"Vance Lancehart come up to the pedestal."
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(3rd person pov)
As soon as this sentence ended a boy with black hair that almost looked purple with purple eyes walked up."kneel close your eyes and pray to these statues and the statue that glows is the sin who has chosen you." said the man as he held a clipboard with paper in it and a feather pen in the other hand.The man had long hair tied into a simple ponytail that went down his shoulder with a monocle over one of his grey eyes.
The boy did as he was told he knelt with no expression on his face on the outside but inside he was in turmoil slowly time began to pass.One by one everyone looked towards the statues as it had been a while since that child knelt down.
Inside that boy was praying as hard as he could to each sin knowing that by now every other child had already been chosen.After an hour of this the man with a monocle over one eye spoke "Enough, you... have not been chosen." As soon as the words were spoken everyone gasped and started gossiping.
"Not chosen that's impossible no demon has ever been rejected by the sins before." said one man "unless he isn't a demon but a human in disguise or even one of those white winged hypocrite bastards!"
Everyone looked at this person with a questioning look "He has horns idiot, not only that he has no wings." Another person said "Silence!" the word was spoken in a normal voice but was heard by everyone.
The man with the clipboard began speaking " That is enough, he is neither human or angel but is forsaken by the sins.Therefore is not able to live among us banish the boy with food and a weapon." The man said with solemnly immediately guards that were next to him began to grab the boy.
The boy was silent throughout the whole ordeal shocked that he didn't get chosen by any of the sins.
(Vance pov)
'Why... Why have they not responded? I prayed with all my heart.' Vance asked in his mind completely oblivious to his surroundings.'Am I not worthy? Not enough for them? Is my entire life spent praying to them so unimportant?' Vance slowly began to becoming more and more saddened with each thought.
Time seemed to speed up at the worst of times as when Vance came out of his trance he realized he was outside the borders of the capital on a road.
'That's it? I lost my home, my family and my life so fast?' Vance thought the sadness fading while indifference slowly bubbling up.'What about my grandpa? No he probably hates me too now, if he didn't he would have helped me.'
'Where do I go the human kingdom? No I would immediately be hunted down as weak as humans are their numbers are fearsome.' As Vance was thinking his body was on autopilot walking down the path.
'The angel kingdom ha what a joke they would torture me to death before I even manage to reach their "holy" soil' Vance thought while chuckling to himself.As he was thinking about this he grew tired of walking while thinking so he sat down.
'What about other demon territories? No they would find out sooner or later that I don't have a sin.' As Vance was thinking about this he felt someone kick him and looked up.
" If you want to sleep bum do so on the side of the road." The man who spoke seemed wealthy with golden rings inlaid with gems of different types along with all other sort of expensive items.
The man was overweight with tusks curling out of his mouth and a horn coming out of his forehead.He had brown hair and brown eyes Vance nodded absent mindedly while he was walking away he heard the man mutter to himself "lazy bum".
The insult itself didn't bother him but when he heard lazy he thought of what his grandpa told him about in the story "The primordial sin of sloth". He muttered out loud than ran into the forest.
'I'm not forsaken by all the sins I still have sloth they might not pray to it but it's my only chance.' As he thought this he started to carve a piece of wood he grabbed into what he thought would best represent laziness and sleep.
'I hope I only need an idol to pray to to began the process' Vance thought as he completed the idol.'Please anyone anything please give me strength' Vance thought while praying.
After a while nothing happened just as he was about to give up he passed out."So your the being I will merge with huh." A voice echoed with laziness and complete indifference.
"who are you?, where are you?" Vance said while looking around. " I am no one nor am I anything I am just a concept of sloth." The voice once again radiate through the void but as soon as Vance blinked the environment changed. He was no longer in a void of nothingness but in a bed room or more aptly described a royal bedchamber.
Everything was gold except the bed 'What is happening' Vance thought while looking around."I am merely toying around with my dimension to make it more comfortable." The voice spoke out once more but the sound was coming from the bed.
Vance turned around as fast as his body would let him.As soon as he did he saw him the man had long purple dirty hair and bright amethyst eyes that seemed to almost shine.His face was extremely handsome his skin was dirty but Vance could see it was pale as if he was a ghost.
"I technically am a ghost so that would make sense, now would you stop gawking and listen." the man said just as listlessly and indifferent as before."Do you understand what is going to happen to you?"
Just as Vance looked up to answer the man spoke again "I will take that confused face as a no." The man sighed as he stood up and spoke once more "Then I will have to begin from the start listen closely as I will not repeat myself."