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The Burdens of the Lost

Souls. The soul is a magical incarnation of the human body. If those souls were to get reincarnated those souls will be reborn into an identical version of themselves. The souls of the unworthy get sent to Hell. The worthy get sent to Heaven. Sometimes there are anomalies where the unworthy can reemerge to redeem themselves of the bad deeds they've done. Other times, the worthy fall out of the heavens and get sent to Purgatory. In order to receive the blessing of Rebirth, you have to show you are ready for a redemption. Fallen Angels or Ascended Demons can have a chance at Rebirth when an angel or one of the Seven Deadly Sins comes to them with a task. As Akumo Arino and Tenshi Katria are both assigned with the same task, it is their job together to stop the magical incarnation of the unstable hierarchy known as The Anomaly.

Kofuku_Novels · Fantasy
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Chapter IV: Imposter(Start of Arc 2)

When the Tenshi heard of Savona's brainwashing failing, they weren't surprised. They were only shocked that Katria got reincarnated so soon.

Tenshi Mayor 1: "Katria, you finally arrived..."

It seems like Arino and Katria's reincarnation pleased the Tenshi upper heads reincarnation. They split themselves between moving towards equality or staying the same. It was mainly the Mayors vs the lower tiers. The lower tiers wanted to keep exploiting the Anomaly for power and riches, while the Tenshi knew it needed to change. With this constant argument of power, the embodiment of the Anomaly is now more unstable than ever. That's why Arino and Katria were assembled. When they get more powerful than the low tier nobility, they will force the Anomal change that is desperately needed in this society.

Normal civilians live in constant despair and agony, but the lower nobility don't care. They are so absorbed in themselves and the King backs them up. The King of the nobility is none other than Katria's father, Ronin. Ronin has always been a power fanatic ever since before he went into power. His father, Chikara, always taught him the need to stay stoic and moral during times of leadership. Ronin didn't listen to this, as he thought stoicism never led to winning wars. When the first Anomaly war happened, it was Ronin trying to take the throne away from his own father. Even with Ronin superior numbers, troop morale was low and his calm but assertive father took the advantage and brought troops to his side. With high troop morale and great treatment from King Chikara, he always won any battle faced against him. But Ronin was the opposite of Chikara, he wanted to rule, even if he had to abuse his own power to do so.

His abuse of power started with his father's death. As soon as he took the crown, everything that Chikara had achieved was thrown out the window. He used his power to wreak havoc on the system put in place by his father.

Ronin and Chikara are Yin and Yang, with Ronin going straight into darkness. He made his equally power hungry friends noble. They could do what they wanted and they thought everyone was beneath them. That is why no one wanted to do business with them after Chikara died. Now the nobility are starting to realize that they are poor. But Ronin doesn't care, he just wants to rule, even if no one wants to help him out with the economy. The whole nobility's opinion on Ronin has changed over the years. Ronin used to be one of the most respected nobility for his combat knowledge and ability. His leadership was only second to his father, but over time he has decided to be less assertive and more passive. He was more and more abusive towards the people close to him.

With the public's opinions becoming more and more sour, more people wanted the feudal system to change. The mayors were the ones putting the public's opinions out to Ronin. Ronin never cared about the opinions, as long as he's in charge, no other opinions matter. And that opinion, ends up causing the destruction of many societies. With the Mayors growing more and more fed up with the ways Ronin goes with society, the Mayors devise a plan behind the scenes to leave the nobility. One of the Mayors decided to talk to Ronin. This Mayor is seen as the Duke due to his closeness with the King, Yuno Praksis III.

Yuno: "You are losing your grip, Ronin."

Ronin: "I know, and I can't seem to figure out why I lost the support of the people."

Yuno: "You put fear into the people, not support. That's why you lost their support."

Ronin: "This power... it now seems like I've become the opposite of my father. All I have done was act on the ways of a child, not a leader. I gave people who didn't deserve the positions the power of those positions. It seemed like all I had done was oppress the people. But if I try to take the crown off, the power and the greed would strap it back to my head. I'm too far gone, someone has to take the Crown of Lucifer off my head."

Yuno: "Don't blame it on the relic now, even Lucifer knows that the people wanted the people to have freedom. You put your own selfish desires into that helmet to the point of no return, no wonder why you couldn't take it off your head. You drove everyone away for what? Power? Money? Riches? You are a disappointment to this kingdom and your father!"

Ronin: "Don't you dare speak to the king like that!"

Yuno: "Are you banishing the only ally who has stuck around this long?"

Ronin: "I'm not banishing no one! I dare you to leave, alive that is..."

Yuno rips the crown off Ronin's head, as Ronin tries to pick it up a dark hand stabs itself through Ronin's chest. As soon as he sees who is behind him, he realizes what he has done. He let Satan take control of the Tenshi family...

And no one is there to stop him.

Satan is the ruler of Hell, he always makes sure that the people that get sent to hell are the bottom of the barrel. He loves ruling over those who don't want to be ruled over. He got bored of it however when those people decided to tremble in fear. Satan does have his eyes on one certain person, mainly being the son of Greed, Arino. Satan has been trying to find a new ruler of Hell for 3,500 years. A lot of candidates have been found, including all of the Seven Deadly Sins. When Arino popped up on the selection tablet, Satan was really surprised with the attributes and magical premise. He couldn't use magic for anything besides enhancing himself and others, but still his potential was higher than A. No one had the potential ranking that Arino has, meaning if he could have Arino on his side;

He can challenge the Most High for the ruling of the 5 Realms

No one ever thought to challenge The Most High himself, aside from one person; Mammon only challenged the Most High in return for strength to be put on his son. He knew that Arino could assimilate enough power in order to defeat the Most High, that's only if Arino wants to do so. With Satan infiltrating the Tenshi family and taking it over, he can manipulate them to do evil things and ruin their reputation. He is setting up Arino to fight God, but he doesn't know there were other Tenshi members with him.