There Is No World For ■■

* * *A long time ago, though it felt like it was just yesterday, the sheep had to obey the shepherds and ranch owners.Trapped in the ranch, they tried their best to grow the desired wool.If they were told to fight other livestock, they fought. If they were told to endure pain, they endured. And if they were told to swallow their screams, they swallowed them.- Why! Why can’t you do it?!- Do you know how much flesh and blood was consumed to create you all?!Was it because of that so-called patriotism?- This is your last chance. I’ll give you three seconds.- Complete the blessing. The Saintess managed to do it in just one second!- If you fail again…Was it because they were afraid of those whips?- Specimen 112 has been disposed of. It’s your fault.- Specimen 31 has been disposed of. It’s your fault.- It is all your fault.Or did they succumb to torture?No, it was nothing like that. The reason the sheep obeyed the shepherds wasn’t something grand.It was just because the sheep didn’t know what freedom was.They didn’t know about the leash around their necks, nor the things the shepherds could do with it…Hence, they obeyed.And so, they lost.- There are five of them. Losing one wouldn’t be…One day, when the ranch owner was disappointed in the sheep…The shepherds dragged a white sheep away, and it never returned.Only after they lost a precious member of their family did the sheep grow angry.For the first time in their lives, they rebelled against the shepherds. Then they raged, before finally falling into despair.The leash around their necks granted them no freedom.- Foolish things, did you really think we wouldn’t have any safety measures in place?Only after experiencing the excruciating pain from the leash did the sheep start to smell the stench rising from it.Blood, tears, and rotten flesh.The Black Sheep, who was the most fierce when ramming into the shepherds, couldn’t bear the stench.Hiding in a corner of the ranch, out of the shepherds’ sight, she hung herself with the leash.Self-abandonment, suicide, freedom.Death came for the Black Sheep, but in the end, she was unable to die.It was because she realized the leash wasn’t just hers alone.The sheep’s leashes were all connected to each other. Tightly and cleverly.The moment one sheep hung itself, the others would also suffer along with it.The Black Sheep realized that this was the final safety measure hidden by the ranch owner, and she understood that she would never be able to break it.- You must never forget; the reason why you were born.- For the country, for the nation.- Obey.The sheep became obedient once again. No, she submitted.In a ranch where even death would not bring liberation, they could only bow their heads, holding each other’s lives as hostages.But not everything returned to how it was before.The sheep did not forget what the shepherds had done to them, the cruelty of the ranch owner, the stench of the leash, and…