1 July 2018

  In a bar somewhere in a Western country at 9:00 in the morning, there was a man who had been drinking so much liquor to forget all of his life problems.

  *Glug glug glug*

  "Paaaaah!!"

  He slams the bottle of beer he just drank on the table.

  "Sir, you've been here since last night. I think you need to stop."

  The bar owner speaks to the man with concern.

  "Shut up, will you? I'm here having fun *hic* don't bother me at my happiest moment *hic*."

  "You're drunk! And you've consumed a lot of alcohol to a dangerous level, I won't give you any more!"

  "Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Don't be like that! *hic* C'mon! I've been paying you non-stop! There's no reason to stop *hic*."

  "Misterrrr <3! Are you busy?"

  A seductive womanly voice suddenly came from behind the man.

  "WOAH!!"

  The man looked behind and was surprised. There's a 20-year-old pretty woman behind him.

  The woman has a pair of yellow eyes and yellow hair with a flat bang. Her hair is straight, silky smooth, and long, reaching her lower back. The girl is 169cm tall and weighs 69kg. Her bust size is E-cup. She wears a yellow and black jacket that has a big black X crossing in the middle, although the X is warped due to her bust size. The jacket has a high collar with two buttons, but she leaves her jacket open, unzipped. She wears a black and white T-shirt on the inside. She also wears a black skirt that reaches slightly above her knees with a black belt. She wears a pair of long black socks as well as a pair of black and yellow running shoes.

  "Hey, Mister <3, if you don't have anything to do, how about a quick one on the back alley? If you know what I mean."

  The woman whispers close to the man's ear.

  "OH YES! PLEASE! LET'S GO!"

  The man immediately gets up and follows the woman.

  "What the hell, owner?! You have this kind of service here? You should've told me!"

  "WAI--!!"

  The man and the woman have left the bar.

  "I don't know who that is. . ."

  During the walk towards the back alley, the man fantasizes about all kinds of things he would do to her while smiling stupidly and laughing to himself. It took about 10 seconds, but they finally reached the back alley.

  "Mister, please look over there and don't you dare turn around! I'll prepare myself, okay <3 ?!"

  "O-OKAY OKAY! OF COURSE! OF COURSE!"

  "Count to ten, Mister <3!"

  "Yes, yes! One. Two. Three. Four. Five."

  During the middle of his countdown, he saw a golden feather floating gently from behind to the front of his face.

  "Huh? What?"

  The man immediately turned around and was shocked by what he saw.

  "AAH! AAAAAAHHH!!!"

  "Aaaah~ Mister, I told you not to look back, didn't I? What an impatient man!"

  The man saw wings, a big golden angelic pair of wings coming out of the girl's back, bending their edges towards his head. The man immediately falls on his butt.

  "WHO ARE YOU?"

  "Seven Layers of Judgment, Judge number five, The Judge of Gluttony, Leonna Velynia. Nice to meet you, mister!"

  "Judge? Gluttony? What are you saying?"

  "Don't worry, mister! I'm not here to hurt you, I'm just going to judge you."

  "W-What does that even mean? Are you going to kill me once I don't pass your judgment?"

  "Huh? Kill? Of course not!"

  "B-But, the rumors on the internet said that there's this group of people that has been going around killing people mercilessly. If I'm not mistaken, they always say something about judgment or any of the sort!"

  "WHAT?! *cough cough* A-Anyway, I'm not here to kill you! I'm here to save you!"

  "Save me?"

  "Yes! You're overdrinking. It's very harmful to your body. It's not healthy either."

  Leonna summons the Sword of Purification in her right hand.

  "That's why I will have to know what you've been through!"

  "D-DON'T KILL MEEEE!!!"

  *WHAP*

  Leonna slaps the man with her wing, and the man's head hits the wall next to him. He immediately falls unconscious.

  "Oops! I hope that wasn't too hard. . . I could've easily killed him."

  Leonna stabs the Sword of Purification into the man's chest. The Sword absorbs his negative emotions and changes its color to black.

  *inhales* *exhales*

  "Sigh~ here goes nothing."

  Leonna stabs the Sword of Purification towards her own chest, and receives the memory of the man.

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  "I don't know anymore."

  "Can anyone please get me out of this?"

  "I lost my family, and now I have to deal with this huge amount of debt."

  "I'm just an average office worker. How the hell could I even pay 1 million dollars by next week?"

  "Please help me!"

  "I don't know anymore. . ."

  "Get me out of here!"

  "This isn't even my fault."

  "I mean, the company didn't even want to cover this mistake."

  "They don't want to spend even the tiniest bit of money to help me."

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  "I'm screwed."

  "I should just disappear."

  "Maybe all these problems would go away if I died."

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  Leonna puts her hands on the man's forehead. She prays, and his body glows in bright white light.

  "Amen."

  Leonna stands up.

  "Uaaah. . . Debt, huh?"

  Leonna scratches her head to think of a solution.

  "(Urgh. . . I don't know if this is wise or not. I'd argue that this only gives him the entire answer to his problem instead of helping him solve it himself.)"

