The 8 Brothers[3]-Evolution

"Tr-True Persona" faint words left Hinata's mouth, His eyes wide open in shock.

"Why?" he wondered, after suffering for so many years, finally... finally a chance had shown itself, A chance to get rid of his brothers...

And yet, it was taken away from him.

As if not taking his life was not enough, To Hinata it seemed as if the system was out to make his life even more miserable.

"You bloody sys-"Just as Hinata was preparing to curse at the system, a [Ding] was heard

<[Notice] Confirmation from the host is required.>

<Does The Host Wish to evolve the special trait[Fake Persona]>

<(Yes)-(No)>

"Maybe all Hope is yet to be lost." were Hinata's thoughts as the system's words slowly made their way to his mind before a wicked smile crept up his face...

After all, There was still a chance to get rid of his wicked brothers.

Hinata raised his hand, ready to click on the (No) option, But before his hand could reach the system interface, it was held back by Wrath.

[[Now now Hinata, you wouldn't be thinking of getting rid of your brothers, now would you?]]

Fear, though quickly felt, Hinata shivered at Wrath's touch. He tried opening his mouth as a way to respond to Wrath's question, but no words ever came out.

[[That's what I thought,]] As always a carefree smile was seen on Wrath's face, but Hinata couldn't shake off the eerie coming from his words, [[No good brother would ever betray his siblings, right?]]

A small nod came from Hinata.

After a glance at Hinata, Pride drove his gaze towards his brothers...

{Brothers!! it seems that the system has yet to abandon us,} Pride said in a loud and excited tone. {It has given us another chance, and this time!! I hope none of you are going to waste it.}

After saying only a few words, Pride, the self-proclaimed eldest brother of the 8 personalities moved forward, his hand ready to press the (Yes) option.

"When is it going to end?" Hinata thought to himself, "How long must I suffer because of you?" His mouth twitched, "Why must I be treated this way?" And his hand clenched.

Time slowed for a while and silence devoured the grasslands but not for too long as Pride soon spoke strangely.

{Mother Loved you the most out of all of us,}Pride spoke as if he was answering Hinata's questions.

{every time we were in control, mother never spoke to any of us,}A pained tone came from pride as he paused for a moment before continuing {"You aren't my son!!" She would yell at us." And you'd never be!! So.... so why don't you just disappear?"}

Hinata froze at Pride's words, "What are you talking about? But more importantly, Since.... when have you been able to read my mind? Wrath could also do it."

As far as he could remember, never had the siblings showed signs of being able to read his mind.

At first, he thought only Wrath could do, it because he had told him, but that wasn't the case.

\Ever since the moment we were born, This is an ability all 7 of us possess./

"Then..."

[[We all know how much you hate us, We know and have felt all the emotions you've had... Erotic, Honest, Envy, Love, Hatred, We know them all.]] Letting go of Hinata's hand, Wrath moved closer to his brothers.

Silence.....

Minutes passed without a word from the 8 brothers, they stood still, ignoring the system in the process, and only looked at each other.

"P-Pride," Hinata called out, "The thing you said about Mother, is it true?"

A nod came from Pride, as he slowly started to remember their childhood.

_No matter how much we tried,_Greed clenched his hand and bit his lower lip,_She never listened._

|She couldn't care much about us!|

(She barely fed us)

•Her love is something we don't know

Hearing what his brothers had to say, Hinata couldn't help but doubt everything, after all her mother in his eyes was the sweetest, kindest person he'd ever known.

Yet here were his brothers saying that all of that was a lie.

"Why are you only telling me this now?" He asked, not sure whether to believe them or not.

{We just think you should know now, No matter what you do with this information is up to you, but know this, today... no matter what, We will live!}

As if agreeing with Pride's words, all 8 Brothers looked at Hinata, Their eyes seemingly said "Sorry"

Pride continued where he left off, His hand was once again ready to press (Yes), And just before the option was pressed, Hinata's voice was once again heard.

"...How long?" He asked, and all his brothers looked at him dumbfounded, "System, How long is the evolution going to be?" He continued.

And once again, silence covered the grasslands before being broken off by the system.

<That information is currently unknown, but there is a possibility that it might take over as much as a year.>

{.....Is there anything else we need to know before we begin?}Pride asked, a smile covering his face.

<Your body will be in a Sleeping state,but don't not worry, as the system will be monitoring it, making sure that everything goes accordingly.>

All the brothers looked at each other one last time before Pride finally pressed the (Yes) option.

<[Notice]The evolution process of the special trait [Fake Persona] into [True Persona] will now begin.>

With the system's words, From the 7 brothers, magical thin threads began to emerge from them, each in the color of their {Astral Soul}.

The threads that had emerged from the 7 brothers then began to move towards Hinata or Ruthven's body.

The threads upon reaching Ruthven, all tangled up together as they entered Ruthven's body, aiming for something inside him that resembled a green orb.

Upon reaching the orb, the threads began to spread around it before completely covering it. The ends of the threads would then gradually disappear as they merged into his soul.

This process continued for a time that seemed like an eternity, and as it did so The Astral forms of the 7 siblings gradually disappeared into Ruthven's body.

And Ruthven was nothing but an empty shell as the Evolution was in process.