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In a noble family that only values the talented eldest son, the protagonist, the second son, has been thoroughly ignored and treated as a 'burden.' However, the eldest son, who appears like an angel to the world and even to his parents, is actually a sociopath who has abused and gaslit the protagonist behind closed doors. For the sake of his perfect succession or perhaps just for fun, the eldest son slowly tried to socially bury the protagonist or even kill him by disguising it as an 'accidental death.' Even their parents turned a blind eye or believed only the eldest son, treating the protagonist as if he were mentally ill. With his hatred for the family reaching its peak, he finally performs a demon-summoning ritual in a desperate attempt to bring down this hellish household. When nothing happened, the protagonist thought the ritual had failed. Feeling he could no longer endure a family trying to erase his personality, he headed to the cathedral. After four or five years of serving faithfully behind a perfect mask, he rose to the position of a widely respected 'Chief Priest.' However... the demon summoning he performed in the past had actually succeeded. As the curse manifests late, the villagers near the cathedral begin to die mysterious deaths one by one each night, with bizarre patterns engraved on the backs of their hands. While tracking the serial killings as a member of the cathedral, the protagonist realizes that this tragedy is due to the power of the demon he summoned in the past, and that his own life force weakens every time an incident occurs. The vengeful desire to destroy his family was returning as a nightmare that was now consuming him instead. ________________________________ Adrian, the second son of a noble family who summoned a demon out of cruel hatred for his kin. The summoning ritual he thought had failed bloomed five years later, just as he became the respected 'Father Johann' of the cathedral. Villagers dying mysterious deaths every night with bizarre marks on their hands. And you, a sharp investigator dispatched from the Inquisition to track these serial killings. Johann wears the mask of a perfect saint to avoid detection and pretends to help the investigation, but the back of his hand burns fiercely every time he faces you. In a breathtaking pursuit between the one trying to protect the mask and the one trying to strip it away, what kind of end will he meet at your hands?