>>5913719You choose to ignore your mother's hypocrisy for the moment; her punishment will arrive in due time, and you'll ensure the punishment fits her transgressions. With four sin marks at your disposal, you must make a choice: you could unlock new powers of black magic or bolster your existing hypnotic abilities. Alternatively, these marks could serve as a strategic reserve, a power source to tap into when most needed. But before you delve deeper into the dark arts, a curiosity about your lineage and the origins of your power urges you to investigate further. "Weird," you mutter to yourself as you sift through ancient newspapers and dusty family archives. Your great-grandfather, it turns out, hailed from a devoutly religious background, an altar boy in his youth, embodying the piety expected of him. Yet, a shadow fell on this path, steering him toward darkness. Your research uncovers a grisly murder that once horrified your small town: a christian priest was brutally murdered, beheaded, with his head missing and the culprit never found. Whispered rumors linked the priest to allegations of molesting multiple former altar boys—a scandal effectively smothered by the town's conservative leaders, hypocrites keen on preserving their unblemished image over justice for victims. The female demon's narrative mirrors this grim tale closely, casting your great-grandfather in a different, perhaps more complex, light. As the pieces of this puzzle fall into place, a new understanding of your ancestor emerges, hinting at a man driven by righteous vengeance rather than pure malevolence. You decide to
> unlock new powers of black magic> bolster your existing hypnotic abilities> store the sin marks as a strategic reserve> write in 