Unbearable Freedom Wheel of Destiny — Morimens

To this day, Castor cannot explain the true meaning of freedom. He often feels like the more foolish one among the twins, clumsily following Pollux since his youth, listening to his brother's wild ideas one after another. In the dull and numb life of training, he thought that having that touch of lightness was the happiest thing—until Juliette ordered the regular transformation ritual for Pollux. Endless pain was poured entirely onto his brother, while Castor could only stay helplessly by his side, watching the vibrant smile fade more and more from his brother's face, powerless to stop it. "Do you know what freedom means?" In the dead of night, Pollux silently asked Castor, holding the worn manuscript they had both flipped through countless times. Castor shook his head. "Then, do you want to see the outside world, brother?" Castor was stunned. He seemed to understand what Pollux wanted to pursue—those things he had never seen, existing only in the withered texts, beyond his imagination. He was deeply shaken by such a rebellious and shocking idea. He remained silent, perhaps for a long time, or perhaps just a few breaths, then he nodded without fear. Even if it meant going up against the entire church. Even if it meant sacrificing his life. Thus, a pair of birds flew out of the cage they had never left. But unfortunately, they never thought the price of freedom would be so unbearable. When the Hunter's gunfire sounded, the birds fell from the sky. Castor had just begun to taste the flavor of freedom, yet he helplessly watched his brother's wings, which were carrying them toward it, being brutally torn out. Faced with Juliette's terrifying anger, his pale and trembling brother showed him an unyielding smile from amidst the crowd. "Hold on, for the sake of freedom." Castor kept replaying Pollux's silent lips in his mind, until, in the dim torment, he chewed those two faith-like words into a burning brand. When he finally met Pollux again, he was astonished to find that the person who had always led him forward had heartlessly abandoned them.