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Nine years had passed since I woke up in a five years old body. The first time I came to my senses, I was an orphan named Ophelia. Lived under the temple as an apprentice helper candidate. I was fourteen years old this year's.

I had to become a priest, my little self cant do anything much after knowing that the world she lives in were very magical from what I heard every time the sister orphanage told me about the outside.

"We as a commoner need to be careful around nobles, and It's hard to lived outside the shrine for a little girl like you.

"Fortunately, you're here now. Not every child in the empire had a chance to learn, that's why I always ask you and everyone else to do well in the temple." She said in the past.

Thus, I worked hard to get myself admitted in. Adjusting to the temple lifestyle was hard, we prayed in the morning and afternoon, cleaning the grand hall, and many other rooms when I was six or seven years old. I learn about the divine power from the priest, she was my former assigned sister, Tyanne.

The sister that I serve before I became an apprentice. I grew up rapidly in terms of healing and learning herb and poisonous plant, Day by day never missed every training for fear of the unknown future, I felt that my divine power growing at an alarming rate. Its weird, but I keep it for myself. It's just fortunate that the divine power can only be measured by Holy artifact or by the pope church and the saintess

I was admitted at eight years old, at that time I helped sister Tyanne curing patients, assisting the knight on a demonic hunt, as well as became the dispatched apprentice to the slum. Amidst that hectic years, I confirmed that the world I lived in was similar to the fantasy world often mentioned in fictitious literature.

Truthfully saying, I admire the knight, paladin, magician, adventurer, hunter, witch and many more marvelous sight I haven't yet to witness.

With that, I came to realize that this is my new reality. Not a hollow nightmare from my childhood dreams. There are people in power, whom struggle up in real time while us as the lowest food chain sweep within the dirt.

I came to accept it, now that I might live in a feudal era that close to Victorian times.

Anyway, this land called Garrith continent, and Athenian as their center regions stand as an empire. The continent divide into four regions, led by four dukes while abide under the bane of Athenian Empire Royals 'House of Martell'

Fortunately, our temple was the center of beliefs and it's located near the capital.

Counted as one of the biggest territories called Holy region.

These are Zekkah Temple. Servants of the God of life 'Gaia', Solelei Temple 'Goddess of the sun and Healing Sol', Theobril Temple 'God of the death Thanatos', Mibriwn Temple 'God of wisdom Vir', and Deneb Temple 'Goddess of Fate Skadi'. Zekkah Temple and Solelei Temple located near the Athenian Capital, while the other temple were in another regions.

"I'll take the blanket outside, Sister Tyanne. I've washed them." I said, taking the basket of wet clothes to dry under the sun.

Well, my life has been peaceful except when a paladin hunting expedition needs a healer to get along the journey. It's a mess and gorrish sight to witness the demonic monster massacre.

"Don't take a long time to dry the clothes, The head priest called us to his office."

"I won't sister, it will be back right away."

It's been a week after my last expedition with Sir Ridgun squad to the Mire town in the South. Head priest Ronn might be assigning a new task again, if not, why would he asks our presence?

In my nine years of life, I had a hard time to accept that my soul left to another dimension, maybe it's easy to classified it as I, 'Ophelia' remember her past life in another lifetime. Strangely enough, the more I grew up, our face resembling each other but the face I had in this lifetime was far more beautiful compared to the past me.

Strikingly green limelight eyes and platinum blonde hair was eye catching between the average apprentice. Ah, Since everyone were very much colorful in that aspect, I didn't think I was weird anymore. Ah, one more thing that I liked being here was the divine power keep me healthy as long as I am not inflicted by a curse and demonic energy.

"Luna, did someone important will arrived at the temple ?" I asked her because everyone seems busy in the morning. Luna was my childhood friends in the temple after the other moved out to the different temple.

"Hmm, Killa's Sister told me that Grand duchy Theron from the North Regions arrived at the dawn."

"Really ?, what for ?"

"I don't know, but Bishop Ranell instructed an order to the head priest, from what I heard."

"Does it had a connection with the reasons as to why Head priest Ronn called me and Tyanne sister to his office? I wonder why..."

"Maybe, I am not sure either."

Luna was always nonchalant in every situation, she was spectacular in 'I don't f*cking care attitude' but she was indeed kind and funny individuals.

When were five years old, We had a big fight. She punched me in the face, so I pushed her, at that time I was so sensitive and emotional because of my fragmented memories. Emotional stress from the fact that I was dead and alive in here, burdening my child body. I was so mad that I pushed her back, despite deep inside my heart I was older than her.

"I am done here, see you later, Luna. I had to meet the Head priest along with Tyanne Sister." I stated, while holding the empty basket. Shrugging her shoulder, Luna seems dejected.

"I get it. See you later, Ophelia."

I waved at her directions and turns around after she couldn't see me anymore. Going back to my room, I changed into my apprentice uniform, tied my long hair behind and washed my face.

