77 Soras Blessing (1/2)

Having arrived at Nyx's church Alice was surprised to see that Sian was there as well talking with a short man with dark green hair and pointed ears and dressed in a camo robe and a mask covering his nose and mouth.

Making eye contact with Alice he ran over to her and bowed his head, ”Goddess Alice I am so happy to see you here! What brings you here today? ”

”Goddess? ” Sora said, looking at Alice curiously with the same expression as her father and the rest of their group.

”Are you crazy? Do not go saying unnecessary things… I am here today with some friends so their daughter can pray to Nyx and receive a blessing. ” Alice replied now trying to think of a way to explain what he just said in front of Alan and the others.

”Splendid! ”, 'Why not take her for yourself though? ' Sian said before whispering the question in her ear.

”I agree we should get started right away. ” Alice replied ignoring his question.

”I hear that we have someone coming to receive their first blessing and offer their first prayer today, is that correct? ” The man said, having been standing next to them without much notice from the rest of the group.

”Meee! I have prayed to Nyx lots but daddy says I have to pray here for Nyx to be happy and bless me! ” Sora said happily.

”How cute, I am sure Nyx is very happy to receive your prayers. I am Okami Azure, Nyx's Envoy. Would you like to come with me to begin your prayer? ” Okami replied, crouching to get eye level with Sora.

”Yeah! ” Sora said, offering her hand to him to hold.

Thinking for a moment Okami gave in and took her hand and led her to the altar in front of the statue of Nyx and began to teach Sora how to properly pray to Nyx as Alice and the others took a seat and watched.

”What did you mean when you called Alice a Goddess? ” Hara finally spoke up after not being able to contain her curiosity anymore.

Giving Sian a look Alice made it clear he should keep his mouth shut and come up with a good excuse.

”Ah… I just find Alice to be as beautiful as a Goddess and so I refer to her as such. ” Sian replied, giving an awkward smile.

”Oh… ” Hara replied and went back to watching her sister pray.

'You like the little girl a lot don't you? ' Nyx said startling Alice who was not expecting Nyx to talk to her.

'Yeah, I am pretty fond of her. She is praying to get her first blessing today and I wanted to ask if you could do something special for her as a favor to me. ' Alice replied, happy to know that her mother is okay.

'She is a very pure child, I will give her a blessing but you need to keep an eye on the child as much as you can after this. I will also be going back to sleep for a short time so if you really need to contact me just come wake me up okay. ' Nyx replied.

'Thank you! ' Alice replied now in a great mood.

Just as soon as Nyx finished talking with Alice her statue turned pitch black and the shadow of the statue slowly crept towards Sora who had her eyes shut praying. The shadow slowly covered Sora's body until Sora was pitch black and was almost completely out of sight causing Alan to stand up worried.

”Alice what is going on??? ” Alan asked, trying not to panic.

”Don't worry I just asked Nyx for a favor to help Sora out, it will be over soon. ” Alice replied trying to calm him down.

As the seconds passed by Okami stood and watched Sora in amazement, this was the first time he had ever seen Nyx give such a show to someone offering their first prayer at the altar. Seeing the spectacle all of the people in the church gathered around in silence to watch and see what blessing the little girl will gain from such a grand display.

”Everyone I would ask as your envoy to please sit and be quiet until the blessing has finished being received. ” Okami said loud enough for everyone to hear.