Chapter 48 - Seven Stars (1/2)

Chapter 48: Seven Stars

Back inside the rooh priest was currently staring at her onder in his eyes

Annabelle and Lydia were er sister as tears streaht now, Nisha? Tell ain!”

Placing her hand on the silver and golden seven pointed star where Nisha’s wound had been, Lydia was only rewarded with the soothing feeling of s

“I was so worried all this time … but I didn’t want show it to you You were the one injured I’lad”

Moved by the honest concern of the two older girls, Nisha couldn’t help but shed tears as well

While the three had their ain — this ti, Ser High Priest If I can do anything, anything at all, to repay you for this favor, don’t hesitate …”

Without giving the lance corporal a chance to finish, the oldfor her to stop, “You don’t have to thank me, it wasn’t me who healed your friend Lord [Soleil] hin, and his blessing”

Blessing? What’s that?

“There isn’t anything to repay either The God gives His gifts freely, without expecting anything in return However you are more than welcome to donate to the te It’s in one of the wings behind the rant frodom”

Without much fuss, Hale opened her pouch and directly took out three shi+ny gold coins, atte to hand them to the priest directly

“Before you say anything, let me tell you that I insist Even if it’s too much” Her position as an officer in the aze that seemed to pierce her

In the end the white robed old man had no choice but to accept the coins, “Our Lord thanks you for showing this enerosity”

The talk about the being that Nisha had seen in the irl froht back to the moment when it had opened its eyes and stared at her for a second Like a giantdown on me I don’t think I’ve ever felt any instinctual fear as much as I did in that moment

Even now, she was ready to bolt if the entity noticed her again However, it wasn’t only fear that controlled her As ht now, she also felt the challenge as the beastly part of her cautioned against another, stronger beast, which shethe flesh of such a creature, when his feathers alone held so much power, almost made her drool

“Golden eyes … so full of light”

Involuntarily a sentence escaped her, which shouldn’t have been of any ih Priest Roland snapped around so fast that anyone in the roo

“What did you say just now, Nisha? Golden eyes ht? Could it be … you’re able to see Lord [Soleil]? Did you seen hi for a ful look to her sisters, who also looked slightly uncomfortable, yet in the end they couldn’t keep this from the one that healed their sister

“Yes, Mister Roland I can see hi above the altar He just opened his eyes for a moment when I was healed, which scaredWhy…?”

Her question trailed off as the ainst, first starry eyed like he’d received a huge shock, then with a broad smile on his face

“Nisha, call hih Priest You have to show hi to him” Annabelle took the short pause in their conversation to chastise her pupil for forgetting her ain, but the esture

“No, I don’ther Lady Nisha instead”

Shocked gazes all around incited him to explain this more clearly, the blessed expression on his face never wavering

“To know that our God is truly watching over us, after all these years in His service – I can’t even begin to tell you how much that means to me Every priest prays several tis that happen here while the scriptures proin to develop doubts I’est time out of all our brothers and sisters here, and I can only showit overcoolden eyes’ descriptionme to think that He had shown himself to Nisha for a moment, or sent her a vision — but to think that He is in these very walls… I can never thank you enough for this gift, for the faith and for the trust you showedme Thank you”His bowed head was not the one of a ht down by defeat — it was a sincere sign of gratitude from a simple priest, a distinction that appeared to be very important to Nisha

Cla sounds were faintly discernible, not only for the sensitive dragon with her keen senses, but also the others in the rooh Priest sighed and raised his head, not too shocked by the development

“You must understand that miracles like this don’t happen very often The last time the God personally intervened happened even before I took on this position My predecessor told me about it while I learned from him A flock of believers was to be expected after news of the wonder spread To avoid having you go through that, we can bring you out froate for the priests and residents”

“What if we cae?”

With Lydia’s quick question, the old man pondered for a e for a priest to keep an eye out for the carriage, and he’ll direct it to the back entrance where he’ll then fetch you, if that works for you Nevertheless I would like to ask for one more moment of your tiht attribute?” Directing the question at the dragon as elated to have avoided dredging through a ht of her, the question caught her off guard

Grandfather always told me to reveal as little as possible of ive away the secrets behind theht] after all

“No, she hasn’t obtained a guild card yet, Ser We lived in the countryside, and haven’t been to the guild yet” Proving her quick wit and talent at handling difficult situations, Lydia rushed to Nisha’s rescue again

“I see If you don’t mind, Nisha, would you visit a certain place with uild discovered a ical and physical attributes of an aspiring e or warrior o for identifying the talents inside of anyone that wished to be tested Our method doesn’t measure as accurately, but it shows the favor of the Gods instead Is it okay if you visit the shrine with me?” His toneshe had to do If she refused there would likely be no repercussions The reasonable thing would be to refuse and wait for the carriage… There’s no way around this now I’m curious as to what’s hidden in this temple

“If ht”

Both Annabelle and Lydia sighed heavily, they already knew there was no way their little sister would miss out on this, while Hale only raised an eyebrow as they trotted behind the high priest, who’d ruon’s robe had come from

When Nisha asked if she should return the garolden star was on it, Roland siift from his God

Quickly the sround hallway, the stairway rusted fro everyone’s noses The elven girl detected another scent h she was unable toshe knew

During their way towards their goal, they saw a large iron door at the end of the hallhile the priest continued his explanation