  Leonna goes into a hard-thinking state.

  "(Uuuuuuuuurgh. . .well, the situation was kinda forced unto him though. Maybe. . . Aaaarrrgghhh!!!)"

  Leonna pulls out her smartphone. She's tapping on the screen multiple times, trying to do something.

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  10 minutes later, the man wakes up.

  "Urrrgh. . ."

  "Mister!"

  "Huh?"

  "Mister! Listen here!"

  Leonna shoves her phone's screen to the man's face.

  "Here! Type in your bank account number!"

  "Uuh, what?"

  "Just do it!"

  The man confusedly types in his bank account number into the girl's phone.

  *beep beep beep*

  "Here!"

  Leonna showed the man the screen of her phone. He saw that exactly one million dollars had been transferred to his bank account. The man was suddenly in tears.

  "B-but, why? Who are you? Why are you doing this?"

  "Like I said, Seven Layers of Judgment, the Judge of Gluttony, Leonna Velynia. You have sinned. It is a sin that is mostly about self-indulgence and addiction, which indirectly causes self-harm. You were trying to kill yourself by overdrinking, weren't you?"

  *sobs sobs*

  The man cries both out of joy that he can now pay his debt and sadness at what he was trying to do to himself.

  "Anyway, I don't usually do this, okay? I understand your situation, that's why I straight up gave you the answer!"

  The man bows on the ground.

  "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!"

  "T-That's enough! Don't make me feel overly flattered! Though I suggest you quit your current company and find another job after you pay the debt."

  "B-But, I'm in my mid-40s, who would want to hire me?"

  "Hmm, actually, do you like serving customers?"

  "Huh?"

  Leonna pulls out her work card and gives it to the man.

  "I work here as a waitress. It's a ramen shop. Though it is in Japan, which is FAR away from here. Don't worry, just give me a call and I'll handle everything. You'd enjoy your new job on day one! The pay is also generous since it's a very famous ramen shop in the area. I’ll also help you set up a crib near the place so commuting will be a breeze."

  "Miss, this is way too kind, it feels so unreal."

  "Alright! I'm going now! Just give me a call if you decide to come, okay? I already inserted my phone number in yours when you’re unconscious."

  Leonna spreads her wings, and they glow in golden light. She immediately disappears right in front of the man, like she just vanished into a shining light.

  "What a gorgeous and kind-hearted lady."

  The man felt sudden confidence ever since he woke up.

  "This must be her doing. I will not let that girl's effort be in vain!"

  The man leaves the back alley with full optimism in his heart. Just outside the back alley, the bar owner heard everything.

  "Seven Layers of Judgment, huh? I guess the rumors were simply rumors. What a lady, he saves the man while also solving his problems."

  The bar owner realizes something a few seconds later as he walks back to his bar.

  "(Did she really just give someone a million dollar just like that? WHO WAS THAT GIRL?)"

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  A few seconds later, in the same city as the bar before. . .

  A golden light is floating fast between the tall buildings of the city. It was Leonna.

  "I hope I didn't leave for that long!"

  Leonna stops herself in midair. She pulls out her phone and calls someone.

  "HONEY!! Where are you? I'm near you. I think. . ."

  "Ah, Darling! W-Wait a minute!!"

  *!!!!*

  *BAAAAAAAM*

  There was a very loud sound coming from the phone that Leonna had to pull her phone away from her ear in reflex.

  "WHAT WAS THAT, HONEY?"

  "DARLING! FLY HIGH UP! I'LL SEND HIM TO YOU!!"

  "UNDERSTOOD!"

  Leonna puts her phone away. She ascends quickly high into the sky and stops once she’s at the same height as the highest building in the city. From one of the windows of the tallest and nearest building to Leonna, someone was sent flying outwards and up high through the window.

  "You two were that high?"

  Leonna flies towards the person.

  The person was a man. He has dark blue eyes and dark blue hair. His hair is long and tied into a spiky ponytail. He has longer bangs covering the left part of his face. He has a horizontal scar on his nose. The man wears a dark blue yukata set with his pants in a darker blue shade, a pair of white socks, and a pair of wooden sandals.

  Leonna suddenly grows another pair of wings on her lower back. She now has four wings growing out of her back. She wraps the right wing of her lower pair into her right arm.

  Leonna punches the man with her wing-wrapped right hand. The man was holding a katana, and he immediately blocked Leonna's punch despite having been flung high up in the air. The man's veins on his whole body are glowing; he is an Armament-type Believer with his Vein Armor activated.

  The man never shared his name or where he was coming from. The only thing Leonna knows about him is his Faith power. He has a katana with the power to infuse gravity into the blade to enhance his already impressive swordsmanship skills. His attacks became a lot heavier; thus, he can create giant air slashes with no effort whatsoever.

  "Just go down already!"

  "Don't get your hopes up! I still haven't forgotten about my revenge, even after all this time!"

  They both fly away and float in the air.

  "I told you, I have nothing to do with your parents' death! It was my parents' mistake, I know, but even I only found out about it after their deaths!"

