Sin: Minor and Major?

by sakeakai

At first there were seven deadly sins. These sins manifested as homunculus. But man's sin didn't end there. This is how the minor sins were created. All the sins are back in their quest to create the philosopher's stone, plus a few new homunculus to help.

12. Book Doings

A/N: hello again. Thank you to all to reviewed. I always love reading what you write. Thank you, Ari Gatekeeper, for your awesome review. I'm so glad that you like the story so much. I agree with the pillow line, too. That's my favorite from the chapter as well. Now, here's the next chapter, I hope that you all enjoy this chapter as well.

Chapter 12: Book Doings

Malice glanced sideways at the book, weighted open, on the table next to her. It was open to the first page in a chapter on the philosopher's stone. When Sadism had handed her the book, it had been old, yes, but not in bad condition. She had immediately set forth to fix this. She had spent her days switching between watching the computer screen and thumbing through pages until she rarely encountered one that was straight. She had bent back the cover in important places, dripped coffee wax and, occasionally, ink onto the pages. She had made asterisks, notes and underlines in carefully calculated places. She was now weighting the book open on each page in this particular chapter and on various others. She had paid special attention to the page it was open to now. The book now appeared like an aged, worn and frequently read piece of someone's personal collection. Perfect. Deeming her work satisfactory, Malice removed the weights and flipped the pages to the inside, front cover. She got out a bottle of ink, personally designed to look faded and old, and used to write Property of Doctor Marco. Now…to see if Lust had successfully accomplished her goal.

Three months ago, at Malice's request, Lust had started work at the military library. Or, rather, Susan Mikelson, a twenty three year old with a, forged, colledge degree in literature, had started work there. The woman had soon befriended the studious, frequently visiting Farold Swanlan. She was often fetching and recommending various books for and to the knowledge hungry alchemist. Obviously, he had benefited from her knowledge of the library and had come to grudgingly, somewhat, trust her judgment. All according to Malice's plan. 'Now,' she thought, glancing at the book once more. 'time for the next move.' The strategist could only hope that Lust could continue to play her part convincingly.

A/N: I'm sorry. I know that this chapter is short and I will try to start writing longer ones. Please R&R, as usual, and I hope you enjoyed this latest chapter Sin: Minor and Major?.

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