The Enlightenment of Duke Venomania

**The Enlightenment of Duke Venomania** is the first song of the "Seven Heavenly Virtues Series". It depicts the virtue of Chastity.

## Plot

The story takes place in the Asmodean region of Beelzenia, as Duke Sateriasis Venomania greets another woman who approaches his mansion. He explains how he made a deal with an angel to soothe the raging passions of himself and others; as a result, women flock to his mansion to be "purified" and join his "Venom Faith". The duke burns all his old portraits, revealing how he wanted to reject his old pitiful self. He cleanses another girl in his cult, Gumina Glassred, who had been his childhood friend but had made a fool out of him. He continues to grow his faith as women continue to disappear across the land.

One day, the duke greets a new person entering his mansion, approaching him to help cleanse his sins; as he does so, however, the man stabs him with a knife, revealing that he had tracked down his lost love to the duke's manor. Due to the injury, the duke collapses and his magic breaks down; as a result, the women all begin to awaken and flee the mansion. As Sateriasis dies, he sees a glimpse of Gumina and he begs her to stay, stating that he still truly loves her.

## Lyrics

*Come, shall we dance?*

Today again, a sinful woman

Arrives at my side

You, looking for relief

Will become my new follower

This power I obtained

By a contract with a heavenly angel

All of the women who come to me

Fall to my charm

The man who obtained the power to purify women

Bringing in troubled women one by one

To the cellar of the mansion where he lives alone

Built up a holy faith

The flavor of the cleansed sin

The pleasure of becoming pure

Blood and sweat come together and mix

Changing to drops of purple

When the deed is done and we embrace

We can never again return to reality

The old portraits I burned

My abandoned past self

I want to forget that person

Who was scornfully laughed at

I perform the ritual to cleanse

An adorable woman next to me

Yes, she was a former childhood friend

Who denied my affections

The women of this country

Became washed in purity one by one

Separating people's wives and daughters

They were at a loss for answers

The color of light stained with darkness

Unrestrained and infinite adoration

The illusions swallow down everything

Soon I won't even be human

In defiance of the gods, I create paradise

This is the night of insanity I wished for

Today again, a sinful man

Arrives at my side

You, looking for relief

Will become my new follower

I held you as I began the ritual

In that instant where you smiled

With a sudden sharp pain,

My chest is stained with blood

A young man who was searching for his vanished love

Determined where she was: the mansion where the saint lives

Patiently, the young man drew closer

And thrust forward a knife from his pocket

Stabbed by a knife with hidden poison

I collapsed then and there

Blood and sweat come together and mix

Changing to drops of purple

My magic dissolved, all the women came to their senses

And rushed from the mansion

Looking back at me for just a moment,

The last to leave the mansion was

My childhood friend... wait!

I will forever love you!

## Related Songs

### Chrono Story

Chrono Story makes a visual reference to The Enlightenment of Duke Venomania, as it shows the mage IR moving towards the duke's mansion.

### The Portrait Glassred Drew

The Portrait Glassred Drew takes place after the Venomania Incident, depicting Gumina Glassred's reflections on the event.

### Flower of the Plateau

Flower of the Plateau recounts how the angel within the Clockworker's Doll took on the persona of one of the duke's victims, as well as her actions following the Venomania Incident.

### Seven Virtues and Atonement

Seven Virtues and Atonement alludes to Sateriasis' crimes, with the duke noting that he shall continue to conceal his true face while drowning in false purity.

## Appearances

* Angel of Chastity (mentioned only)
* ENNA (indirectly mentioned only)
* Gumina Glassred
* Karchess Crim
* Lukana Octo
* Maylis Beelzenia
* Mikulia Greeonio
* Sateriasis Venomania
* Yufina Marlon (indirectly mentioned only)