Chapter 3: Heaven's tear
Father Yosuke led Aribeth deeper into he woods. Surprisingly, the trees weren't getting thicker as they went deeper into the woods. The evergreen fields were replaced by cobble-stone pavements from an ancient ruin. At the end of the path, 3 ancient pillars stood still, and a roaring flame lit the ruins slightly. As they moved closer, she saw 20 people gathered, forming a triangle. There were 7 royal champions, 7 blessed paladins and 6 superior high priests. They were are in white
"Why are there only 6 superiors?" Aribeth asked.
"I am the seventh." Father Yosuke replied. Aribeth saw a pile of blue gems in the fire as the crowd sung a Gregorian song. Father Yosuke joined them and the blue gems lit up slightly. They stopped seeing that their efforts were futile. Father Yosuke and the others sighed and hung their heads in disappointment.
"What's wrong? We did everything the elders taught us." The Paladin complained.
"We are missing something…" Father Yosuke said as he brushed his chin. They all went silent and contemplated on what they had to do.
"Oh Aribeth, you may leave now. Tell Mother Superior that the Heaven's tear isn't finished." Father Yosuke said.
"Perhaps you're positioned wrong." Aribeth suggested.
"What do you mean my child?" a priest asked.
"Take a look at the pillars. Notice what's written on them. Dominus, Benedicere and Predicare. Dominus is Latin for command, Benedicere is Latin for blessing and Predicare is Latin for preaching right? That means, the Dominus pillar is where the paladins should stand, the Benedicere pillar is where the champions should stand and the Predicare pillar is where the priest should stand." Aribeth reasoned with a willing voice.
"It's worth a try." Father Yosuke said with a grimace on his face. They all shifted places and began the ceremony. They sung The Gregorian song and suddenly the blue gems glowed brightly. It floated out of the fire and spun. The neon blue light it produced turned white. As the crowd sung solemnly with their eyes closed, the white light grew brighter and brighter by the minute. Aribeth covered her eyes because the light was blinding her. The white glow gave off an explosion that pushed all of them to the ground. The impact put out the flame and made the crowd stop singing. The white glow slowly dimmed and gently set itself on the ground.
"It worked." Father Yosuke said weakly as he, and his companions sat and stood up. Aribeth walked to the gem to see it. It was a beautiful clear gem. It looked like a diamond but was shaped like a tear drop. She reached to pick it up but Father Yosuke stopped her hand.
"No one is worthy to touch it." He said sternly. He pulled out a white cloth from his pocket, and took it with the cloth covering his hand. He wrapped the gem and gave it to Aribeth.
"You are not to touch it, you understand!" Father Yosuke scolded Aribeth.
"Yes Father." Aribeth said, lowering her head. She put the covered gem in her bag and closed it up. Father Yosuke smiled and began to speak.
"Well now, you'd better get going. Thank you for helping us." He said as he smiled at Aribeth.
"Bipolar weirdo!" Aribeth said to herself as she turned her back and started to walk.
"Bye now! Take care!" Father Yosuke shouted.
As Aribeth walked she realized something.
"Why am I walking?" she said to herself. She pulled out a blue gem from her bag and threw it to the ground.
"Warp portal, Prontera Church!" She shouted. The blue gem broke into pieces and a white ray of light shot out of the gem's shards. The ray opened up and formed a circle. Aribeth stepped into the light and closed her eyes, when she opened them she was in front of the Prontera Church. She heard metallic squeaking from afar. She turned to her right and saw Guile screwing the lamp posts back in place. Aribeth giggled and went into the church then into her room.
