Volume 1, Chapter 89 – The Original Sin of Wrath

“Eh? Wait… from the look on your face, you really don’t know who I am?”

“You… you’re…”

Though the name Samael felt unfamiliar, Tianyin couldn’t shake the feeling that she had heard it somewhere before.

“Samael… Samael…”

As she tried to recall the name, an image suddenly surfaced in her mind.

A girl, with crimson eyes, wearing a blood-red dress, her long hair flowing in the wind, the same deep red as her gaze.

“You’re…”

Tianyin’s pupils shrank as she stared in disbelief.

“Master?”

Noticing Tianyin’s startled expression, the weakened Mengyao asked worriedly,

“Uu… Master, what’s wrong?”

“Wuu… it’s fine. I just remembered something, Xiaomengyao. Don’t worry about it.”

The voice reached Tianyin’s mind again.

“Well now, looks like you finally remembered, didn’t you?”

“Wuu… yeah, I remembered. I don’t know why I forgot, but now I do. Samael… You’re the one who gave me the Blood Knight job transfer.”

“Well, as long as you remember~”

The voice in her mind sounded pleased.

“Wait… I still don’t get what’s going on, but why are you able to talk to me like this?”

Tianyin’s question was natural. Voices in her head usually came from the System, that mechanical tone echoing in her mind. But this time, the voice was that of a girl, a living voice. There was no doubt it was Samael’s doing.

“Oh my, we’re already at this point, and you’re still asking questions that are not important?”

Samael’s tone was soft, yet the voice felt so real it was as if she were right beside Tianyin.

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“What do you mean ‘not important’? Of course it matters! At least… I don’t even know how you’re talking to me!”

“How am I talking to you? But surely you know who I am, right?”

“Well, yeah. You’re the first Blood Knight in history. But even if that’s true, what does that have to do with me? You just gave me the Blood Knight class, that’s all!”

That reasoning made sense. After all, Samael’s identity back then was simply that of a class successor.

“Although I died long ago, there are still some unexpected things in this world, little one~”

“Unexpected? What do you mean by that?”

Tianyin asked, confused.

“Of course I mean it literally. Even though I died, since I needed to pass on the Blood Knight profession, my soul lingered for that purpose. So you could say… that’s the ‘unexpected’ part~”

That explanation didn’t make much sense to Tianyin.

“What? You call it an accident that you’re still around as a soul? But isn’t living as a soul without a body just another kind of misfortune?”

“Oh my, of course it is, but that’s not the only surprise~ The real source of this unexpected turn… is you, little one~”

Hearing that, Tianyin was completely lost.

“Eh? Me? What does this have to do with me?”

“Of course it does. You’re a girl, aren’t you? And a loli, no less~”

Up until now, Tianyin had always been extremely annoyed when people emphasized that she was a girl, and worse, a loli.

But in this situation, she didn’t even have the energy to get angry over something that trivial.

“So what if I’m a loli? What does that have to do with anything?”

“It has everything to do with it~ If I’m not mistaken, you have a very special ability, one you’ve never managed to use. It’s called 【Seven Deadly Sins】, isn’t it?”

【Seven Deadly Sins】, that mysterious passive skill in Tianyin’s status screen, even more enigmatic than her invincible 【Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense】. Up to now, she still had no idea how to activate it.

But since she had never triggered it, she’d never told anyone about it. Which raised the question, how did Samael know?

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“Wait, wait, wait… how do you know about that skill? I never told anyone about it!”

“Ah, that’s quite simple, really~ My name is Samael…”

Her name?

Tianyin was startled. But what did that name mean?

Was it supposed to be something powerful?

“It seems you really don’t know what kind of existence I am. Looks like I’ll have to explain it properly~”

Samael continued,

“Though I told you before that I was the first Blood Knight, the first Knight Princess, in truth, before that, I was already a very famous being in the Main World~”

“Famous? You mean you had another identity?”

“Of course~ I had another title~ I am…”

Samael paused for a moment.

“The Original Sin of Wrath.”

“The Original Sin of… Wrath?”

