Riot Grasper

- Grand Bern, Imperial capital.

Surrounded by high walls, the heart of the city, arguably the castle city, is home to a vibrant palace inhabited by emperors.

There are many aristocrats among the martial officers and civil servants who work in the Imperial Palace, and the area where the mansion where they live is called the Noble City.

It may be said that the size of the mansion is proportionate, i.e., to the character of the nobility.

Some knights who have been awarded the title with martial arts medals prefer to live in squatting mansions, but with such exceptions, they have mansions as splendid as prestigious nobles.

Near the Imperial Palace, and in the aristocratic district, there will be an elegant life for the noblemen of the Sakashi Big.

Many private soldiers were distributed to the security, and the number of servants was out of digits.

If this is a small country, it's big enough to make sense even if this is a royal palace.

Living in such a huge mansion is a heavy town in an empire like no other - the minister Gilbaran.

In the private room of the minister behind the mansion there was a man looking through the documents, slightly frowning.

"Hmmm... that's a lot more than before"

What Gilbaran is blinding is the number of soldiers deployed under the direct authority of the Empire.

In a country with vast lands like the Empire, where nobility is often given land by the Emperor and entrusted to rule as a local lord, a wide range of lands, including the imperial capital Gran Bern, which can also be regarded as the heart of the Empire, are directly administered by the Emperor.

Naturally, it is desirable that the direct jurisdiction possesses luxurious force.

A significant number of soldiers will be required to perform such roles as maintaining security in the territory, but that is not all that matters.

Local lords are also recognized the right to seek arms enhancements in order to prevent demonic crusades and banditry.

But the spearhead of that force is not always directed solely against demons and bandits.

There is no chance that an anti-flagged nobleman will fang the Empire.

... that history has already proven to me.

More than a decade ago, the buds of rebellion picked up in Erindal in the eastern part of the Empire were less optimistic.

Nevertheless, it is not easy to increase the number of troops.

It would take money and time to conscript young people from villages and cities as junior soldiers, train them to increase their level of training, and make them reside in fortifications, etc.

Also, in villages, cities, etc. which focus on farming, it is a great pain to lose the young people who become workers.

Even for a young man, he was forcibly removed from his homeland and trained as a loathsome soldier, even if his power was halved.

- But the number of soldiers has increased steadily over the past few years.

Nor is that a compulsory conscription, but a large percentage of those who volunteered to become soldiers.

"... even though you are a little girl, do you still mean the glory of His Majesty the Emperor?"

As for arms enhancement, even the moderate emperor Mihasa understands its importance.

Nothing but fools, such as not assuming the worst and leaving weapons rusty.

In fact, she herself had several opportunities to call on the people.

Indeed, some would have fallen into the glory of a powerful man named Emperor of the Empire.

But after seeing a young girl giving a hard speech and wondering if she could do anything to help herself, there must be a good number of people who volunteered for the soldier.

"Not really... interesting, though."

Strengthen your power as emperor and when you are on track, as long as you are depressed as Gilbaran.

What I want is a doll that speaks up.

"Well, as long as the trump card is in my hand, I'll have to follow this one eventually..."

The minister sitting in the chair returned to his eyebrow roots, which seemed grumpy.

So, the sound of a light knock on the door sounds.

"... who?

When he saw the face of the other person who had come to the room, the minister glanced at him again.

A woman with a vain eye - Hera - greets her in a dark color-based garment without changing her expression.

Gilbaran himself was the one who called her here.

Once he walked over, he questioned him in a strong tone that did not hide his frustration.

"The other day I ordered it to be in Tolfin. But I never heard from him, so I thought it was strange to look into it."

"Didn't Master Gilbaran get away with it because of his rough manpower?

Pickle, and the vessels of the temples could be seen moving.

"... until I killed him if I ran away, but I didn't have to lay my hands on him, and he was dead."

"Hehe... then I'm glad you saved me the trouble of killing him. Maybe the person I went to see killed me..."

Gilbaran slapped Hera's cheek hard, finally impatient for the provocative words.

You cut in your mouth, a muscle of blood runs out of your lips.

But there's no way Gilbaran's anger will subside with that.

"Don't piss me off any more! We know you did it! Did you care so much about using him as a pawn?!?"

He went on, beating Hela's cheek down twice, three times, slightly out of breath, and Gilbaran told her to throw it away.

"Dominated by boring emotions, etc. After all, does the blood of the lower bitch mean the lower bitch"

"... Lower bitch, which blood do you mean? Mother or Father..."

Before I finished, he hit me again.

Potatoes, potatoes, and spherical chunks of blood fall one after the other, discoloring the shades of the carpet laid on the floor.

"Enough. I'll call you if I have to. Don't show your face to me until then."

Side by side Gilbaran, who was exposing his anger, Hera withdrew with a satisfied face.

