AMETHYST: Drucless Lover
AKD - 19

-◎◎ Amethyst ◎◎-

I staggered towards the temple of Goddess Amiless. The clothes I was wearing were no longer shaped. At least it can still be used to cover this aching body of mine.

King Gigarez is absolutely savage. With his conviction, he raped a woman from the Gruless.

The people of this country love him very much, they consider the throne holder Gigarez is kind and wise like his father. But in reality, he was not much different from King Daeriel Zeroun.

I finally arrived at the temple of Goddess Amiless. There's some Gruless in there. When I stepped on the first steps of the temple, my body suddenly bounced.

I'm appalled. Why did the temple of Goddess Amiless reject me?

The Grulesses looked at me. They looked at me with contempt. I'm so hurt. I used to get such gazes from the drucless as well, because I was different from the other drucless.

When I came back to try to get in, I still couldn't get in. I don't know, is there something wrong?

"What happened to you? Who touched you?"

Where might I say it. I can't possibly tell them that King Rean did this. They'd think I was lying.

"You've been tarnished, Amethyst. You've been in a forbidden relationship with a man and reneged on your promise as a woman of the Grulesses."

The deg!

I was embarrassed and scared at the time too.

The goddess Amiless will not accept a gruless that is no longer sacred as the guardian of her temple.

"Get out of here, you've humiliated the Grulesses. We shouldn't accept an unknown nation like you."

Those words hurt me. I was also expelled. There was no choice but to leave that place.

I have no one in this cruel world. I'm just alone. No one will accept me.

Why was I born different? Why do I hate and be scolded by everyone. I never hurt them.

As I began to despair, I also remembered the Goddess Amiless. Only Goddess Amiless can help me.

At night, I secretly went to the same temple and prayed outside. In addition to praying, I planted a lot of trelosses around the temple, hoping that Goddess Amiless would like it and grant my request.

Many Grulesses were confused by the presence of the flowers around the temple. I planted it in the middle of the night.

After a few weeks, on a cold night, I came again to the temple of Goddess Amiless with holy water.

I saw that the trelosses were already high and blooming. I also doused it with holy water.

After that, I walked to the front of the stairs and began to pray. The same sentence that I every day say as my request to the Goddess Amiless.

"Goddess, this is my fault. It was my fault that I couldn't take care of my body. I want to go back to how I was and do my job in this temple as usual. I'm gonna be even better."

After that, I turned around while carrying an empty container of holy water.

However, my steps came to a halt when I saw the long-haired beautiful woman before me. There was a winged animal in his hand.

Both my legs are shaking.

Both irises of her eyes were faded red so beautifully. Although horned, the Goddess Amiless is not as bad as the drucless tell. Goddess Amiless is beautiful.

"You want to go back to being a virgin to get into my temple?" Ask Goddess Amiless. His long white hair moved in the night breeze.

I nodded slowly while looking down not daring to look at him for too long.

"What happened to you is not your fault. I'll give you what you want. You've planted a lot of treloss flowers around the temple. I like it."

I feel calm now. The goddess Amiless approached and placed her palm on my head. Both my eyes were closed. I don't feel anything.

When I opened my eyes, I saw no one. I'm alone in this place.

When I try to step into the temple, I can enter. I am so happy and grateful to Goddess Amiless.

However, why did the Goddess Amiless not ask for any other rewards from me? Drucless said, Goddess Amiless will ask for something in lieu of what she has given.

"Goddess, what shall I do with my body?" I asked on the statue of Goddess Amiless.

"You don't have to give anything. Just keep my temple well and multiply the surrounding treloss flowers."

Hearing a disembodied voice, I was a little scared, but a moment later I felt calm.

The next day, the Grulesses came to the temple. They were surprised to see me inside the temple.

"Aren't you dirty and stained? You should be ashamed and get out of here."

"Why are you still here?"

"Go, or this temple gets dirty like you!"

I tried to explain to them, I've come back like I used to thanks to Goddess Amiless, but they don't believe me and keep driving me away.

Why do I have to be like this? What am I supposed to do now?

It's all because of King Rean. It's because of him. If only he hadn't done it, I wouldn't have.

There's a spiky twig in front of me. I took it and stared at it for a moment.

I'll just end my life and come back 100 years later.

Before the twig actually pierced my heart, I felt my body suddenly being bound in chains.

I was in a red circle. Everything red. I'm stuck and I don't know where.

I'm not dead, I should be dead!

This is where?!

Eject me!

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17.33: 4 October 2019

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