A BODY THAT WAS NOT HER'S AND THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF A SOUL
407 Words
Rain.
Cold.
Heavy.
Justitia opened her eyes with a sharp gasp.
Water dripped from the ceiling. Thunder rumbled outside. The smell of the human world filled her lungs—dust, metal, and electricity.
Her body felt wrong.
Weak.
Fragile.
Human.
She sat up slowly on a narrow bed inside a small apartment.
Her heart pounded rapidly.
Her hands trembled.
She stood and walked unsteadily toward a mirror hanging on the wall.
A stranger stared back.
Dark hair.
Brown eyes.
A faint scar above the eyebrow.
Kang Bitna.
Justitia touched her face carefully.
Warm skin.
Breathing lungs.
A beating heart.
“I am alive,” she whispered.
Memories suddenly flooded her mind—not her own, but Kang Bitna’s.
Childhood laughter.
Long nights studying law.
Standing proudly in court as a judge.
A life filled with justice.
And now, stolen.
A loud knock shook the door.
“Judge Kang!” a voice called. “You’re late for court!”
Court.
Of course.
Her punishment had already begun.The courtroom buzzed with tension.
Lawyers argued.
Reporters whispered.
Citizens watched from the benches.
Justitia—now living as Judge Kang Bitna—sat high above them, wearing a black robe. Her posture was perfect. Her face was calm.
But inside, her mind raced.
A criminal stood before her.
A man accused of armed robbery and assault.
The evidence was clear.
He was guilty.
Normally, she would have sentenced him immediately.
But the rules of her punishment demanded something different.
She took a slow breath.
“After reviewing the case,” she announced, her voice steady, “this court finds the defendant… not guilty.”
Gasps filled the room.
The victim cried.
The prosecutor slammed the table.
The criminal grinned.
Justitia ignored them all.
Her work had only begun.Night covered the city like a blanket.
Streetlights flickered.
Rain soaked the pavement.
The man who had been declared not guilty walked down a quiet alley, humming happily.
He believed he had escaped justice.
He was wrong.
A shadow appeared behind him.
Justitia stepped forward slowly.
Her eyes glowed faintly red.
“You were spared by the law,” she said quietly.
“But not by judgment.”
The wind roared suddenly.
Dark chains burst from the ground, wrapping around the man’s body.
He screamed.
The air turned cold.
A black portal opened beneath his feet.
Within seconds—
He was gone.
Silence returned.
Far below the earth, another soul arrived in chains.
One.
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