Volume 6, Chapter 44 – Epilogue

The war had ended.

After Tianyin personally brought Seles to an end, this invasion of the Main World launched by Seles… just like that, suddenly came to a close.

After Seles’ death, Tianyin did not continue to pursue the underground forces that had lost their leader. As for those underground troops, they scattered like stray dogs, fleeing in panic back toward the underground world.

Of course… it was not because, after killing Seles, Tianyin suddenly decided to mercifully spare those underground forces.

In truth… Tianyin, who had already gone an entire day and night without closing her eyes… was simply far too exhausted.

Whether in body or in spirit, Tianyin was completely worn out.

And when she considered that even with Seles dead, the underground world’s army still numbered over two million, while Dawn’s border troops had fewer people than the underground forces, if they chose to give chase now, they would also pay a heavy price.

Of course… the most crucial point was… that while Gluttony was holding Seles down, it had been absorbing the power of Original Sin from her. Not only that, Gluttony had also sucked away Seles’ original strength.

Only then did Tianyin finally understand Gluttony’s true use.

Gluttony could absorb power it could recognize. In theory, Gluttony could draw out the strength of others and make it her own. If she used Gluttony to directly devour someone to death… that person’s power would be completely and utterly claimed by Tianyin.

And now… Tianyin could use Seles’ abilities. With just a single thought, countless magic circles could appear behind her.

Of course… The power of Envy had also been fully absorbed by Tianyin.

And Envy’s power, just as Tianyin had guessed before, possessed a bug-like ability that could copy every skill.

As long as Tianyin saw it, she could copy it. Whether it was dragon-tongue magic that only dragons could master, or some special Holy Light, as long as Tianyin had seen it, she could copy it.

Not only that… if it was a long-range curse, that kind of magic whose source was difficult to trace, as long as the target of the curse was Tianyin, she could copy it at the very moment she was cursed, and by doing so lift the cursed state from herself.

The typical example was Yivrea using astrology on Seles. From the instant Yivrea cast astrology on Seles, the power of Envy in Seles sensed the astrology and let Seles instantly master it herself.

Because of how astrology worked, the target being divined would also have the power of the astrologer. That was why Yivrea suffered backlash.

After sleeping for a full day, Tianyin slowly woke from her dreams.

The moment she woke, she completed the handover of Dawn’s border defenses.

And with the fighting at Dawn’s border now over, Tianyin flew toward Eden.

On the way, Tianyin pondered how the road ahead should go.

It was true that at this moment, after defeating Seles, Dawn seemed to have no enemies left.

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But Tianyin knew… Dawn’s future could not possibly stay peaceful.

Inferno, the Abyssal Lord.

The warning from the System’s Light Orb made Tianyin especially wary of that existence. Yunchou had apparently cooperated with the Abyssal Lord before.

Although she did not know why the Abyssal Lord would work with Yunchou… Tianyin had a certain premonition… that the Abyssal Lord and Yunchou, their real goal in cooperating had never truly been the King of Knights back then.

Their final aim… was very likely Dawn.

Or rather, Tianyin herself.

In that battle where she had slaughtered the million-strong army, Tianyin had completely taken hold of the power of Original Sin.

At the same time as she mastered the power of Original Sin, for a single instant, Tianyin had entered a strange state that even she found hard to put into words.

In that state, it was as if Tianyin could see through the past and future. In the instant she entered that state, every plot and scheme revolving around her became utterly clear before her eyes.

But… once that state faded, everything Tianyin had seen, heard, and thought in that state disappeared completely from her mind.

She could not recall any of it.

Even so, although she could not remember it… the vague, irritable feeling left behind by that state remained very clear inside her.

There was no doubt. The future of Dawn, or of herself, would absolutely not be calm.

Perhaps the Abyssal Lord would invade the Main World.

Or perhaps Yunchou was in the dark, plotting some scheme aimed at her.

Or… perhaps something else would come, something even harder to describe than either of those.

『Maybe… only by gathering all the power of the Original Sins can I really withstand everything?』

Lost in thought, Tianyin suddenly remembered the Seven Original Sins she had possessed from the very start.

