Chapter 2“You want me to go through the trials tonight?”
Father Lewis looked at Zen sternly. “Was it not you who decided to remain active so late?”
The harsh reprimand Zen had expected hadn’t come, but instead, Father Lewis had brought him back to the temple, dragged him into his chambers like earlier, and rather than strike or punish him, he’d told him it was not yet time for bed.
Zen was even more exhausted than he’d been after cleaning the temple all day, feeling the thrill of the fight between those ghouls and his potential new friends draining from his body and leaving him further fatigued. He’d failed the trials half a dozen times before, but if he succeeded and became a full priest, he could leave with those adventurers without having to lie.
“I am ready, Father,” Zen said. “I w
