Julia didn't know what exactly but something about Lucius was different or maybe it was her first time seeing him angry.
"You know I don't appreciate the way you're treating me. I'm not some sex toy that you can play with whenever you want and leave once you're done. I won't lie, the sex is good but my pride and self respect are worth more than that. And for that, I think we shouldn't see each other again." It took a lot of effort from Lucius to say the last sentence.
Julia was speechless, she knew from experience that Lucius was a virgin and usually the woman who takes a man's virginity has a special place in his heart. Lucius was no different from the rest, Julia had a special place in his heart but her constantly ghosting him after sex pissed him off to no end.
Julia knew that she was special in Lucius's eyes and also knew that Lucius was deeply in love with sex, that's why they could go for hours at it. It was because Lucius just couldn't have enough of her. This was why she was speechless so hear him speak so coldly with her.
"I…see… and I fully respect your decision. If that's what you want then I guess this is goodbye. Even though it lasted for a short amount of time, it was still… fun and satisfactory." She then ran away. Those who didn't know would think that she ran away to cry somewhere but that was not the case.
Lucius didn't say anything and just watched her as she ran away from him. He truly wanted to stop her but something inside him just wouldn't allow it.
…
As expected, Julia went back to the confessional to report what she just saw to Father James.
"WHAT?! YOU'RE SAYING HE'S STILL ALIVE?! HOW THE FUCK IS THAT POSSIBLE?! COME HERE!"
Father James was so shocked by this information that he right then and there Soul Searched Julia. It wasn't that he didn't trust Julia but that she had failed to kill a normal person twice and both times she'd report to him that she'd killed the guy and the next day bam! The guy that was supposed to be dead would be alive and annoying.
He didn't just Soul Search for the latest encounters Julia had with Lucius but how they met and maybe try to figure out how Lucius had survived both assassination attempts. He wasn't fazed by the two's night sessions because he'd seen this many times while Soul Searching the church's assassins, especially Julia who loved to have sex with her victims before killing them.
Julia hadn't spent much time with Lucius so there weren't a lot of memories between the two of them. Nonetheless, the information he obtained astonished him to no end. He'd seen Lucius die both times in Julia's memories yet he still walked the earth as though nothing happened.
"No! It's not that nothing happened but that he doesn't know that Julia tried to kill him twice. That's why he reacts like nothing happened. But why did his temperament change so much after the second assassination?" muttered Father James to himself.
Unlike Julia, Father James is good at reading people, like really good and from the information he obtained, he was at least fifty percent sure that Lucius was a friendly guy so the sudden change was easily seen through by him. He also didn't believe that Lucius had suddenly changed in temperament because of anger towards Julia, there was something more to this than meets the eye but he didn't know what.
"Tell Lucius to come see me before he knocks off work. There's something I have to confirm as soon as possible!"
"Yes Father."
…
As usual, Lucius sat bored in his reception desk with nothing to do, he was about to doze off, he felt the temperature suddenly rise by a few degrees. He didn't know what was happening and since he was currently working alone, there wasn't someone he could ask. But the answers weren't that difficult to obtain.
A man clad in full body armour entered the church. The armour was yellow in colour and was scalding hot to a point where even the temperature would rise wherever this man went. Fortunately, the church's floor was strong enough to not melt when it came into contact with the metal boots. The man then took off his helmet to reveal a man who seemed to be in his mid thirties.
He had fiery red hair which he'd probably dyed, orange coloured eyes and a handsome face.
"So you're finally awake. You look… different from when you were sleeping. I almost didn't recognize you." said the man calmly but the temperature didn't remain calm but instead rose by another few degrees.
Lucius initially knew that this man was from his home planet but what he wasn't sure about was where on Earth he was from. And from his accent, he was sure that this guy was a White American.
"Hi. My name is Lucius Lothra, nice to meet you." said Lucius while extending his arm for a handshake.
"My name is Ignis, just Ignis for now since I haven't accomplished any achievements to go with my introduction but soon, I'll have a few. And I don't do handshakes unless you no longer want your hand." replied Ignis.
"Of course, of course. Sorry if I was rude. It's just that I haven't seen anyone from "home" since I woke up so I'm a little bit excited."
"It's fine. I'm glad that nothing happened to you and that you're doing fine for yourself. Even got yourself a job. You seem to be enjoying yourself here I see."
"Hahaha, it's nothing compared to you. With your looks, I'm sure you got all the hot ladies warming up your bed everyday, now that's the life. I even heard you have a "System" that is related to fire. What was it again, "Fire Lord System" how cool is that!"
"Well, if you put it that way then I guess I'm the one doing good for myself. As for the system, it's all luck. I'm a huge fan of Fire Lord Ozai so when System Online was released, I quickly created this system for myself to become the Fire Lord in the game. Never did I expect… any of this from happening." said Ignis. Since he was chatting with someone from home, he didn't mind releasing more information than usual.
"Awesome. As for me, I'm a huge fan of Aang so I would have chosen to have all four elements, unfortunately I was a bit late. I only started System Online the same day the "Incident" happened so I got nothing. Now, I just want to peacefully enjoy the rest of my days, you know. Anyway, welcome to Holy Church, how may I be of assistance?"
"Yeah, you really got it rough. Enjoy your days well man, live your life to the fullest and die without regrets. Anyway, I'm here to see James. Can you call him for me, I have some business with him."
"James…James…James..! Wait! James as in Father James?! Dude, you call him by name, isn't that kind of disrespectful?" asked Lucius.
"Nah, with my current status, calling him by name is already respectful enough. If I were to be more respectful than this then it would be an insult to my master, Lord Mazal."
"So cool! You're the Goat!"