A black-haired boy was seen running scared from the pursuit of some people.
The boy saw a cave and entered it to hide.
A few seconds later, 7 adults appeared with knives and swords.
"Damn, we lost the trail."
"Oi! Come out boy! I know you're exhausted! It must have been tiring going through the monster-filled forest to get to Wolfled territory, right?"
"..."
The man held his breath and tried to eliminate his presence as best he could.
"If you come out now, I'll give you instant death but if you don't come out now, you'll die a miserable death! Now! Come out quickly!"
"..."
"Still don't want to come out huh? Alright, I'll look for you myself, you little shit."
The man walked closer towards the cave, with each footstep, the boy's heart continued to beat fast.
When the man had walked 3 more footsteps before finding the boy, a voice rang out.
"Who are you!"
A knight in full plate armor with a wolf crest shouted at the men.
"It's the Wolfled family knights!"
"What? Why would they come to a deserted place like this?"
"I heard that a few days ago their heir fainted in this forest, maybe they came to recheck this place."
"You idiot! You should have said that earlier!"
"Boss, we have to go back soon. This place is very tight right now! If we kill that boy in Wolfled territory, we'll be the ones killed next. It's better to abandon this mission!"
"Hmm, but the pay is pretty good."
"Boss!"
"Yes yes, I understand."
The man then threw a smoke bomb!
The knights tried to attack but it seemed like they managed to escape.
Just as it felt like they had made it through the danger, the boy finally fell down.
Hearing a sound, the knight approached and searched for the origin of the sound and found a black-haired boy on the ground.
"Hey, kid!"
At that moment, a red light appeared from inside the boy's body and a voice rang out.
[You successfully made contact with the Gluttony Energy Piece!]
[You awakened the Seven Deadly Sins Skill, Gluttony!]
[Welcome, New Skill Master Gluttony!]
On that day, in a stroke of misfortune, the appearance of the Seven Deadly Sins skill owner accelerated.
A boy who would become the true owner of the Seven Deadly Sins Skill that should be born once every hundred years appeared due to the accidental action of Zend who released Gluttony's energy from the monster Zend killed.
...
I opened my eyes and saw a ceiling that was so nostalgic. No, I often saw this ceiling after I went through regression.
That's right, this is my own room.
"Ah, big brother!"
Hearing a familiar cute voice from the side, I turned around and saw the happy face of my little sister, Hel.
"I'm glad big brother is awake!"
Hel hugged me as she sounded worried.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"2 days, big brother..."
(2 days, quite a long time too. If you count the day I was found and the journey to get here, then it's been more than a week since I was unconscious...)
Naturally, because in the previous battle, I used all the power I had, and even used the 'Kai' technique.
"Hiks...hiks..."
I was shocked and looked at Hel, Hel seemed to be holding back tears. It seemed like I had made my cute little sister very worried.
I patted Hel's head gently to calm her down.
"Sorry to make you worry, didn't I tell you that I'll be back. I never break the promises I make, so calm down."
While stroking Hel's head to calm her down, I looked at the window.
A beautiful view was visible through the window, a beautiful all-white landscape. Snowfall wasn't a surprise here even though it wasn't winter.
It was a sight that I wouldn't have been able to experience if I hadn't been rescued that day.
(What a clear sky...I'm grateful to be alive...)
There was the sound of several footsteps moving quickly in the hallway in front of my room.
A few seconds later, the door to my room opened loudly, and there were my mom and dad. Both of them had tired and anxious expressions but upon seeing me, both of them immediately had happy and relieved expressions.
"My son!"
Mom came and hugged me so tightly that I had trouble breathing.
"Mom...I can't breathe..."
As expected of the Wolfled family's wife, so strong...
"Ah! Sorry!"
"Uhuk... no, I shouldn't apologize."
I looked at mom and dad and bowed my head.
"Sorry for making you two worry."
Seeing the sincerity of my actions, mom and dad looked at each other and sighed.
"Ah~ I'm not going to punish my naughty son..."
"Ahaha..."
"Really... Don't make us worry..."
Mom said so while stroking my head with a very worried expression.
"Hmm..."
I can't promise not to make mom worry but at least I'll do my best not to make mom worry about me.
"Ehem..."
"Ah! Right! Sorry, baby! Come on, Hel!"
"Eh? I still want to be with big brother!"
"Later, dad has something important to discuss with your brother, so let's play with mom after all this time!"
"Eh~"
Mom then stood up and took Hel with her out of the room even though Hel continued to resist until the end.
"..."
"..."
After the two left, there was silence between me and Father.
(As was father's habit, I had to start the conversation first.)
"You want to ask about what happened in Ruskelka village, right?"
"..."
Even though you didn't answer, I knew you must be very curious about what happened in Ruskelka village, after all only me and Signe's corpse were found at that time.
"I don't mind telling you what happened, but before that. I want you to promise to pay your respects to my regiment after this."
"..."
Father was silent for a while before nodding his head.
I started to tell him about what happened that day, of course I only explained up to Signe's death.
After that I explained that a strong person appeared to save me from the monster. After helping me, the person disappeared from my sight.
I said this so that father would not look too much for the fake person I said, because father has a nature that will repay the kindness he receives.
"That's all I can say about what happened that day..."
I told Dad everything I said, and he put his hand on my head.
"I see... Thank goodness you're safe..."
Dad seemed to be mumbling something, but because my hearing is so good. I could clearly hear what he was saying.
(Even you got worried, I guess I should be more careful in the future...)
...
After that, Father held a tribute to the people who had died that day. I also attended the event even though I had a lot of bandages on my body at that time.
As a person who had been helped, I at least wanted to pay my respects to all of them.
Although I ended up getting a few penalties, but this pain was tolerable. I had been saved from death after all.
...
5 days later, thanks to the best healer in the Wolfled region healing me, my recovery became very fast. After that everything returned to the normal days before. I practiced, fainted, and was at it again.
I even started to reorganize my plans, looking for loopholes in my plans and making backup plans.
It was during this incident that I began to realize that there seemed to be something wrong with my memory.
(I should meet with the 12 colors, The White as soon as possible and ask about what happened to my memories.)
The White, one of the 12 colors on the side of the Evil One and the being who knows the most about souls and memories.
Other than that, all my days were just training, a quiet day....
And on that quiet day, a terrible announcement came from my father's mouth.
"Zend, in three days you will meet your new fiancé..."