Seven Sins System Chapter 825. You are Wrath
Seven Sins System Chapter 825. You are Wrath
Puriel coughed loudly.
Lumira pointed at her instantly. “Do not defend him!”
Puriel immediately shut up.
I sighed dramatically and rubbed my face.
“Lumira,” I said, softer now, “I didn’t force her.”
“I know that.”
“She came to me.”
“I KNOW THAT.”
Oh.
Wow.
That was the loudest I’d ever heard her.
Even Puriel blinked in shock.
Lumira looked horrified at herself immediately afterward, like she accidentally broke character in front of the audience.
The room fell quiet again.
Then she muttered weakly, “…I don’t like this.”
There it was.
Not anger.
Fear.
I tilted my head slightly.
“You think I’ll hurt her.”
“You do hurt people. You are Wrath.”
“That’s my job.”
“And that answer is exactly why I don’t trust you!”
Okay.
Fair point.
Puriel stepped forward quickly before this spiraled further.
“Lumira,” she said gently, “please calm down.”
“I am calm.”
“No, you aren’t.”
“I am trying to be!”
That almost made me smile.
Almost.
Because yeah… this was genuinely the first time I’d seen Lumira like this.
Usually she was soft.
Warm.
The absolute maximum aggression I’d gotten from her before was disappointed sarcasm and aggressively polite criticism.
This?
This was protective instinct.
Raw and emotional.
I kinda respected it.
Puriel reached for her hand carefully.
“He didn’t hurt me.”
Lumira looked at her immediately.
“He protected me.”
Her expression faltered slightly.
“And…” Puriel hesitated before continuing quieter, “…I wanted this too.”
Lumira looked like she’d just taken critical damage.
Meanwhile, my survival instincts whispered, “Azrael. Shut up. Do not make this worse.”
Naturally, I made it worse.
“I’m actually a very considerate lover.”
Puriel slapped my arm instantly.
“El!”
Lumira stared at me in utter disbelief.
“You are unbelievable.”
“I’ve been told that romantically.”
“That was not romantic!”
Puriel buried her face in her hands.
Yeah, okay maybe I should stop talking.
Lumira inhaled slowly.
Then exhaled.
Light gathered in her hand.
A blade formed from pure golden radiance, elegant and terrifying at the same time. Not oversized. Not flashy.
Just divine.
And very sharp.
She pointed it directly at me.
The room temperature dropped spiritually.
My instincts reacted immediately.
Shadow spread beneath my feet.
Tentacles started emerging behind me automatically, blade-tips twitching.
Not attacking.
Just ready.
Because reflexes are reflexes.
Puriel’s eyes widened instantly. “No!”
She moved between us immediately.
One hand against Lumira’s sword.
The other pressed against my chest to stop my tentacles from fully appearing.
“Both of you stop it!”
Lumira stared at her in disbelief. “You’re shielding him?”
Puriel looked back without hesitation. “Yes.”
My tentacles froze midair.
Huh.
That…
Did something weird to my chest.
Lumira looked heartbroken.
Confused.
Protective.
Angry.
All at once.
And me?
I stood there behind Puriel very aware of one deeply ridiculous thought, ‘This might actually be the first time someone chose me before a fight even started.’
And yeah.
That felt… weird.
Nice weird.
Dangerous weird.
The kind of weird that made me want to make a joke immediately so nobody noticed my chest doing stupid emotional things.
But I kept my mouth shut.
Miracle.
Puriel stood between us, blanket wrapped around her like armor, one hand still pressed to my chest while the other gently but firmly held Lumira’s glowing sword away.
“Lumira,” she said softly, “it’s fine.”
Lumira’s face tightened. “Fine?”
“Yes.”
“You came back wrapped in his blanket.”
Puriel’s cheeks went red instantly. “Yes. I know.”
“And you expect me to just—”
“I accepted it,” Puriel said.
That stopped her.
The sword flickered.
Puriel swallowed, then continued, voice quieter but steady.
“I know what he is. I know what he’s done. I know what we were. I’m not confused.”
Her fingers curled slightly against my chest.
“But I’m bound to him now.”
That one hit.
I smiled before I could stop myself.
Small.
Private.
So yeah, I immediately looked away because if Lumira saw that smile, she might actually stab me through Puriel.
Puriel continued. “Not because he tricked me. Not because he forced me. Because I chose it.”
Lumira looked like she wanted to argue, but the words didn’t come.
I cleared my throat carefully. “You hear her.”
My smirk bloomed.
Not smug.
Okay maybe slightly smug.
But mostly… proud.
A goddess on my side.
No, better.
My former nemesis standing in front of me with a sword pointed at someone else instead of my neck.
That wasn’t just a win.
That was historic.
Emotionally devastating too, somehow.
Then both of them looked at me at the same time.
And I immediately regretted opening my mouth at all.
Danger.
Abort charm.
“I’ll excuse myself,” I added quickly. “I have something to do.”
I stepped back, fixing my shirt with as much dignity as a devil in wrinkled clothes could manage.
“Just prepare yourselves. The job isn’t done.”
I snapped my fingers.
Shadow split open beside me.
[You have opened a portal.]
Cold infernal air breathed through the gap.
I gave Puriel one last look.
Didn’t say anything.
Because if I did, it would probably be stupid.
Then I stepped through.
The academy vanished.
The underworld swallowed me.
I came out in the dimensional gate chamber like always. Black stone, old runes, silent guards who pretended not to notice the fact that I looked like I’d been emotionally ambushed before breakfast.
I teleported again.
Straight to Mamon’s office.
And I almost said, “Good morning.”
Almost.
Because there he was.
Mamon.
Lord of Greed.
Collapsed forward on his desk, glasses crooked, one hand still resting on his tablet, surrounded by floating charts and half-finished projections.
Sleeping.
In the middle of work.
I stood there for a second.
Then shook my head.
“Poor devil.”
He looked like me.
The usual me.
Before this annoying mortal mission.
Before fake gods.
Before Puriel in my bed.
Before feelings decided to break into my schedule like thieves.
I looked at the dead-eyed accountants typing around us.
Then back at Mamon.
Maybe this mission wasn’t so bad.
I mean…
I still didn’t get enough sleep before.
But last night?
Yeah.
It was a nice good night sleep.