Chapter 1: The Contract of Servitude The boy, bound to a cross, hung his head limply. Before him stood all the villagers of Lange Village. At this moment, their once peaceful demeanor was gone; they were filled with rage, brandishing fiercely burning torches. A few others raised blood-stained blades, swinging them in time with the othe...
Chapter 1: The Contract of Servitude The boy, bound to a cross, hung his head limply. Before him stood all the villagers of Lange Village. At this moment, their once peaceful demeanor was gone; they were filled with rage, brandishing fiercely burning torches. A few others raised blood-stained blades, swinging them in time with the others’ torches. A drop of blood splashed onto the boy’s face. It was the blood of his adoptive parents, still warm. “Kill this demon!” the villagers roared. “He has brought misfortune upon our village! We must kill this heretic in the name of the great god!” One of the brawny young men holding a sword stepped out from the frenzied crowd and, without a shred of mercy, plunged his blade into the heart of the boy with whom he had lived for several years. Blood with
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