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Summary: A priestess and her twin daughters are blessed by the presence of a fertility goddess while in prison. (CW: Contains graphic depictions of rapid pregnancy, labor, and childbirth) Deep in the recesses of a destroyed land stood a stone prison, protected on all sides by hardened ironwood fencing and metal bars. The prison was built for common criminals, so it was lightly protected by lazy guards carrying shoddy naginata. At least, it was once. Ume, a tremendously beautiful woman with black silken hair that nearly reached her knees, peered anxiously out of her prison cell. She had been in the middle of an elaborate dance to invoke peace for the country before the Sun King’s soldiers had raided the temple. Because she was the most mature and experienced of all the priestesses, she still wore her very intricate white and crystal-colored susohiki gown, which flowed in many flower-colored patterns down to the floor. Every delicate movement she made was accompanied by a rustle