He had always been the example of perfect to the outside world. Of course he had to keep his reputation.

He was the leader of the infamous religious group called, ‘The Seven Pillars’. He ran it with his three other siblings, though he was the oldest.

He wasn’t the strongest though. He was the smarts behind the operation. His youngest brother, Semi, was the strongest. Their group revolves around a god and Rei was the one who made a vow with that god to gain her power.

His other brother, Kei, which was the middle brother, had a knack for manipulation. He was usually sent out to make deals with other groups. If they weren’t accepting Kei would leave and let Semi handle it. Serphelius was the hand of Mercy, Kei was the hand of Manipulation, and Semi was the hand of Murder.

They had a younger sister they all treated well. Her name was Lily. She was technically a puppet made by Semi to make him feel less lonely, but he gave her a soul. So now she was one of them.

In the ranks not far under them were the pillars. There were Seven of them. The Pillar of time, the pillar of death, the pillar of water, the pillar of life, the pillar of lust, the pillar of ice, the pillar of heaven. Their names weren’t really spoke of to the public often.

Serphelius was like a priest. People who joined their group came to him, to give their life to the nameless goddess and to admit all their wrong doings.

Lots of people argued they were a cult, which was partially true. But they never addressed it.

One day, Semi came bursting in through the doors to Serphelius’s room…—“We need to talk..!” He yelled. It was definitely important.

Serphelius was a little shocked at first but motioned Semi to keep speaking.

”That place we sent Lily to.. she was ambushed. She’s fine though. But she barely escaped.” Semi said with an urgent tone.