Volume 6, Chapter 28 – Seven Original Sins?

It was already dusk, and the setting sun was as red as blood.

In Tianyin’s eyes, the Elven girl wore a gentle smile. It was the same smile she had worn the very first time Tianyin met her.

On the surface, the girl had all the beauty an Elf should have. Yet beneath that beautiful exterior, what she brought to Tianyin was nothing but memories like a nightmare.

“Seles!”

Killing intent surged in all directions.

The moment she saw Seles, Tianyin naturally remembered everything Seles had done to her in the past.

As long as she thought of those things, there was nothing in Tianyin’s heart besides anger.

“Xiaoyin… we are meeting again…”

Faced with Tianyin’s aura that was filled with killing intent, Seles did not show the slightest sign of panic.

On the contrary, when facing Tianyin, who was a Throne, the feeling Seles gave Tianyin was that she had no will to fight at all.

“Seles… yes, I did not expect you to actually still be alive…”

Tianyin did not want to say anything to Seles, but for some reason, when faced with this Seles in front of her whose stance was full of openings and completely devoid of battle intent, Tianyin suddenly felt that she could not strike carelessly.

That feeling grew stronger and stronger as time went on.

It also made Tianyin start to feel that all those openings were things Seles had deliberately exposed.

「Xiaoyin, proceed with caution.」

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It was not only Tianyin who felt that way. While Tianyin was staying on guard, Samael’s serious voice also rang out in her mind.

『Mm, I know.』

Answering Samael in the dark, Tianyin’s gaze toward Seles became even more wary.

“Hm? Xiaoyin, are you not happy to hear that I am still alive?”

When she heard Tianyin’s words, confusion flashed in Seles’s eyes, and she opened her mouth to ask Tianyin in a puzzled tone.

“Why would I be happy?”

Toward someone she loathed from the bottom of her heart, Tianyin answered Seles’ question in a very blunt way.

“Seles… the fact that you are still alive is not good news for me at all.”

“Why? Why is it not good news? Was I not good to you back then, Xiaoyin?”

Seles was completely unable to understand.

She spread her hands and slowly walked toward Tianyin, her eyes filled with sadness.

“What do you mean good? Do you still not know what you did to me yourself?”

“I just wanted Xiaoyin to stay with me forever. Is that wrong? I like you, Xiaoyin. I want to be together with you… That was all I was thinking, and everything I did was for that goal.”

Tianyin felt nothing toward Seles’s explanation except deep disgust from the bottom of her heart. She did not believe it, and she refused to acknowledge that this was Seles’ true intention.

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“Hey, Xiaoyin, let me hug you… Back then, did you not like being held by me…”

“Stay away from me.”

If Seles had not said that, it would have been better. The moment she did, Tianyin felt goosebumps rise all over her body.

She instinctively warned Seles, who was trying to approach her, and at the same time Tianyin drew her knight’s sword, the sharp tip pointing straight at Seles.

“Eh?”

Seeing Tianyin point a sword at her with such a serious expression, Seles’ face stiffened a little, and her eyes were filled with shock.

“Why? Xiaoyin, why are you pointing your sword at me?”

“Do you really not know why I am pointing my sword at you?”

Tianyin could not help but feel a bitter sort of amusement.

She was already pointing her sword at Seles, yet Seles still wore an expression like she did not understand anything.

Of course, funny or not, Tianyin would not easily change her loathing for Seles.

“Then… then Xiaoyin, do you mean you hate me?”

“Yes… I hate you, Seles. I hate you. You are the person I hate most in this entire world.”

Tianyin answered Seles as a matter of course. A faint red light began to glow along the knight’s sword in her hand.

“…”

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Silence.

On the other side, after hearing Tianyin’s firm and decisive answer, Seles did not make any sound except silence.

At this time, the sky grew darker bit by bit. As night approached, the sun slowly sank below the horizon, and faint starlight quietly scattered down.

The Elven girl’s face was hidden in shadow.

The silent Elven girl gave Tianyin a vague sense that something was wrong.

“So cruel…”

Abruptly, the Elven girl’s voice rang out again.

This time, her voice no longer held the feverish tone it had during her earlier conversation with Tianyin. Now her voice felt as cold as midwinter.

“So cruel… so cruel, Xiaoyin…”

That cold voice carried anger. As those words sounded, a blood red light began to flicker in the Elven girl’s eyes.

“That’s…”

Seeing the blood red flicker in Seles’s eyes, Tianyin’s heart gave a jolt.

「No mistake, Xiaoyin. That is the power of the Seven Original Sins…」

『Seven Original Sins… No wonder. If Seles has the power of the Seven Original Sins, then it really is possible for her to revive…』

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There was no doubt that the power the Elven girl was starting to activate was the Seven Original Sins. Since it was the Seven Original Sins, Tianyin also understood the truth of Seles’ resurrection.

「But Xiaoyin… for the Seven Original Sins, the ones left now are Envy and Lust. The question is, is the power on Seles’ body Envy, or Lust?」

『No idea… but as long as we fight her, whether it is Envy or Lust, we will find out, right?』

She was indeed curious about what kind of original sin power Seles had. However, for Tianyin now, the way to find out the answer was very direct, and also very easy to understand. She only had to defeat Seles.

「Mm… that is the only way. Still, Xiaoyin, every power of the Seven Original Sins has its own special ability. Even though this time you are only facing a single sin, you still need to handle it carefully and make sure you do not capsize.」

『Mm.』

Tianyin’s brief reply showed that she had heard Samael’s reminder.

At that moment, Seles, standing in the distance, finally made her move.

“So cruel, Xiaoyin… I clearly like you so much… I treasure you so much. Yet you talk about me like that… Looks like I have no choice but to catch you, lock you up, and train you properly.”

As her words fell, under the dim starlight, countless profound and intricate magic circles appeared behind Seles.

“So many?”

Faced with such a number of magic circles, even Tianyin was stunned for a moment. However, at the instant those spells shot out, Tianyin still reacted in time and took countermeasures.

“Ah, ah, ah… seriously, I hate mages the most!”