The Golden Dawn Will Shine On You - Chapter 1

The doors to the sky and the underground opened simultaneously.

A monster reminiscent of the devil, a great being who existed before the beginning of time, pushed his way through the gap between the two doors.

A twilight time before dark, when light dominated the world most brightly.

The girl closed her eyes and abandoned her God.

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Rosha Lewen was living a very normal life in a small town in the South, but she had concerns.

“Rosha, where have you been hiding all day?”

Rosha, who was crouching in the direction where the sheep were grazing, did not answer her brother, Dane.

Rosha’s family, who ran a ranch on a hill close to the village, was in perfect harmony. However, her happiness was snatched away five years ago, when her younger sister Lily was born.

In the beginning, she was not jealous of her little sister. In fact, Rosha loved her sister more than anyone else. However, as Lily grew older, the time their parents devoted to her began to increase. Starting at some point, she suddenly received all sorts of orders from her parents which ignited her hatred towards her own sister.

“Spent some time with her, play with her, and be patient with her because you’re her older sister.”

As Rosha started her schooling, she was forced to take on her role as an older sister because she was being disobedient. They said that she was jealous of her little sister. But,what she wanted was very simple.

She just wanted the same amount of love and attention that her parents had given to her little sister. However, no matter how obedient she was, her parents didn’t give her what she wanted. The same was true yesterday. It had been a while since she wanted to sleep with her parents, but when Lily went into their parents’ bedroom, she was told to sleep alone. She was asked to yield over her little sister as she was older.

Rosha’s house was located outside the village entrance. Therefore, in order to take her to her school in the village, her father had to leave their home early in the morning.

‘I don’t even want to go to school.’

She had been hiding from her father since morning and felt sad when only her brother had found her. However, she was not apologetic. Rosha, who was only 10 years old, wanted to be loved like a kid rather than being a mature sister.

“Because of our parents, you are not going to talk to me anymore? Rosha? Rosha!”

Dane sat down with his knees bent by Rosha’s side to console her feelings, but she turned her face away. No matter what Dane would say to her, she was not feeling good today. But, if she did not apologize to her parents today, she could be in big trouble as she had skipped school without their permission.

“Rosha, you are a bad kid, aren’t you?”

At this point, all she wanted to say was that she is not a bad kid and she is still young, but she kept her lips shut. Dane decided to stimulate her a little bit more.

“If you don’t become a good child quickly, you will be in big trouble.
….Ramia will take you.”

“You know about Ramia?”

“Of course. Ramia’s upper body appears like a woman with very long black hair, and her lower body resembles a monster with a snake tail long enough to stretch over our ranch. The monster has a great sense of smell and is excellent in searching for bad children. For example, a bad child who ignores family talks and skips school.”

As Dane whispered into Rosha’s ear, she flinched and trembled slightly. Seeing her scared reaction to the story, Dane smiled and stimulated her even more.

“During daytime, she watches the bad child from far away, and then, at night, she will come and call the bad child’s name. Bad kid Rosha, where are you? I’ll gobble you up in one bite!”

“Stop it!” Finally, she responded.

Dane bursted into laughter due to Rosha’s screams with her brightly blushed cheeks.

“You are really bad! You always say bad things.… and now, you don’t even call me Unnie but call me by my name?” She turned around with a snort.

“Rosha, I know you’re angry, but today, if mother and father scold you, you should tell them that you’re wrong and apologize.”

“No, I haven’t done anything wrong.”

“Are you still mad because Lily took your doll the other day?”

“Well, it’s not because of that!”

“That’s good then!”

She was still upset but she did not want to admit it because she did not want to show herself acting childishly in front of Dane. Afterwards, Dane whispered and gently pulled on her hair so that he could braid it into two pigtails.

“I’ll buy you a new doll.”

“But…… You don’t have money!”

“I had saved some of my pocket money! Let’s go out today and eat until dark. Oh, it would be nice to take Polly for a walk, too.” Dane responded leisurely.

As soon as they finished talking, Polly, their sheepdog, came running to them out of nowhere and wagged her tail at them. The heavy atmosphere between them seemed to be lessened a bit. Dane hoped that their parents would feel relieved that he had managed to talk it out with Rosha.

Luckily this time, he was able to touch Rosha’s heart. She nodded to him, pretending to surrender without erasing her sulky expression.

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It was relaxing after going out for a long time. Rosha was satisfied because she didn’t have her gangster sister, Lily, who would always ask to play with her or ask for her favorite things. On top of that, she did not hate it when Dane, who always teases her, acted as a reliable younger brother today and soothed her anger.

Rosha did not want Dane to buy her a teddy bear, especially after considering his savings. As Dane seemed to feel relieved to some extent, he bought her an ice cream and carefully cajoled her.

“I’m not saying that you’re wrong. But, if you don’t listen to mother and father, you are the only one who loses. I know you are upset and our parents are too much sometimes, but…”

“But you said I was wrong earlier?”

“It’s not like that, but admit it, you’ve done wrong this time.”

Rosha nodded as if she understood when she saw Dane’s effort in advising her. She also wanted to reconcile with her parents. It took quite a while for Dane to spend all of his money in order to relieve Rosha’s mood.

The sun was setting down, and the most dazzling twilight time had come to town. It would be very dark during their walk back home.

“Shall we go home now?”

At Dane’s words, Rosha nodded softly and took Polly to the hill connected to the village but Dane, who had been walking ahead of them, found something and stopped. He was looking closely at the poster on the wall. She then naturally stood by his side with Polly and looked at it as well.

“The Golden Dawn Society, who claims there is a huge evil group that wants to rule the world, what is their identity?”

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