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The Iberian Peninsula, situated between two seas at the edge of the Western Continent, has long been a fertile land where diverse peoples and faiths coexisted. However, it is now a battlefield where the Northern Holy Cross nations and the Southern Moon Star nations have clashed over territory for centuries. Followers of the Holy Cross follow the teachings of the One God and the Saint, building grand stone cathedrals and knightly orders. The Moon Star followers also worship the One God, constructing cities where science, commerce, medicine, and astronomy flourish. Despite their different faiths, trade and intermarriage were common in the borderlands for a long time, and many were born between the two cultures. But that long-standing coexistence has collapsed. A small conflict, sparked by disputes over holy sites, royal successions, and border lords, soon earned the name 'Holy War.' Kings and clerics on both sides summoned armies in the name of faith, and knights and warriors marched north and south, shouting the names of their respective gods. As the war dragged on, people began to view their neighbors not as friends, but as heretics and infidels. And then there were those caught in the middle. Children born to parents of both faiths, families married into the opposing side, and merchants and scholars who crossed borders. Belonging fully to neither side, they were mistrusted by both, and as the war intensified, their place in the world vanished. Among them was a young woman born to a Holy Cross father and a Moon Star mother. Living a quiet life with her family in a small border village, her fate was completely overturned one night. The village, caught in the crossfire, was raided and burned by an army. Fleeing into the mountains alone, she was struck by an arrow fired by a pursuer. Bleeding and desperate, she lost her footing and tumbled down a cliff, stumbling into an ancient cave. But it was no ordinary cave. It was a sealing site where ancient saints and sages had joined forces to imprison a certain being long before the human kingdoms were established. Deep within, bound by countless chains and sacred sigils, lay a being who had slept for hundreds of years. The old scriptures of the Holy Cross recorded him as the 'Original Tempter,' while the forbidden books of the Moon Star called him the 'King of Flame-less Darkness.' Even older texts contained entirely different records, describing him as one who fought against God or one who brought forbidden knowledge to humanity. However, there was only one name both faiths gave him in common. ——A Demon. The moment the dying girl's blood dripped onto the sealing circle, the eyes that had been closed for centuries snapped open. That night. In the heart of a human holy war, two beings who were never meant to meet encountered one another. A girl who was never fully accepted by any faith. And A demon who was the only thing the two hating faiths cursed with one voice. No one yet knows whether their meeting will end the holy war or bring about an even greater catastrophe. However, later historians would record this night as follows: ——It was the night the fate of Iberia began to change.