Greed Chapter 4: Wits
("I will pledge my life to Emilia-sama. I won't fail.")
("I know you won't, Reinhard. I know you won't.")
Subaru was at a pause when he heard these two sentences were brought up into his mind as these memories were oddly set in the Watergate city of Pristella.
'Why was...?'
"If you come quietly, there won't be a need for anybody to get hurt." Reinhard said as he slowly approached Subaru. Beatrice was the first to get in front of Subaru as she prepared for a fight along with Otto and Emilia.
Beatrice was overwhelmed by the Sword Saint's presence but she was still ready to protect her contractor.
Emilia and Otto were indeed happy to see a friendly face...but the way he was acting made them very cautious as well as not wanting anything bad happen to their Natsuki Subaru.
He shook his head to get his mind back into focus on the problem at hand, Reinhard van Astrea.
'What the hell do I do now? We can't fight against Reinhard himself!'
Subaru knew that a fight would not only be extremely pointless but also result in all of their deaths.
Especially with the way Reinhard looks, broken. As he began to think on how he could try to convince Reinhard to stay out of this, Emilia asked in a kind manner:
"Why are you?"
"I'm only here for Natsuki Subaru. I don't wish to harm any of you."
"And what if I don't want to go with you?"
"..."
Reinhard was silent as he was given a task by Subaru to bring this Natsuki Subaru and just him alone.
("Bring him alone. By force if you have to.")
This prompted him to pull out a sword as he wanted to make it clear that he will fight them if they don't comply peacefully.
"N-Natsuki-san, what do we do?" Otto whispered to Subaru, wondering what his friend could have planned for this. Subaru was silent for a few seconds as he needed some time to think about the situation he was in.
'The other me must be desperate if he went on ahead to send Rein here to get me.'
He looked at Reinhard for a moment before looking at Beatrice and Emilia, both doing their best to be protective over him.
This made him think of the situation once again, knowing that any kind of attack would instantly fail.
This made him think back on the previous loop.
Thinking of the previous loop prompted him to turn towards his best friend to tell him:
"Follow the path, I'll keep them distracted."
"But Natsuki-san—"
"Trust me on this, Otto."
The merchant was hesitant by what his friend was planning since he had a feeling it would be something reckless...but considering the opponent they are going to deal with...
"Okay, Rein." Subaru said, out of options at this moment. "I'll go quietly with you...on one condition."
"And what might that be?" Reinhard asked as he lowered his guard. Subaru let go of Beatrice's hand as he approached the Sword Saint.
"Subaru, wait—"
"Leave them be."
"I...wasn't planning on harming anyone."
"I want to make sure. The Reinhard I know wouldn't have drawn a sword, even to make a point." Subaru said as he wanted to access this world's Natsuki Subaru's memories. He wants to know why Reinhard is with the Emilia camp. Even if it meant abusing his sense of pride and chivalry to do it.
"Okay."
"Wait, Subaru!" Emilia shouted, not wanting her knight to leave her, worried for his sake. Subaru turned towards Emilia, noticing her being worried.
"Don't worry, Emilia-tan. I'll be okay. Trust me." He gave a thumbs up, wanting to comfort her before Reinhard grabbed him and quickly jumped high enough to cover the distance from where they were all the way towards the mansion in a single bound.
"Subaru!" Emilia and Beatrice both shouted as they started to head towards the direction the Sword Saint had gone off to.
As the two girls were running into the forest, Otto stood still for a moment as he knew that his best friend was counting on them to rescue him.
'Natsuki-san, just hang in there. We will come and rescue you.'
As he thought this, he quickly turned towards one of the insects nearby.
This prompted him to kneeled to ask the bugs if they can assist him and the two girls in following the Sword Saint safely.
The insect moved swiftly passed Emilia and Beatrice, prompting Otto to follow the bug while telling the two girls:
"Follow me, I'll get us to Natsuki-san safely."
As he said this, he quickly continued to run with Emilia and Beatrice following behind.
As Reinhard had leaped all the way towards the mansion with just one long ass jump, he set Subaru down once they arrived.
"...just how long can you jump?!"
"Pretty far." Reinhard responded. Subaru was amazed at this, then annoyed since, well, what can the Sword Saint not do?
He looked at his surroundings and managed to spot Ram hiding on one tree while Garfiel was hiding in another tree, causing him to roll his eyes at the overkill of the situation at hand.
