CH 1

“Capture the sinners now!”

I rose from my seat to the distant voice of the knights.

“It’s all right. You expected it, Daisy. Let’s not be scared.”

Without rushing, I got dressed properly and prepared to leave the room.

‘Is this the end?’

Then I erased my gloomy expression and looked coldly out of the window.

The Duke of Liviatan, one of the founding families of the Odphelia Empire.

This place, which used to be a beautiful mansion representing the capital Bard, was filled with dark energy that it was impossible to find its former appearance.

The garden, which was famous in other countries because it was full of beautiful flowers given by God all year round, had long since been trampled by knights, and the historic mansion was ruined by the sudden invasion of knights.

“How did this happen…”

I let go of my anguish and slowly left the room.

The interior of the mansion had already been occupied by knights.

The lobby was already full of knights, and the atmosphere was also dark.

Unlike their angry appearances, the knights who found me guided me to the lobby carefully.

After a while, two women were dragged by the knights in front of a huge staircase that split on both sides.

The two haggard women were thrown out without hesitation.

‘Liliana Liviatan, Viola Liviatan…’

My sisters.

They fell to the floor without being able to resist the strong hand of the knights.

“Aren’t you ashamed that you dare to do this in the name of Liviatan?”

The two women slowly raised their heads at the captain’s cry.

There was no regret or despair in their eyes.

From the beginning until now, they just kept their faces expressionless.

The Knight Commander clicked his tongue at such a sight.

I couldn’t stay still in the precarious atmosphere that seemed to wield violence at any moment.

“Let me talk to my sisters for a moment.”

“Please stand back.”

The knight’s attitude was strong despite his intent gaze.

The fact that I couldn’t do anything was terrible.

Soon, the words that the employees couldn’t avoid their owners’ sins rang in the mansion lobby.

The employees were terrified and couldn’t hide their resentment toward the two sisters, who were the culprit of everything.

My heart was violently shaken by the constant anxiety.

As everyone from the Duke of Liviatan gathered in the lobby of the mansion, outspoken footsteps were heard behind Sir Jeronimo’s back.

“I’m so disappointed.”

At the low voice, the knights around him saluted.

“I see the Prince and the Princess.”

Lilliana’s eyes shook violently with the appearance of the first prince, Ronald Odphelia.

“It’s already messed up. It’s not fun.”

Princess Blair Odphelia glanced at the mansion once, uttered sadly, then looked down at the two of them with a smile.

“No. Is it not completely over yet?”

I raised my head in response to the words addressed to my second sister, Viola.

After opening her mouth a few times, Viola finally closed her mouth again and bowed her head.

“In November 575, an emergency trial begins. Listen to the sinners Liliana Liviatan and Viola Liviatan.”

In the serious atmosphere, First Prince Ronald spoke.

“Liliana Liviatan has been imbued with heretical ideas by tampering with the learning of the demons, which is taboo in the Empire. Not only that, do you admit the sin of selling the Empire’s information by interacting with the demons?”

“…”

First sister Lilliana said nothing and kept her mouth shut.

When there was no sign of her mouth opening, Princess Blair, who was next to her, opened her mouth.

“Viola Liviatan, as the leader of the knights representing the Imperial family, dared to act as a spy in the war against the demons and annihilated the knights. Do you admit to committing subsequent desertion?”

“…”

The second sister, Viola, also kept her mouth shut.

I put my hands together nervously

‘You have to deny it to the end.’

Unless you confess first, the emergency trial will not have much effect, so you will be able to buy time until a formal trial.

After waiting for a long time, when neither of them answered, Ronald and Blair looked at each other and nodded.

“Nothing can be solved by wasting time with silence. We can’t go on like this when there is solid evidence to prove their sins.”

Ronald patted his chin and said mournfully.

“Did you know that the Duke and Duchess have already been taken away because of your sins?”

At Ronald’s words, we were astonished.

I finally knew the whereabouts of my parents, who, until last night, said they would somehow solve this problem.

Following Ronald’s footsteps, Blair mocked my sisters with a smug voice.

“They came last night and begged earnestly. It’s all their orders, kill them! To die in vain because of having the wrong children. They died like dogs!”

When the taunting was over, they opened their mouths without waiting.

