「12」Judgement Arc: The God of Death and The Moon Deity (Part 2)

SIDAPA

WHEN we arrived, the creature was in awe when he saw my tree. The tree that I used to carve all the lifelines of every soul was about 20 feet tall. To someone else’s perspective, it looked lifeless and ugly. It was all black and had no single leaf growing on its branches. Even its glow was dim. I was the only one who appreciated its beauty.

It was purposely designed to look that way. Before I decided to live on this mountain, I was told by Kaptan — God of the Heavens and Skies — that human hearts were fragile. If they were to face something that was beyond what they could acquire in this world, they would do anything in their power to possess it. They were easily fooled by beauty and disregarded the hideous.

In order to protect my tree and for me to continue guiding souls in the afterlife, the tree had to become something repulsive to the sight.