-Lost in the isolated island-
In the middle of sea, out of nowhere...
There's a island known as a sacrifice ground for the harvest god known by the local people.
It is said that by sacrificing a beautiful maiden each year, they will avoid famine, and the land will be guaranteed to be rich in harvest at least for ten years.
Of course, there's no proof that it was always true.
But, the local that believe with the harvest god is already making it their annual ceremonies.
Or perhaps,
They had become too desperate by clinging into some “gods”
With the soil not blessed by good harvest,
They probably had no other choice to cling into a faint hope
No matter how unlikely it would be..
Today as well.
Two beautiful “maiden” chosen as the wife for the god is send there.
-Inside the sacrifical island cave-
“Is it cold, Mai?”
A small yet lovely voice is resounded.
Inside the cave,
a two figure is sit here with each other on their back.
“I am fine, what about you Nora?”
A beautiful girl with a long red hair replied.
“I’m fine, but..”
“?”
“This situation, reminds us when we played hide and seek when we small right?”
The short girl with brown hair speaked while reminiscing about their pasf.
Hearing that, the red haired girl laughs.
“Haha yeah. you're definitely a bad girl back then”
Hearing that, the girl named nora smiles back.
“Tee hee, sorry about that”
Looking at her once again,
While making a relieved face, Mai thought she didnt regret her decision back then.
-Three days ago-
Once they reach a adult age at eighteen, the most beautiful girl in the village is sacrificed as the wife of the harvest god each ten years.
However, this time there's two girl that known to be beauties in the village.
Bewildered, the villagers confused which one to sacrifice.
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Thinking perhaps there's no need for a sacrifice this year, the two girls parent is feeling a sigh of relief.
However...
The elder in their village is having a prophecy dream.
“The harvest god demand two sacrifice this year, should it not meet a terrible disaster surpass the famine last year will happened. And the wrath of the harvest god will curse this land for eternity”
Just like that,
their hope is crushed..
…
After that,
their parent have no choice and sending off their daughter.
They only made a empty promise while saying that “You girls will only ascend into a godhood and becoming the bride of gods. it’s a better life instead of living in this poor village”
But the two realized,
Deep in their heart.
That they’re have been abandoned.
The villagers looks at them like a plague while keep whispering to each other.
Knowing there's no other choice the two girls only nodded.
“Yes father, mother. it’s a honor to become a bride of gods”
Because if they resist now,
who knows what the villager would done to their parents.
….
Then,
They have been sent into the island.
The island have a weird cave and tunnel everywhere without any trees and desolated.
Once they have been stripped everything of them and laid bare as a sacrifice of gods.
With the intention of giving the purest wife as much as possible, there's no need for a worldly possession.
Needles to ask, they must be virgins.
Nora asked for a hair of her deceased grandmother at least.
The villagers reluctantly agree after Mai convince them.
After being here in two days, they’re in this cave.
Huddling together so they won't feel cold, the girls closed with each other without any clothes.
Because the cave is damp, they cannot start a fire too.
*Fuu fuu*
A faint breathing.
Nora is sleeping peacefully within Mai arms.
Smiling inside this situation, Mai think of Nora like a small animal.
As a friend, Mai always feels Nora as her sister more than a childhood friends.
She thought this time,
at least she have to protect Nora.
*BLAAAR*
“!”
A thunder occurs outside.
“...”
It started to rain outside.
Because it is pretty bad to move around without anything to protect them, Mai become wary in this two days in island.
Sooner or later, they would run out of food first or killed by the harvest god first.
Thinking she can’t allow any of those option. she slapped her cheek and renew her determination.
“...”
Having nothing to do, she bring Nora for a while in her back and looked at the sea.
Perhaps she could find some edible if she lucky.
There...
“..?”
She seem to saw a small silhouettes.
It seems like a small animal or something..
….
It’s getting closer!?
Thinking to protecting Nora from the crash, she ducked.
…!
The silhouettes fall in the front of her.
Because the cave entrance is large, the silhouettes fall in front of her.
…
Mai was surprised.
The silhouettes that crash upon her were a human.
Getting less wary, she put nora down and checking the human
“...is it, alive?”
The one crashing is a girl.
Looking closely, Mai watching her after putting down Nora gently.
A girl with a black hair.
Her face seems younger than her, but she was taller.
Wearing only a black things wrapping around her important things, Mai didn't know that it was something called a underwear.
She thought, is this the harvest god? But shook the thought.
According to legends, the harvest god is in the form of giant scorpion with a golden scale
The girl in front of her, is clearly a ‘human’
“Mm..”
The girl is starting to open her eyes.
Hearing her voice, Mai start to thought.
“Is she a messenger from gods? Her clothes is weird too, although it's barely able to be called a clothes it's clearly a high quality”
Because Mai dream is to become a tailor, she knows about the quality of clothes.
When the girl seems fully conscious.
She started to open her eyes wide and screamed.
“FUCK THAT FUCKING SLUTTY STORM!!”
“!?”
Mai was surprised and jumped back.
Then,
Ignoring Mai, she continues to bicker.
“YOU DAMN BITCH! THINK YOURE SO COOL OR SOMETHING SUDDENLY COMING OUT WITHOUT A WARNING!? ATTACKING SOMEONE THAT PEACEFULLY FISHING!? AAH, DO YOU HAVE SOME CLAIM IN THE SEA!? A RIGHT!? A OWNERSHIP PROOF!? TO SUDDENLY COMING OUT WITHOUT WARNING AND WASHING PEOPLE ASHORE! DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF SICKNESS THEN? A SICKNESS CALLED “OH, I AM THE COOLLEST!?” AND “EVERYBODY WEAKER THAN ME SHOULD JUST THROWN AWAY LIKE A INSECTS”. AHH!? I GET IT! I GET IT! YOU MUST BE IN THAT MID GRADE SYNDROME HUH!? IT’S FINE IF THAT'S JUST A PRANK, BUT ALMOST MURDERING SOMEONE IS A CRIME! A CRIME! DON’T THINK BEING UNDERAGE JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE BORN IN MINUTES MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN BE FREED FROM PUNISHMENT! THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED JUVENILE LAW AND THOSE GUYS WILL THOROUGHLY BRAINWASH YOU INSIDE THEIR SO CALLED “COMPULSORY EDUCATION!” AND CHANGING YOU OUTSIDE AND INSIDE WHENEVER YOU WANT IT OR NOT! SEE IF YOU’RE BETTER OFF BE DEAD FROM THEIR SO CALLED “EDUCATION” AHAHAHAHAHA!”
“...”
Amidst the storm and lightning, that girl declares.
Hearing that,
Mai only thought.
This girl, definitely isn't the messenger of the gods...