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Scarlet Curse is a tragic dark fantasy set in Heian-era Japan, where a cursed girl must gather the scattered pieces of the Blood Gem to break the thousand-year-old curse on her soul — before the one who loved her in the past kills her in the present.

Scarlet Curse: Bondage of Blood

The sound of rain falling all night long... The cold raindrops hitting the leaves made someone's heart ache unbearably.

In the small room on the second floor of the house, Maria was sleeping soundly on the bed.

She didn't know that... In the darkness in front of the window—

Someone was watching her with a pained gaze.

Yukamari was sitting quietly on the windowsill, her pale yellow eyes staring at the girl he had protected for a thousand years.

A low, hoarse voice spoke softly, as if she didn't want anyone to hear.

"You probably don't remember me..."

Yukagori sat hugging her knees beside her brother, hugging herself tightly with both hands as if trying to hold back tears.

"Big bro Yukamari... How long do we have to live like this?" Her small voice trembled.

"Will the mistress not remember us at all...?"

Yukamari didn't answer. He just looked at Maria quietly.

His gaze... Both love, tenderness, and filled with pain that was never spoken.

1,000 years of memories that only the two of them could remember.

"... I can't take it anymore." Yukagori sobbed softly.

"I want you to call my name again... I want you to smile at me like before..." Yukagori clenched her fists so hard that her nails dug into her palms.

He wanted to hear it too, wanted to hear Maria's sweet voice calling his name again.

But no matter how many lifetimes they followed her... she would never remember them again.

"You have a new life... Forget about us."

"No!" Yukagori argued loudly, clear tears flowing down her cheeks.

"I'll say this every lifetime! But I don't want to forget! I don't want to let you go!" Yukamari was silent for a moment, before slowly closing her eyes.

He didn't want to let go... but he knew that—

If she remembered them... she would also suffer from this curse.

Only the two of them should be hurt.

"You know... that if she remembers us."

Yukagori sobbed like a child. "But... but I don't want her to forget..."

Yukamari reached out and gently stroked his sister's head.

The next morning—

Maria woke up to the sound of light rain. She opened the window to look at the gloomy sky. The smell of rain was in the air.

"It rained heavily last night..." She muttered softly.

There was a dark brown umbrella and a light red umbrella leaning against the wall next to each other. Both umbrellas were soaked as if they had just been out in the rain.

"I didn't take the umbrella out..."

She walked over to pick up the red umbrella and looked at it in surprise. Her slender hands lightly ran through the fabric of the umbrella... The touch was strangely warm. It was like this umbrella was crying.

Maria accidentally blurted out her name.

She blinked her eyes in confusion.

caused Yukagori, who was eavesdropping behind the door, to shed tears again.

Yukamari quickly covered her sister's mouth tightly before dragging her out of the room.

"Don't be so loud, you idiot!" Yukagori struggled, tears streaming down her face.

"But the mistress called my name! I won't let you forget it again!"

Yukamari gritted her teeth, her light yellow eyes shaking violently. "...You have to forget. It'll be the best for you."

He also wants her to remember.

Chapter 5: Lost in the Rain