But a disaster in his youth had shattered all that peace.
Drink's family had unfortunately become embroiled in a conspiracy, and an unfamiliar Sequence 8 Beyonder had schemed to seize their assets.
The man had brutally murdered his parents.
He had even abused his siblings one by one before his eyes, killed them, and finally devoured them.
Had the Containment Bureau's investigators not arrived in time and scared the killer away, he would probably have met the same fate, hiding in the cupboard.
Even so, it had left him with severe psychological trauma.
The young Drink had sworn to take revenge on that Beyonder.
Later, through his father's friends and connections, he had learned of the mystical and come into contact with the supernatural. After years of searching and research, he had finally gained an opportunity to become a Beyonder.
Over those years, he had also uncovered a few clues to his enemy's whereabouts.
The man was actually a cleric of the local Red Apple Church!
Everything he had done had merely been for an Ascension Ritual; the family's assets and wealth had only been incidental bonuses.
After committing those atrocities, not only had the man gone unpunished, but he had risen through the Church's ranks to become the most powerful priest in the local church.
Whenever Drink saw that man, he felt as though he could hear the wails of his parents and siblings.
At that moment, he had understood all too clearly that, in the man's eyes, ordinary people were merely resources for ascension, delicious fruit to be plucked at will.
The Empire's indulgence and the Containment Bureau's incompetence had enraged Drink.
He had gone into hiding and struggled along his Sequence pathway, finally killing his enemy with his own hands at the age of twenty-five.
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