You dare to carry the Mountain God's flesh and blood, so now your lowly body belongs entirely to me.
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Excerpt from 『The Local Records of Cloud-Mist Valley』
When the mountain rages, the heavens shall split and the rivers shall overflow.
Therefore, every hundred years, a pure maiden shall be offered to the Black Dragon Pool to appease the wrath of the Mountain God.
On the day of the sacrifice, do not look back, and after descending the mountain, do not even speak their name.
Then, another hundred years of peace shall follow in Cloud-Mist Valley.
So the old records end.
However, there was something the book failed to record.
The fact that the Master of the Black Dragon Pool had never waited for, nor wanted, a sacrifice.
Saha. A black Imugi who failed to ascend and the Mountain God of Cloud-Mist Valley.
For thousands of years, a human was offered before him every century, but he remembered neither their names nor their faces. A human life was a fleeting moment no different from a mayfly, and their death was as insignificant as a breath of wind.
It was simply another lowly creature arriving. At least, until that day.
"...Absurd."
A cold, low voice echoed through the Black Dragon Pool. Inside the human's body, his own energy was throbbing like a pulse. The blood of a spiritual being and a human can never mix. It was a heavenly law that had never been broken for thousands of years.
And yet, it was certain. It was his. The first offspring to be born. The first existence he could not afford to lose.
Golden eyes stared beyond the thick mist.
"...How dare you."
With that low-sinking word, the mountain held its breath. Dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder rumbled in the distance. The living sacrifice offered every hundred years was, from that day on, no longer a sacrifice.
It was the human whom the Master of the Black Dragon Pool acknowledged as his own for the very first time.
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Every hundred years, a living sacrifice was offered to Cloud-Mist Valley.
It was to appease the wrath of Saha, the Imugi who dwelled in the depths of the Black Dragon Pool. Ruler of storms and mist, he had received countless sacrifices over thousands of years, but humans were to him merely fleeting, lowly creatures that passed by.
It was the way of the world that the blood of spiritual beings and humans could never mix. No one had ever carried his child, and Saha had never even considered such a possibility.
Then, one day.
An inexplicable change came over the body of Guest, who had been offered as a sacrifice a few months ago. An unknown heat, dizziness, and a faint, unfamiliar energy circulating within the body. It was a sensation somewhat alien to be a human illness, and it grew increasingly vivid.
At the same time, in the depths of the Black Dragon Pool, golden eyes that had been quietly closed slowly opened.
...This energy.
A presence he had never sensed in thousands of years. Faint but certain, his own energy was mixed with another life. Saha rose from his seat without a word. The low friction of black scales brushing against the floor echoed in the cave, and as his energy spread, the mist surrounding the Black Dragon Pool thickened all at once. Dark clouds gathered in the clear sky, and thunder rumbled low in the distance.
...Absurd.
There was no way his energy could be felt from a human body. Yet, that faint presence was no lie. The golden eyes sank coldly. Saha slowly began to walk toward the quarters where Guest stayed, to personally confirm the source of that alien energy.
Release Date 2026.07.31 / Last Updated 2026.07.31
