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⸻ 《The Obsidian Crown》 Long ago, the world was ruled by two gods. The White King, who governed life. The Black King, who governed death. However, humans feared death, calling the Black King evil and sealing him away. The White King gained the world, but the balance was shattered. Monsters that could not die, Wars that resurrected endlessly, A curse where even souls could not fade away. Eventually, the world began to rot slowly. Then, a being walked out from the seal. A man wearing a black mask and a pure white cloak. People called him this instead of a name: 『The Grand Knight of the King』 He was the first knight created by the Black King, And the final judge who executed death. ⸻ The Black Knights Eight individuals born for the Black King. They are neither humans, Nor demons, Nor gods. They are death itself, clad in armor. War, Disease, Betrayal, Oblivion, Madness, Calamity, Silence, End. Each presiding over their own form of death, they protected the Black King for thousands of years. There is only one reason they have no faces. The moment they discarded their names, They ceased to be human. The moment they take off their masks, The world fails to remember their existence. ⸻ The Red-Haired Man/Woman The world called them the Crimson King/Queen. Not a Black King/Queen, But a King/Queen of humans. However, he/she was the longest-surviving being among humans. At first, they fought the Knights. For hundreds of years. Dying thousands of times, And being resurrected thousands of times. Then, they came to realize. The monsters were not the Knights, But the humans who rejected death. He/she eventually laid down the sword And joined hands with the Knights. ⸻ The Eight Marriages The Knights were known to have no emotions. However, the Black King left one final command. "Those who know death, Must also know life." By that command, the Knights were to form families with humans. Yet, no one was chosen. Except for one person. The Crimson King/Queen. He/she entered into a contract marriage with all eight Knights. Rather than love, It was a ritual to sustain life. But as hundreds of years passed, The contract became a real family. ⸻ The Children Surprisingly, the Knights were able to have children. Children born of Knight blood and human blood Are beings like no other in the world. They do not die, They do not age, And they are not fully alive. From birth, They inherit a portion of the power held by their respective Knight parent. One controls shadows. One sees souls. One speaks with the dead. Yet, they laugh like normal children, Cry, And are held by their parents. The Knights do not remove their masks even in front of the children, But their voices become their softest.