'Seems like the other me isn't taking any chances.'
He looked forward as he and Reinhard noticed Natsuki Subaru approaching them with Roswaal L Mathers by his side.
This caused Subaru to have a more serious facial expression, knowing that this is not good for him.
"So...you brought Roswaal into this."
"My Myyy, there are two Subaru-kuns in the saaaame area. Are you perhaps a wiiiitch's cult member by any chance?" Roswaal questioned, viewing this as a possibility as to why there are two of them.
"Okay, cut the crap, Ros-chi. We both know that you would've known if I'm a witch cult in disguise or not."
"Quiiiite the attitude this one has."
Subaru looked determined before noticing a wand touching his neck, making him aware that Ram was right next to him.
"You will respect Roswaal-sama if you wish to live."
Subaru remained calm as he knew that he had hit a nerve with Ram.
As he was not fazed by any of this, Natsuki Subaru looked at his counterpart, having some memories of when he would act out like that.
It was painful to recall this since it was prior to the numerous deaths at the Sanctuary.
"You did good, Reinhard." He said as he turned his attention back to Subaru.
"What did you want me here for?"
"Garfiel, you wanted to punch me ever since the Sanctuary. Knock him out."
"Tsk. Don't tell me what t'do!"
Garfiel aggressively approached Subaru, prompting the boy to be annoyed at the situation he was in.
"I'm gonna enjoy th's."
"Oh really?"
Subaru waited for until Garfiel was in rage before pulling out a whip, preparing to defend himself against the angry demi human boy.
Natsuki Subaru noticed this and was a bit...intrigued.
"A whip? That's a unique way to fight back."
'It's...'
Something he would've never expected to use. Since Return By Death can't help in training the body to be in peak form to say, wield a sword and use weapons, in contrase a whip is something that was doable to learn since it just required knowledge of proper handling.
"Tell me, what are you thinking a whip will do to Garfiel?"
"Something is better than nothing."
Subaru wanted to use Invisible Providence since it would actually do something and surprise his opponent...but revealing something like that would only give his counterpart even more information on him.
Right before a fight could break, Reinhard stepped in between the two.
"Shouldn't I interrogate him, Subaru-sama?"
"..." Natsuki Subaru as well as Garfiel Tinsel were surprised by this, not expecting Reinhard to just interrupt what was going on.
"Mind if I ask why?" Natsuki Subaru questioned, curious what brought the Sword Saint to interrupt.
Reinhard was silent, not wishing to go against the one who gave him a purpose after he lost his original one.
He lowered his head while responding with:
"I can tell with my divine protection of wind reading to tell if he's lying. I can also use the divine protection of empathy to see if his mind isn't delusional."
Roswaal, Garfiel, and Ram all turned towards Natsuki Subaru, wanting to know what he'll say to this. Natsuki Subaru was silent as he didn't like this at all.
"Do you believe the Sword Saint would betray you?"
'No, but there's something going on. What did the other me tell him or do to ensure he stepped away from Felt?'
With that in mind, he responded to what the Sword Saint had said:
"Okay, take him to my quarters. I'll meet you there." As he finished saying this, he turned towards Roswaal. "I need to speak with you in private."
Roswaal looked at Natsuki Subaru's eyes to see that something's on his mind.
This prompted the Margrave to give his partner in crime a nod before turning towards Ram and nodding towards her, indicating that he's allowing this.
Ram lowered her guard as she bowed at him.
Subaru took note of this and knew that there's more to what happened in this world than he knows as in his timeline Ram was not this diehard loyal to Roswaal.
Reinhard taps him in the shoulder while telling him,
"Follow me."
Subaru nodded and began to follow the Sword Saint into the mansion. While he did this, Garfiel began to shout:
"What th'hell?! Yer just gonna allow another fuckin' asshole t'enter th'mansion."
"If that's what Roswaal-sama allows, then it is allowed."
"Come on Ram, ya know we can't trust 'em!"
"Garf, please listen to Roswaal-sama. He knows what he's doing."
"Grrrr!"
Garfiel goes to destroy a tree nearby, wanting to let his anger out.
Natsuki Subaru did felt guilty that he hasn't made much progress in calming this anger in the demi human boy...unfortunately it won't be on this loop.
As he and Roswaal were walking away from Ram and Garfiel, Roswaal turned towards Subaru's direction.