  "SILENCE! As long as you bear the name of Velynia, I will hunt you down! Until there's no one left bearing that cursed and hateful name!"

  "Why are you so stubborn? You're clinging to your vengeance a little bit too much; it's unhealthy!"

  "SHUT UP! Don't you act like a saint!"

  The man gathers a thick amount of gravity and is ready to send a wave of giant air slashes to Leonna.

  "Sigh~ If your defeat from five years ago didn't stop your thirst for vengeance, maybe terror will."

  Leonna's eyes start glowing golden. Her wings also glow golden, and she spreads them wide. The sky above was suddenly cloudy, and the clouds were golden. The golden clouds open, and gigantic layers of runes appear behind the clouds.

  "W-What am I witnessing?"

  From the gigantic layers of runes, a gigantic golden spear made of light emerges. The size of both the runes and the gigantic golden spear was supermassive, and it made the two of them look like the tiniest species of ant in comparison.

  "Let me introduce myself once again. I am one of the Seven Layers of Judgment, the Judge of Gluttony, Leonna Velynia. We Judges have Faith powers comparable or even stronger than those who sit within the ranks of the Ten Commandments of God."

  The man couldn't believe the sight before his eyes. He was shocked and left silent. His strong lust for vengeance gradually tones down.

  "Let's see who wins, those giant air slashes of yours or my Heavenly Spear of Judgment, Celestia!"

  The gravity on the man's katana had dispersed. He has given up.

  "I. . . I understand. . ."

  *BAAAAAM*

  "URGH!!"

  However, from behind, he was punched by someone out of nowhere.

  "HONEY?!"

  "Catch him, Darling! QUICK!"

  "Ah, I love your assertiveness so much, HONEY!" said Leonna as she fidgeted in the air.

  The golden clouds, gigantic runes, and gigantic golden spear in the sky disappear into thin air as per Leonna's will. Leonna turns into a bright golden light and flies downwards fast. She moves at the speed of light.

  Down below was a busy city; the people down there were already distracted from their busy activities by the sudden appearance of the gigantic golden spear high above the sky. And now they noticed a beam of light coming straight down towards them. Some of them were panicking, and some others were nonchalant about it.

  "Sigh~ I'll be on the news headline later today or even on a live report."

  Leonna catches the man and turns sharply to the rooftop of the nearest building. Leonna lands on the rooftop while carrying the man with her upper right wing. The man didn't lose consciousness yet, as expected of an Armament-type Believer.

  "I'm gonna knock you out. Turn off your Vein Armor."

  The man silently obeys Leonna's command.

  "Good. I can at least ease your thirst for vengeance, but whether you want to let it go or not, it's all up to you."

  Leonna slams the man to the floor of the rooftop, and he gets knocked out. Leonna summons the Sword of Purification and stabs it into the man's chest. Leonna then stabs the Sword towards her own chest, and receives the man's memories and emotions.

  . . . . .

  “Sigh~ That foolish father of mine, why would you do that?"

  "DARLING!"

  The person who's been fighting against the man arrives at the rooftop.

  "HONEY!! YOU OKAY?!"

  Leonna quickly hugs the person tightly. She buries his head into her breasts.

  "HONEEEEEEY!!

  "B-Breath!! Darling, I can't breathe!!"

  "Oh, sorry, Honey! I was too excited."

  "Honestly, you were never NOT excited."

  This is Leonna's lover as well as her Support. The name's Veint Lucius. He has a pair of pink eyes and pale purple hair, which is tied into a ponytail, and his hair rests above his shoulders. He wears a black and blue short-sleeved jacket over a pale blue turtleneck shirt with long sleeves, a pair of pale dark blue jeans with pink trim on the bottom, and a pair of blue and pink sports shoes. He is 165cm tall and weighs 58kg.

  "Are you okay, Honey? Any wounds? Where? Was the fight difficult?"

  "Darling, one by one, okay? I'm fine. I have no wounds. He was tough, but you know about my Faith power, so no need to worry."

  "I'm so glad you're okay. I was so worried when I had to leave you alone."

  "Darling, you're exaggerating. I'm not a pushover. Besides, those Gluttony cases are your actual job anyway, not dealing with people seeking vengeance or whatever."

  "I understand, but still, your face is so cute that I always want to protect you at all costs!"

  "Sigh~ I should be the one saying that you know. . ."

  As they continue to chatter, far away in the background, a black light shoots upwards towards the sky. The black light hits the sky, and suddenly, the sky becomes dark and filled with thunderstorm clouds. The weather suddenly changed into a thunderstorm, but without any rain.

  "Darling, are you seeing this? I'm not hallucinating, right?"

  "Yes. . . Isn't that the light that shoots up when someone enters Second State or when someone first awakens their Faith power?"

  "Correct, but I've never seen one that darkens the sky."

  The black light disperses slowly, and from that same location, a black round sphere rises high into the sky. A pair of black feathery wings emerges from the inside of the sphere, and the length of each wing is exactly 5m. The black sphere emits a strong wind in all directions that shakes the windows of the tall buildings around. And the black sphere began to crack.