Annael sigh, " His father was the one who hired them to kill her….I don't know.... if I will believe them or they just talking to shit so that Diane will be out of focus." Jake glances towards Diane who seems to be at loss. He calmly walks towards her direction and slaps her. Terry and Annael widened their eyes. Diane grabs her red cheeks and looks at Jake with disbelief. "If you want to stay like that for the rest of your life then so be it." Jake calmly said it. Diane glared at him and shouted, "You don't know how it felt to be a daughter of a prostitute! Fathered by an Archibishop!" Tears start to fell down from her eyes, " This feeling!" she patted her chest, "this feeling to be accepted! I can't even imagine…..how will…I" Jake just stared at her and thought, just pour your grievances, let it all out. Annael slowly approached Diane and lend her his chest, Diane slight lean his forehead on Annaell's chest. Annael looks up the ceiling and said, " It would be better if you can ask your father directly." Diane has a hopeful smile and nodded.
Jake, on the other hand, tilted his head. Terry saw his reaction and said, " Jake…Do you have anything to add." Everyone's eyes now focus on his direction. "It would be better if you do not ask this stupid question." Annael glared at him, "It would be better to ask him directly! So that this drama will be done in no time." Jake politely smile which made Terry and the others tremble. They saw this smile before. "Annael why do you think I asked you to kill those bastards" Annael pondered a bit and said, " because they are trying to kill us?" Jake nodded, " Not just that…Have you notices his tattoo on the dorsum of their hand?" Terry immediately approached the corpse and flip it, facing towards Annael's direction." Annael frown, " What about that?" Jake responded, " Have you heard about the Sicarius?" Annael just tilted his head but Terry was gasping. "Are you sure that they are one of them?" Terry verified and Jake nodded. "Sicarius is an organization of private mercenaries govern by who knows who, rumors has it that it is funded by the current Emperor or the Pope of the church of light, either way.... for the right price they can exterminate a clan and possible create trouble to any country…. My slayer guild might know some bits of pieces since our base class is specializing in scouting. My instructors always told us to stay away from them or if we meet them to make sure to kill them because that organization always seek vengeance aside from one of the top 10 underground organization." Terry's eyes were fearful when he explained it. Annael took a deep breath, "At least, what we can do now is to ask your father about this." Diane looks at the caring Annael and nodded.
Jake just is looking at them with disbelief, "Are fucking kidding me!? Don't you understand anything!?" Diane glared at him, "Watch your ton…." Jake interrupted and shouted, " Fuck off and fucking listen to me!" Jake took a deep breath, "Do you really think, that an ordinary person can just hire them?" Diane was about to say something when Jake interrupted, "Do you know what is the prerequisite of becoming a Cardinal?" Diane pondered a bit then her eyes became fearful, Jake saw her reaction, "Aside from the fact that one needs to be at least Elemental Gathering, Archbishop and lastly clean state…..Tell me Diane have you heard rumors or read written scriptures about what includes of being clean state? Let me tell you:
1. Should have already experience a worldly satisfactory and humane connection. Basically, sexual intercourse.
2. One shouldn not bore any children due to the results of the above actions. If it resulted, one is disqualified to take the Cardinal position unless the children died within the span of their lives.
3. Lastly, one should bath for 12 hours in the tears of Maria. It is the spring located in Mount Saragus.
` "I don't care if you will ask him about your personal feeling but you need to think that you will endanger all of us. I hope, at least....before you act...think it over." Jake calmly say it, " We will wait for you guys above, at the entrance of this cavern. Diane was watching Jake and Terry walks towards the exit.
Diane POV
"What do you think?" Diane weakly ask. Annael smile, " you know… from the start of our quest... without Jake, we are already been dead and it seems that he knows more than what we knew or knows." Diane weakly smiles, " I know from the start that my father does not want me….I mean…my mother mysteriously disappears without a trace. It was not my father who found me, it was a slayer hired by someone within the congregation. I was given money to go to the city where my father is. I went to the church as per instruction and enrolled as an acolyte. That was the day I met him, he was nice first until I told him that he is my father and told him the name of the prostitute….He immediately sent me to the city's adventurer guild and…" Annael nodded, " that is the time that we meet. The money was good but we traveled for two months."
Diane stand up, " Do you have a knife?" Annael handed her knife. Diane twisted is hair which leveled her waistline and cut it which now leveled on her shoulder. Annael thought that female human or even pure elves values their hair that much based on his observation but tot cut it, he just smiled. " Let us go," Diane smile.
Jake's POV
"Do you think they will follow us." Terry asked why looking at the cavern's entrance. Jake just smile, "she had to….if she wants to save herself. This world is full of uncertainty, I don't want to die again or did I die?" Terry frowned, "Again?" Terry heard echoes of footsteps coming from the cavern, " It seems that Diane cuts her hair.?" Jake smile and murmured, "maybe for change?"
Guryu's POV
Guryu went back to his house and saw Kara is cooking dinner, "Kara… just place my share outside the door of my room, I will rest early." Kara nodded and Guryu went to his room. He approached the closet with chain and lock. He opens the lock and opens the closet and a silver hammer and heater shield with one small circle inside the giant circle, was found." Never thought…..I will use this again…."