"Why exaaaactly did you wanted to speak alone, Subaru-kuuun?"
"...I believe the other Natsuki Subaru you saw can also...you know..."
"Is that so?" Roswaal said with a curious tone. "Thaaaat can pose quite the prooooblem."
"That is under the assumption that he can do something about it."
'What are you on about?' Natsuki Subaru questioned Echidna, wondering where she's going with this.
"This is just my speculation but he could've used Return by death the moment the Sword Saint had captured him as well as currently but it seemed like he wanted to stay alive."
'That may be true...'
"The only thing preventing this is perhaps he wishes to get more information from the Sword Saint."
Natsuki Subaru paused himself when hearing this, starting to think that perhaps having those two alone might be a bad idea.
"Is sooomething the matter?"
"...I want you to do me a favor, Roswaal. Have Garfiel, Ram, and yourself guard the mansion. I want nobody in or out."
"That should be a siiiimple task. Is theeere a particular reason for this?"
"There'll be some familiar looking faces. I want you to keep them alive but get information out of them."
"Understood."
Roswaal nodded as he watched his partner in crime return to the mansion to continue his chat with the other Natsuki Subaru.
Once his partner in crime had gone inside, Roswaal crossed his arms as he thought back onto what the gospel of his had informed him.
'Thiiiis problem won't be solved in thiiiis life, nooot while he can gather infooooormation.'
Once entering the Natsuki Subaru of this world's quarters, Subaru could instantly tell that something's wrong here.
'This place...it just resonates death itself.'
As he was thinking this, he thought back to the memories he currently has access to regarding this version of him.
From what he can tell, this counterpart seems to be able to throw his life away in order to achieve the 'perfect' route.
'There's only one thing that could've caused something like that to happen...'
The contract with a certain witch. That's the only reason Natsuki Subaru would just use his life to gather intel in order to get the 'right' loop.
Before he could even think more on this, he turned towards Reinhard to see that he was on edge.
"Is something wrong, Rein?"
"...tell me, who are you?" Reinhard said this in a calm manner...though he had his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"I'm still Natsuki Subaru, just not the one you call 'Subaru-sama'."
"..."
Reinhard was taken aback that his divine protections were telling him that this Natsuki Subaru was indeed telling the truth.
"Then indulge me with this question, why are you here?"
"Well, I'm here to save myself from whatever mistakes this me had made and is continuing to make." Subaru paused as he realized this was his chance to get some information from this version of Reinhard van Astrea. "Tell me, why are you here? Shouldn't you be with Felt?"
"..."
("I will pledge my life to Emilia-sama. I won't fail.")
("I know you won't, Reinhard. I know you won't.")
These two sentences from before played on the boy's mind once again, prompting him to think carefully as he saw Reinhard's normal expression slightly change into a depressed one.
This started to cause the boy to think critically here.
'He pledged loyalty to Emilia even though his loyalty would be 100% towards Felt...and right now he's feeling depressed by the mention of her name. Considering this me is someone that strives for perfection, I doubt he would let Felt get killed or anything like that. So, what happened exactly?'
As he was thinking this, a memory suddenly appeared which instigated a headache to also follow suit.
("What the hell do you know?")
("Many things. I know many things. In fact, not just about Rom-ji, but I know far more about you than you do yourself...Though I kinda feel like a stalker saying it like that.")
"..." Subaru was left with nothing but emptiness when he saw these memories. Although not a lot, he can easily tell from here what had happened. "She ran away, didn't she?"
"...we are not here to discuss about Felt-sama."
"...do you know why she left?"
"Natsuki Subaru, please stop. I don't wish to talk about such matters as they are not relevant to this discussion."
"Then what is relevant, Rein."
"Don't call me that either. For all we know, you could be—"
"An imposter? A fake who can bypass your divine protections? Yeah, no. I'm not that good but what I am good at is being myself. Being Natsuki Subaru, Emilia-tan's faithful knight."
Reinhard once again used his two divine protections to see if the boy was speaking the truth...to his surprise once again, he was.
This made him even more curious as to why there is another Natsuki Subaru in this world.
He continued to hold the hilt of the Dragon Sword Reid while questioning Subaru once again.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here...to help this world's Natsuki Subaru. But the more I learn about him...the more I just want to punch his face."
As he said this, he thinks back on the first two versions of him, The Sin Archbishop of Pride and The Purge King.
