Satan was on his knees with his hands on the cold cathedral ground along with his head toward the floor. One could practically hear the screaming within his mind. Unable to keep the tone from before he whispered.
[How did you even get here? You died ages ago.]
Satan's tone was quiet and seemed more like the tiny goat they were both from. He looked at Noah after his whisper and gave a pouty face like a little kid who got said "No" after asking a parent for a little plushie.
"I didn't think you'd be here, I thought you may had been an alternative version from this reality, but when I saw you and noticed how you acted, I just knew it was you, how couldn't I?
Satan was still on the ground feeling miserable from how this was revealed to him. Noah noticing the lack of response he squatted down and tilt his head to the left then looked dead straight into the goat mask's eye on the forehead and waited for a response from Satan. There was still no response but Noah realizing the magic around them was shifting a little.
[My magic in this world isn't as strong enough to keep this space. I'll talk to you later.]
After hearing Satan speak with a tone he was used to back in his old world, Noah stood up and walked back up to the alter. As he took a step on the alter, he went back to the pose from before they went into this pocket dimension. His eyes closed and slowly he began to hear the sounds coming from all around him then opened his eyes to see Priest Christ holding the wine he passed back.
"You may go back to your seat now Noah."
The Priest said politely and then turned around. While that happened Noah also turned around and walked back to the pew on the front row. He sat down next to his sister who was simply sitting there in silence without a twitch of change of emotion.
Soon the ceremony was over, and the church started to get a little bustling as people was grabbing the things they had brought with them into the cathedral. Noah stood there with his sister and Priest Christ came up to them and started a conversation.
"I hope you enjoyed the ceremony even a little, by the end of the year you would be able to apply for a blessing from our God and if you wish to stay you can renew the contract for as long as you wish and if not, we can nullify it. You can also change into your clothes when you go back into the room, if you want, I can get Minjun to lead you back to the room."
Noah shook his head at Priest Christ and quickly told him it was fine and he knew his way back and it wasn't that far from the cathedral in the first place. Noah then waved the priest goodbye before he quickly left and went to the room where he had been before the ceremony and took off the clothes that he had changed into to notice there was a word on his arm. He went over to where he had left the clothes and put them on and then opened the door. He took a few steps from the room to see Amelia who was waving at him, so he went up to her and then the two of them walked in silence. The air became rather awkward, and Noah simply stayed quiet waiting for Amelia to explain some thing.
Still silent the two started to walk closer to the exit so they could leave. Accepting that Noah waved goodbye to those around him with a gentle smile. The more he talked to the people there he notices how nice everyone at this church.
Arriving at the car the two went in and they sat in silence before Amelia started to reverse the car getting ready to leave the area. While still backing up Amelia started to use magic and surrounded the two of with a magical barrier as if it is to keep someone from getting in or out.
"This is a magical barrier; nothing goes in and nothing goes out. I'm sure you are really confused, so I'll tell you the truth."
Noah nodded and looked down as his clinched hands which was a habit Hearth always had when he was a kid, and he knew that it felt as if he had also become Hearth, so the clinched hands felt as if it was his habit as well.
"The cults were never cults; they were projects from the hunters to help normal citizens. For some reason some hunters went rouge and here we are now. Aside from that, this place we can help people who gained an injury without forcing them to go to a healer for an expensive fee. So, the community service is simply helping the hunters for a bit."
Noah started to think to himself after hearing this and wanted to ask some questions, before he could ask anything or get Amelia to elaborate more on some aspects she started to speak again.
"They are unable to heal naturally borne diseases, only the ones caused by forced many injuries like what you had. So, the lack of mana from when you were born wouldn't had been solved by the cult."
Noah simply nodded before giving a smile and reply to everything she told him.
"Thank you. I know I won't make it as a hunter, so you don't have to worry about me, isn't that why I'm a college student right now? Our classes start back up in about 2 weeks."
The two of them smiled at each other before Amelia messed with his hair and told him to get some rest the ride back will be longer than usually, the main reason was because she was not going 125 mph. Then the magic barrier went down, and he could hear the soft wind from outside as she drove by the grass plains.
Noah nodded and laid his head on the windowsill and closed his eyes. He originally wanted to sleep but a few seconds after his eyes had closed, he was bothered by an annoying and loud voice within his head again.
[Let's talk.]