"well, what are we waiting for?"
"Let's go!"
Says Craig excitedly.
"Look, I know that it's a good thing that we have found someone, but remember what happened on that fatal night."
"We need to be prepared."
Carl picks up a makeshift knife, polished and sharpened to the brim.
"Me, you and levi will go check."
"Ayase, make sure everyone is safe, okay?"
"Got it."
Replies Ayase.
"B-but, what if the person out there is s-so dangerous we all end up dying?"
Says Sylvia timidly.
"It's a risk I'm willing to take."
"Honestly, I'm with Sylvia, what if he is a bad guy?"
Says levi
"Also if we end up bringing him into our family, then we definitely won't have enough to feed everyone."
"Let's not do it."
"HELLOOOOO?!"
"I KNOW SOMEONES IN THERRREEE!"
"I HAVE FOOD FOR WEEKS THAT IM WILLING TO SHAAARRREE!!"
The loud and annoying voice once again speaks up.
"See?"
"We'll get the jump on him, he won't see it coming."
"Fine."
Levi agrees reluctantly.
Craig, Carl and levi then head down to the massive front hall of the mansion, using the previous damaged lantern to dodge any incoming "traps".
Once they reach the front door, Carl slowly starts to open it, his knife tightly attached to his hand, grip firmer than one of a 6 feet lumberjack with an axe.
All of a sudden, as the gap between the door and Carl widens, he suddenly pounces like a cat on top of the mysterious bystander.
"YOWW!"
Screams the mystery person.
Something seemed off, while Carl had managed to tip over the person, and is now on top of him, he could feel a soft cushion bouncing behind the person.
Carl looks down to see the person has a humongous bag attached to him, that seemed to be filled with various foods and goodies.
"Huh, so you weren't lying?"
Says Carl confused.
He gets up and continues to point his makeshift knife at the bystander.
"Woah woah dude!"
"I ain't tryna hurt you!"
The mystery person says while panicking.
"Sure."
Carl says cold heartedly.
"I promise man!"
"I'm just tryna spread god's word and help people like you!"
Levi steps in.
"God?"
"What's that?"
"And you said you had powers?"
"How do we know that you won't use them?"
"I promise I won't!"
Says the bystander.
"Just please let me live!"
"I have no bad intentions, I just want to help y'all out!"
Craig pushes levi aside.
"It's okay, we believe you."
Craig then puts his hand out towards the mysterious person.
"C'mon, we'll bring you inside."
"Hey!"
"Thanks man!"
He takes Craig's hand and lifts himself up.
Craig suddenly brings him close towards him, almost like he's hugging him.
"I'll let you in, but if you even think about touching one of my family members, you'll be dead before you can even do it."
Craig violently whispers into the person's ears with a darker more serious tone.
"O-okay man!"
"Wasn't planning on it!"
The person laughs awkwardly.
All four of them proceed to tread carefully through the maze of "traps", before reaching the safe room.
"We are back everyone!"
Craig comes in bursting through the door.
"Yippee!"
Lucy squeels, happy that they came back alive.
"yay."
Sylvia says quietly.
Teddy snores.
"Everything okay?"
Asks Ayase, curious.
"Yeah."
"We've agreed to bring him in, as long as he behaves."
Carl says, before the mystery person walks into the room, followed by levi, who is keeping a close eye on him.
"Heyyy everyone!"
"My name's Barnabas!"
Barnabas enters the room, and is revealed to have big, brown, bulging eyes, as the spotlight of attention, as there wasn't much if his hair, as he had a clean, tidy buzz cut.
"I'm here to spread the word of god and have a good time!"
Barnabas is met with.. silence.
"Who's god?"
Asks Lucy, confused.
"Good question!"
Barnabas takes off his comically large bag, before placing it on the floor, which was met with a loud thud, creaking the entire mansion.
He then reaches into one of it's huge pockets, before pulling out a ragged red rug, before placing it down ont he floor.
"It's time.. for storytime!"
"WAHHOOOO!"
"Not so loud, Barnabas, please?"
Says Carl, holding his hands over his ears, trying to avoid the ringing noise.
"Sorry!"
"I just really like this story, and I think it really connects me with God."
As Barnabas says this, Ayase notices a silver chain which goes inside his shirt, what could it be?
"So, my story begins one stormy night.."
"Me and my friend, or as I like to call my brother were out searching for some boars to farm so we could eat for the night."
