Seven Crimes and Punishments (story)

**Seven Crimes and Punishments** is a story included in the limited edition version of an album of the same name, released on February 25, 2015. It follows Rin Avadonia after the annihilation of the Millennium Tree Forest by "Punishment", sent on a journey to meet the souls of individuals involved with the vessels of sin by Sickle.

## Plot Summary

The story opens with a text from the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament of the Behemoth bible, describing how, in the beginning, the gods had lived in paradise before fleeing during its destruction and founding a new paradise, which lasted only a thousand years before being destroyed by Malice.

The surviving four gods and their sixty-eight kin began creating a new world until only the four gods and six of their kin remained. The sun god then banished and sealed away the twin gods and six kin, leaving the world to its creatures while it went into the sky and the earth god slept on the land.

Rin Avadonia then recounts how she memorized these biblical verses from the boredom of waiting for five hundred years in Black Box under the sun god "Sickle's" instruction. After the world's sudden destruction by "Punishment", the box is opened and Rin is greeted by Sickle. After flying out of the box, Sickle recounts that all the souls have been dragged down to the Third Period as it merges with the Hellish Yard. The god then tasks Rin with reviewing the history of certain individuals possessed by the Demons of Sin for his plan to restore the souls to Heavenly Yard.

Sent to visit Held and Clarith, Rin broods on her former crush; in response, Sickle chastises the child and points out her faults before Rin departs via Black Box. The former servant apparates at the seemingly restored Millennium Tree Forest; inside, Rin is greeted by a robin, Clarith, and a disembodied Held and the latter explains that they were seeing an illusion of the forest derived from their memories. Afterwards, Clarith leads Rin to her Millennium Tree body and summons the vessels of sin. Although Rin tries to speak with Clarith privately, she hurries her to continue and the girl acquiesces, taking the Venom Sword.

The girl is then greeted by the Demon of Lust; the two chat before the entity takes Rin's consciousness to the remains of Asmodean. The story then recounts the incident caused by Marchioness Gumina Glassred in life, leading up to her death by a vessel of sin. Arriving in Lasaland, Rin is directed to Glassred's mansion and enters with the demon, meeting the lady of the manor surrounded by men. Lady Glassred attempts to drive Rin out before being stopped and realizing who she is.

Gumina discusses with Rin her having a harem despite losing her brainwashing power, albeit much smaller, and the two argue over their viewpoints of her lust. Rin then converses with Maylo Beelzenia despite Gumina's protests. After speaking to Maylo over his complex feelings for the lady, Rin prepares to leave; before she does so, Gumina requests that she send the strange mage to her. Rin agrees, despite knowing the sorceress's true nature has since changed entirely.

Exiting the mansion, Rin encounters Cherubim Venomania about to enter and greets him. Although attempting to talk to him and advise the former prime minister on his relationship with Glassred, Cherubim brushes the girl off and goes inside. Rin argues the necessity of leaving early with the Demon of Lust, before the two are greeted by her next guide, Hänsel Twiright in the guise of Pollo, to Rin's shock. After explaining that the Demon of Gluttony couldn't meet Rin after being eaten by Carlos, Hänsel grabs the girl's arm as the Demon of Lust leaves and takes her to Beelzenia.

Brought to the site of the Marlon Mansion, Rin eventually speaks with Carlos over their past history before the former king brings up the topic of her mission from Sickle. In response, Rin questions him over his motivations for becoming a demon and his actions as the Demon of Gluttony, before Carlos in turn questions her over the sun god's plans. Afterwards, he prepares to rest and directs Rin to visit Arte. The servant then goes into the room where Hänsel and Gretel Twiright are staying and speaks with Gretel, who takes the form of Ney Avadonia as she talks with her.

After telling Rin to give Alexiel her regards, Gretel hands her the Four Mirrors of Lucifenia and the Demon of Pride takes her to the former site of Lucifenia. After finally arriving at the site of the Lucifenian Royal Palace, Rin steps inside and meets with Keel, speaking with him before Chartette forces her to help with preparations for the night's dinner party. After all the preparations are met, Rin watches as a gigantic cake is presented and Alexiel bursts out of it. Shocked, Rin observes Ney chastise and chase away the prince for ruining the cake, the servant soon chasing after her twin brother.

Losing sight of Alexiel, Rin thinks to check his room and outside it reunites with her mother and father. The two talk over Rin's current situation before finally Rin prepares to enter Alexiel's room; at that moment Arth and Anne both collapse due to Gift, followed by the rest of the palace. Rin is then met by Michaela acting in Clarith's interests, who explains that "Sleep Princess's" Eighth Gift is the cause of the souls in the Hellish Yard falling asleep. She convinces Rin to go with her to stop the Sleep Princess and the two of them ride off on Josephine.

