The silence after Luna's punishment was unbearable.
Her laughter still echoed in Kael's head, haunting and strangely affectionate. The others hadn't moved. The air was thick with tension—and something else.
A scent. Like burnt roses and spilled ink.
Then the scroll exploded.
Not unrolled—exploded, flaring with cursed runes and jagged whispers. Black chains slithered across the ballroom tiles, tearing reality open in the center.
WARNING: Dungeon Instance – "Seven Sins Survival Game" Has Initiated
ALL OBSESSIONS: Enter within 3 minutes or face system obliteration.
Location: 🩸 "The Crimson Depths of the Soul-Wound Labyrinth."
Objective: Survive the Sin Trials. Win Kael's Soul Fragment.
New Participant Detected: Obsession Level – ???
Alignment: [ERROR: Hidden]
Kael Adrienne is the Core of the Dungeon.
"…the what now?" Kael whispered.
The floor yawned open beneath him.
Descent Into Madness
He landed not with a thud, but with a pulse—like a heartbeat echoing through stone.
He stood in a vast underground corridor. Crimson vines pulsed on the walls. Shadows wept silently in corners. The very air tasted like temptation.
Each girl landed one by one, still dressed in their royal, deadly finery.
Lady Ravynne didn't land—she materialized, feet never touching the floor.
Clara: "Anyone else feel like we've entered Kael's tortured subconscious?"
Eva: "Great. More brain dungeons. Last time I fought someone's Freudian guilt complex."
Iris: "I will smite whatever sin stands in our way."
Kael was about to speak when a sultry, velvet voice echoed from nowhere.
"Welcome to the Love Survival Dungeon, Kael Adrienne. And hello… my sweet rivals."
Everyone froze.
A figure stepped from the shadows.
She had been there since Chapter 1—watching. Waiting. Smiling.
The Seventh Obsession: Mireille
Mireille wasn't loud. She didn't need to be.
She moved like ink spilled across silk—flowing, graceful, and fatal. Her dress was obsidian lace, and her lips were the shade of sins unspoken.
"Mireille?!" Kael's voice cracked. "You were… the academy's librarian!"
She smiled, stepping closer. "Yes. And I've read every word ever written about you."
"What?! There's no book on me—"
"I wrote it."
She lifted a leather-bound volume: "Kael Adrienne: The Anatomy of Divine Desire."
Kael nearly passed out. "WHY WOULD YOU—?!"
"You intrigued me," Mireille whispered. "You were trash. Broken. Mocked. But I knew… beneath the ridicule hid something glorious."
She touched his chest—right above his heart.
"And now… I'll claim what the others were too impatient to understand."
[NEW OBSESSION CLASSIFIED: OBSESSION TYPE – Scholar of Sin]
[Special Skill Unlocked: "Forbidden Lore – Kael's Secret Sins"]
[WARNING: She knows too much.]
Clara hissed, "Who the hell invited her?!"
"She did," Ravynne muttered. "That's what makes it worse."
Round 1 – Trial of Lust
A large gate opened with a hiss of steam and perfume. Above it: a golden symbol of the sin of Lust.
The voice returned.
Challenge: Tempt the Core (Kael) into surrender.
If Kael succumbs… the winner gains an additional Soul Shard.
All others lose a memory of him.
Kael's jaw dropped. "WAIT, WHAT?!"
Too late.
Clara strode forward first, her magic robe unbuttoning itself to reveal scandalous lingerie underneath. "Let's be honest, Kael. You always looked."
Kael: "That's not true—!"
"Page 57, paragraph 3 of my diary says otherwise," Mireille whispered, holding a duplicate of Clara's journal.
Clara choked. "YOU STOLE MY DIARY?!"
Mireille smiled. "I read everyone's. It was research."
Eva stepped forward, rolling up her sleeves. "We're skipping foreplay. Kael, I'll straddle you until you forget your own name."
Kael was backed against the wall. "I'M THE VICTIM HERE—!"
Then Ravynne appeared behind him, whispering into his ear, "Kael… if you submit now, I'll grant you access to your true power. The lock to your soul is sealed with a kiss."
His heart stopped.
Time slowed.
Then… Aria walked in.
She didn't wear anything scandalous.
She didn't need to.
She just looked at him. Eyes wet. Voice trembling.
"I won't tempt you. I want you to choose me because you want to."
The room froze.
[SYSTEM: Trial Complete.]
Kael did not surrender.
Aria wins the trial by purity paradox.
[Kael's Desire Control +3]
[Audience: 🥹❤️👑]
Kael: "I think I love you a little."
Aria: "That's enough."
Round 2 – Trial of Wrath
The next gate opened with flames and the grinding of steel.
Above it: Wrath.
Challenge: Make Kael truly angry.
First one to draw real hatred wins.
If Kael tries to suppress it, a punishment will trigger.
If he unleashes his wrath… the winner gains dominance in the next trial.
Clara stepped up first.
"Hey, Kael. Remember when I used you as a test subject for that experiment where your hair turned pink for a week?"
Kael: "...I almost died."
She smiled. "But you looked fabulous."
Eva smirked. "That's nothing. I once sold a bounty on your head to test how long you could survive with assassins after you."
Kael flinched. "You what?!"
Ravynne yawned. "I killed your real father."
Kael: "…"
Everyone: "…"
Kael: "Wait, WHAT?!"
Ravynne looked amused. "Oh. Didn't I tell you?"
Kael's eyes flared. His aura snapped.
But before he could scream, Iris stepped forward and punched Ravynne.
"I'm the only one allowed to drive him mad!"
Kael exhaled. The rage faded.
[System: Kael failed to reach Wrath Threshold.]
[All contestants receive -2 Respect.]
[Punishment Activated – Kael loses control of body for 30 seconds.]
Kael's body jerked.
Mireille caught him gently, whispering, "You'll burn for them later, love. I'll make sure of it."
The Dungeon Shifts
The walls trembled. Sin symbols flickered—Pride, Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, Envy—each glowing in rotation.
Mireille took Kael's hand. "The deeper we go, the more of you I'll uncover. Your soul is… unusually rare."
He tried to pull away. "You don't know me."
She smiled. "Kael. I wrote you."
[SYSTEM UPDATE: Mireille has gained "Narrative Override" Access for 5 minutes.]
[She can manipulate dungeon events with hidden author authority.]
Kael: "SHE'S AN AUTHOR?!"
Ravynne, smirking: "A published one. Her book's title was How to Seduce the Doomed Hero."
Clara: "You read fanfic about Kael?"
Mireille: "I WROTE it."
Final Message Before Next Trial
A new scroll appeared.
Next Trial: GREED.
Winner receives a Soul Shard, full control over Kael for 1 hour, and a private chamber.
Optional: Betray another obsession during the challenge for bonus points.
Penalty for Losing: Obsession Level reduced by one tier.
The girls all looked at Kael.
He gulped.
And Mireille, with a tiny smile, whispered:
"In Greed… I will show you what I'm willing to steal."