Volume 6, Chapter 33 – Original Sin Power Envy

The blood red sword light looked as if it was about to tear heaven and earth apart.

In just an instant, Tianyin, who had been standing far away a moment ago, crossed the distance as if she were stepping through space and appeared right in front of her in the blink of an eye.

Her silver white long hair fluttered, and a strange purple light flashed across her pupils.

Then, as expected, Tianyin very easily drove the sword in her hand through the body of the elf girl in front of her, Seles.

The sharp blade pierced straight through the girl’s body, and at the wound where Tianyin had stabbed her, dark red blood gushed out like a spring.

That was only what Tianyin could see. Behind Seles, at her back, the tip of Tianyin’s sword had also completely passed through her body. On the sword tip, thin streams of blood flowed and dripped down.

“So hurt, Xiaoyin…”

Run through by Tianyin’s sword, in Tianyin’s sight, there was a glimmer of tears at the corner of the elf girl’s eyes.

But were those really tears? For a moment Tianyin wondered if she was just imagining it. When she looked more carefully, there was nothing at the girl’s eyes at all.

“So you are going to kill me like this? Just like this… ending me this easily…”

She really did not seem to intend to resist any further. Seles’ hands hung weakly at her sides, her posture completely unguarded. Of course, Tianyin was not going to relax just because Seles looked like this. After all, whether it was for Dawn or for Tianyin herself, an existence like Seles was a huge problem.

And Seles’ “treacherous” image had already sunk deep into this loli’s heart.

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“But… Xiaoyin, if it really could be this easy… that would be wonderful…”

“Eh?”

Tianyin did not think much about it at first. Even though she subconsciously felt that something was a little off, that strange feeling was too faint, so she still pushed it aside.

Just as Tianyin was wondering what exactly Seles meant by those words, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The figure of the elf girl in front of her twisted, like ripples suddenly spreading across the surface of a calm lake.

A bizarre sense of unreality began to spread. At this moment, Tianyin finally understood why she had felt something was wrong just now.

“You are trying to run? Seles, did you ask the sword in my hand for permission?”

The blood red sword light slashed out, but unfortunately Tianyin’s attack only passed straight through Seles’ body, giving off the same feeling as cutting through a fake mirage.

Yet this mirage had clearly been the one bleeding right before Tianyin’s eyes just now…

“Even though you sounded very serious, Xiaoyin, if I want to leave, there is nothing you can do to stop me~”

The illusory girl’s lips curved into a smug smile.

“Xiaoyin, this time I really did underestimate you… Just like back then in the dungeon, I made the same mistake of looking down on your strength.”

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“And because I misjudged how strong you are, I failed… When we meet next time, that absolutely will not happen again…”

“But there is a saying about things happening once and twice, and not a third time. Today I was defeated by you, but next time… that may not be how it ends~”

After she finished speaking, the elf girl Seles, who Tianyin had personally run through with her sword, simply vanished into thin air and disappeared from Tianyin’s sight.

After the elf girl left, under the night sky, Tianyin was the only one left, standing there blankly for a long time.

『Samael, so what exactly just happened…』

Even though Seles’ escape made Tianyin really angry, she was also extremely curious about how Seles had managed to run away.

After all, this was Tianyin’s first time seeing someone openly use some kind of trick like that to escape in such a blatant way.

「What happened… Well, even I cannot say for sure on this one. I am not all powerful, Xiaoyin… Still, if my guess is right, it should be something like an illusion…」

『Illusion? Hmmm?? How could that be illusion?』

Samael’s explanation sounded a bit forced, and it was hard for Tianyin to accept that it had all just been illusion.

「It really is strange. But Xiaoyin, don’t forget that Seles, just like you, has the power of the Seven Original Sins. If I have not guessed wrong, Seles’ Original Sin power… should be Envy…」

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『Envy… huh?』

Tianyin had never imagined before that Seles would be Envy. To be precise, she had never thought about this at all before noticing that Seles had one of the Seven Original Sins.

And if it was a power of Original Sin, it was not hard for Tianyin to deduce why Seles had not died.

Of course, Samael’s guess that it was Envy was not really wrong.

After all, Seles could indeed copy the techniques and skills of others. Tianyin and Samael both knew very well how broken that ability was.

And if it was an ability as conspicuous as copying skills, then it was very easy to deduce which of the Seven Original Sins it belonged to.

「After all, the remaining Original Sins are Envy and Lust.」

「If Seles were Lust, there is just no way to connect the power of Lust to an ability that lets you copy other people’s moves.」

「So… it should be Envy…」

The possibility that Seles was Envy had reached one hundred percent, and Tianyin very much agreed with Samael’s guess.

『Phew… So if Seles has the ability to copy skills… then in theory, the more skills she copies, the stronger she becomes, right?』

Since Samael was one of the Original Sins, Tianyin also started to speculate about Seles’ combat strength.

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If things really were as she imagined, then the matter of killing Seles was something she truly could not give up on.

After all, an existence that could grow endlessly stronger just by copying other people’s skills… absolutely could not be allowed to roam free.

「Still, the good thing is that even though we did not kill her, Seles was badly wounded. You cut off one of her arms, Xiaoyin… so right now should be when Seles is at her weakest.」

『Got it. Samael, you are saying that I should take the initiative to go after Seles before she recovers, and then, while she is still weak, finish her off with a killing blow?』

As she said this, Tianyin adorably straightened her little face, putting on a very serious look.

Though this expression only made her look even cuter.

「Well… that is pretty much what I meant, but don’t rush too much, Xiaoyin. Seles’ injuries will not heal in a short time. Reattaching a severed arm is going to take quite a while.」

『Mm, I know.』

To be sure, this time Seles had slipped away by accident.

But next time, Tianyin definitely was not going to give Seles even the slightest chance to escape.