“I ask again, did you do it voluntarily? Do you both admit it?”

“…Yes.”

Lilliana, who answered, bit her lips with an expression of resentment.

“I am disappointed, Viola. I really cared for you.”

“…I am ashamed to face you.”

At Blair’s voice full of joy, Viola erased her shaken eyes and replied.

As the two began to plead guilty, Ronald added as if he had waited for this moment.

“Then do you also admit that you tried to revolt against the Imperial family by colluding with the demons?”

Lilliana tried to shake her head hastily at his words.

“Liliana, you’d better not lie for the sake of your family.”

Ronald patted her cheek gently.

Lilliana trembled as if she had been insulted by the action and lowered her head.

“Viola personally led the demon army and tried to invade the Imperial family, right? Still, killing all the men in the garrison was too much.”

At Blair’s words, Viola had an angry expression and couldn’t say anything

“Do you admit it?”

Ronald asked again to confirm, and the two couldn’t resist the rising anger and began to shout desperately.

“Yes, we did. I don’t want to see your arrogant appearance anymore, so I tried to kill you by colluding with the demons! I was about to hand over this Empire into the hands of the demons!”

Viola also growled lowly at Lilliana’s cry.

“Is that enough? Now that you’ve got the answers you want, you must be feeling better!”

Looking at the sisters who answered in anger, the two members of the Imperial family smiled terribly.

“You’re begging me to kill you. Are you asking me to kill you as painfully as possible? What are you going to do if all your family members die because of you?”

The future of the family rested in the hands of the Imperial family.

Lilliana and Viola silently shed tears with their faces filled with evil.

Then, as if I had given up on everything, I finally burst into tears.

‘I guess it’s really the end. There’s no hope for the peasants.’

The two, who were crying silently, soon turned their eyes to me.

Looking at the faces of my tearful sisters, I held my fears together.

‘I can’t give up like this.’

I’m the only one who can save those who stand on the edge of the cliff.

I took a deep breath and walked forward with my head up.

“I have something to say to you two.”

I tried to struggle for the last time.

Hoping that I would be the Duke’s last hope, I risked my life to make a deal.

But the moment I saw Ronald and Blair’s satisfied smiles looking at me, I realized something was wrong.

‘It won’t do any good.’

In the end, even with a desperate wish, it was impossible to prevent the disappearance of the Duke family.

✲ ✲ ✲

Duke of Liviatan, who was rumored to have the most beautiful mansion in Odphelia, lost its beauty at the same time as the Duke family was destroyed.

No, this change wasn’t just for the Duke family.

Everyone who attempted to revolt was captured, but the Imperial family couldn’t prevent the demons from invading.

Odphelia’s army resisted to the end but eventually failed to stop the pouring demon army.

The Empire was invaded.

A white flag symbolizing surrender was hung in front of the gates of all noble houses in the empire, and the Imperial family was no different.

Sitting on the throne, the leader of the demon tribe looked down with his legs crossed at the Emperor of Odphelia who kneeled.

The Emperor shuddered and approached the man step by step, unable to raise his head in fear.

Then he stopped right in front of the throne and politely raised his trembling arm.

The Emperor of Odphelia directly presented the white flag and the crown of the emperor to the leader of the demon tribe.

As soon as the Emperor offered the white flag, the demons mercilessly dragged the kneeling Imperial family members outside.

Whether they would become food for the demons’ pets or get tortured to death, the only thing that unfolded before them was a tragic death.

Those who were dragged away, knowing their end, begged for forgiveness, but there was no mercy for them.

“Is this the end?”

The person sitting on the throne said with a voice full of joy, and the laughter of the demons around him filled the quiet hall.

It was the fall of the Odphelia Empire.

✲ ✲ ✲

Daisy Liviatan.

The youngest of Duke Liviatan’s three daughters.

I was more special than others in many ways.

Unlike the outstanding sisters of the family, I was weak and full of shortcomings, so I was always compared to them.

I gave up going to school because I couldn’t even live in the academy properly, and eventually, I became a solitary princess who didn’t even have friends.

But I had a secret that no one knew.

And seeing the future unfolding in my dreams due to that ability, I was now in a big shock.

We’re doomed.

My family, the Duke of Liviatan!