Chapter 244 - 243. Silent Misery (2)
Silas told me that he would research about the spell and also told me to find out more about it since the name of identity of the one who casted that spell was necessary.
I couldn’t imagine the kind of nasty things the poor child had gone through. He couldn’t even utter the name of those who hurt him or tell what all things he’d endured.
This enraged me all the more and I couldn’t help but start wondering if I should really burn this whole damn place to the ground along with those bastards once I was done with my work.
I contacted Lyall after that and told him to dig as much deeper as he could into the dirty deeds of the target priests. I wanted to drag them to hell and back.
The evening was uneventful but at night I felt the movements out of my room, it was as if someone was pacing and I knew it was Asher. He seemed to be tensed about something.
I didn’t let it get to me as I drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, after getting freshened up and changing into the Temple’s robes. I was led outside of the room towards the main hall of the Temple. Asher accompanied me as a loyal knight he was, I wanted to ask him why he was so anxious the other night but then I thought I’d do it later.
I spotted the High Priest there along with a couple of other Priests.
"Welcome, Saintess," he spoke, "There was an official announcement of you becoming a part of the Temple however, there is a cleansing ritual that you must follow."
"A cleansing ritual?" I repeated and Benedict smiled benignly.
It was enough to make my skin crawl but I kept my stance still. I could feel the tension in Asher’s body oozing out as waves behind me and I didn’t even have to turn to see him glaring at Benedict.