the dorm room, then she went straight into the academy hall, on the west-wing of the Stella Ethereal academy. She didn't see anyone, probably because it's still early, or so she thought. What the hell? it's empty… where's everyone, even the podium for the number one student to give a speech isn't there.

Velvet didn't forget who is the number one student, she is someone who excludes an odd aura of elegance and she seems out of place, from her appearance which is white from head to toe, her intelligence that beat even the noble kids, and her abilities with rapier, there's a rumor that she beat up her instructor in her combat entrance exam, because she's that strong. Her name is Silvie, she left quite an impression on Velvet.

Velvet left the academy hall with a disappointed face, she stroll through the hall and arrive at the outdoor park where she saw a person in black suit sitting on the bench while reading a newspaper. Finally!! a person, maybe he knows what happened here, today was supposed to be an academy entrance ceremony after all.

Velvet approached the person who was sitting on the bench while reading a newspaper there, and politely asked. "Excuse me, sir, do you know what's happening here? Where is everyone? Did the academy entrance ceremony get cancelled?"

Velvet is sure that this person is from the academy because no one is permitted to enter Stella Ethereal academy unless you're a student, instructor or a person with a permit, maybe he is one of the instructors, that's what Velvet thought.

That person stopped reading his newspaper then folded it neatly with his hands. Velvet saw that person's face, long white hair, face full of wrinkles, clear blue-sky eyes. "I may know or not know about it, in other words you should see for yourselves if you want to know the real truth, here."

That gentleman handed over to Velvet his neatly folded newspaper, Velvet took it with a confused face, he spoke in an enigmatic way that made Velvet unknowingly do as he says, when Velvet focused on the newspaper, that gentleman disappeared mysteriously. Velvet widens her eyes, she doesn't notice anything amiss at all in that split second, she even looks around to see where that gentleman goes, but it seems like he isn't there in the first place. "What a strange gentleman, I didn't get to hear his name, what a shame, oh well."

Velvet sat at the empty bench, and opened the first page of the newspaper, there was a large banner and a large font title printed on it.

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[THE MORNING TALE-A BLAZE LIT AN ORPHANAGE, A THREAT OR A REVENGE TO THE KINGDOM?]

Time seems to stop when Velvet reads it as she sees the picture of a charred black burned building that used to be a two-story building, the newspaper falling from Velvet's trembling hands. Is this real? No, it can't be real, it's a fiction story section, yeah, the journalist must need an engaging story, to hook the reader. But, seeing the name The Morning Tale made Velvet's mind whirl into a mess.

"N-no…I-I'm dreaming, yeah I'm still in a dream, let me pinch myself to wake up from th

is dream." Velvet pinch her cheeks as hard as she could, but it gets really hurt, tears begin to flow from her eyes, she keeps pinching her cheeks, and now it looks red, she bites her lips.

"*Uwahh*…Mother Roselyn... *hiikss*, Marry, Harry, Jason… *hiikss*, brother Timothy…d-don't leave me… I still haven't given you all a farewell, I want to make you all proud… why did you all leave me alone…"

Velvet lower her heads, and cried her heart out loud, she regrets her decision now, she should've stay longer with them, she should've seen their face for the last time, she should've been at the orphanage, eating and laughing with everyone, she should've taken one last picture with them, yet she decided to come here and abandon everything. For what? for her future, a future where she can't see their face again, a future where she will be alone without anyone, without her family, one thing that's precious to her.

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It is darkness, a pitch-black darkness, a cold sensation brush past his skin, an endless murmur keeps haunting his head, a young man with a messy black hair, a thin body that's in a bad shape without a left arm, he is Conny who's in unknown state, he slowly opened his eyes. A row of torches got lit up to give him a vision and he saw a large stone slab in front of him, behind him, there were countless statues doing prostration poses. Conny can't say anything nor think, he's only able to move his eyes, in this unknown state.

Suddenly, he felt a great headache, and the endless murmur that he heard became more louder and louder. Then, a body of bearded man, he wore leather jacket with hoodie, he had an eyepatch, his red long hair and his long scar on his face made all the people around him cowering in fear, he is the leader of bandit, Don Rogue, appeared magically on that stone slab, then dozens of chains rise up from underneath the large stone slab to chained him down, he is now laying down on that stone slab, he open his eyes slowly, noticing that something is wrong with his body, his face turned extremely pale, beads of sweat starts pouring like a rain from his forehead.

"W-what…what is this place?, this is not the heaven that Mother of Earth promised, get me out of here, I'm a devoted believer of Mother of Earth, the true goddess of this world."

As Don rambles on his speech, his eyes look at the countless statues doing prostration poses, they seem to worship something on the front, but Don can't see the clear silhouette of that thing, it's just a couple of black eyes that look at him with rage and disgust.

"Who are you?, know this, Mother of Earth will definitely pun- "

-Baaa.

Don heard a deafening voice of sheep. In this strange place, there is a male sheep, a normal sheep. Don became speechless when that sheep walked to him. He focused on that sheep and suddenly remembered something when he noticed its pointy horns.

"You…you're the human sheep… I remember you… so it was you… my soul can't go to the heaven that Mother of Earth promised, you're just an animal! don't you dare sully the Mother of Earth name and benevolence!"

The male sheep walked to the stone slab, and stopped at Don's left arm, then it began to bite off Don's arm completely and chew it like eating grass.

"AAHHHH!!" Don screamed, His screams fills the air, He keeps screaming like a person who went through a horrible torture.

The only sound in this strange space is Don's scream and the unsettling chewing sound of a sheep as the male sheep keeps biting his stomach then his internal organ, ignoring Don desperation scream.

After that his right arm, then his legs, Don begged for his life to stop the torture, but the only thing he saw was, the two black eyes looking at him with pure joy, as if it enjoys watching the male sheep tearing and eating his body and soul, Don finally realized it, that two black eyes is the embodiment of evil, an evil god, who is able to devour his soul and erase his existence, one thing that's precious to living being.