"Th-then show me! Show me the knowledge of a world beyond my own!"

"……."

My brain short-circuited, unable to process the situation unfolding before me.

"Why… why are you just standing there? Didn’t you say you’d remove my shackles?"

Ah… right. Shackles.

Yes, I did promise that.

Drip. Drip.

A transparent liquid slowly dripped from the tip of the long rod protruding downward.

My mind went blank.

Right. This was lust.

It made sense now.

Sloth had rendered Ren inert for centuries.
Wrath had prevented the Magitech Engineer from completing his experiments.
Pride had turned the Demon God …