A Tale After Four Lives 10 Chapter 10: Going To Church

Alex woke up early in the morning, he opened his bedroom door and saw Aura doing the same. When she spotted him her face turned cold. "Morning, Master," she said with a flat tone, "Morning Aura, sleep well", Alex said while walking past her not caring for her attitude. "Yes, I enjoyed sleeping alone", Aura said with a huff. "Right" replied Alex, as he entered the bathroom Aura, followed him but was unfortunately for her blocked when Alex closed the door in her face and locked it.

Hearing the door locked, Aura's face turned red from anger, how that was possible for a being made of we'll never know but it happened. She sulked as she walked down the stair's towards the kitchen to prepare some breakfast for Alex, "Stinky master, still not letting me wash him"

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After freshening up, Alex came downstairs dressed in a formal black suit and tie. "Hooo, master looks handsome!", said Aura as she put some food on the dining table for Alex. "Thank you," said Alex, sitting down at the table while starting with his breakfast. "You should get dressed as well, make it formal," he said after swallowing a mouth full of food"

Aura looked down at her clothes, then back to Alex in confusion. "First of all we can't have you walking around with clothes made of light, I luckily took the liberty of buying (Stealing) you something to wear for the occasion. You will find the dress in the closet in your room", said Alex.

Aura was simply ecstatic and disappeared in a flash of light, the next thing Alex heard was a lot of shuffling coming from upstairs and then hurried footsteps with a door opening and slamming shut in between.

Hearing her coming down the stairs Alex turned towards the direction and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when he saw her new appearance. Aura was already a light elemental which made her physical manifestation look pure and holy, but coupled with the simple white one-piece dress he got her it made her shine even brighter. "I might have overdone it a bit", Alex seriously contemplated while staring at Aura.

Aura was in high heaven having Alex stair at her and gave him a twirl to so of her looks. "Well?" she asked with a bright face. "You look lovely", Alex said moving to Aura and rubbing her head. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the attention for a while and when Alex wanted to retrieve his hand her head unconsciously followed it but stopped before she embarrassed herself.

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Leaving the house Alex started walking in a certain direction with Aura who was holding his hand, enjoying her time with him. "Where are we going Master?", Aura asked with a bright smile. "To churches" came Alex's curt reply. His answer caused Aura to suddenly stop, her face covered in worry, "Why? did they summon you? what do they ..." Alex stopped her by squeezing her hand and then spoke in a gentle tone, "Silly child, you misunderstand, that was another life, another world, and under different circumstances".

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The duo finally arrived at the church and entered with other people coming to attend. Finding a seat Alex and Aura sat down and patiently waited for the sermon to begin.

The priest finally appeared on the podium and started speaking, Aura leaned against Alex's shoulder and send him a telepathic message, "I can feel faint traces of light energy in him". Alex kept staring at the man before sending a message of his own to Aura, "Yes, he must be one of the exorcist's living in the city, his name should be Masaomi Yaegaki.".

"Masaomi Yaegaki, in a few years he will be killed by his own people for loving a devil. There is nothing I can do about your death, but since I will be needing Cleria's help I will protect her for now." Thought Alex while listening to the sermon.

When it was over they left with the rest of the people. Walking on the street Aura couldn't contain her curiosity anymore and asked Alex a question, " Why did we go to church and don't tell me is to listen to that man speaking". Alex stopped walking and turned his attention to Aura, "Well it's not to listen to him, but to scout out a place we will be returning to in the future", Alex said with a mysterious smile. "What does that mean?" asked Aura clearly confused. "You will know when the time comes," said Alex not explaining any further. "Mooo" Aura could only grow in dissatisfaction while walking with Alex.

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After thinking for a bit Alex went to the shop to get himself a phone, he didn't really need something expensive since the only thing he wanted to do is call with it. He bought himself a cheap disposable before returning home.

"What's that for" Aura finally asked after they entered the house, "It's a device used to communicate with other people, they use similar devices like this one and we can talk to each other through it," Alex explained as he put his phone on charge.

"I'll prepare some lunch," said Aura as she excused herself from his company. Alex nodded and she turned around and went into the kitchen. Alex didn't really need to eat and neither did Aura but he still felt like doing it, having a normal life is something he wants to do even if it sounds ridiculous given his power, Aura just followed his lead.

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After lunch, Alex thought about his next move and decided to start by making contact with Cleria Belial. "Now the only problem is how to approach her. I can't very well just appear in front of her and say 'hey, please tell me how to go to hell' that would just be stupid. After getting that knowledge I will postpone my trip until after I checked the situation in Kyoto. I should also let the Hyoudou's know that I might be gone for a year or two just so as not to worry them, but my biggest concern is Aura, as a light elemental I can't take her to hell with me, it would be like starting an on fire in the middle of a monster infected wood while yelling 'Fresh meet overhear'. I should just ask the Hyoudou's to keep an eye on her while I'm gone because she's sure as "hell" not going back to the elemental plane.

"Well that's settled then," said Alex out loud as he stood up from the table.

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