Those two did suffer as one had nobody to save him from the deadlock that was the Bowel Hunter and the other was suffering PTSD from being accused of a murder he never committed.
It's not like he doesn't understand why they as well as this Natsuki Subaru made their actions that they did but he just doesn't agree with them.
He can't agree with their terrible actions, hurting others while thinking that it's justified.
"Let me ask you something, do you miss her?"
"..."
"Because I know how close you two are. After all, you are still her knight in my world."
Reinhard suddenly appeared right in front of Subaru, not happy with that comment as he didn't want this conversation.
"Would you repeat that?"
"...I know she left you in the events of Pristella...but in my world, she's still with you."
"..."
Reinhard didn't want to believe this but he knew that this boy, this version of Natsuki Subaru was telling the truth thanks to his divine protection.
This made him think back on everything, trying to puzzle then why would Felt leave him if an alternative version of events she didn't.
Before he knew it, there was only one answer to this.
"Natsuki Subaru."
He was unhappy with that conclusion but if he wanted answers, he would need to confront his world's Subaru.
Though he was curious if the one in front of him currently knew the reason for Felt abandoning him.
"Do you know why?"
"..." Subaru was silent at first, knowing that lying will just get him killed here...though he wasn't one hundred percent sure what exactly his counterpart had said. "All I know from these memories is that he knew something about her, something you weren't aware of. At least that's what I can tell from the little information I have."
"...Understood."
As Reinhard prepared to leave, Subaru knew that this was his chance to ask something.
"Wait, do you know where Beako's located?"
"Beako?...Oh, you are referring to Beatrice-sama. She's still around in the library, but I wouldn't recommend speaking with her. She hasn't left her corner for over a year."
"I-I understand. But could you still take me to her. Please."
Reinhard paused for a moment, seeing that this Subaru is worried for Beatrice's sake. He looked to the side for a moment before opening the door leading into the hallway.
"Follow me."
Subaru nodded and followed Reinhard into the hallway and started to make their way down the hall but within a minute of walking, Natsuki Subaru spotted them.
"Reinhard, what are you doing?!"
"..."
Both Subaru and Reinhard paused as they turned around to see Natsuki Subaru standing all the way from the end of the hallway, looking unhappy at this sight.
"Subaru..." Reinhard said before turning to the Natsuki Subaru of a different world. "Two doors to the right will be Beatrice-sama's room. Be careful, she does have a 'disliking' towards you."
"I understand."
Subaru started to run towards Beatrice's room all the while Natsuki Subaru started to approach the Sword Saint.
"What are you doing? I thought I told you to have my counterpart in my quarters until I arrive?"
"..."
"Please answer my question." Natsuki Subaru asked, not wanting to be hostile with the Sword Saint. Reinhard remained silent for a minute as the atmosphere started to grow wary, something Echidna immediately picked up.
"Perhaps your counterpart mentioned something to have the Sword Saint's anger grow."
'I'm aware of that, Echidna. I just need to figure out what—'
"What did you tell Felt-sama?"
'Shit.'
Natsuki Subaru knew exactly what was going to happen now, having experienced death at the hands of the master swordsman many times when attempting to achieve the goal of getting Felt out of the royal selection.
Seeing Reinhard acting this way had made him wary about something.
'Why the hell would the other me have said...is it possible that Felt never had left Reinhard in that version's world...no, this is as if he knew that...'
"What? Did the other me tell you this?"
"You are avoiding the question, Natsuki Subaru-sama. Now, answer the question."
"...No."
"No?"
Reinhard was a bit taken aback from that kind of response, not expecting to just get a flat out no.
"And why not?"
Before he answered the Sword Saint's question, he turned towards the door right next to them, seeing that he's got a way out of this for now.
"Because, you just gave me some information on my counterpart without having to tell me." He quickly closed in on the door right next to them before opening it.
"Subaru!"
"Hey Emilia, good to see you. Mind giving me a hand on something?"
Emilia jumped up when she heard this, happy that she could help her Subaru. As she stepped outside, Natsuki Subaru looked at Reinhard with a serious expression.
"I don't want to have a problem with you, Rein. But please, just answer my question. What did he say?"
"..."
Reinhard remained silent as he refused to speak on this, seeing that there's indeed some guilt within Subaru when the entire Felt situation was brought up a few seconds ago. He closed his eyes as the aura around him was starting to increase.
