Hiko was sitting alone at the table as everyone had left to go speak to the pope or return back ho. Hiko was left to dwell on her next move as she was being threatened to go see the pope.
'Fuck, I can't just run away, he could probably get to my city faster than I fly back by just clicking his fingers.' Hiko had grabbed her hair as the stress was getting to her.
'I should have played along like my parents said before passing the responsibility but my pride wouldn't allow it. I just had to antagonize the one that is blessed by the supposed church goddess making arguably one of the strongest people on the damn continent.' Hiko gritted her teeth at her decision to actively oppose the church and it has now landed her in a terrible position.
'I hope I'm not stuck here for any longer than a month. I need to check on the cursed item and see if it made a connection with the girls.' Hiko sighed as she had many things to do and only anticipated she would be gone for at least a month but she never expected it to turn out like this.
'I better head down before I get more threats and if that black mist is what I think it is then I'm afraid there may be no stopping him.' Hiko recalled the black mist she caught a glimpse of.
Hiko jumped off the edge of the platform and freefalled towards the cathedral. Before she hit the ground she used her fire to slow herself down and have a smooth landing.
Hiko could see one of the leaders walk out of the cathedral looking annoyed and defeated. Hiko could only feel bad for her as she could only imagine how frustrating it was to argue with the pope. The leader wore purple admiral clothes and when she got far enough from the cathedral a purple mist ford below her and she started to fly off.
'Let's hope things go smoothly.' Hiko let out a sigh as although she hoped for it to go smoothly, she half expected it to go down horribly.
Hiko pulled open the doors to the cathedral and walked in. She was greeted with rows of seats on either side and multiple arches that support the building. The place was completely lit leaving no shadow anywhere.
It was almost blinding to look at as everything was white, Hiko disliked how white the pope made everything.
Hiko looked to the end of the cathedral, spotting the pope standing in front of a statue. The statue was that of the goddess the church believed in, which Hiko thought was just a load of shit.
The statue did not look special as her face was covered by a hood and was in simple robes. The statue also had cupped hands in front of her like she was giving soone sothing.
The pope who was standing in front of the statue was admiring it but due to his fully white attire he almost blended in with the white statue making only his blonde hair visible.
Hiko walked forward nervously and the nerves only grew as she got closer to the pope.
The pope had turned around with his red eyes locking onto Hiko's and watched as she slowly approached.
Hiko stopped at the front row seats and looked at the pope waiting for a response.
The pope stared at Hiko for a mont as if analyzing her, making sure that Hiko had not planned anything.
His eyes also had this ring of black fire in them and slight movent could be seen if you looked close enough.
Since the pope was on an elevated platform, he carried an imposing presence making the air suffocating and Hiko could not help feel like a small insect while standing in front of him.
Although Hiko felt like an insignificant being she stood strong and kept her composure.
After a brief mont of staring at each other the pope finally broke the tension with a smile. Hiko could feel that the smile was much more sinister than what it seed on the surface and it gave her chills.
"It's good to see that you ca but you know you had no other choice." The pope smirked as he knew Hiko was struggling to stay composed.
"Tch, tell what you want." Hiko wanted to leave as fast as she could while also trying her best to keep her annoyed and disinterested act.
"What's wrong with a little chat, I always loved your feisty side, as if you are playing hard to get and I would love to get to know you better." The pope paced around the platform while talking and motioning with his hands as well.
Fire started to conjure on Hiko's back as it pissed her off what the pope was saying. Despite her feeling small in comparison her anger started to overpower it.
"Woah there, no need to burn down the place. I rather not have to rebuild this place, after all you can cause so much destruction in the one second it will take to beat you." The pope's words were playful but this was the last straw for Hiko as she was already on edge before entering the cathedral and this pushed her over that edge.
Flas started to burst out of her back but before she could even move she felt her mana get cut off and was frozen in place.
"Never mind the one second it takes to beat you, it's now 0.5 seconds. I have to admit I'm getting better by the day." The pope had seemingly done nothing as he jumped off the platform and slowly approached Hiko.
"What the hell did you do!" Hiko was furious and felt utterly defenseless as it wasn't even a second before she was restrained by light and her mana use was cut off. She could still feel her mana but it seed like sothing was blocking it, not allowing her to access it.
"Oh nothing special, I just used my light to restrain you and I have also developed this technique where I can trap your mana in your core making it impossible for you to use mana." The pope explained what he had done while walking around Hiko.
Hiko tried to move but it was as if her body had been put on pause and only her head could move.
"Now that you are an obedient raging phoenix let get to the point of this eting." The pope stood directly in front of Hiko with a massive smile.
Hiko felt hopeless as the dread started to sink in as she was completely at the rcy of the pope.
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