Kain Sherman was the second son of the Duke Derrick Sherman.

Although it may sound amazing, it isn't.

As he isn't the first son but the second, he will not inherit his father's wealth.

In other word, he will be kicked out when he come of age.

Moreover, he was looked down upon by his father and brother.

He may have noble blood but he was just trash in their eyes.

For his father, he was just an unwanted child as he was the result of him playing around with woman. He even thought of killing him, but decided to do otherwise as it would stain his image.

For his brother, he was just a pitiful child. He was scared of his presence alone, and would always do what was ordered to him. For him, he was no different than a servant.

In the middle of all that, cursing was the only thing Kain could do.

Then one day, when he was walking, Kain noticed something.

People were afraid of him.

People were running away from him. And when he wanted to buy something, for some reason, he always got them for free.

It took him sometime to find out the reason but, now he know.

It was because he was the son of a Duke.

People didn't know that he was hated by the duke himself, that's why they feared him.

They thought that they shouldn't mess with him.

Kain liked it. He liked this feeling of superiority.

That was when his arrogant character was born.

He would vent his anger toward his servant.

As long as he liked something, he would take it.

As long as he disliked another thing, he would throw it away.

Of couse he was still afraid of his father and brother but beside that, he would do what he wanted when he wanted and where he wanted.

He was truly becoming a trash.

He was straying away from his good ending.

Kain didn't know it but he was good with the sword.

If he could have endured it a little more he could have entered Artemis's Hero academy.

Who knows, maybe he could even have become a heroes.

What is sure, on the other hand, is that if he didn't become so arrogant he could have avoided his tragic fate.

★★★

“Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat”

Kain was repeating these word again and again while being consumed by a black aura.

From afar, Zero could see it.

‘It seems I was too late’

Gluttony took complete control over kain's body.

In fact, Kain Sherman has already died.

‘But, something is wrong, Gluttony is not inside him’

Zero found it strange.

Like Wrath, Gluttony should also be a skill, however, she couldn't sense the skill inside of him.

‘Where is it?’

Her question was soon answered when she stumbled on the ring on his finger.

It would appear, that it was contained inside it.

‘Now, how should I take it?’

As she found her objective, she began to pounder a way to capture it.

Except that it didn't take long for her to reach an answer.

‘Fight fire with fire. If he use a sin, I just have to do the same’

Wrath.

That was her answer.

It was a skill she acquired recently, moreover it was a forbidden one.

The danger was high, however, she didn't have much of a choice.

《The skill『Wrath』has been activated.》

The skill wrath was known as the most powerful of the seven sin, but it's effect was not so different from Zero's soul magic.

Soul magic was composed of several level. The level 1 was “strenghening the user”.

In other word, it was enchancing the user's existing stat allowing her/him to exert power beyond one's level.

Wrath, on the other hand, was simply and literally—

《All stat + ???》

—giving additional stat to the user.

★★★

Seiya was cornered.

Although he liked being optimistic, this time around he didn't know how to get out of the situation.

Nonetheless, he couldn't give up.

“Chloé, Ellen, take Maria and get out of this place”

He shouted.

“What are you saying now, Seiya!!?”

“That's right there's no way we're abandoning you”

The two of them were surprised by what Seiya was saying.

There was simply no way for them to abandon their beloved to his own death.

“I'm not joking here. If you stay here, you're all gonna die!!”

Seiya was desperate.

He had his pride as a man, and also, he didn't want these girl to die.

“It's okay, for me, dying with you is not a bad end.”

“As long as you are with us then everything is fine”

“Girls...”

Chloé and Ellen didn't show any sign of parting.

They were all prepared to die. Even Maria.

“That's right, Seiya. In the first place, this was all my fault, so if someone need to stay here it has to be me!”

Maria was feeling guilty. If it wasn't for her, they wouldn't be here in the first place.

“Don't spout nonsense! This is not your fault”

“B-but!!”

“It wasn't your fault!!”

At that moment, all noise disapeared.

Kain stopped talking and the aura around him disappeared.

And after a few second, he collapsed on the ground, with a girl standing just in front of him.

“W-what?!”

‘What just happened!?’

Kain was surprised by the sudden apparition of the girl.

He was going to ask who she was but

*cough*

The girl tumbled to her knees while coughing blood.

No, more than that, her eyes were also bleeding. Her hand were dropping blood and even her clothes were slowly dyed in red.

No matter where he looked at, she was dying.

“Oy! Are you alright!?”

Seeing that, Seiya began to rush toward her when,

“Don't come here!”

At the same time she shouted that, the ring from Kain's hand floated and rapidly flew toward Zero's finger.

Soon after that, Zero was envelopped by a black aura.

★

“Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat”

As Gluttony engulfed her, these word were repeated in her head.

“Eat, eat, eat them all, don't let anyone take them, you should eat them all, EAT!!”

And then, slowly, Zero began to lose consciousness.