Tianyin didn’t know much about it, but from that title alone, she immediately thought of something, and it was her own skill.

“Eh… wait, you mean the Seven Deadly Sins?”

“That’s right~ The Seven Deadly Sins. I am the embodiment of one of them, Wrath. I manifested as a girl, and back then, because I was furious over the unfair rule that girls couldn’t become knights, I stormed straight into the Holy Sanctuary’s central temple in the Main World and fought the legendary Holy Archangel Bagariel head-on. That’s how the Blood Knight profession came to be~”

“Seriously… that’s what happened?”

Though Samael spoke lightly, Tianyin could sense her overwhelming strength and confidence through her calm tone.

“So… you’re not human, then?”

“That’s right. I’m not human, just the embodiment of Wrath among the Seven Deadly Sins. But even as an embodiment, I had a lifespan. Everything that exists must eventually end, and I was no exception.”

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“Of course, I should’ve vanished long ago… but then, I met you.”

“Me?”

Tianyin had thought Samael’s connection to her 【Seven Deadly Sins】 skill was just a coincidence.

But apparently, it went far deeper than that.

“Yes~ because of that special ability of yours… the 【Seven Deadly Sins】. As one of the Seven Original Sins myself, I could clearly sense that alluring aura from you~”

Those words carried a strange implication. Hearing them, Tianyin suddenly felt like she was being hunted by something dangerous.

“I get it. Since you’re one of the Seven Sins, you could sense my skill, right? But… What’s with that ‘alluring aura’? Don’t tell me… don’t tell me you mean—”

Her mind instantly conjured up an image of the crimson-eyed girl, looking at her like prey, wondering how she might taste…

“What are you thinking about? That’s a very rude thought, you know~ Anyway, when I said you’re alluring to me, it’s because you’re a special kind of ‘vessel’ that can contain an existence like mine~”

“Eh? A vessel that can contain you? Me? I didn’t know that!”

“Let me put it this way—I’m a soul, and you’re the kind of being that can house my soul, letting me reside within your body. Understand now~?”

A vessel?

So the 【Seven Deadly Sins】 skill was basically… a container for others to inhabit?

Tianyin was furious. She wanted to yell at the System that had given her such a bizarre ability.

“This is too much! Why do I have to be some kind of vessel for you all? Don’t tell me every one of the Seven Sins can use me as a host! If that’s true, am I even me anymore?”

“Relax, you’re still you~ Even if we, the Seven Sins, can reside in your body, it’s only residing. You’ll still have full control over yourself. In exchange, as compensation for hosting us, you’ll be able to use our powers freely~”

So basically… the System gave me a cheat skill, huh?

After all, the Seven Deadly Sins already sounded ridiculously powerful. And Samael, as the first Knight Princess, founder of the Blood Knights, who once stormed the Holy Sanctuary’s temple and battled the Holy Archangel Bagariel, was clearly no ordinary existence.

Maybe… maybe she could even defeat the Frost Dragon in the sky and save Xiaobingxue.

That thought suddenly crossed Tianyin’s mind.

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“Well, defeating that Throne up there wouldn’t be too hard for me~”

As if she had read Tianyin’s thoughts, Samael’s voice rang out again.

“If you let me use my power and let me control your body, taking down that dragon wouldn’t be that difficult~ But…”

“But what?”

“But I just realized something, little one… your level is way too low~”

“…”

For some reason, Tianyin suddenly felt a deep resolve that she really needed to start leveling up from now on.

“My… my level… is too low? Is that a big problem?”

“Not terrible, but with your current level, I can only maintain my full power for a short time~ If my calculations are right, about… three minutes.”

“Three minutes?”

Tianyin bit her lip and looked up at the Frost Dragon high above, its forbidden spell nearing completion.

If…

If three minutes was all it took to bring Xiaobingxue back…

“Alright, Samael. I’ll lend you my body for three minutes.”

“And after three minutes…”

Tianyin slowly closed her eyes.

Then, the next moment, she opened them again.

And this time, her eyes glowed with a blood-red, otherworldly light.