(Klaus's PoV)
Hmm, out of the remaining four, I don't know which would provide me with Sin Points faster.
The Wrath is out of the question. It looks more like Pride. I don't have any enemies, at least not the surface that would require me to enact my wrath on them.
Envy is probable but there are only six members above me in the ranks. I believe they are in one way or another intertwined with the fate of the world. Dealing with them for now might not be a good thing.
The only contenders are Greed and Lust.
To activate Greed, I need to steal something from others. There is a chance that I could get caught if I do such a thing inside the academy. This would bring a lot of problems I can't deal with. This may even cause problems for my family and my merchant reputation would take a hit, which spell losses to my business ventures.
There are many vultures eager to get their hands on my wealth. So I am not going to give them a chance.
The only remaining path of sin is Lust.
There is a chance that I would be named Playboy but that wouldn't hurt much. Most nobles would have many wives, mistresses, and concubines in their harem.
Now how to activate it?
Though I think it has to do with something lustful, I would need to clear a particular condition to activate the sin.
As the son of an Archduke, I had better-quality monster meat and high-quality sleeping arrangements, which should have activated the sins of gluttony or sloth. They did not.
Sloth only activated because I completed a condition before time. I don't even know what the required condition for it is.
I should just try everything related to the sin of lust and hopefully one would be the condition for the activation.
Let's see what ways there are and what I should and can pick.
The obvious would be to lust for someone, probably one I can't get. Next would be doing lustful activities, including kissing and ending with sex.
I should do this under the radar. Of course, any sexual activities would leak one way or another but the ones I do shouldn't be high profile.
I can ask my fiance Selya but I don't think that she would readily agree. I have only spent three days with her. The only correspondence between us is the letters we wrote to each other.
I could have met her when came to the capital but the break from the academy also starts before the entrance test. She wanted to stay and meet me but I rejected that. We would see each other when the academy starts and we would have more time to come close to each other.
The break is the only time when she could spend with her family. I didn't want her to miss the time with her family. For me family is everything. Even though I didn't spend much time with my family in the past six years, I care for them.
I needed to become powerful and so I spent most time away from them. It's not like our connections were broken or something. In fact, my relationship with my siblings is way far better than what they had between them. The only one who had the best relationship with my siblings is my little sister. She is the only one that can compete with me for the first position.
When she read my reason, she agreed with it. Though the new cadets entered the academy today, the classes for seniors would start a week later. Once she arrives, we can start to bond.
The problem is it would take too long and I don't want it to end before it was even properly started.
As a daughter of a high noble, she would definitely decline to have sex this early in the relationship. It would happen down the line but would take time, time I don't have much.
I can't go out to find a pleasure house. Even if I could, I don't want to. I'm not aware much about the diseases in this magical world. The STDs of the past world may not be present but I am sure there are problems of this world present.
I can't dive into that without some information.
The noble's children wouldn't accept if I offer them something in exchange for sex. They may get offended and would even cause a ruckus. This would thwart my plan before it would have time to begin.
The commoners would be possible but directly offering wouldn't work. I can only seduce them. For that to work, I can only try on ones from the mediocre ranks or lower ranks. The ones in the top ranks wouldn't like that and they may even have better offers.
The lower ranks are out of the question for me. They wouldn't be useful for me in the long run. If I get a chance I wouldn't miss it but I'm not going to waste my time trying to gain their faith.
The ones in the mediocre ranks wouldn't be powerful but would make a decent power. I can gain a lot from them. I can seduce them easily to gain Sin Points. If I took care of them, they would loyally follow me and I could have a decent force.
Though I have a decent force I bought with employment and magic contracts, no one could say no to more power which means more safety.
I should try this path, but even they would take some time to get convinced.
Hmmm, what should I do for now?.... Damn it, how could I forget this? The solution was right with me, all this time.