[Bam! Bam! Bam!]

"Big brother…! I’m scared..."

“It’s okay. If you stay hidden in the closet, they won’t find you… Just hide, like always…”

[Squeak.]

“There you are.”

“Aaah! Brother!!”

“Please, spare us!!”

My life was miserable. Before I was given the name “Temperance,” it was filled with darkness and filth.

I had to hide from debt collectors who knocked on our door nearly every day, and I lived in constant fear of my father, who was addicted to alcohol and gambling. My mother had run away a long time ago, leaving me with the responsibility of protecting my only …