"While we were out searching for some tasty grub, due to the humongous storm that was currently happening, it resulted in almost half of the forest to completely break apart, and unfortunately I was on the part that was crumbling under our feet."
"My brother tried to save me, but it was too late."
"I had already fallen over 30 feet and was hurdling straight to my death, but as my life was flashing before my eyes, a bright shining light came down from the stars above, yes!"
"Through all of the grey clouds overcrowding the blue sky, a light came shining through, and in that moment, I felt free."
"I felt like I was ascending, while still also descending."
"When I thought all hope was lost, everything went black."
"Supposedly hours had gone by when I had awoken from my slumber."
"There I found myself on the floor, as I opened my eyes the first thing I saw was a cross."
Barnabas then proceeds to pull out the mysterious silver necklace, to reveal a cross, with the same shining silver glow.
"There I found a cross just like this, but instead it was made out of stone, and covered in moss."
"As I ventured towards it, I realised that there were words engraved in it."
"As I looked at the words engraved in the cross shaped cross, I felt like I was reading something god himself had wrote."
"After I had finished reading it, it started to shift upwards, revealing a hidden drawer underneath it."
"As I opened it, there were two things, one, a cross shaped necklace, and the other a well-preserved book, which read the bible on it."
"Seeing that there was nothing else I could have done, I read the book, and, as months went by I slowly became gods believer."
"You see, I realise now that the reason I didn't die that day, wasn't because of luck, but because of god."
"He saved my life, so that I could spread the word of god."
"And once I realised that, my necklace started to glow, as so did I."
"All of a sudden I felt that same rush of freedom I did when I almost died."
"I had realised that due to my faith in god, and how much I believed in him, I had connected with him."
"And in doing so, I managed to speak with him, God told me that if I were to bring happiness and warmth to those in need, no matter for, or friend, provide food for those that do not have any, and spread the word of god onto those that do."
"So that's what I did, with nothing left but the faith in God, I pushed forwards, and thanks to him, I managed to find my dream."
"I will now help anyone in need, no matter what."
"I'll make sure that everywhere I go, people smile."
"And yeah, that's pretty much it I suppose."
"Woah!"
"Amazing story!"
Says Craig.
"Thanks!"
Says Barnabas cheerfully.
"What happened t-to your brother?"
Asks Sylvia.
"Dunno."
"But I have faith that I'll find him again some day."
"I'm not buying it."
"Although it was somewhat heartwarming, how can we still believe you?"
Asks levi.
"I'm sure we don't need to jump to conclusions now do w-"
"No, no, it's fine."
Barnabas inturups Carl.
"I can show you."
All of a sudden, Barnabas claps his hands together, closes his eyes and starts to mumble to himself.
"Amen."
All of a sudden, the chuck of wood he had previously placed Infront of him had turned into not wood, but bread.
"Woah!"
Says Ayase in shock.
"Now do you believe me."
Says Barnabas.
"N-no way.."
Says Carl in disbelief
"Hm?"
"There's another one like our leader.."
"So I was right."
"If you believe in something hard enough it does become true!"
"But how come it hasn't come true for us?"
"Have we not believed hard enough?"
Carl starts to question every possibility in his head, before abruptly being stopped by Barnabas.
"What are you talking about?"
"W-well.."
"Our previous lea- no.."
"Our old friend was also able to control powers like yours."
Says Carl.
"Well what happened to them?"
Asks Barnabas.
"She died, protecting us."
"Oh.. I'm so sorry."
"I pray for her."
"Hm.. it's alright, really, it was years ago."
"But anyway, it's clear that your telling the truth, so what do you say levi?"
"Fine, I suppose he could be of use because of his power."
Says levi, reluctantly.
"Good!"
"But now, I think it's time to do some training."
"How would you like to join our family, Barnabas, and be our teacher!"
"Well, OF COURSE!"
"but what do you mean teacher?"
Barnabas asks confused.
"Well, I was thinking that seeing that you have a belief, which is what we like to call the power one gets after believing in something so hard it becomes true, I thought you could teach us on how we could achieve that power, if you don't mind."
"Well sure!"
"But, just so ya know, I don't really know much about it, but I'll do my best!"
"Alright, thank you, now then.."
"Shall we begin?"
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ CH.4.5 AUXILIARY TO UNDERSTAND THE UPCOMING CHAPTERS.