Demonic Po*nstar System Chapter 272: Pianist Kaiden

Each symbol changed again, mid-movement.

"These runes," he continued, "They represent sin. They shift constantly, yes. But if you know what you’re looking for... if you feel it, the right ones light up."

Luna narrowed her eyes, incredulous. "Okay, but how do you know which glyph is which sin? They’re literally changing constantly, there’s no set answer!"

Kaiden didn’t answer at first. Another note played, darker, heavier.

Then he shrugged.

"I can just feel it."

Luna’s face slowly transformed into one of twitching annoyance. "You what?! That’s not an explanation! That’s not a proper mechanic! That’s a main character bullshit answer! I can’t accept this."

He smiled, unbothered by her cute outburst.

Luna stomped her foot. "You’re just gonna vibe your way through a vampire puzzle dungeon?!"

"I mean... It’s playing a beautiful music, that must mean I’m doing the right thing. Maybe it’s because I’m the Paragon of Sin that I can tell what to press."

"... I’m happy but also extremely annoyed," the pouting Valkyrie declared her conflicting feelings.

The melody deepened. The piano itself hummed under Kaiden’s hands, the blood-runes shifting more violently now, writhing with hunger and heat. Each note seemed to resonate louder than the last.

Then Kaiden’s voice cut through the room like a quiet decree.

"Wrath is up first."

The girls blinked together in perfect sync.

"Wrath?" Aria tilted her head. "What does that mean?"

Kaiden didn’t look up. "The mirror. Wrath’s mirror. Aria, please step in front of it."

She hesitated, fully confused, but moved obediently. The reflection inside was warped, dark, and... wrong.

In it, Kaiden stood with faceless women. Dozens of them. Their features blurred and undefined, yet unmistakably intimate. They surrounded him, touching him, kissing him, while laughing voices rang in Aria’s ears.

Her eyes narrowed.

The mirror rippled. It spoke in a breathy, feminine voice.

"What would you do?"

Aria’s lips curled into a cruel snarl. "Make these faceless huskies disappear."

She didn’t even blink.

The mirror cracked once.

Twice.

*Shatter.*

The glass burst inward with fragments vanishing into motes of light.

Kaiden’s next note echoed like a war cry turned into a waltz. It was simply majestic

He spoke again. "Lust. Bastet, you’re next."

The Ra-Blessed Felinid let out a long, weary sigh. "I’m never escaping this label, am I? Well... I can only blame myself..."

She stepped forward.

The mirror before her glowed with searing orange-gold hues. The reflection showed a version of her. But it was a dead version, her body limp, sprawled out... but smiling. Covered in sticky seed all over. Kaiden’s ethereal form still tangled with hers. Her corpse glowed with divine light, as though this moment had been her true ascension.

The mirror asked:

"Is this an acceptable end?"

Bastet didn’t flinch. "It’s the perfect way to go. If I had to die, then I’m choosing this end every single time."

The mirror exploded.

Kaiden struck a passionate note, the melody rising in heat and decadence.

Then his fingers slowed. "Gluttony. Luna."

Luna scowled but obeyed, walking up to her own mirror with arms folded tightly beneath her chest.

The reflection showed her, but altered. Curvier. Fuller. Her breasts larger. Her hips wider. Her frame dangerously close to Nyx’s.

The mirror’s question was coaxing.