Hillis stood in front of the tightly closed door and knocked carefully. "Unni, can I come in?”

Despite Hillis’s words, there was no sound from inside the room. It was unimaginably disrespectful not to answer the saintess's question in the temple, but the owner of this room was Hillis’s biological older sister.

"I'm going to come in?” Hillis gave a unilateral warning and carefully opened the door, entering the room. When she saw the empty eyes of her older sister Vibrio, her heart felt like it was being torn. 

Under Vibrio's eyes were dark circles, and the veins of her eyes were clearly visible as if her eyes were dry. The target of her empty gaze was not looking at Hillis. It was as if her soul had been sucked out.

Hillis approached Vibrio without saying a word and hugged her. In this Vibrio, she couldn’t find any semblance of the old Vibrio, who was full of vigor, charismatic laughter, and who would pester Hillis.

After Hillis had become the saintess, if anyone gave her trouble, even her own parents, Vibrio was the one who had been the most tender to her. Yet, this Vibrio was not her. She was just a young maiden who had been scarred deeply due to losing half of her beloved soul.

After repeatedly crying...