After some small talk, Zach decides to head back.
On Redcloud street, where he met the woman who gave him the Clourfuss book, He looked around to find the previous woman. And sure enough, a little woman was walking leisurely while carrying a basket filled with fruit.
Zach didn't delay and immediately quickened his pace to approach the little woman. The thing that stuck in his mind right now was his dream the night before.
Actually he wanted to ignore it, but for some reason, the dream kept giving Zach a strange feeling. First, he wanted to talk to the little girl to find out about the contents of Clourfuss' missing book. Later, he would go to church to talk about this.
He was sure that the church had something to do with the symbol that kept popping up in his mind.
As it approached, the little woman noticed Zach's arrival and greeted first. "Mr kind, good afternoon"
Zach took off his hat as a courtesy. "Good afternoon" He stopped in front of the little girl.
"What about the rest of your books?" Zach asked matter-of-factly.
The little lady smiled broadly, her eyes sparkling with light she said excitedly, "I won't throw them away. They have a new master, someone from the church is willing to take care of them."
Zach didn't show any surprise. This is a normal thing, these books contain historical elements, although the truth is still in question. The church will appreciate the existence of such books as historical relics.
After a small chat filled with pleasantries, Zach started asking questions that bothered him. "The book you gave me, it looks like there are missing pages. I can't read them because of those missing pages".
The little woman was enlightened when she heard Zach's words, she raised her index finger and held her chin as if she was trying to remember something.
After a few seconds, the little girl opened her mouth, "Oh, I remember! After my father gave the book to me, there was a beautiful woman who paid for the pages of the book, well I remember. which was quite a long time ago that was four years ago, but her appearance is still quite clear in my head. She is so beautiful-" The little girl stopped talking and changed her expression.
He lowered his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, it doesn't seem like it matters. What I'm trying to say is, that beautiful lady paid my father to get a few pages of that book." She gave a small nod indicating her great conviction.
"Do you know where that woman lives?"
She frowned as she answered hesitantly, "I'm not really sure, since it was four years ago but…my father and I met her at the light of wisdom church."
"Again the church..." Zach's mind was drawn to the quick action that made the difference during Vilion's astral annihilation.
After saying goodbye, Zach returned to his house. Rested for two hours before asking permission again to his wife to go.
...
"Church? would you like to pray? then we can go together" Emma looked as usual, gorgeous flowing hair and sparkling brown eyes.
"No, it's work. So I don't think I have time to pray" Zach smiled as he put on his top hat.
...
After arriving at the light of wisdom church, the exterior appearance of the church was plain. It was the church he and his in-laws attended the day after the wedding.
The church is old but sturdy, it is said that it has been standing since the city of Obsidia was built. It was during the dark ages.
This church is on wisdom light street. Stand firm with a clock tower that continues to tick every second. This is a public church used by the public to pray.
The god worshiped was the sun god. As a bringer of brightness and peace, the rise of the sun is the time when the dark ages come to an end.
Previously, this church was built not to worship gods, but as a gathering place for "Guardian" heroes.
After the end of the dark ages, this church was used as a place of prayer because it was considered holy. Things related to Guardian start to be a little mysterious but still praised as a hero.
Break down into police and gatekeepers.
After glancing through the large window of the church, Zach entered and sat down on a bench that divided into two columns and several rows. Of course the contents of the church do not only have a prayer room. There are several other rooms, such as the confession room, the toilet, the priests' room and even behind the prayer room there is a room that is still unknown and is the secret of the priests.
The church is currently almost empty, there are only a few people sitting pensively closing their eyes and as if praying. It's a normal thing , considering it is a weekday.
Of course the time division on the continent of Stonefield is also as usual. There are 12 months from January to December. There are seven days from Monday to Sunday. It's Tuesday and it's a working day. So it's only natural that the church is pretty quiet.
His goal here was to speak to the high priest. But before that, he had to ask permission from an ordinary priest who often preached.
After a few moments, Zach stood up and walked into the confessional.
"What do you want to confess?" It was a familiar voice in Zach's ears. He often heard that voice preaching in this church.
"I have to admit how much of a coward I am.." Zach put his hat on his lap and started to talk.
He was telling things that were of course only metaphors about what had happened to him the past few days. Starting from him allowing his wife to be killed twice, to him fleeing with his family and leaving the city in chaos. But that's all he told in metaphors so that it can't be guessed that it was an actual experience.
"May the Sun give you the light to regain your courage. The decision you take depends on your heart's desires. Even though it will hurt others, but if you think it's right then the Sun will give a good path"
Zach looked down for a moment.
...
After leaving the confessional, Zach met one of the priests there.
"Is there anything I can help?" The female priest wore a white coat that covered almost her entire body. She was carrying a candle in her left hand as she smiled inquiringly.
Zach lowered the corners of his lips and said "I want to see the high priest"
"We're sorry-" The woman trailed off, her eyes widening as blood came out of her mouth.
Zach, who was confused and shocked, couldn't do anything as he watched the priestess collapse and lay on the floor. blood coagulated under the corpse that was slowly losing its warmth.
"What?" Zach took a few steps back and fell over from tripping over the corpse of another priest.
When he turned his head, the entire church became a sea of blood. Pastor, the few people who were present to pray, were all in a terrible state.
The fishy smell of fresh blood immediately made Zach tremble.
As he stood up, in his black vest and white shirt stained with blood trying to keep his balance and keep himself from throwing up. The sound of simultaneous footsteps sounded from outside the church.
Zach turned his head only to realize it was a group of cops pointing revolvers at him.
"What is this!?" The police looked dumbfounded as they took in the sights of the entire church.
Then he looked at Zach who was standing with blood all over his clothes and a revolver in his left hand.
That was the moment when Zach realized that in his left hand there was a revolver which certainly wasn't his.
"Drop your weapon!" The police moved quickly as they knocked Zach to the floor and handcuffed him.
A flustered Zach couldn't refuse or fight back.