"Haa... Haa!!"

A boy sprinted desperately through the forest path, his teeth gritted as he glanced back at the little girl clutching his hand and running after him.

The girl was his sister. Although they were not nobles, they had lived relatively comfortably among the common folk due to their parents' good fortune. The situation they now faced was nothing short of shocking.

Who could have imagined? The Freyja Sect was dominant across the continent, but that did not mean all other religions were oppressed. There were sub-gods acknowledged even within the Freyja Sect. The Sun God, Sylus, and the Moon Goddess, Krias, were prime examples. In the beginning, the main Goddess Freyja created the Sun God Sylus to illuminate the world.

Then, to allow Sylus to rest, she created the Goddess of the Night, or the Moon Goddess, Krias. This was mentioned even in the ancient scriptures of the Sect's main monastery. The Sect saw no reason to oppress the minority who worshiped Sylus and Krias, as everyone knew these two deities were derivative beings of the main Goddess, Freyja.

The siblings' parents were among the few followers of the Sun God, Sylus. The territory where they lived largely operated on an alchemical energy system that harnessed sunlight....