CH 1

Chapter 1: Fate Begins to Turn

There is a small country called Uranos Principality in the southwest of the continent.

In that obscure country, situated in a remote area surrounded by mountains, forests, and unclaimed land, there was a monastery. Though it may sound like a place rich with natural beauty, in reality, it was a monastery built in a desolate land with female-only disciples for ascetic practices. Well, that was how it used to be.

Now, the monastery’s roof and chapel are in ruins, the chairs are rotten, and the window glasses are either broken or dirty. There are no donations received because there are no houses nearby, and it is no different than being neglected, even though Uranos Principality is supposed to oversee it.

There was a girl there. A year ago, the old nun who used to guide and teach her passed away, and now the girl is running the monastery alone.

Eleni Galanis is a sixteen-year-old girl with golden hair and blue eyes inherited from her mother. Her face is too beautiful to be kept in the countryside, and her noble presence has not faded despite the poor black veil and tunic she wears as a nun. If asked, Eleni would respond, “Are you not thinking that I am one of the noble ladies?”

“Yes. My name is Eleni Uranos Galanis, the daughter of Uranos’ Duke. As you can tell from my surname, my mother was a princess from the neighboring country of Galanis. However, to atone for my mother’s suicide, I became a servant of God, and that is why I am here serving as a nun.”

Eleni doesn’t reveal anything further. Her mother’s dishonor by committing suicide, and the fact that she was sent to a convent as a form of punishment from her father due to her association with such dishonor, which is a taboo in religion on the continent. These things she has already lamented long ago.

Only she, living at a remote convent without anyone’s concern, would end her life that way. She had always been ready for it, knowing that there was no one to rely on in reality. She had forgotten the past that she used to long for, lost the future she was supposed to be enjoying, and was just living.

The strange fate of this young girl is about to take a turn.