I AM AN ATHEIST

One More Beggar

" prince, run"

Herald said as he began to run as there was no other choice. If he had not run, he would have been either captured or killed.

Knowing that running was the right decision, Xavier did not delay either, he began running after the Herald, Even though Xavier was still in pain, it did not subside, he did not stop running, the only thought in his mind was to run.

Everything looked normal at first as they ran, then all of a sudden Xavier felt that he could not move his body, he stopped in a pose of running just like a statue, then he tried to move various parts of his body but he realized that he could not even lift a finger.

What?

Why can't I move?

What's wrong with my body?

The feeling of his body of not being in control of himself overwhelmed him, it was probably a unique experience since it was completely different from being paralyzed.

A paralyzed man might not be able to move, but he would be lying down unlike Xavier and Herald who were still standing, moreover, they looked as if they were statues with one leg in the air while other on the ground, one hand half folded in the front while other was straight at their legs.

Xavier could not move but it did not mean he could not see, he could still see but only in one direction, that is in front of his face.

Suddenly, A man appeared in front of him, he was wearing a black jacket made up of leather, he looked young from his looks, he had black hair and blue eyes.

His eyes were shining, the glow emitted from the eyes looked holy, they gave a sense of peace and tranquillity, but also seemed to be responsible for their current conditions.

After coming near to Xavier, he placed his hands on the handle of Ivar which was hanging on Xavier's left waist and took it out from its sheath.

Placing the sword tip on Xavier's heart, he said: " priest Drave, I have the caught the rats, should I kill them? "

" Blessed Viva, no don't do it "

a reply came from somewhere.

Xavier thought that it might have come from behind them, but he could not exactly guess where it had come from.

The term blessed was used as an honorific for the blessed ones, the blessed ones were super-beings who got supernatural abilities, which derived after the power that wielded by the god they believe in.

For example, the blessed one of the fire goddess Alona has the abilities related to fire, the blessed one of the god of sweets and desserts got the ability related to sweets and desserts.

And whenever they activate their abilities, regardless of what their eye colour was, their pupil glow with blue colour.

These blessed ones had no real freedom of themselves, they got to obey the church, they got to obey the bishop and the priests in some situations.

Typically a lot of blessed ones would stay in the cathedral which supervises all related churches, However, a church may have one or two bless ones.

The highest authority in a church lies in the hands of the priest assigned to it, in case if a church had more than one priest, both share the same authority, but in the cathedral, the bishop stands at top of the hierarchy.

All priests had to obey him, in other words, all churches related to a particular god or goddess had to follow the orders of the cathedral.

Viva was not an exception either, he had to obey the priest and withdraw the sword,

Typically Viva was not blessed one of god Tora, God Tora had only one blessed one, but Viva had to obey the priest of the church of Tora because he was the blessed one of the god of motion.

As there was a hierarchy in the system of churches, there was also a hierarchy in gods, the trinities stood at the top, each trinity had their subordinate gods and goddess.

God Tora was one of the trinities and god of motion Newton was his subordinate, this hierarchy also applied in the real world, it meant that even cathedral of the god of motion Newton did not have the right to deny the orders from the church of God Tora much less a blessed one of God Newton.

Obeying the priest, Viva retreated the sword.

" We can't kill them, it would just bring more troubles"

The priest Drave said. Since Xavier could not see him, he did not know how he looked.

The one who was most happy with the decision of the priest is none other than Herald.

He had been afraid of these people since the beginning, it could be easily discerned from his behaviour itself.

" Then what do you suggest priest? should we just let them go and inform everyone about us? I think you know more about how important this mission is " Viva said.

" We can let them go, it would not be a problem, but we can not let them spread anything about us" The voice replied.

" What do you mean?" Viva was confused, he did not understand the full meaning behind it.

" It means one of us has to stay with them and monitor them all the time and make sure that they should not spread anything about us to anyone until we complete the task " The voice of the priest Drake explained.

" Who will be that? " Viva asked, but then his eyes restricted as the priest and the rest of believers were looking at him.

" No way, why? why is it me?" Viva questioned, he did not want to do it, after all, he was proud, proud of being blessed one, he loved to fight in the frontline more than that if doing boring chores.

" Blessed Viva, because they have already seen your face, we don't want to risk our identities and also no one here more capable of controlling them other than you", Drake's voice was heard again.

" Ok, I would do that "

Viva was feeling bitter, but he had to accept it.

Time passed, the evening turned into night,

the priest and others seemed to have left. Xavier's legs were also in pain, he couldn't move, but it does not mean, he could not feel pain.

"thud"

with the sound of a thud, he dropped to the ground.

I can move

I can move

I can move

Xavier elated, it was really his first time experience to be like a living statue without any motion.

Herald was also felt happy for being able to move.

But this small happiness did not last long as they observed that Viva was not much far away from them, he was standing a few steps away and staring at them.

" Come on, let's go" Viva uttered. From his looks, he was not looked to be excited to look after them.

Even after knowing things, intentionally Herald asked: " To where?",

" I know you heard it all, you know that I am referring to your place," Viva replied, he did not mind Herald for pretending to not know anything at all.

Herald knew he was not the boss there, hence he looked at Xavier for the answer, Since there was no choice, Xavier came forward and said: " ok".

Then the trio travelled through the narrow roads and reached the home.

As soon as they appeared in front of the home, they saw two silhouettes, both looked quite similar, their faces also quite resembled with Xavier, they looked to be waiting for someone.

And when their eyes fell on Xavier, both of them smiled and rushed at him and yelled:

" Brother, where did you go back then? ".

After the reunion before Xavier could answer Molu said:" We waited there for hours, but then we thought you will be back to home, so we came back and were waiting for you".

Meanwhile, Golu eyes landed on Herald and said: " Brother you brought the damn beggar back"

Fuck you

Herald want to curse back but held it back, then Golu eyes landed on Viva and he said: " Brother why did you bring one more beggar?

Shut up!

Xavier wanted to shout, but he could not, he did not know what would happen if this blessed one took the insult to the heart.