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It had been a long time since I was on earth like this. It was like a whole new world. New buildings, new lifestyles, new fashion, new technology. The people had changed, too.

It would be foolish to try and find my remains. Only the traces were left behind. Maybe my brother and parents had reincarnated and were living different lives now among all these people.

I spent my days among these people, trying to get used to the new world. The others Virtues had it easier since I was the only one from the earlier times. I sometimes sought their help in getting to know new things and often times, they were surprised that I had never seen such things before. It was interesting to me. If they had not been with me, I would have been lonely and lost for a long time.

"How could you not know what a smartphone is?" Jin laughed haughtily at my face, holding up the device.

If I learned one thing since the meeting, it was that he became more obnoxious and loud. He always rubbed it in my face and I was getting whiplash at first but was getting more used to it.

"And this one is a computer," he said, making a flat rectangular device appear out of thin air. Creation was a useful power.

It was somewhat funny that he was the one teaching me now.

It was the beginning stage of our new duties, so we were not hostile towards each other. The others, on the other hand, had frowns on their faces and glares shooting at each other.

I was deluding myself that Jin and I were having ceasefire until I found him dropping money in front of drunkards to make them continue buying drinks and slipping in alcohol bottles into abusive family houses. His eyes met mine when he turned around.

"What are you doing?"

The words came out in whispers laced with disbelief, as if saying it louder would inflict pain in my dull heart. Sniffles of the two children covered in purple bruises filled the silence between us, pitiful and muffled, suppressed to not be heard by the passed out parent in the other room.

I was sure he could see the same sight as me. He could hear the same pain as me. Yet why?

Why?

"Why are you shocked?" His expression shifted from surprise to apathy in a blink. "You know who I am."

Do I?

"A murderer and rebel who usurped throne who is now one of the seven Deadly Sins. This is what I do. I told you and apologized in advance when we met for the first time again."

His eyes were dead and devoid of any emotions.

"But these children-"

"I don't care. They were already on their way to become abused before I came. This is how I can drag those sinners to hell and punish them when it is due."

I stood there, finally realizing the weight of our reality. Ah, this was what they meant. This was what the Deadly Sins were supposed to do. This was why the others were belligerent.

This was why I was chosen.

But I was not ready at the time. I could not see him in a different light after the times we had spent together in his kingdom. The caring Jin, the smiling Jin, the kind Jin... the man I was unknowingly falling in love with...

I tried to see past his mistakes and justify his actions. But the longer I did, the more victims fell into his play. And in the end, it was all my fault.

I did not know how many children trembled in fear and got horribly abused. I did not know how many people lost their lives at the hands of intoxicated criminals. I did not know how many people suffered mentally and physically because of drugs.

"Are you insane?! Please don't tell me you're letting all these happen without doing anything," Humility and Diligence would say whenever I heard of such casualties.

I asked myself the same.

We were different people now, so why was I still holding onto the past?

"Oh, Bada," he called when I ran into him again. He was eating an ice cream as if he had no worries at all. "The view here is nice."

"Do you not care about the lives lost?" I blurted out, the bottled up dull emotions spilling out.

He raised an eyebrow. "What lives are you talking about?"

I clenched my jaw. "The ones lost because of your doing."

He scoffed, smirking lazily. "Oh no, whatever will I do," he said sarcastically, almost mocking those people, shocking me. "Do you think someone who killed people by his own hands would be fazed by that? It's kill or be killed. If it reassures you, I'm punishing the sinners very nicely in hell."

It was my turn to scoff in disbelief. "Then what about the lives that are gone?"

"I don't know, you can care for them in Heaven, can't you?"

My hand flew up and slapped his face, turning his head to the side with the impact. It stung while his cheek reddened and eyes widened.

"Thank you for saying that," I gritted out, balling my fist. "It feels like I'm finding my path after being lost."

"No problem, Temperance," he chuckled threateningly, holding his jaw before meeting my burning gaze. "It's good to see you like this again, my queen."

"Shut it," I spat and walked away from him.

Since then, we were at each other's neck, almost ready to engage in a fight. My power was almost enough to negate all the things he created. He not only created things but also planted creation ideas in people's minds that resulted in more harm than good.

"Factory farming is getting more severe," Charity told me when we visited farms where animals were treated as nothing more than mere things to be butchered and used for money. "I heard Gluttony had something to do with this."

I sighed deeply. Not only humans but animals and plants were violated every single day.

"We'll get through this... We have to..."

Then one fateful day, Chastity made an agreement with Lust.

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