Path of Regret

Path of Regret is a weapon in SINoALICE.

Weapon Story
The man's plans to run a lumber mill had failed, and he now struggled with his debts. He wrote a note for his wife and child, packed a single bag, and left home. A large vein of gold had just been discovered in the countryside, and he would be among those flocking to it in hopes of getting lucky.

As fate would have it, the man ran across his debt collector on the way to the station. The collector demanded he repay his debts, going so far as to threaten to sell off the man's wife and child if he didn't. This instilled in the man such a rage that he beat the collector to death. He realized that, were the body to be found, the debt collector's friends may try to exact revenge on his family. He therefore shredded the body in his lumber mill, stuffed it in his bag, and took it with him.

The man collapsed at the first inn he got too, finally able to relax. But just as he nodded off, he heard a knock at the door. "We've received complaints of an unpleasant smell in here," the innkeeper said. The man responded only with silence, and waited until the innkeeper left. He tossed the corpse-filled bag out of the window with a weight attached, sending it to the bottom of the ocean.

One year later, the man struck gold, changing his life forever. He forgot about his old family, found a new wife, and indulged himself day after day. One such day, a bureaucrat he'd invited to his lavish ship fished up an odd item. The man immediately recognized it as the bag he'd once thrown into the sea. Years of despair washed over him, a tidal wave of regret that had been building since the day he abandoned his home.