Before reaching Toragay, the two encounter Hänsel. Although offering his aid, he's repeatedly denied until he offers to give them the now empty Clockworker's Doll. As Rin acquiesces, Hänsel shows him how the doll is now burned and empty; the three of them then set out, Hänsel promising to catch up to them. Michaela and Rin then move out on Josephine until arriving in Toragay, meeting with the "Sleep Princess" and unable to reason with her. At a loss, Rin tries to approach the soul and is almost put to sleep before Hänsel reappears and traps Sleep Princess in the Clockworker's Doll.

Afterwards, Rin bemoans her uselessness in the confrontation before Hänsel cheers her up and leaves. Rin is then approached by the Demon of Envy and the two converse. After saying farewell to Michaela, Rin rides on the Demon of Envy through the water to reach Jakoku. After approaching the island nation, the Demon notes a distortion in space and time causing them to arrive too early. Entering Enbizaka, Allen seeks out Gakuga Octo but is unable to make her way up to him with the space-time distortions.

Meeting the Demon of Greed, Rin negotiates with the demon until it helps her reach Gakuga and she greets the tailor. She converses with him until Gakuga notes he has to perform an errand and leaves towards a western-styled building, speaking about receiving judgment. Following behind Gakuga, Rin enters into a courtroom and sees a woman about to begin a trial for Gakuga Octo, Elluka Marlon.

Watching the trial, Rin witnesses Gakuga found guilty and determined to be decapitated on a guillotine. Panicking at the thought, Rin begs the court to stop and is approached by Elluka. The judge relents on punishing Gakuga in exchange for a price; with Rin having no money, Elluka decides to have her take his place. Before she's placed on the guillotine, "Nemesis" intervenes, having Elluka put on a proper trial for the girl with her as defense; Rin then realizes the doll is actually Hänsel using ventriloquism.

Before the trial can begin, Elluka is approached and chastised by a man wearing a mask over his face, who then sends the judge back into the ground. The man then prepares to take Gakuga away before being addressed by Rin. Explaining his purpose to return individuals like Glassred and Elluka back to their original locations, he notes Michelle is the only one left for him to collect and sends Rin through a hole to meet with the girl first.

Dropped into the Grave Yard for the technology of the Second Period, Rin inquires about the nature of the place from Hänsel and search out Michelle, wandering through several Black Boxes. Coming upon the former dictator on the viewing platform of a clocktower, the two eventually approach Michelle and learn she's looking for her father; questioned, she reveals her belief that she had destroyed the hell called "Evillious" and how she was killed by a boy like the two of them.

Growing afraid, Michelle flees, Hänsel and Rin in pursuit. Losing track of Michelle, the two instead find a tree with red fruit on a hill; as they scale the hill, they encounter Irregular, who recognizes the Clockworker's Doll as his mother. Attempting to take the doll, Hänsel keeps it away from the boy and they eventually run, chased by Irregular; once they reach the tree they discover a fourth boy, separate from Irregular, beside Michelle. As Michelle puts the golden key in Punishment, Rin snatches it from her, only for the fourth boy to tell him he's too late. Everything is consumed by light as the Clockwork Lullaby is heard.

An excerpt from the Behemoth Book of Revelation describes how the world created by the four gods may meet its end in four different ways, under the four Masters. Rin, greeted again by Sickle in the Black Box, exits to the rice fields and is told that it's her turn. She plans to return to the ground world again in order to see Alexiel. Her narration concludes that they shall now aim for a new beginning.

While Rin meets with Gakuga and the other succeeding contractors, the Demon of Envy, Rahab, secretly meets with Gilles, the Demon of Lust, in the Court dimension. Gilles recalls his actions and motivations as a demon, and then questions Rahab on the whereabouts of the "moon goddess" Luna Hazuki, whom Rahab explains is still alive somewhere. Their conversation is soon after interrupted by the light of the Punishment boy.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Hänsel
* Rin Avadonia
* Amostia
* Anne Lucifen d'Autriche
* Arte
* Arth Lucifen d'Autriche
* Asan
* Carlos Marlon
* Chartette Langley
* Michaela
* Elluka Marlon
* Ney Avadonia
* Gretel Twiright
* Gilles Derais
* Lemy
* Cherubim Venomania
* Held
* Hänsel Twiright
* Josephine
* Gakuga Octo
* Keel Freezis
* Mariam Avadonia
* Marie Annette
* Maylo Beelzenia
* Clarith
* Nemesis Marlon
* Karchess Crim
* Minis Stoup
* Michelle Octo
* Pollo
* Alexiel Lucifen d'Autriche
* Salem Dunbar
* Gumina Glassred
* Pale Noël
* Sickle
* Yukina Freezis
* Zusco

