When Satoshi arrived at the statue, Priest thanked him for his attendance. Satoshi had spoken to the Priest before and was afraid that he would recognize him, so he nodded to the Priest and turned his face towards the crowd of commoners and nobles.
After everyone had greeted the Archbishop, drums and chanting began, and all the religious gathered in the tree drawn on the ground. Satoshi had no idea what was happening, he was just trying to do what everyone else was doing. So he moved into the drawing of the tree and waited.
As the Gem grew brighter, the door opened and a chest was brought in, the Priest took the Archbishop's arm and escorted him back under the statue...
Strangely, winds began to blow in the room without a single window and the fire from the candles was drawn towards to the gem.
The chest opened immediately under the statue, inside of it there was a massive red gem. The Priest looked proudly at the Archbishop and pointed at the gem, while Satoshi still couldn't understand what was happening.
He decided to bend down and pick up the gem, he looked at it and said, 'Oh man, look at the size of that! If this was mine I probably wouldn't have to work again for the rest of my life'
The gem in the heart of the statue glowed brightly enough to blind everyone, then faded out and the room went pitch black.
At the moment when Status's heart glowed with great intensity, a red beam of light floated down and penetrated Satoshi's forehead.
Satoshi opened his eyes after feeling a momentary tingling in his head. He could see the surroundings clearly, he looked around for a while, everyone was praying with their hands open.
Priest was annoyed by the fact that the new gem was still not placed, he turned his head left and right and looked around, but he could see nothing,
"Sir, it's time for you to put the gem back in its place!''
Satoshi placed the gem under his left armpit and waved his right hand in front of Priest's face. He saw that the Priest didn't react at all and some people in the crowd had stopped praying and were staring blankly left and right so he realized that he was the only one who could see around...
He bowed his head and started to walk away with the gem in silent steps, 'Hehe suckers, as if I would have given this gem to you stupid followers of Aurora!'
He was a few meters away from reaching the door when he lost his balance with a big jolt, but he managed to steady himself before he fell to the ground.
After this great jolt, cracks appeared in the walls of the church and stones began to fall from the cracks, and the light of the moon began to penetrate through the gaps...
The priest was suddenly dazzled by the light streaming in, and as he snapped out of it, that was the scene before his eyes:
As the church collapsed, everyone was leaving their positions and were rushing towards the door, and in the middle of them there was a man calmly walking with the gem under his arm.
''Explain yourself, Archbishop!'' the Priest shouted,
Satoshi stopped and Priest continued his speech,
''So you're just going to let the church collapse?! And let everyone inside shatter to their pieces?!'' the priest sighed and continued,
''EVEN THE NOBLES?!''
He let out a *Tsch* and kept talking,
''Have you ever thought about all these people's children Huh!?''
Satoshi calmly said, "Oh, I'm sure you think about all those children every night," and turned towards to the Priest with a cold expression on his face,
"And I bet you have thought about them also for my part''
The Priest shouted out in rage, ''What does that supposed to mean?!''
''You can do it, can't you Priest? You can have all the children you want, but I can't even have a single milf?''
"What the fuck ar-'' The priest was shouting but Satoshi interrupted him, he looked down to the priest he took off his veil and said,
''Are you the pedophile because you are the priest? Or does being the Priest makes you the pedophile?''
Priest collapsed to his knees, "wha?- wait... wait... like, huuuuuuuu-?" his voice was getting fainter and fainter.
Satoshi, ''I've decided how I'll live my life''
He turned back, closed his eyes, started walking towards the door and finished his speech,
''Now its just a matter of doing the best I can to achieve that''
Priest was now in an indescribable emptiness and he desperately began to wail...
...
*Rosie's Diary: My First Aetherian Friend*
Satoshi inexplicably brushed me off, what should I do now, should I wait at the orphanage until we leave? As I was thinking my stomach growled, it reminded me of my hunger,
I'm sure that crazy Nun wouldn't give me anything to eat. I guess I really have to go and find a place to eat.
I didn't want to interact with people so I tried to sneak around corners, and after a while I found a bakery. Whoa! They make all kinds of baked goods and they look really delicious!
I guess I finally found a place to eat but the problem was that I was just watching people eating them, I couldn't get the courage to go inside. After I waited there for a while suddenly I felt someone was approaching me from behind.
When I turned my head I saw an old man's hand coming towards me and I was startled and closed my eyes but instead of hurting me he just gently patted my head and said,
"Hey little girl, are you lost?''
Who do you think you're calling a little girl, hee? I'm 26 years old, stupid geezer... Of course I didn't have the guts to say it out loud. Uncle kept talking to me,
"Whoa! what a nice hat you have, are you a rabbit by any chance?''
After a short period of silence, I felt I had to say something because uncle seemed really worried about me, so I forced myself to speak,
"Uncle, I am hungwy!"