I look like a nun with the long neck uniform covering my nape. Long-knife pleated white skirt with embroidered silver lines and her chunky_shoes without adornment except the Sun God sigils attached on her neck collar clothes.

Standing in front of the mirror, always mesmerizes her. Ophelia's distinct feature was a mole on her right eye cheeks, pointy nose, and her strawberry pink lips.

Wearing white from head to toe, Ophelia herself might be an embodiment of an international supermodels figure. Pure, charming, and gorgeous.

After checking her appearance on a mirror, Ophelia went straight to Tyanne's sister room. Both of them meet the head priest right away.

—knock -knock

The one knocking behind the closed door was Ophelia and Tyanne, waiting for a response.

"...."

"It's me, Tyanne and Ophelia... Head priest, May I come in ?"

"Come in, both of you."

After Head Priest Ronn gave us permission to enter, we could see that there are more people inside the room. He was a middle-aged man, had a Jet-black hair with a sharp red eyes, it was a rare color in the capital.

'Ah... I missed my black hair...'

Ophelia haven't found any individuals with black hair were long as she started living her life. The one closest to black hair was her friend Mylos, he had dark brown hair with his freckled face. A young man who goes to an errand in the slums.

"Let me introduce you. He is Duke Maglev August Theron from the North where the Theobril temple located. "

I and Tyanne sister stunned and hurriedly greeting him.

"I am Tyanne, a priest from Solelei Temple, pleased to meet you. Your Grace."

"I'm Ophelia, an apprentice priest, pleased to meet you, Your grace."

The duke nod at our greetings, He had an enormous presence like some kind of aura who lived on an edge in a wilderness, seems sharp and deadly.

"Lets us proceed our conversation."

With that, our head priest, instructing us to sit down on the couch.

"The reasons why both of you called by me was because of a direct order from the emperor.

"As you can see, today news was actually a secret."

"A secret ?" Tyanne asks nervously because the head priest expression didn't look good.

"Have you ever heard about our recent political trade between Rockdale Kingdom from the north ?"

It was the Grand duke who speaks,

"I am afraid not, Your grace."

I was listening on the conversation since my position not high enough to speak, besides Sister Tyanne is enough as my senior to do the talking.

By the way, about Rockdale Kingdom name sounds like a pile of stone being put in one form, either way I've heard about it somewhere, yet I couldn't recall it clearly.

"Yes, as I thought. It will be a secret until all the condition finalized by both party, but something came up in the middle and creating a possible problem between the two nation.

"In that case, I can't disclose much about the disputes, but the emperor gave us along the temples an order.

"His majesty decrees ordered us to prepare for the incoming war."

As I heard that, I was stunned silly with my round and jawdroped mouth hanging from the shocking truth. Truthfully, I felt this ominous foreboarding. A danger sense which was grown inside me as I lived in this strange world. Thanks for my will to lived that I could see a monster carcass or gruesome death, corpse and people dying in front of my eyes without throwing out my insides.

It's a norm, but too far away from my past reality, but how the hell about this news ?!

'A war ?'

"Does it had to do with us ?" Sister Tyanne asks carefully, she seems worried and sad. Of course! Who didn't?

War was lamentable for the loser, but it isn't good for the winner. Both sides sacrifice human life, and its bring losses to the dead loved ones. Regrettably, who was she?

Ophelia was an ordinary citizen who happens to become a god servant. Awakening divine power to help those in need and to burn the wicked beings in to ashes.

"Yes, the emperor instructed the temple to aid the war since there was an unusual report from the opponent sides." The head priest Ronn chimed in.

'Wait a minute. Did he say unusual ?' As I think about Ronn words, He seems awkward because I think he sees me frowning. 'Is it a monster? Or the demons' follower ?' I muttered inside my head.

"If our predictions missed, it's not against the rule to prepare thoroughly." Said the Duke, smiling kindly.

"That's why, given Sister Tyanne has a good amount of divine power and skillful enough in the art of healing ... I decided to include you on the list, in addition to that I think, Ophelia will do a good job on assisting you in the battlefield."

As soon as the head priest words fell, I could tell that sister Tyanne loss of words. Well, what can we do about emperor decrees? Coupled with the Duke of Theron presence was likely someone who recruiting us for his force.

"I see..." I muttered slowly, "Then, where do we likely will be placed ?" I continued, breaking the silence.

"Yes, right. Where we'll be placed then ?"

From our tones, the head priest seems relieved, while the dukes look pleased. They're worried that we'll be uncomfortable, especially the head priest, who keeps sweating bullets while drying it with his handkerchief.

"About that, there are four people left besides both of you from Solelei Temple for our troops. The North under Theron will be your designated task, and as the priest of 'Sol' which based on divine healing rather an offensive use your job might be more heavy compared to another priest." The Duke stated.

"All right." Sister Tyanne said almost simultantly, "Then, when we'll be going ?" continued by Tyanne Sister.

"Today."