A few non stop battles in a row with origin class wielders... The world must really hate me. It isn't completely baseless as well, some higher entity has been influencing the souls of origin class wielders directly, getting them to kill each other. However hearing from [The Sage] himself, it seemed that I had literally been deemed an enemy of the world for being able to stand in his way. Would Iyori have been killed if I wasn't there? Well, I should stop thinking about pointless stuff about that.
So far we have fought [The Witch], [The Sage] and the [Demon lord]. It seemed that Iyori had her own resistances so that confirms 4 defeated origin class wielders. We better go check if there were any promotions for me too, seeing Iyori suddenly awaken one had actually riled me up several days. No wonder I was so emotionally agitated during the fight with [The Sage].
We were just standing in the middle of the street contemplating what had exactly happened. A minute had passed before the silence was broken.
"Let's go reserve the Royal Church! I want to see if I somehow have a new class evolution ready!"
"You already had an extra one due to your 'sin' and 'authorities' or whatever right? What makes you so sure that another class up would just come raining down on you?" (Fez)
"Well, I wouldn't be surprised... Haha! " (James)
"He's right, Emily has done a lot of unbelievable things, even only in the few months I've been in this party." (Iyori)
Everyone knew even if there were only a few months, Iyori was the one who treasured the party the most considering her past. Was there still lingering past trauma? Maybe, well who knows. We can only go with the flow as everything was fine as is. No need to dig up unwanted pasts.
Using [control space], the scenery immediately changed. A large white marble building asserts its existence in our sight. The door was made of exquisite expensive materials which was just shiny wood. This was the only church that was well maintained in the whole kingdom considering its personal use for the king and the nobility. Well Fez was the successor of the King right now, being too young for politics, her father was the acting king.
Since Fez was here, there shouldn't be a problem even if we barged in. Though manners are also valuable, I reserved the church a day ago so there wasn't any particular problem. Sounds of arguing could be heard inside the church, are they discussing over the contents of some ancient literature? Well, that wasn't my problem to deal with, so I'll just suit myself and enter.
This church was more traditional than the one in the residential district that I used. There were 2 rows of long chairs on both sides of the red carpet in the middle of the church. The carpet lead from the door to the altar. Unlike the other churches, this one had shiny glass pane decorations. There were also some old banners on the walls, they were a deep shade of red. It looked as if they were brand new. Wait... Did they replace the old banner or redye it?
"Hahahah! Being able to worry over something as dumb as this feels good, it means that it's peaceful."
"I don't get what you're talking about but that last line means it's something good?" (Fez)
"Yep. As expected of my rival, you're able to accurately guess my thoughts... Well almost."
Turning around from our small talk, I continued to walk to the front. The source of the noise wasn't between 2 priests, but it was between a priest and a noble.
" What do you mean this place has been reserved?! Why the hell would the strongest person in the kingdom reserve the church after she already had her class-up?!" (Noble F)
"Like I said! We don't inquire on her reasoning! We only serve when needed." (Priest)
" s'cuse me. Could you get out of the way? "
"Wha-! Alright, but allow me to watch the purpose of your visit. " (Noble F)
Well, the only way to see if my visit was pointless was the check out the altar. Giving a signal, the priest inserted the ancient coins into the altar. I place my hand on the altar and await a response.
"..."
"Hahaha?!?!! She talked all high and mighty and nothing happened!" (Noble F)
No-..... Nothing happened. Taking it as a cue, Fez and Iyori stepped up. Placing her palm on the altar, a mint coloured opaque dome swallowed the church before dissipating, giving a healing effect on the soul and body. For Fez it was a purple dome that made the everyone drowsy. Our party was able to withstand it with our resistance and the priest could cast high level abnormal status clearing spells, so Noble F was the only that fell asleep.
The results of our visit: Me and James - nothing. Fez - [The Witch]. Iyori - [ManKind]. Even though I was next to the exit facing the door, I could feel their pitying gazes on my skin. Did they seriously think I was... Sad? Well I am definitely jealous, but something like this couldn't get me down.
"Come on guys, Let's got to another cafe and have a bite."
"Ah!" (James) Immediately wrapping her palms around James's mouth was Fez. Was this some kind of play where a third party watches? Well whatever. Turning back round, I proceeded to turn the doorknob when I noticed something strange. There was a warm transparent liquid on the back of my palm and right above the knuckles. Huh? Guess I was sad after all. But this is nothing in the face of my will. Wiping my face clean, I gave my party members a bright smile before teleporting us with [control space].
" Stop thinking about troublesome stuff, Let's just eat something. I haven't relaxed after that battle" , it probably lasted in an instant since I casted [death] and reversed it on the time axis.
"Alright, alright. We'll stop worrying." (Fez)
"But if you need help, don't hesitate! You've always been helping us, so we want to return the favour. Well , I want to return the favour!" (Iyori)
"What so you have to worry about? You're the strongest!" (James)
"Uh! Uhm!" Ah, that's right. James missed the character development arc. Entering the cafe, we quickly picked our seats and got ready to order. Fez and Iyori ordered small cakes, James went with a drink, I had the biggest portion of a stack of pancakes. Syrup and butter was spilled over the top giving an alluring atmosphere.
I dug my fork and knife into the fluffy goodness, picked it up and put it in. "Mhmm!!" It was as if my worries were melted away permanently. Afterall even if I don't have an origin class I'll find a way.