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Seven-year-old Conri believed his life was a fairytale. Hidden deep within the pure, whispering sanctuary of the ancient woods, his days were filled with rolling in golden dirt, bathing in azure rivers, and the fierce, protective love of his parents. To Conri, his father Fenris was an invincible pillar of strength, and his mother was a radiant force of spiritual grace.
But beneath the canopy of paradise, terrifying secrets were brewing.
When a metallic scent of blood fouls the air, Conri's perfect world fractures in a single night. Terrified whispers of a dark destiny and a horrific, impending "sacrifice" echo through the trees before everything he loves is violently torn away.
Twenty years later, the vibrant, sevenfold colors of his youth have entirely faded into ash.
Conri is no longer a soft child; he is a broken man built of jagged scars and heavy silence, trapped inside a desolate hut, starving for a single drop of water, and begging for death to end his paralyzing fear. Drowning in a sea of misplaced guilt, he believes he is the criminal who destroyed his own family.
But when a battered, white-haired ghost from his past-his father's loyal friend, Freddy Uncle-collapses at his feet begging for forgiveness, the ultimate, terrifying truth begins to unravel.
Conri was never an ordinary boy. Even as a child playing in the sanctuary, an ancient, cosmic crown to wear upon his head. He is The Judge, a supreme entity born to weigh the sins of humanity and pass cold, unwavering verdicts upon the world.
As the shadows of his true awakening loom, Conri must face a brutal trial. Can a man completely shattered by mortal grief wield the absolute scales of divine justice? Or will the darkness that claimed his parents swallow him whole?