The Temple of Phaedone is an untouched sanctuary, where the women who serve the goddess are still all female.
In this rare Eden, Agnes spends her days dutifully praying to and confessing before the goddess, ready to offer her everything at any moment.
For the first seventeen years of Agnes's life, she lived in quiet contentment, untouched by sorrow.
Until one day, a snake slipped into Eden. Agnes met a thief who didn't believe in the gods...
Pearl, born into the lowest stratum of society, despises all faith. In her eyes, the so-called scriptures preached by the faithful are nothing but complete lies.
To survive, Pearl doesn't mind kneeling before a cold statue, insincerely reciting and repeating those absurd words again and again.
But Pearl never expected that, though she had always wisely remained unmoved by that statue,
one day she would kneel before one of its humble followers and willingly give her everything.
Theme: Sincere love helps people find their whole selves.