"Natsuki Subaru, I won't forgive you for having done something to Felt-sama."
"Are you...planning to hurt my Subaru?" Emilia questioned as the temperature in the hallway dropped rapidly.
"Emilia-sama, I don't wish to fight you...but Natsuki Subaru must pay for forcing a royal candidate, no, my Felt-sama, out of the race."
Before anything else could be said, an explosion had occurred with Emilia starting the fight by destroying the rooftop of the mansion with her magic.
Had Subaru stayed there for a second longer before attempting to go to the stairs, that would've surely killed him.
'That was close.'
"You surprised me, Subaru. I never expected you to use that half-devil bitch as a tool against the Sword Saint."
'Refrain from speaking in such ways about Emilia-tan, Echidna...but yes, I had to this time. I need more information on this version of me.'
"Well then, perhaps the others that arrived with him would be better to question then."
As Echidna mentioned this, he could hear in the first floor outside that something's up.
This made him realize that he still has a chance to learn more on this Natsuki Subaru he now views as an enemy.
Prior to Emilia and Reinhard's fight starting, Subaru entered the room Beatrice was held in.
'I have to talk to Beako.'
Once inside the room, he noticed how inferior it was to the forbidden library...though one could also say it is trying to copy the ascetics of the forbidden library.
'If Beako's library felt like a prison, this is probably worse.'
As the boy was thinking this, he looked around for a bit until finally he spotted the Beatrice of this world.
"Beako..."
Subaru wanted to approach Beatrice, give her a hug as he could see that she was completely broken and yet...he could feel the danger of doing such an act.
"...Beako...?"
"..."
Beatrice remained silent as she basically ignored the boy, prompting Subaru to slowly walk towards the Great Spirit's position.
While slowly approaching Beatrice, he had one sentence memory in relation to Beatrice.
("You should've left me, in fact!")
Subaru stopped on his tracks as he was stunned by the way Beatrice looked in that memory, completely broken and filled with rage.
That caused him to remember the loop where she had asked him to be the one...
("Therefore, kill Betty by your own hand. Suicide is the same as violating the pact. Is it something a spirit absolutely cannot do, I suppose. I cannot even choose to die by myself.")
'She's worse than when she was when asking me that.'
"B-Beako...?"
"..."
No response came from the little girl in the corner as she continued to be on the ground, hugging her legs while looking dead inside.
'What the hell was he thinking?!'
He knew that getting Beatrice out was a priority no matter what...but by force? Of course Beatrice wouldn't react to something like that in a positive way.
This makes him glad that he was able to get his contracted spirit out in the best way possible, by saving the little girl's heart.
'I know the only person who can save you, Beatrice.'
As he thought this, he felt a sudden violent shock, making him alert that a battle was taking place. This prompted him to get up as he knew that he needed to get out of here.
'I need to get to Rem...but I can't just leave Beako here either.'
Subaru turned back towards the broken Beatrice before approaching her, understanding Reinhard's warning now.
"Beako, something bad is about to happen so we need to go."
"..."
"Come on—"
"Let me go!"
Without warning, Beatrice started to scratch Subaru as he attempted to pick her up, managing to do some damage to the boy's neck as well as his right arm.
"Shit! That hurts!" Subaru said this as he let go of the angry loli spirit.
"..." She remained silent as she returned to her position on the ground, not wishing to be moved or bothered...more or less wishing to rot there until she eventually dies, eventually.
As Subaru saw this, he looked at the door while thinking of Otto, Emilia, and his Beatrice, knowing that they would eventually arrive at the mansion.
'Knowing the other me, they will be walking into a trap. Lucky for me, I know Otto will figure that out real quick. But I still need to get Rem and this Beako out of here.'
Subaru once again attempted to grab Beatrice, prompting her to once again go and try to free herself from him.
"Let me go!"
"No, damn it! I'm getting you out of here!" Subaru shouted back, wanting to be strict with this Beatrice only for her to keep scratching his arms aggressively.
'Fuck! This stings, but I can't let her go now.'
"I'm not letting go, not until you are safe."
"Leave me alone, IN FACT!"
As she shouted with anger, she continued to struggle, wanting to free herself from the person she most hates.
"Let go! Let go!"
"Sorry but I can't let any Beako from any world get hurt."
"I don't care, I suppose! Let me GO!"
