It was a difficult problem I had agonized over for a long time.
What was I to do with ‘Greed’? She was a demon who had committed countless horrific sins, yet at the same time, she was also a fragile soul who had never taken a single step beyond childhood.
Moreover, was she not my own flesh and blood?
In the past, I had thought I would end her life with my own hands. I had believed that was her only path toward atonement. Looking back, however, I had merely wanted to avoid taking responsibility.
For my family’s mistaken choice.
The true evil lay elsewhere. Yet that did not mean House Percus was without stain. They had made contact with the Order, humanity’s sworn enemy, and ultimately abandoned a blood relative who yearned for her family.
Furthermore, they had decided to bury every problem within the darkness of the past.
It was unquestionably a sin. That chain of cause and effect had continued on and on, until one of the Seven Deadly Sins was born. The thought of shouldering that burden had…