On leaving,

"... Really? So I'm sure we'll see each other again soon."

Leave the word, etc.

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Change of place, Erindal.

"- That's why. The seven great sins that fascinate me can gain extraordinary abilities."

What Rick told me was generally the same as what Shania told me.

That is, the existence of the power of the Seven Great Sins.

that each of the dwellers can acquire extraneous abilities.

And of gaining that power - the price.

Heart-watering major crime skill holders have also caused catastrophic events that have destroyed the country in the past, he said.

Seriously...... how horrible.

By the way, the answer was surprisingly simple when I asked him where the hell he heard such a story.

Seven great sins were sealed, ancient ruins all over the world, built by the dragon men of Tai.

Although they lived in ruins as protectors so that the seal could not be unsealed, the seal weakened over the years and the dragon orb was finally broken and the seven great sins freed...... but Shania should have said so.

Later, the dragon men who lost their role allegedly traveled everywhere, and I heard that inside the dragon men, such as Shania's homeland, such was what their descendants had been able to gather together.

But it's no wonder there are dragon descendants scattered all over the place besides such dragon men.

What Mr. Rick heard was that he was a dragon man of those detached people.

Of course, because it's such an important piece of information, he doesn't seem to have spoken easily to me, but he seems to have gotten along and told me anything while we were drinking together several times.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Ahhh... I see.

I knew it, I thought the dragon man in the story was a man, but I see that's the thing.

Yeah, that's something like an ancestor.

No, the main house? Well, I don't mind either.

"From what I've looked into, it's quite possible that a woman named Hera has the power of seven great sins."

Hmmm... I ran into Hera in Imperial Capital, so I know that she is the owner of a major crime skill, but on second thought, I can say that the ability to change her appearance to someone else that I lent to Mr. Lahar is pretty flimsy.

Depending on how you use it, it's the world's most powerful and terrifying ability.

Everyone has one or two close human beings who can forgive their hearts.

If you turn yourself into such an opponent and sacrifice what you are alarmed about, you can kill whoever you are in the world.

That too...... very easily.

Are there any conditions for use?

Given that my Bandit's Divine Skills (Liot Glasper) also have tough conditions there, I can change my appearance to anyone anytime, anywhere... doesn't sound like it...

I'd like to ask Mr. Rahal for more details, but that's just not the atmosphere right now, and I wonder if he'd ask me that tough question in the first place.

Anyway.

The mere fact that you gave such power to Mr. Rahal seems like a hell of a lot of people that Hella is - that is, you can say no to the holders of the seven great sins.

... No, well, actually it does.

"Ra! Even if that story was true and Hela was a hell of a woman, you wouldn't be allowed to do everything he did, would you?

That... that means Mr. Rahal.

The most exciting thing about this scene right now is that she's about to swallow and heartburn new information - Ray.

Ren's getting pretty calm already.

It's my discretionary thought, but it's probably a big deal for Ren that Mr. Rick, who had the most intimacy, survived safely.

Ray, on the other hand, has been executed for his most cherished mother.

I was most worried about my father...... he's probably my oldest brother Rik, but it seems like he's already finished sorting out his feelings.

Considering that, it would also make sense for Ray to be the most angry person on the scene.

"Calm down once. I also know Ray gets angry..."

"Well, I don't know if you're Brother Rick's old friend, but I'll never..."

Where he blocked Rick's words, Ren slapped his own sister's shoulder with a ton of fingers.

"... what?

"Sister Ray, um... do you have a minute? Mr. Lahar, after the Oilers were thrown into the Secret Service, he transferred himself to the Secret Service and watched me in the shadows."

"So, what? With that......"

"No, look, the oils were still small, and you almost lost your life a few times. That's when the kind people who handled the wounds, taught me how to take care of the weapons, and occasionally gave me treats as rewards for my training...... you remember?

…………!?

"Probably that's Mr. Rahal. My face was hidden because of the uniform of the troops, but I remember hearing my voice a lot..."

"Ha!? You, say the right thing -"

Such a conversation between the two becomes so small that I can't even hear it beside them.

"No, he said no doubt. It was the prettiest thing Oyla ever said, but Sister Ray's admiration for someone a little older was originally -... right?

Zun! and Ray's fist was sucked into his brother's abdomen.

Ren collapses brilliantly from knee to floor.

Whoa... what the hell do you mean?

Eight hits?

Is that some kind of eight hit?

Anyway, from the fact that Mr. Rahal has only hateful feelings, there seems to have been some change.

After finishing the conversation (* physics) with my brother, Ray turns around and turns around.

He had such a difficult face, as if he had been forced to dissolve his intricately distressed emotions into a glass of water for a sip.

"... ok. If you say the culprit is the woman, you owe him exactly first. What follows… then I decide to think"

"Thank you, Ray."

Looks like Mr. Rick finally took a breather with his sister regaining her composure.

