119 Chapter 119 - The Votes Are In (2/2)

”They left a message with Jessica but I don't know what it was about.I never got to speak with them but Jessica's at the cafeteria right now.”The Church only put trust into Jessica because she had met with the High Priestess.Tahloh would be left in the dark by them until Gren told them that she was aware of his circumstances.”The Church people did seem a bit worried about something when I saw them.I overheard the priestess saying something about needing a miracle while she was leaving.”

It they needed a miracle then the chances of them requesting his mother were slim.Instead, it was more likely that they would be requiring him to do something.The Church was aware of him being able to store things away but it wasn't something they'd need in an emergency.His physical combat skills were amateurish so that was out of the window as well.Gren came to the conclusion that they probably needed him to perform magic.Regardless of what type of magic it was, he could continually use it for hours while others could only last minutes.

On his way to the cafeteria, Gren noticed people looking at him strangely and whispering in circles.However, he didn't notice anything odd about what he was wearing and didn't have time to find out what they were whispering about.Inside the cafeteria itself was Jessica, just like Tahloh said she would be.Usually she would get her meal over quickly and go back to work but she was playing with her noodles while thinking about something.

”What's the matter, Jess?Something got you down?”Gren tried, unsuccessfully, to get Jessica to open up about her problems.Instead, she only opened up her mouth to let out a sigh.”Is it that bad?What did the Church say that has you like this?”

”It's not the Church that's the problem.Their request won't be difficult for you.”That was good to hear but that just made him wonder what her problem was.”You know, it has been a week since you made the decision to have a vote.That vote happened this morning.”

”Oh.”Gren didn't need to hear how the vote ended with the way that Jessica was acting.”So, they ended up voting against it?”Although he didn't need to hear it, Gren was still hoping that he was wrong.”

”Yeah.”Gren felt more hurt by that single word than he had expected.”The most common complaints were about how they felt like prisoners.Some others complained about how you offered others a home while they have to live here.A few women even said that they couldn't trust their lives to the hands of someone that's barely an adult.”

Gren had already thought about the consequences of the vote failing.Even though it didn't feel nice, he would continue on.”If that's how they feel then there's nothing I can do about it.I'll still do my best to contribute to the guild even if they don't really like me.”

”I don't think that they dislike you as a person, Gren.You've been trying to help everybody and I'm not the only person that noticed.”Although Jessica was trying to comfort Gren, he knew better.The whispering behind his back was only the beginning of the storm.If he didn't improve their opinion of him then it was only a matter of time before they completely turned on him.

The solution was simple; Gren just needed to fulfill all of the promises he made and start pushing himself harder than before.”Didn't the Church have a request for me?”Although Gren wanted to start fulfilling those promises to the guild straight away, the Church seemed to require immediate help.

”Don't change the subject.We should talk about what happened before you go out there.”Jessica wasn't going to let Gren go without trying to help him.”It's clear that you're not happy with the results.You need to stop keeping everything to yourself and actually talk to someone about your feelings.”

”It's not that big of a deal.They gave good reasons.I'm not exactly the best leader, after all.”Gren was trying his best to not let it bother him.”For now I'll focus on doing the things that I'm good at while trying to improve myself in other ways.That's why I want to help the Church.If you think that it'll be easy for me then I should do it.”Gren didn't like the way that the vote went but he managed to convince himself that everything would be fine if he just worked harder.