In the evening Rosie was walking with her friend Anna and her Uncle through the streets of Aetheria towards the orphanage. Suddenly the ground shook a little and shortly afterwards a noise came from the direction of the church.
The old man picked Anna up and, hold Rosie by her hand, began to walk in a hurry towards the church. He was afraid that something might had happened to the orphanage.
As the church entered their sight… I mean, as whatever was left behind from the church entered their sight, they saw a man running towards them. Was he a priest? maybe someone even more important because his clothes were not what an ordinary clergyman would wear and what was that stone under his arm?
The old man bowed his head reflexively out of respect to this holy man. The priest ignored him completely and ran past him, at that moment the old man felt something slipping out of his hand, it was... Rosie.
The priest grabbed her by the collar and dragged her away, Rosie screamed in despair, tearfully reaching out her hand towards the old man and Anna,
"Noooo! My first and only friend"
The priest smacked her on the head and said, "What the fuck are you talking about? Your first friend is right here next to you!"
Rosie held her head in pain, looked up towards the priest's face and said,
"Satoo?!"
"Satoo! Of course Satoo, do you have any idea what I went through while you were out having fun with our money? And what was that thing about my first friend? You already forgot me just because you wandered around on your own for a day? You unfaithful bastard!"
Rosie didn't look happy at all, she crossed her arms and pouted. As Satoshi continued to drag her away he said,
"Hey, how about you run on your own?''
"No, I'm good''
'It wasn't a fucking suggestion, ahhh anyways…'
Satoshi stopped, put the stone on Rosie's lap, then picked her up and kept running. Even though Rosie was still pouting, you could see that her cheeks were slightly blushing.
As Satoshi ran passed in front of a bakery, he exchanged a quick glance with a group of uncles, at that moment it was as if everything was moving slowly in Satoshi's eyes...
The uncles stared at him then looked at each other in panic and gave Satoshi a thumbs down. They pulled out a jacket and started to put it on. You could see on their faces that they were uneasy, but why? Satoshi thought,
'What is it this time? Last time you didn't approve of me letting Rosie go alone, now you don't approve of me taking her with me, what do you want me to do?
Satoshi looked down at Rosie in his arms, her face flushed red, she was wearing a children's hat with rabbit. Then he looked at his own clerical attire and in his own way he nodded in approval of the elder's reaction,
'Hmm understandable...'
After running hundreds of meters away from the church, Satoshi stopped in front of a building made of a white and shiny material, just like the rest of the district but this building was bigger than the others and, judging by the number of windows, it had many rooms.
After he put Rosie down, his legs began to tremble as his adrenaline ran out and he fell on his ass on the ground. As he rested, he looked up at the sky and breathed like a dog.
After Rosie examined the gem in her hand for a while, her eyes lit up and the gem disappeared from her hands, when Satoshi saw this, he jumped up and shouted at Rosie,
"What the fuck did you do?! Do you know how much I sacrificed to get that gem?''
Rosie reached her hands forward, opened them and her eyes lit up once more and the gem appeared in her hands, then she said,
"Calm down, I'm just sending it to my mana space''
Then she disappeared the gem again. Satoshi was impressed by this spell and asked,
"Hey, can anyone do this?''
''If you can learn and you have a sufficient amount of mana, it's possible''
"Well, why the fuck didn't you show me this spell before? We could have steal the soldiers armor and hide it''
''First of all, it's not exactly a spell because it doesn't reduce your mana when you use it and secondly, do you really think I haven't thought about it? I may be a little silly about other things, but don't underestimate me when it comes to magic!''
''Then how do you do this 'non spell' thing?''
''The first requirement is that the item you want to send to the mana space must either carry mana itself or have a magical gem embedded on it. Of course, I have never seen an item that can carry mana without gems...''
"Hmm, so can we vanish my sword?''
''I don't think we can. I didn't see any gemstones on it.''