After I said that, my face was red with embarrassment.
What the fuck did I just say! I even mispronounced it!?, I feel so ashamed right now, I want to die!! OH GOD, PLEASE KILL ME RIGHT NOW AND BURY HERE,
Uncle leaned down a little to make eye contact with me and patted my head once more, then he said,
"Do you want me to buy you something from that bakery before we find your mom, little one?" he said.
I was too embarrassed to say a single word, so I nodded and he held me by the hand and led me to the bakery…
When we arrived at the bakery, I saw an uncle inside who was running the bakery with his daughter. He first looked at me and then asked the uncle who was holding my hand,
"If I remember correctly, your granddaughter was shorter, Osbert''
''Oh yes, that's not my granddaughter, she was outside and was watching the bakery. I think she got lost''
"So that's it," he said and held out his hand towards me,
In a momentary reflex, I closed my eyes in fear, but he just patted my head and said,
"Hey, kiddo, are you hungry?''
*I nodded*
He asked while waving his hand at the products,
"Which ones would you like?''
I pointed out a few products that interested me, and the baker put them all in a paper bag and handed it to me. The uncle next to me asked the baker,
"How much?''
"It's on me this time" he said and took another chocolate flavored product and put it in the bag in my hand. Then he asked the uncle next to me,
"So what are you going to do with her?''
''For now I'll take her to my granddaughter so they can play together, then I'll ask around to see if anyone's daughter has gone missing''
I sat in the bakery and started to eat my food. While I was eating, the uncles who came to the bakery were patting my head... like why?
After we had eaten everything, he held me by my hand and took me to a magic workshop, where there was a girl with red hair, blue eyes. She was barely reaching my shoulders,
I still don't understand why everyone thinks I'm a child I'm 1.63 and a very elegant looking woman
*Actual height 1.57*
And now they expect me to babysit! Anyway, we're in a magic store, maybe I can examine the necklace I 'borrowed' from woman that fought against the wyvern.
After the uncle left, I ignored the girl and started to look around in store to find something useful and I found a loupe with which I could examine the purple stone in the center of the necklace more closely.
As I was examining the necklace, the girl approached me,
"Nice hat, I have one with a kitty ears too" she said, but I continued to ignore her.
She got closer to my face and kept talking, "Hey my name is Anna, what's yours?''
Pfft, it's getting annoying leave me alone! I think she won't leave me alone if I don't give her an answer…
I looked at her and said, "Look, I'm not a child, okay, I'm an adult, and as you can see, I have a thing to do, so leave me alone''
''Yeah, I know I am an adult too but my father never believes me and treat me like a child!''
''I am serious!''
''Yeey me too!''
"Tch, What do you want?"
''I want to know what you are doing?''
"I'm examining this magical necklace, are you happy? Now leave me alone''
"Magic? I can do magic too, my father said that one day I will be the best sorcerer in this kingdom''
''Wow, good for you''
"You're so boring! Do you want me to show you my magic?''
"No''
Even though I told her 'no', a smoke appeared next to me,
*Cough-cough*
"I told you I don't want t-''
When the smoke dissipated over the girl, I saw that she had created rabbit ears for herself.
How is that possible? Except for the village where I lived, all the people I saw in Aetheria were weak magicians. How could this little girl have cast a shape shifting spell with such ease?
''Hey how did you do that?!''
The girl laughed arrogantly,
''Hehe... so now I've got your attention but I've lost interest in you, you're so boring!'' she said and started walking away from me
Somehow I have to make her teach me that spell, I can't just throw this opportunity away!
"Anna, wait! I can do magic too!''
The girl turned back and sarcastically said,
"Heeeee really?!''
"Yes, really!''
''And what spells can you do?''
''Ehm... mostly poison spells''
"Can you teach me?''
"If you teach me that shapeshifting, yes''
"Deal!''
Wait a second, what am I doing? Am I really gonna teach poison spells to a little girl?! Where are my morals? Hmm... What morals tho? Fuck it, I can't miss this opportunity!
Until the evening Anna and I chatted and taught each other some spells... Or rather I taught her, because the way she taught me was very childish to understand and the spells, itself weren't easy to learn begin with. I don't know if I can call someone that young as a friend, but I may have made my first friend other than Satoshi...
In the evening the uncle came back and leaned over and started talking to me,
"Hey kiddo, unfortunately I couldn't find anyone who lost their daughter, sorry''
I don't feel like I scared of these people anymore, so this time I will answer properly,
"Uncle, I'm livin' in the orphanidge"
Oh, not again! Why the fuck am I talking like this?
The uncle's eyes filled with tears and he hugged me,
"Oh poor little one!''
Ahh I can't even react to this treatment anymore, I guess I'm getting used to it...