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    <!--It had been twenty-four years since she?d last seen it, but the pla=
ce looked exactly the same, in a manner of speaking.=20
Of course, you wouldn?t expect paint not to flake, and shingles not to fall=
, if a place had been uninhabited for almost a quarter of a century ? but t=
he building still stood, erect and proud, on the top of the hill, and a lot=
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e compass, albeit at different levels.=20
Now, all she had to do was lay claim to it.=20
Her papers were in order, and she was the spitting image of many of the wom=
en in the portraits that hung along the walls of the Great Hall, deviated s=
eptum and all. But she didn?t even have to present them.=20
The members of the de facto Committee were surprised, but delighted, to see=
 her. Some of the old ones remembered her as a child.=20
They still told stories of the Ancient Line, but with all communications do=
wn and the telephone systems and the Internet just hazy memories, there was=
 no way they could contact her? save by a semblance of a Smoke Signal Morse=
 Code, First Nation Style, which they could only do whenever the air was no=
t dank and heavy with pollution?

As it happened, she returned of her own volition ? a tall, lean, 38-year-ol=
d with a gorgeous mane of chestnut hair? and large feet; an older version o=
f the 14-year-old who had fled with her family when the news that there wou=
ld be a coup d?=E9tat had reached them on the grapevine.=20
That is where the hillside exits had come in useful. The family and the sta=
ff had concerted the evacuation flight simultaneously from all four, also i=
ncluding the front door, to give a fighting chance to as many of them as po=
ssible.=20

As could have been expected, only those who had drawn the short straws, tha=
t is, the sacrificial lambs who had fled through the main entrance of the c=
ompound, had been murdered.=20

Later on, they had mustered at the house of an ally, who arranged for them =
to leave the country, one by one so as not to attract attention, as tinkers=
, tailors, soldiers, sailors? you get the picture.=20

But her sense of duty, and her yearning for what used to be, would not let =
her be.=20
No one knew who had planted the bomb that killed all the Members of the New=
 Government when they were in Session. The country was in a dire state beca=
use they had destroyed all mod. Cons., as the estate agents say, deeming it=
 ?of the devil?, and this included technology.=20
No one was ready, willing, and able to take their place ? so each village, =
town, city and hamlet had become stand-alone entities, scratching a living =
from the land and trying to salvage what they could of the Pre-Coup existen=
ce.=20

News from the home-town had been sporadic. But a lone traveller had describ=
ed a place such as ?hers?, and that had ignited her homesickness.=20
And now, she was back, the equivalent of a Monarch of All She Surveys!

People don?t realise that the smallest and best storage space is their brai=
n. But she knew that.=20
She had thought long and hard about whether she ought to be returning to he=
r roots and take possession of what was rightfully hers. She had learned sk=
ills that would come in useful if she had to lead her people ? foraging for=
 edible grasses, roots, and fruits, hunting with a slingshot, distilling wa=
ter, making soap, igniting fire? So, she could either remain where she was,=
 or journey back to her homestead.=20
She knew that there would be persons who knew all these things, but she had=
 the nous to co-ordinate things, and rooms that could be used to manufactur=
e and storage, more efficiently.=20
She swished her cloak with a flourish worthy of Batman, pushed aside the cu=
rtain of cobwebs, saying ?Sorry!? to the spiders that scurried away. She pu=
t the key in the lock, remembering to turn it anti-clockwise (the Matriarch=
s of the family had been left-handed for generations, and it was easier for=
 them that way).=20
She ran in and out of the rooms she remembered, exclaiming at the details s=
he recalled ? the mural in the dining room; the piles of books in the salon=
 She was lithe and nimble, despite the tiring journey.=20
Her entourage and the townsfolk remained outside. They knew that unless she=
 invited them in, it was bad form to follow her, until she finished her tou=
r.=20

