Chapter 223: That Means…
"I was bored one day," started Wrath as he looked at Pride. None of the others mattered right now, it was Pride that he had to make see reason. "So I decided to go into the deepest circle of Hell, just to see what it was all about."
"We aren’t supposed to be able to do that," pointed out Envy as he cocked his head to the side. "Every other circle of Hell is open to us, but that one."
Wrath nodded his head in agreement. "Just imagine how surprised I was when I realized that I could easily walk through the fires," he agreed. Hell, he honestly didn’t think he would have been admitted. Everyone else spoke of some type of forcefield that reserved the tenth circle for the Devil. He expected to be shot back out to another circle, but even if that happened, at least he could have said that he had tried.
"I was walking down a path, surrounded by fire on either side and suddenly there was a woman in front of me. She was wearing a bright red dress, and her blonde hair, so bright it was almost silver, hung loose around her. She told me that her name was Luci and that I was hers. She didn’t say anything else; she just said that we all belonged to her, and it was about time we took our place in her house."
"Well," started Lust, the usual smile on his face completely gone. "I would admit that that was not the best introduction. Did Luci say anything else?"
"Nope," replied Wrath with a shake of his head. "Just that I had to go and get the rest of you. I told her to go fuck herself that we didn’t want her, and she got pissed. She said that the second I left the circle, I had to get you six, or else we would all be punished. She said that since she created us, she could easily create a whole new set of Sins that weren’t so defective."
"That is not the story she told Hattie," murmured Pride. He wasn’t 100% sold on Wrath’s side of the story, but he was also willing to admit that it wasn’t overly farfetched. After all, there was nothing to say that Luci was being completely truthful to Hattie, either.
"I am sure it’s not. Anything to make us look like the bad guys, right? I mean, what better way to ensure that Hattie rejects us without knowing the full truth," sighed Greed as he cracked his neck from side to side.
"Which she did," nodded Pride. "She wanted nothing to do with us after she met Luci. It wasn’t until I ripped out my crystal shard and gave it to her that she finally accepted me."