''So let's say the requirements are fulfilled, then what?''
...
While they were chatting, someone approached Satoshi from behind and called out to him,
''Your excellence, you're back early!''
Satoshi had heard 'Your excellence' addressed to him all day, so he knew immediately that he was being addressed. He quickly covered his face with his veil and turned around, trying to put on a serious expression.
He was a beast-folk, a fox to be exact, he had the classic golden trimmed white armor and had a banner sized cape sagging off of his shoulder which had the same symbol as the one on the statue of Aurora in the church
Satoshi's expression, which was trying to be serious, turned contemptuous. Beast-folk looked into Satoshi's eyes and immediately knew that he was disturbed by something and bowed his head. Satoshi thought to himself,
'God has already punished you once by creating you as a ginger, so why are you doing it a second time by choosing to be a servant of Aurora? You pathetic bastard'
…
Although the beast-folk bowed his head, Satoshi continued to stare at him contemptuously, and the beast-folk overwhelmed by Archbishop's gaze, fell to his knees and thought inwardly,
'What do you want, you crazy geezer, if I've made a mistake, just tell me already, he's looking at me, like he looking at a piece of shit! I feel like if i say something wrong he will slaughter my all bloodline'
Although Satoshi wanted to talk, this beast-folk obviously knows the Archbishop, and if he talks, he might realize that he is an impostor...
Satoshi mumbled something quietly, the beast-folk didn't understand what Satoshi was saying and became even more nervous, he was sweating profusely.
Observing the situation, Rosie couldn't understand what was going on, but she felt uncomfortable that Satoshi was picking on a beast-folk. Even though she didn't like Aetherians, beast-folks had never done anything bad to her before.
Rosie came out from behind Satoshi with a smile and offered her hand to the beast-folk,
''Hey, are you okay?''
Beast-folk looked up and breathed a sigh of relief as if he had seen an angel. He held Rosie's hand and started to cry with relief,
Rosie tried to comfort him by hugging him then she lightly tapped him on the back, as if calming a baby and said,
''Okay, okay, it's over now"
Satoshi had no idea about what he was watching but continued to watch quietly. Rosie asked Beast-folk,
"Do you want to tell me who you are or what you're here for?''
''I-I've just been appointed as the guardian of Excellence, who left me behind to go to the church, saying that his religious brothers wouldn't do any harm to him. I was late to meet him because he came back earlier than he supposed to and I think that's why he's mad at me...''
''No, of course he's not mad at you, he's just tired after a long ritual''
"'S-so? Then I can escort him to his room if our excellence allows it, uhm who are you by the way?''
Rosie looked at Satoshi but he turned his head and looked around as if he had nothing to do with it,
''me... uhmm, I...''
Rosie thought and then answered, 'I can't believe I'm about to use this excuse'
"While I was walking around the city with my family, I got lost and this uncle was going to help me look for my family, but it was too late so he had to take me with him for the night''
Beast-folk was surprised by this explanation and asked,
''But aren't you over twenty? How could you get lost?''
Rosie's eyes filled up like a kid's and she burst into tears,
"F-finally, someone who gets my beauty! Finaaalllyyyy!"
Satoshi couldn't take it anymore and approached the Beast-folk and started grunting,
"Hmph Grrr Mmph Grmph Grmph Guh Ugh Hrrmph Ungh Errgh Hngh"
''Ehm, Sir what? I don't understand''
Satoshi randomly pointed left and right with an angry tone,
"Hmph! Grrr! Mmph! Grmph! Guh! Ugh! Hrrmph! Ungh! Errgh! Hngh!"
Rosie struggled to hold back her laughter,
"I-I guess he asked you to escort him to his room" she said,
''Oh I see! follow me sir''
They reached the top floor of the hotel and stopped in front of a huge door made of gold. Beast-folk asked for the keys from the Archbishop, and after a cursory pat-down, Satoshi made grunting noises again,
"Huh? Umm... Mmph. Grmph? Guh? Hrrmph? Errgh! Uh... Hngh? Grrr?"