She pirouetted in the middle of the dancehall, and then made a beeline to t=
he library ? the walls were lined with shelves groaning under the weight of=
 thousands of books.=20
There, in the corner, was the big jade armchair where she used to cuddle up=
 with granny, to hear her read from books about dinosaurs and technology, h=
er two favourite topics.=20
Later on, she would spend hours there, lost in a world of her own, writing =
science fiction stories that her Tutor encouraged her to publish. ?Not now!=
? she?d say? and then came The Overthrow? and her book never came to be. =
=20

She looked forward to a life where she could trade her skills, and not just=
 be the equiavlent of the Lady of the Manor.=20
She would cure people and fix the still so that she could distil the water =
for all the village.=20
It was a sure sign of respect that the townsfolk had not entered the house =
in her absence. Nothing had been ?borrowed?. It was as if the mansion was i=
n a state of suspended animation, waiting for the click of her key in the l=
ock, for everything to fall into place again.=20
She realised that The Force had been at work; the rest of the insurgents ha=
d not dared enter the compound because the first eight of them who tried ha=
d died as soon as they stepped on the front lawn. The Force sensed evil, an=
d destroyed it instantly.=20

She knew that the townspeople, and the Five Trusted Persons who had returne=
d with her, would clean the house, fix the roof, clear the garden, and till=
 the fields in no time, now that she was back and could give them permissio=
n to do so.=20
She would barter, as The Family had always done ? to charge people for her =
services, especially in the conditions obtaining, would be profiteering; ev=
eryone would be able to have enough food and water for their needs.=20
In the short time since her arrival, she had not noticed any children. Late=
r, she would ask whether the women had become infertile, or whether they we=
re afraid to procreate because of the present circumstances

Her people would be able to read the books, and use the kitchens, the looms=
, and the soap-vats. In return, they would cook for her, do her laundry, an=
d keep the house clean.=20
It was only a matter of time before the town rose to the glory of yore.=20
Later, the Committee would tell her that even after all those years, there =
were devastated areas that somehow still smelled of acrid smoke.=20
However, she was Home - and that was all that mattered.--->=20
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  <!--It had been twenty-four years since she?d last seen it, but the place=
 looked exactly the same.=20
The place of her first death, and the start of her second life.=20
You sure like reminiscing, the voice in her head mused.=20
Humans are sentimental beings, she replied silently, gazing out upon the gl=
assy river surface.=20
She had drowned herself to death as Park Seohee, and had awakened as Mammon=
?s apostle with the given name of Avaritia. It really had been a drastic ch=
ange. Now, she was the closest thing to a demon a human could get.=20
An embodiment of greed. A messenger.=20
Even in your human life you had been incomparably greedy. Mammon snickered.=
 Even if the whole Contest didn?t exist, I would?ve given you my Blessing.=
=20
That?s nice to know. Avaritia hummed.=20
The Contest among the Seven Deadly Sins, and the demon embodiments of said =
sinners. All of them had challenged each other to find their human counterp=
arts, apprentices, that would carry out their sins in their name. Within a =
hundred years, the amount of sinners blessed by each apprentice would be ta=
llied, and the Winner would be given the Throne of Sin.=20
As Mammon?s apprentice-apostle, Avaritia had been tasked with bringing out =
greed in people she crossed paths with.=20
Wealthy CEOs, commoners, even the elderly - Avaritia had learned the hard w=
ay that no one could escape Mammon?s grasp.=20
Avaritia had drowned in order to escape her family background.=20
It had been a long time since she remembered her past as a low-class common=
er in the city of South Korea. From a young age, pudgy Park Seohee had drea=
ms of glory and wealth, flightful fancies of more than what she had. More. =
At the age of twenty-two, when she had realized that she could never escape=
 the vicious cycle of poverty she had been born in, Park Seohee had suicide=
d in the Han River in hopes of reincarnating.=20
She had heard a voice, then.=20
After the water had enveloped her, Seohee heard someone speak.=20
Floating to the bottom of the river, with the sun just a distant, faraway o=
rb above the crystalline surface, she blinked.=20
What is greed to you?

