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Chapter 2 - chapter 2: saints

I was angry with Alina today, I didn't mean to yell at her , I knew that she doesn't trust people, but today she acted weirdly, i understand she isn't ready , but she didn't have to be that aggressive, buried in my thoughts i hear someone clumsily sneaking in , I didn't have to think much to figure out it's my dumb sister , i hurried to find her, before she gets spotted, even if I'm a bit angry, I'm not going to let her get into troubles.

it didn't took me long to spot her, i hurried to her before she steps on a boys sleepy face , she got surprised , as i pushed her away from the boy, i put my hand at her mouth and dragged her away, once outside,bshe handed to me the book , she bought with her savings

"look!, this book is saying that the saint Athanasius is a actually a madman" ,she said "it is called 'the madman Athanasius' let's read it together"

looking at her face, makes me think she already forgot our dispute "yeah sure, but we need to sleep because tomorrow is our birthday and we have to go to Joel's house too, and i need to go fetch the cake from the bakery , besides, there is no lamp here !"

"going to joel's home ?" she said looking a bit confused

"well I'm going , depends if you want to join us"

Alina looked at her feet for a moment her big golden eyes looking like they missed something, those golden eyes are a trait that we share along with our blond hair ,i never met yet someone else with golden eyes yet, that what makes us special for now ,

"alright", she mumbled ,she looked at me straight in my eyes " I'm coming"

i was happy that Alina considered going with me, I was a little relieved that i don't have to celebrate it without her ,"go to sleep now sis, tomorrow is our big day !" she nodded then headed to her dorm room, 'the madman Athanasius' - this book - i thought about it, every children tale says he was a magician that focused his life on helping people with magic secretly, since magic is forbidden and it is seen as a sin , but Athanasius didn't learn it ,he was born with it, it is also said that he sacrificed himself to stop the monster from eating the people in chivona and Maria town , but then he was found dead some uncensored tales says he was dismembered , but many people argue about how the monster dealt with him, anyway the monster never came back, but the monster was given the name 'Athanasia' , a female name of Athanasius, i guess it's because the saint died by his or her hands ? the question is why a girl's name ?, after his death they took his dismembered body and burnt it ... the typical end of any magician, except they were burnt alive, at least those are the tales in Siberska, every town has her writers, and that makes me wonder, Athanasius is a saint that every church recognize, but why the only stories that refer to him are those tales ? all the tales , at least Siberska's tales agreed that he is a magician and he died by the monster's hands , the difference is how he died and his relation to the monster, some says he created it himself by accident, and others says it is all the villagers evil side, hmm , i sighed and turned to the other side of the bed, too much questions for one saint ...