Chapter 466. Why Do You Care So Much?

Seven Sins System Chapter 466. Why Do You Care So Much?

“A little peek,” I muttered to myself, the words slipping out before I could stop them.

“A little peek won’t hurt, right?”

My curiosity had won out, and despite my better judgment, I found myself rationalizing the decision. It would be simple, I told myself—just a quick check to see if she was okay, if she had found the necklace. And then I would be gone. No lingering, no conversations, no complications. Just in and out.

But even as I made these promises to myself, I knew how flimsy they were. I knew that my intentions rarely stayed as simple as I planned. But I would try.

With a resigned sigh, I tucked the purple rock into my pocket and opened a portal.

[A portal has opened!]

The swirling darkness of the void formed in front of me. I hesitated for a moment, my hand hovering over the portal, as if I could still change my mind. But no, my mind was set.

“Just remember, Azrael. Just check on her and leave,” I reminded myself one last time, hoping that this quick detour would go according to plan, even though a part of me wasn’t so sure.

My resolve felt shaky, like it could crumble at any moment, but I pushed those doubts aside and stepped through the portal. Within seconds, I arrived in Puriel’s room in the academy dorm. The room was dark, lit only by the faint glow of moonlight filtering through the window. I stood still for a moment. My demonic features were still fully manifested—wings, horns, tentacles—and I expected her to notice my presence immediately. But the room was eerily quiet, and there was no sign of her.

I frowned, my eyes scanning the space. Her bed was neatly made, the room tidy as always, but there was no trace of her. My gaze moved to the bathroom door, which was slightly ajar, and I decided to check there next.

Casually, I reached out and gently pushed the door open. “Puriel?” I called out, my voice low but firm as I peeked inside. The bathroom was empty, the tiles cold and dry. There was no sign that she had been here recently. I stepped back, closing the door behind me with a quiet hum.

‘Where could she be?’ I wondered, my mind racing through possibilities. It wasn’t like her to be absent from her room this late at night. She didn’t have anything to do anyway, apart from following me around and throwing some stupid accusations for something I didn’t do.

I started to doubt my decision to come here, feeling a flicker of annoyance at myself for getting involved in the first place.

I ran a hand through my hair, my fingers brushing against the horns that curled up from my skull.

Then, a thought struck me—‘Wait… could she still be at that playground?’ It was already night, the grounds shrouded in darkness, and any normal person would have given up on a search like that long ago. But this was Puriel we were talking about. She wasn’t one to give up easily.

I considered the possibility. If she was still out there, searching for that necklace, then she was more stubborn than I’d given her credit for. And more foolish, too. It was night already, and I knew how difficult it would be to find something so small in the dark.

The chances of success were slim, and yet… I could imagine her out there, determined and relentless, combing through the playground with a single-minded to find that old necklace.

Once again, I opened my portal and stepped into it, my destination clear in my mind.

[A portal has opened!]

This time, I was headed for the playground, the very place where Puriel had lost her necklace earlier that day.

I emerged from the swirling darkness, I found myself behind a massive tree and instinctively kept to the shadows, my demonic features still fully manifested as I scanned the area.

It didn’t take long to spot her. Puriel was there, in her humanoid form. A flashlight was in one hand. She moved with purpose, but there was a tension in her movements. Her frustration was impossible to miss. I could see the way her shoulders were hunched slightly, the way her eyes darted across the ground, searching for something that seemed almost impossible to find in the darkness.

I stayed where I was and just watched her from a distance. She hadn’t noticed me. I could see the strain on her face, the way her brows knitted together in concentration. The frustration was clear. It was a familiar sight, one that I had seen before, centuries ago during the war. Back then, she had worn a similar expression.

But there was something different about this moment, something that made me hesitate. In the past, I would have reveled in her frustration. I would have smiled, maybe even laughed, at the sight of her so consumed by something so trivial.

But now… now, I didn’t feel that same twisted joy. Instead, I felt a strange, unsettling sensation in the pit of my stomach—something that I was reluctant to name.

I watched her search, the beam of her flashlight sweeping over the grass. The futility of her efforts was clear, even to her, yet she kept going, driven by something I couldn’t quite understand.

That necklace was just a piece of metal, devoid of any power. It didn’t contain demonic or angelic energy and didn’t pulse with the magic that could have made it easier to find. Indeed it was from me. It was precious for her because she thought I was dead. But I was here now. If she missed me, just come and talk to me. Why did she need that necklace anyway? And yet, she was out here, in the dead of night, searching for it as if her life depended on it. It didn’t make any sense, at least for me.

“Why do you care so much?” I whispered to myself, the words barely audible even to my own ears. But I knew the answer, even if I didn’t want to admit it.

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