Chapter 0 - Prologue. Stop it. Please.
"Dad…!"
"...…"
A child calling me.
My child. My beloved child.
My precious, only child.
What should I do? Is there no way?
If only I could break this magic. This curse that binds me now.
If only it were possible, I'd shatter it immediately and escape somewhere with just you and Violet.
"Stop it!! Please!! Please, let go of my dad… Stop it… Ahhh!"
"Move aside."
Should I summon a spirit?
Or maybe…
"Jin. Ginger."
A voice calling me.
"My child."
"Master…"
"…Sa… Ginger."
A voice, familiar yet repulsive, revolting yet somehow endearing—or at least, a voice that should have been dear—called out to me.
With my blurred vision, I lifted my head.
And then, before my eyes appeared the very people I had most wanted to avoid.
'You are not my son.'
My father.
'You? My brother? Ha! Even a passing dog would laugh at that!'
My older brother.
"You! How could you? How could you do that to my comrade?! Dieeee!!!"
My disciple.
"Teaching. Wasn't that what you wanted? Surely you could sacrifice at least one hand, couldn't you?"
My master.
These four stood before me.
Emptiness. Despair.
In the hands of those I had barely escaped from, I was captured once more.
With difficulty, struggling to form words in the faint, distant echo in my ears, I managed to whisper:
"Please… stop… this…"