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[FLASHBACK]
[17 YEARS AGO]
LOCATION: UNKNOWN
At the very center of an expansive and secluded forest lay a grand mansion—its domain stretching so vast that it occupied nearly half of a mountain. Its presence alone was enough to instill fear in those who so much as heard of it, for no one—absolutely no one—had ever dared to trespass within its territory.
The owner of these lands was a mysterious yet overwhelmingly powerful being who resided within this estate. Among ordinary people, there existed an unspoken understanding: to cross into another's dominion—especially one shrouded in unknown traps and lurking dangers—was to court certain death.
Within the mansion, silence was more than discipline—it was law.
The servants who lived and worked there kept their lips tightly sealed. Whatever occurred within those walls remained buried, never to be spoken of beyond its boundaries. No one dared to disobey the commands of the one they served.