But I have a favor to ask of Mr. Rahal here.

"To Hera... don't touch me"

That's what I said, so come on. Oh, my God.

I broke into the training ground again.

You said that you finally had a common enemy and the place was quiet, but you told me not to discuss that enemy, so naturally.

But I can somehow guess why.

"... let me ask you why"

Mr. Rik told me to urge him, and Mr. Rahal snorted.

- In conclusion, it was just as I expected.

Mr. Rahal has been dating Hera for a long time, and he has also been questioned about Alisha's disappearance.

Then she confessed.

In my ability, I locked Mr. Allisha up,... and.

That would almost certainly mean that I was trapped in something like a sealed ball that was shown off in the Imperial capital.

"I see... no matter how much I looked, I didn't get a clue. Not only did Empire City and its neighbors look at the facilities that seemed to keep people hidden, the luggage transported from Empire City to the outside world, but the results were completely zero."

... Oh well.

There may have been an idea that Mr. Rick had not returned to his hometown of Erindal for a long time since he had searched for Mr. Alisha, in addition to the reason that he would find out the truth.

Even so... that's a pain in the ass.

Mr. Rahal told Hera not to get her hands on hera for the simplest reason.

- If I die, so will Alisha, who is trapped in the sealed balls.

That's what she said.

I finally understood correctly the meaning of the phrase "- even if I tried to help, because I could never", which was said in Imperial Capital.

If it's a normal kidnapping, there's no zero chance you can get the hostages out safely.

All you have to do is identify the location of the hostages and set up an operation to rescue them so that the killer doesn't distract you.

But if it turns out where the hostages are hidden, there's nothing we can do about it.

[Hostages can only be removed from places of detention by the will of the offender]

[If the killer loses his life, the hostages have no life either]

Under those conditions, even the police are lucky.

Even if you manage to strip away the source of your power as this is the ability due to your major crime skills, only if your host dies will your major crime skills leave your host.

Or, if Hera, the host, dies, so does Mr. Alisha.

... Yeah, I can never do this.

I guess because I know that, Hera also taught Mr. Lahar a lot.

Or maybe letting you know about it created a situation where you can't go against yourself more and more.

"I know what's going on... that's why I can't snort at him."

"Oyla too...... I wonder if that agrees with Sister Ray"

Mr. Rik remains silent without being in tune with it.

It is Mr. Rik and Mr. Rahal who care about Mr. Alisha on this occasion, and if I say so, Ray and Ren don't even know each other.

I'm sure it's stronger the feeling of fighting for my parents' revenge.

"Sorry, but this is all... I can't give in"

Mr. Rahal denied Ray's words in a slightly stronger tone.

"If you really want to say it, I can help you, but let me stop you"

"... Huh?

The expression "freaking out - and putting up blue muscles," may be old enough, but I can't help but understand Ray's face when he's angry.

...... sucks.

Quickly, once again, you're in a one-touch state.

It may be possible to crack it and come in and stop the collision, but that does not constitute a fundamental solution.

Hmm.

To tell you the truth... the only way to solve this situation is if you know it.

Shania said -... the way I wouldn't recommend it.

Hey, no, I'm pretty scared, but I think I generally understand what she's trying to say.

... The question is, how do you tell everyone?

By the way, I'm gonna stick my gunshot neck in this one.

If Ray or Ren are in trouble, I'd like to help you, and if I could help Mr. Allisha, Mr. Rik or Mr. Lahar would be happy to. That would also free the emperor Mihasa, who is a puppet of the minister.

Good things are done.

You'll be turning troublesome opponents against your enemies, but I think some lives avoid trouble, and others that stick your neck in them are ants.

If you have strong powers and have the opportunity to be asked for, I want to use it.

Even if it's an annoying act from the enemy's point of view, it doesn't have to be the best thing to do, that's not what I've ever known.

To get the results you wanted, move.

Well...... somehow, maybe it's because I'm such an impatient person that I'm going to be hosting a felony skill.

And one more thing.

If Hera is being swallowed up by her grand crime skills, maybe by facing her like that, I can face the grand crime skills in me, too.

... somehow, that's what I felt.

I don't want to leave you alone.

"Um... I'm not sure, but maybe I can help Mr. Allisha"

Everyone's gaze turned to my words.

When I get here, I can't help but keep quiet anymore.

I was going to teach Ray and Ren one day, and I would have no problem telling Mr. Rik.

Mr. Lahar is not entirely trustworthy, but he will one day find out that I am more than he still belongs to the Secret Service and is involved with Hera.

Exactly, I'm not going to give you all the details of my abilities.

But if we don't just say this, nothing starts.

Now it's time to speak up.

"All of a sudden, you may not believe me for saying this, but I'm also... a man of seven great sins."

... I said it.

Come on, we can't go back.

Hiraki.

I'll take a peek at everyone's reaction.

... there is?