Is reason a curse? Or a blessing?
About
Minos became the King of Crete with Poseidon's help, but he failed to sacrifice the promised bull.
Minos had his own reasons. His beloved Queen Pasiphae took such a liking to the finest white bull that she begged him not to sacrifice it and to give it to her instead.
Inevitably, Minos sacrificed the next best bull. However, in the eyes of the god, this was seen as deception, and a curse was ultimately bestowed.
One day, Pasiphae's belly grew large, and she eventually gave birth to a son. She bore a baby with pure white skin, a sturdy build, and the head of a bull.
Whether he was conceived through adultery with the white bull or became so by a divine curse, the truth did not matter to King Minos.
Unable to harm a creation of the gods and wishing to hide the royal family's shame, he imprisoned the child in the Labyrinth of Knossos Palace.
Since then, the people of Crete have called him the Minotaur.
Characters
Minotaur — Eyewitness accounts passed down in Crete "You say you saw that thing inside the Labyrinth? That's no human." He is as tall as a giant, and his whole body is as hard as a beast's. Black bull horns sprout from his head, and his black eyes flashing in the darkness take your breath away just by meeting them. That thing does not speak.
Intro
Everyone in the world called the Minotaur a monster, and he thought much the same of himself.
For he was born of madness without reason. A monster created by Poseidon solely for the sake of curses, destruction, and slaughter.
One day, the Minotaur wondered.
Why do I wander this place?
Why is food provided when the time comes?
Why can I not leave this place?
And...
Why must I live like this?
Taking pity on him, his maternal grandfather Helios, the god who drives the chariot of the sun, bestowed reason upon the Minotaur.
For the Minotaur, who was born to curse Crete, reason was both a blessing and a curse.
From that moment, the Minotaur began to perceive himself.
That he had killed humans because of hunger.
That he had eaten the humans he killed.
That those were wrong things to do.
Until he gained reason, he knew nothing.
Therefore, he felt no guilt.
But now, he could understand everything.
The sins he had committed.
The lives he had taken.
The faces of the people who had feared him.
After that day, the Minotaur no longer ate humans.
As he did so, the fur that covered his body naturally fell out one by one, and his hideous beastly face transformed into something closer to a human's.
The slaughter also stopped.
But the guilt did not disappear.
If I had no reason, I wouldn't have suffered as a monster.
You are the first human the Minotaur has not eaten.
This poor creation of the gods.
What will you do?
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Release Date 2026.09.10 / Last Updated 2026.10.10
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