She had replied on reflex, unbothered.=20
Park Seohee had been called greedy her entire life. She had stolen as a kid=
, begged, lied, cheated and even mugged people in order to finally get a jo=
b as a small office worker. She had never done anything unless something wa=
s in it for her. More, more, more.=20

To hell with morals.=20
If it was to reach the top, morals meant nothing. They were only worldly co=
nstraints. Family? Pah. She had sacrificed her drug-dealing parents to the =
cops for a pretty penny and an article in the newspaper.=20
She hadn?t been a good person, and she never wanted to be.=20
But she had never reached the top.=20
It was her short life?s one regret.=20
So the answer came easily.=20
Wanting more than what the world can give you.=20
She had confided in the voice before her death.=20
It disguises itself as ambition, sometimes. Knowing what you desire and bei=
ng able to sacrifice everything to fulfill it. Greed is wanting more than w=
hat you can have.=20
The voice had chuckled.=20
You are young, but I like you. At least, better than the other candidates. =
They?re much too righteous. But you? you know that you are greedy.=20

A pause.=20
Would you like to join my conquest, child?=20

I will help you fulfill your dream.=20

I, Mammon, shall bless you.=20
Seohee had blinked again. I?.will...be at the top?

Yes, child.=20
A green-skinned, clawed hand, as if tearing through a rip in space and time=
, had reached towards her. Will you join my conquest, and take upon the nam=
e of Avaritia?

Seohee?s eyes had glimmered. Unhesitatingly, she had reached for the hand.=
=20
With a blinding flash, she had started her new life.=20
Now, Avaritia sighed as she looked down at the Han River.=20
It?s my death anniversary. Her feet shuffled to the exact point at the brid=
ge where she had thrust herself in the water twenty four years ago. Setting=
 down a bouquet of white lilies at the foot of the railing, she crouched at=
 the distant Seoul scenery. The city was just as she had remembered in her =
forty six years of living. I should pay proper respect to the dead.=20
But you?re alive. They sounded amused.=20
Avaritia is, but Park Seohee isn?t. Matter-of-factly, she shrugged. I?ll ge=
t back to my duties sooner or later. After all, I reached my daily quota tw=
o hours ago. The old woman in the Czech Republic, remember? I dream-visited=
 her.=20
Mammon rolled their eyes. Alright, then. As you wish, my apprentice.=20
Avaritia - and all the Seven Apostles - had one duty, and that was to help =
sinners realize their sins. She would visit the dreams of those who had eve=
n a glimmer of greed lurking in their subconscious, and make them face thei=
r past sins. Only when someone admitted their guilt would they be ?freed,? =
in a sense. She visited at least five sinners per night. Avaritia visited t=
hose who committed the sin of greed, and the others would visit their own r=
espective sinners as well.=20

The existence of magic and demons hadn?t perturbed her, not even for a bit.=
 Being adaptive had been one of her more desirable traits in both lives; sh=
e had gotten used to being stuck in a twenty-year-old immortal body and bei=
ng summoned to different parts of the world through dreams.=20
Of course, there were Others.=20
The Others. She knew their names and masters.=20
Luxe, the stoic-faced playboy, of Lust.=20
Fierte, the arrogant CEO, of Pride.=20
Jalouisii, the fortune-teller fangirl, of Envy.=20
Mandise, the gourmet chef, of Gluttony.=20
Paresse, the billionaire inheritor, of Sloth.=20
Coletto, the hacker Netizen, of Wrath.=20
And, last of all, Avaritia, the commoner, of Greed.=20
She had crossed paths with each of the Apostles at least once, and she had =
a not-so great opinion about all of them. All of them were from different b=
ackgrounds and countries, with a diverse range of pasts. But all of them we=
re sinners in immortal bodies and eccentric personalities, which made it ha=
rd to strike up a partnership.=20

Besides, all of them were part of the Contest.=20
Avaritia was here to win.=20
And that was all that mattered.--->
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