『Wrath, Greed, Pride, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy.』

『These Original Sins are either already completely under my control, or they dwell in the people around me.』

『Of the Seven Original Sins I have already gathered six. Next… comes the final sin.』

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『Samael, when I have gathered all Seven Original Sins… do you think I will really be able to protect everyone by my side?』

As she dwelled on the Seven Original Sins, Tianyin unconsciously asked Samael.

「That sort of thing… we will only know once you truly have all Seven Original Sins themselves, Xiaoyin. But you know, Xiaoyin, even now you can already protect the people beside you, can’t you?」

『It’s still not enough…』

Tianyin shook her head.

『Samael… the power I have right now is still far from enough… only by gathering all Seven Original Sins, maybe then I can really… stop being moved around at other people’s whim—』

Her tone paused for a moment there.

『The last sin… is Lust.』

『Samael. As for Lust, that sin, I already know where it is.』

As she slowly said this, Tianyin’s gaze grew impossibly complicated.

「Hm? Xiaoyin, so you already know where Lust is?」

『I do.』

Tianyin answered.

『Lust… is actually me.』

「Huh?!」

Tianyin’s words made Samael cry out before she could stop herself.

At the same time as Samael’s exclamation, Tianyin continued her explanation.

『To be precise… Lust is this body of mine… Back then, the existence that created this body held the Original Sin of Lust in their hands.』

『Samael. As Wrath, you can take the form of a living being. Lust… can also take the form of a complete vessel in that existence’s hands.』

『And this body of mine is actually a vessel made from Lust.』

「…」

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Samael could not find any words.

Of course, Tianyin’s own feelings were just as complicated.

But… Tianyin had already sensed this truth as early as yesterday. After all, if she was able to sense where Envy was, then why would Tianyin be unable to sense Lust?

Yes.

Back when Tianyin first saw Envy, she had also seen where Lust was.

And Lust…

It had actually… been on her own body all along…

Author Note

The sixth volume is complete.

Reaching this point means Volume Six, Envy, has come to an end. At the same time…… it also officially means that the main storyline of the Seven Original Sins is soon going to reach its conclusion.

The central character of this volume is actually Seles.

In my setting, Seles is a very tragic existence.

She was born in the dark, chaotic Underground World. As a Dark Elf, she still did not want to live the same way as the other Dark Elves.

The Seles of the beginning was a truly kind girl.

She believed the world could be gentle, she always thought that warmth still existed in this world.

I do not know if anyone noticed it. When she was still very young, Seles was already no longer pure.

After all, in the dark and chaotic Underground World, what would a weak Seles go through? I think everyone can probably imagine that much.

Back then, so as not to make everyone feel uncomfortable, I wrote it in a very veiled way.

Of course…… now that Seles is dead, I do not need to keep hiding it anymore. And the reason Seles became so extreme is exactly because of the harsh life she experienced as a child.

I have said this much mostly because I do not want everyone to just outright hate Seles as a character.

Well, Volume Six ends here.

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Next up is Volume Seven, Lust.

Please look forward to it.

Translator Note

OH MY GOD I can’t believe the author actually remembers the plothole from Volume 1 Chapter 12! That was like 500 chapters ago!

If you remember, in that chapter, for a brief moment, Tianyin had seemed to become a different person, then she lost that memory soon after.

And it was actually Lust…? Tianyin already has Lust from the start… Damn… It’s completely unexpected… What a plot twist…

Ahem, aside from that, it seems now we can say good bye to the innocent, silly loli Tianyin~ Wuuu TvT

Tianyin has now fully matured… I don’t know whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing…

Where is my cheerful novel… Why is Tianyin growing so fast… TvT

And also, poor Seles…

If this novel is like any other common novel, I believe the protagonist is supposed to be naive and hesitant to kill Seles…

But this author is actually so merciless… The author seems determined to make Tianyin become fully mature in this volume… So killing a tragic character like Seles is needed to complete Tianyin’s resolve…

But still, I really shed my tears the moment Tianyin killing one million soldiers TvT

The author is really able to set the right timing to complete Tianyin’s personality growth…

Okay, anyway~! Enough with the gloom.

There are 3 volumes remaining, but in total, there are actually just about 130 chapters remaining. And Volume 7 itself is only have 39 chapters~

Let’s see our matured Tianyin until the end~