### Locations

* Asmodean (illusion)
* Beelzenia (illusion)
* Bolganio
* Conchita Mansion (illusion)
* Elphegort (illusion)
* Enbizaka (illusion)
* Gasto (illusion)
* Grave Yard (first appearance)
* Heavenly Yard
* Hellish Yard
* Jakoku (illusion)
* Lasaland (illusion)
* Levianta (mentioned only)
* Lucifenia (illusion)
* Lucifenian (illusion)
* Lucifenian Royal Palace (illusion)
* Magic Kingdom Levianta (mentioned only)
* Maistia (mentioned only)
* Marlon (mentioned only)
* Millennium Tree Forest (illusion)
* Moonlit Residence (mentioned only)
* Onigashima (illusion)
* Parallel Worlds
* Periods
* Rolled (mentioned only)
* Second Period (mentioned only)
* Third Period
* Toragay (mentioned only)
* Union State of Evillious (mentioned only)
* Glassred Mansion (illusion)

### Events

* Conspiracy of Evil (indirect mention only)
* Dark Star Scandal (mentioned only)
* Disappearance of Evil Food Eater Marlon (mentioned only)
* Enbizaka Murderer Scandal (mentioned only)
* Four Endings (mentioned only)
* Great War (mentioned only)
* Leviantan Civil War (mentioned only)
* Lucifenian Expansion War (indirect mention only)
* Lucifenian Revolution (mentioned only)
* Reign of Evil (mentioned only)
* Rolled Serial Killings (mentioned only)
* Toragay Epidemic (mentioned only)
* Glassred Event (mentioned only)

### Groups

* Abelard Family
* Avadonia Family
* Beelzenian Imperial Family
* Blankenheim Family (mentioned only)
* Clockworker Family (mentioned only)
* Conchita Family
* Crim Family (mentioned only)
* Dark Star Bureau
* Elphen Royal Family (mentioned only)
* Five Dukes
* Freezis Family
* Freezis Firm
* Glassred Family
* Greeonio Family
* Langley Family
* Levin
* Lucifenian Resistance
* Lucifenian Royal Family
* Ma (Mem Aleph) (mentioned only)
* Marlon Royal Family
* Miroku Family (mentioned only)
* Moonlit Family
* Mouchet Family (mentioned only)
* Elphe Clan
* Octo Family
* Père Noël
* Phutapie Family
* PN (mentioned only)
* Rangu Clan (indirect mention only)
* Rogzé Family (mentioned only)
* Sudou Family
* Tasan Party (mentioned only)
* Three Heroes
* Glassred Bloodline
* Venomania Family
* Glassred Harem
* Yarera Bloodline (mentioned only)
* Yarera-Zusco Firm (first indirect mention)
* Zeus (first indirect mention)

### Misc

* Akashic Recorder (first indirect mention)
* Black Box
* Bolganio Literature
* Bolganio Wildlife
* Brainwashing Magic (mentioned only)
* Clockworker's Doll
* Clockwork Lullaby
* Court (magic)
* Creation Magic (mentioned only)
* Demon Contracts (mentioned only)
* Demons of Sin
* Evillious Calendar
* Forest Spirits (mentioned only)
* Four Mirrors of Lucifenia
* Gestures
* Ghoul Children
* Gift
* Glass of Marlon
* Gods
* Grim the End
* Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome
* Humans
* Hypnosis (mentioned only)
* Inheritors (mentioned only)
* Irregulars
* Lock Magic (mentioned only)
* Magic
* Magic Abilities (mentioned only)
* Magic Tools
* Marlon Spoon
* Other Magic
* Possession (mentioned only)
* Projection
* Punishment
* Reincarnation (mentioned only)
* Sin (e-book version; appears in hologram)
* Soul
* Spell Songs
* Transformation Magic
* Telekinesis
* Twin Blades of Levianta
* Venom Sword
* Vessels of Sin

## Trivia

### Curiosities

* The iTunes listing for the Seven Crimes and Punishments album includes a unique audiobook track for the story; the track features a reading of an excerpt from the story by Shimoda, the voice provider for Kagamine Rin and Len.
* An E-book version of the story was released on it and its corresponding album's one-year anniversary with some revisions to the prose and a new chapter.
* In the story, Kaspar's codename in Père Noël was mistakenly labeled as "Fourth Sleep Prince" rather than "Third Sleep Prince".