The Successor and the Sins [1/2]

"Welcome back, everyone," I said with a gigantic smile. 

As I hugged the hammer team, the anvil team felt left out and also threw themselves at me. While most would find their antics annoying, I welcomed it. 

Unfortunately, Zanele, who was also in the hut, couldn't help but comment. 

"They really were all alive. How odd." 

The moment she said such a thing, all my girls turned their heads toward her. I couldn't even see their faces, but the feeling surrounding the air was suffocating. Two of them were already Specters. 

Zanele, noticing her slip-up, quickly knelt and bowed to our group. Olamide, the only other person in the hut, also knelt beside her. 

"Please forgive me, my lord and ladies! I was just surprised; I am nothing but happy that all seven of the sins still accompany the Successor." 

Fearing that this might get out of hand, I called out to the girls in the gentlest voice I could muster.