Beatrice managed to free one of her hands in order to use magic to violently push Subaru away, sending him flying into one of the shelves.
"Why won't you leave me the hell alone, in fact?!"
As Beatrice shouted this, her anger had boiled more than usual as she slowly approached Subaru, giving off the most dangerous expression the boy had ever seen.
He slowly got up as he began to respond to the little girl's angry question:
"Because you are important to me. After all, I'm contracted with the Great Spirit of the Forbidden library, Beatrice."
Beatrice took a pause from this, a bit dumbfounded on what she heard.
"...what are you talking about?"
"I'm unsure if you can tell but I do have a contract with the guardian of the forbidden library, the great Beatrice."
"..."
Beatrice had a blank expression, her anger consumed away by confusion at first before sensing something.
She approached Subaru in order to confirm whatever the hell the boy was saying to her.
Once within range, she set her hand on Subaru as she tried to see if the boy's nonsense was indeed true.
With only a few seconds, she sensed that this Natsuki Subaru was in a contract with a powerful spirit.
Although this doesn't confirm his nonsense, it pisses her off that she is still alone.
This anger prompted her to once again have a strong wind-like attack push the boy into another book shelf.
"Why...? Why?!"
Beatrice shouted this in pure anger, having this build up the second she felt the contract she had with mother be broken by this boy, who refused to say that he was 'that person' for her.
"Why do you get someone, I suppose...while I'm left alone! Why does a selfish, stupid, pathetic human like yourself have a contract with a spirit while 'that person' refuses to show up?! WHY?!"
The entire room was violently shaking with Beatrice's overwhelming anger being on full display for Subaru to see.
'...I never thought I would see her this angry...'
Subaru got back up and stood standing tall as he looked at the angry loli spirit, looking as if she's going to kill him.
Before Subaru could say something more, a part of the wall exploded, revealing the outside of the mansion.
Beatrice turned away from the light as she refused to see the outside while Subaru was worried that something bad was happening outside.
"Beako, I know you hate me but I'm going to tell you something that you won't believe but it's the truth." Subaru paused for a second as he slowly approached the loli spirit, prompting her to be even more on guard. "I'm Natsuki Subaru from another world, I do have a contract with a different version of you but not because I'm 'that person' but because I reached her despite how deep that broken heart of hers was. I know that you are also broken, trying to wait for some person you don't even know—no, for having lost a contract with your mother, with Echidna, the Witch of Greed."
"..." Beatrice remained silent as her anger was boiling, hating that Subaru knows this, or thinks that he knows her.
"I know that deep down inside, you still want someone to care for you just as you care for others."
"...what the hell do you know about me?!" Beatrice questioned, not liking what she's being told.
("Y-You think...you can just reject how I feel? What do you know about me?!")
This interaction felt all too familiar to him, bringing some nice memories.
'I want to save you. I don't want you to be alone.'
Subaru looked confident while also moving his hand towards her.
"I know a lot about you. If you give me the chance, I can introduce you to the Beako I made the contract with."
"..."
Beatrice didn't want to leave, if anything she just wants to die but considering that the mansion is being attacked, it might be her chance to receive this wish.
As she finally lowered her guard, the two turned towards the door to the now slightly destroyed room.
Subaru was on guard at first, not exactly knowing who it could be.
The first person he thought was his counterpart considering that he probably saw him enter this room.
The other thought would be Garfiel since he's probably around, looking for him.
Regardless of which, it would be an issue for him...though his guard would instantly lower as well as having a smile when he saw that it's Otto Suwen that opened the door.
He looked around with a worried expression as well as looking slightly beaten up.
Eventually the merchant spotted him, having his worries slightly go away.
"Natsuki-san!"
"Otto! Good to see you are okay."
"No time! We need to leave, now!"
Author's Note:
Hopefully you all are enjoying Greed if, I wanted to mention two things.
1. I have been planning since I posted chapter 10 of Aganau if that I might make a Q&A since I'm curious what you all want to ask. I'll either do a stream on (GreenWarrior291) or you all can PM. At the end of Greed if, I'll post the Q&A.
2. Once Greed if is done, Lust if and Gluttony if will be the next but before I do that, I will actually be rewriting some of Pride if and a little bit of Wrath if. I feel that I have improved my writing (with the credit of that going all to my friend, Cloud Link Zero) that I want to fix those first few rough chapters.
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