Extra's Perfect Ending

Chapter 154: Turning point

At that moment Rheia felt pressure upon her since it was her first time answering the priest. This could turn out both ways for her.

"Yes, we have been tracking the cult and right now, we are dealing with it, please help my friend since they’re in trouble."

She needed to get them to help fast, She knew Reeva was hard to kill but the more helping hand they could get the better their circumstance would be. The truth priest nods after hearing her explanation it seems like all of that Is true.

All the people involved seem less tense after Theia answers the question, with this most of them would be on the same side now. But PLutus still looked skeptical, he had been fooled many times before and he could tell that there was more to THeia’s story than this.

"Are you being pursued by the church?"

Plutus narrows his eyes and asks the killer question. The last time when he let Reeva get away, he vowed that he would polish his line of questions and ask them to a potential heretic. Theia knew that answering that question would be a death sentence to her.

Even at the tip of her mouth, she could feel like this could go south if he chose the wrong word to peak, she needed to change the direction of the conversation. However Onia but in before she could say anything.

"Are you doubting my sister!?"

"..Onia...." Theia tried to stop her sister from speaking but it was no use.

"Shut up, Theia I’m getting you out of this," Onia said with confidence Then he turned back to the priest "This is my sister! and she doesn’t have a dealing with those heretics!"

The truth priest nodded at that statement however, Plutus wasn’t gonna let this slide.

"I want to hear it from the girl herself, your statement means nothing." With a cold stare, Plutus’s eyes lock onto Theia. At that moment all the pressure in the world seems to press against her.

"There people down there that need help! I cult might summon a demon at any moment now. Please prioritize that first"

"All I’m hearing is that you confess yourself as a heretic, are you not?" Plutus wasn’t gonna let it go even if her statement was true. Both could be true at the same time

We are not a heretic

We are not a heretic

We are not a heretic

She repeats the word in her mind, to make herself believe that. Reeva already confirmed that he’s not one and Hilda also said so, however, her mind still couldn’t comprehend that fact. She’s afraid that making that statement now when her belief was shaky would turn the priest on her.

However, there is no time she needs to say it now since the priest looks like they’re ready for combat.

"I’m not a heretic"

A bold statement coming from her. She held her breath after that sentence and looked at the truth priest silently with her eyes. Hopefully, that statement came out true. The priest looks in her direction and smiles.

The air is thick with tension and a bead of cold sweat runs down Theia’s face. The priest’s face then shook saying that the statement was not true. At that moment time seemed to stop for her.

No amount of preparation could prepare for this, he will now be actively hunted by the church again.

"Get her!"

Plutus doesn’t wait a single breath to issue such a command. He would not tolerate any heretic anymore, she would not let his Tudor name be tarnished anymore!

Shit!

She curses in her mind

"There must be something wrong! I’m not a heretic!" She tried to plead her case e again but the priest was already past the talking phase. Their eyes filled with zeal, not listening to what the heretic might say.

Onia feared this exact moment, she never thought it would come to this. She reaches her hand into her pocket and pulls out a ball. It’s an unassuming grey ball. However, the effect is nothing but.

She threw it on the ground and a massive grey smoke covered the area. Before it could block her vision she grabbed Theia’s hand and made a break for it. They need to get out of here.

"Onia, we can’t leave yet!"

"Can’t what!? you’re about to die!" Onia is laser-focused on saving her sister.

"No, even if we ran like this the church would divine us eventually, this church is weird they ue to burn people to get accurate answers."

Onia grits her teeth, he had heard about it but she was hoping that the rumors weren’t true. She didn’t think that the church of this city would need to go that far to burn its own priest. However, after hearing Theia’s words, it’s entirely possible.

"What do you want to do?" Onia asks, sensing that Theia wants to say something.

"We lead them to the cult and have them fight each other. That way we could take a leave."

"It’s not a bad proposal" Running behind them Brent also joins in the conversation.

"Who’s this?" Theia ask

"Sorry for the late introduction, I’m your sister’s classmate, you could call me Brent, Brent Eyre."

"S..Sorry for my rudeness, Your Highness!" Her voice immediately shook upon realizing that she was talking to a price, and rudely at that.

"NO need to be formal, I’m not here as a prince but as a classmate of your sister."

"...."

Still, Theia didn’t know how to act around a price, she’d gone to some events in the past but usually it would be Onia who was the face of the house other than her father.

"You said that we could lead the priest to a cult right? Do you know the entrance to the cult?"

Theia nodded, feeling a bit more relaxed after the prince spoke casually with her.

"Then let’s go, the smoke bomb wouldn’t hold a priest for long"

And true to his prediction, after just three minutes the priest was already on their trail.