Sun rose again like every other day, the sign of a peaceful day yet again, basking its light to a woman that's sleeping soundly on top of her hammock. The eyes of the woman start to twitch as the surrounding becomes bright, and it didn't take long for her to open her eyes.
"That dream again.…it's been 4 years now *sigh*" The woman sighs as she looks at the distant sunrise. She gets down from her hammock and walks to the lake not far, strips herself bare, and enter the lake while recalling the dream she got today.
It's a dream of that day. The day she wouldn't ever forget for the rest of her life, as it's the day where her whole life changes for the better. Running away from the Trelia Way, carving a path of blood by killing all of her enemies, and lastly, struggling to fight the pack of beasts with her life on the line.
She's sure that she will die that day. No matter how much beasts she cut, more will appear from their back, relentlessly attack her without any sign of stopping. It's also why, the light she saw on her time of despair and save her from countless beasts is the light she can't ever forget, for the rest of her life.
That day, God give her chances to live by sending Father Lichenmi to help her. The Holy light he used is still shining brightly deep inside her hearts, yet, sadness overflow Villia Lainiesta again when she remembers that her benefactor, Father Lichenmi had suddenly died and left her alone, a few days ago.
Villia sigh once again when she recalled it. Losing Father Lichenmi is like losing a father and at the same times, a teacher for her. He's someone that has help and supports her for the past 4 years, yet she hasn't done anything worthy to repay him.
Looking at her reflection, she can see that her once pale face has become vibrant, and her once skinny body has become a body befitting that of a lady. It's all thanks to Father Lichenmi, yet her face has started to become messy again because she has been indulging herself in sadness for these past few days.
Villia slaps her face as hard as she can as soon as she realizes she has become gloomy yet again. She has made a promise yesterday, not to be sad anymore, and keep moving forward at father Lichenmi grave yesterday! What's the point of burying him on the mountain if all he saw is how she's crying every single day? Isn't the point of burying him on the mountain, is for him to be able to see her fulfill his last wishes?
Villia gets up from the lake after she finishes sort her feelings out and washes her body. She grabbed the nearest towel as soon as she finished and as usual, skillfully wear the nun's habit that is used for prayer and comes in front of a small statue of a goddess who smiles gently at her to pray.
"I offer my prayers, to the Goddess of Light and Darkness, Lumina, protector of all races..." Villia is praying earnestly in front of Goddess Lumina like she always does on any other day.
Goddess of Light and Darkness — Lumina. She's one of the Goddess that almost got forgotten by the people of this world. She's the Goddess who once proclaims unity of all races and hard work for happiness, get abandoned by most of her followers who join the other god such as the God of Human — Imalios who speak of Human as the true creation of god while the other race is sin that has tainted the land, Goddess of Sorcery — Runesther who regard Magic as absolute in this world, Demon God — Falavis who speak of strength as the most supreme, and many other gods.
It's easy to see why Goddess Lumina got abandoned by all of her followers. After all said and done, there are after all a lot of differences between races. Human, Goblin, Elf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Orc, Ogre, Vampire, Were beast, Demon, and many other races. One may wish to unite all of them, but saying is easier than doing it.
Uniting all races in this world and more so working hard to get happiness? Why do people need such an idealist god? Won't other gods much preferable? For example, Imalios who make humans united while looking down on other races, or Runesther who care about races with potential for magic while ignoring all other useless races that can't use magic. No... saying she is ignoring races is too vague, as she ignores all people who can't use magic, no matter the races and value every people who can use magic.
Even so, the last follower of Goddess Lumina — Father Lichenmi, never gives up on his faith and always tried to spread her teaching to people. Although he always fails in preaching about the Goddess teaching, one can say that he's someone who never gives up. Yet, he's after all, a human. After he becomes old, fear of his life purpose disappears with him make him feel despair for once.
He wanders in the forest that day while asking the goddess who never reply to him, of what he should do. No reply comes to him as expected, yet Father Lichenmi can feel that the Goddess is near him, it's just that he's too weak to hear her words which make him even sadder than before. Before he suddenly feels disturbance inside of the forest.
That day, following the disturbances, he found a girl who's struggling to live while fighting against bunches of beasts. A ray of enlightenment come to him as he watches her struggle for life, he felt that it's his calling! He felt that the goddess he serves for his whole life, ask him, to save that girl!
Ordinary people will give up as soon as they see there is no more hope for them when they fight against the impossible, yet that girl! Not only did she not giving up, but her eyes are burning hotter than ever as it says 'I want to survive! No…it should say I'll survive!' with faith that she will win against these impossible odd!
Father Lichenmi who saw the little girl, feels stupid for a moment, as even a girl like her can face life head-on. So, why should he, who has lived for about 80 years feel despair just because he's going to die soon?
He saves that girl without hesitation that day and even takes care of her after knowing that she's an assassin. The more they travel together, the more he feels, she has becomes like a granddaughter to him.
That girl — Villia Lainiesta, is not a religious kind of people. She's a girl he saves and follows him wandering from one country to another. She's not that friendly to him at first, yet seeing how he never gives up no matter the circumstances, makes her approve of him, warm up to him and at last, decide to become a nun which makes him happy.
For an assassin like her, becoming a nun is an unbelievable thing. She's a sinner who didn't fit the image of religion at all, and that sin wouldn't disappear just by becoming a nun. In fact, she didn't ever consider of clearing her sin by becoming a nun, as her reason for becoming a nun isn't for seeking forgiveness or something cheap like that.
The main reason for her becoming a nun is because nun can't have that kind of relationship with a man! Which means her only reason to become a nun to protect her purity! Yes! It's to preserve her purity and definitely not because she fell in love with nun clothes, the moment she saw it! Yes, it's definitely not because of that!
Father Lichenmi is a man after all, and he's also a virgin! Not to mention he's picking up a cute girl like her on a whim! That's why Villia should be wary of him and use the identity of a nun to protect her purity! For the second times, it's definitely not because she like nun's habit, it's all to preserve her purity, yes…purity is important! After all, she lives in a world full of a lecherous man like the instructor in Trelia Way.
Villia and Father Lichenmi live with each other for the last 4 years, they travel around, learn about various cities, and learn about most of its circumstances. They want to find a place to build their church, yet they can't find any appropriate places to build one. Until Father Lichenmi died a few days ago with a smile on his faces.
He died happily, without any regret.
The religion, which he thought will end with him, has finally got passed down to his only disciple. It has been passed down from his grandfather to his father, eventually to him, and at last, he passed it down to the child he picks up on the forest.
He doesn't know what will happen to Lumina Church after he died, but he knows that she will do a better job than him!
Villia got up from her Morning Prayer and look at father Lichenmi journal again. It's written there, how he wishes to see a world where all races can co-exist with each other. And looking at the journal again, one can see there's 3 line of sentences with different handwriting, unlike the previous one.
"1st goal, get a place to build a church."
"2nd goal, spread the faith of Goddess Lumina."
"3rd goal, make a utopia where all races can live together peacefully!"
Villia who saw the goals she write got filled with energy once again, and close the journal before she shout.
"Ok! I'll work hard again today!"