Rosie, "I think he lost the keys''
Beast-folk, ''Wow! you really understand him, I'll go ask the hotel reception for new ones''
When the Beast-folk came back with the keys, he opened the door and gestured for the Archbishop to enter the room, after Satoshi and Rosie entered the room, he closed the door on them and stood guard at the door.
As they entered the room, their eyes were drawn to a grand king-size bed with an imposing canopy frame. The bed was adorned with a pristine white blanket, and golden textiles hung elegantly from the canopy above. The golden accents shimmered in the light, commanding attention and adding a sense of opulence to the sleeping space.
The rest of the room was no different than the bed; huge white cabinets with the Aurora's emblem embroidered on them, walls decorated in white and gold, a nightstand at each side of the bed and a device on top of the nightstand that emits light etc. There were two doors connected to this room, one leading to the study room and the other to the bathroom...
When Satoshi entered the room, he immediately jumped on the bed and said,
"Ahhh money and power, I've really decided to how I wanna live onwards''
Rosie, "How about you explain to me what's going on now?''
"Snnn... Zzzz... Hnnggghhhhh... Snnn..."
''Not again. How the fuck can a human being sleep so fast?''
Rosie was getting used to it by now, so she searched through the closets and found a comfy white nightgown with aurora's emblem printed in gold embroidery and put it on and lay down next to Satoshi to sleep.
The next morning, the hotel staff brought large trays of fancy food to Satoshi's room. Satoshi ate his breakfast with great appetite and was about to lie down and laze around when his bodyguard (Fox beast-folk) burst into his room.
''Sir, Sir... the church... the church collapsed last night!''
*At The Meantime*
Two dragons on top of Aldorath Summit In the amber glow of twilight's embrace, two titans of scale and flame converge, Their sinuous forms entwined amidst the heavens, a dance of fire and desire unfurls... Wait a second, those aren't two dragons.
Wait, is that a fucking donkey? You don't really expect me to describe the mating of a dragon and a donkey in a poetic way, do you?... .... Wait you do? Ahh I guess I don't really have a choice. Forget about that mountain…
In the realm where dreams and fables intertwine, Amidst enchanted groves and ancient vine, A dragon bold, with scales of ruby sheen, And a donkey fair, in meadows of serene.
Their meeting, a tale whispered in hushed delight, A dance of opposites, beneath the moon's soft light. With wings unfurled, the dragon's fiery breath, Meets the donkey's bray, a melody in death.
Yet in this strange and wondrous union born, A harmony of contrasts, never to be torn. For in the dragon's fiery heart, a gentle ember glows, And the donkey's humble spirit, a courage that bestows.
Together they embrace, in a bond unseen, A love that defies all, where magic reigns supreme. In the tapestry of destiny, their tale is etched in gold, The dragon and the donkey, a story yet untold.
I think thats enough I shall continue the story… where was I oh yeah, that bodyguard said church collapsed last night.
**
Satoshi motioned Rosie, who was lying next to him, to come closer and whispered something in her ear,
Rosie says, "Our lord says he's very upset about the situation''
''Oh... ehh why doesn't he speak himself?''
Satoshi whispered something to Rosie again,
''He says that in last night's ritual, his voice was hoarse because he had been giving speeches all night''
''Oh well then should I call th-''
At that moment Satoshi whispered something to Rosie again and Rosie interrupted the Beast-folk,
"He says I wouldn't talk to a ginger cunt like you even if my voice wasn't hoarse''
The bodyguard's eyes filled with tears, Rosie whispered to Satoshi,
''Hey why did you make me say that?''
''Hehe, anyway, tell him to get us a ride. I have a feeling if we stay here any longer we're gonna get in trouble.''
From this, a fancy carriage was brought to the hotel gate for the Archbishop...
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