Rebirth: Childhood friend of the heroine

Sarah was in her room, reading a book while lying down on her bed.

Although it was not healthy for her to be awake at this hour, she couldn't sleep right away because of all the things going on inside her head.

The story Alex shared about the Curse and the side effects he has been inflicted with by using the Curse's power. All of it had left her restless.

That's why she has been researching something that might be useful for Alex.

Sacrificial ritual to enhance someone's vitality.

There were some mentions in the ancient book about a ritual which was used in the olden times, to increase the vitality of important figures, like the Pope or a King.

As the name suggests, it takes the sacrifice of several lives to perform the ritual.

However, in the name of sacrifice, not just anyone could be pushed into flames and expect the ritual to work. Rather those who have good karma, provide more vitality upon being sacrificed.

That's why, in the past, hundreds of criminals were sacrificed to increase a few years' worth of vitality of a person.

However, soon, the population of criminals started to diminish, and some greedy people started kidnapping even common people to perform the rituals.

That's why the ritual was forbidden by the church all over the world. The books about it were mostly burned and those who knew about it were either dead or were banned by a spell to never speak about it.

Sarah got to know about it once she got access to the library of the cathedral. She found the book randomly one day when she was wandering around and hid it from others.

Now, she might be the only person in the world who knows about the ritual and can talk about it.

'But I don't think Alex would agree to it…' Sarah muttered under her breath. It wasn't like Alex cared about the lives of a few criminals if they could provide his soul some nourishment. Rather, Sarah saw him being confident in the curse for some reason. He didn't seem that worried about his unnaturally aging soul because the Curse had arranged something to take care of it.

Was the Curse influencing Alex's psyche? She wished not…or she doesn't know what she would end up doing to separate the two existences.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Sarah heard some voices from the outside, which elicited her interest.

She rested the book on the table and got up.

Wearing the veil over her face and covering herself with a cardigan she stepped out of the room—only to find her eyes widening upon seeing a crowd gathering around Alex's room.

'What in the world…' She hurriedly advanced toward the room and asked, "What just happened?!" She couldn't see inside the room but having so many people crowding before his room, there definitely was some matter.

The church workers immediately lowered their heads and made space for the supreme one.

Inside the room, Sarah saw a few familiar faces----Celestria shielding Alex who seemed to be in a daze. Before the duo, there were a few priests shielding a priestess with whom Sarah was familiar.

"What is happening here?" Seeing the tears in Celestria's eyes, Sarah knew something was wrong that's why her voice sounded unnaturally cold.

"It's your guest, Your Holiness…this bastard-" The priest who was about to badmouth Alex, turned silent instantly as he found a pair of ominously glowing emerald eyes looking at him.

He was frozen at his spot and every person in the room felt such a daunting aura radiating from the lady who generally doesn't show her emotions.

"I suggest you choose your words wisely." That was not a warning but a threat…and that was felt by every single person around her.

Cristopher stepped forward before speaking in a calm voice, "Even if you find it displeasing, the fact cannot remain hidden that Alex tried to assault Ruby."

Sarah frowned as she glanced at the girl whom she sent to deliver some milk to Alex.

The look in her eyes clearly told that the girl was quite traumatized. Her clothes were ripped and there was faint bruising on her cheeks, as if someone grabbed her face by brute force.

However, she didn't ask the girl anything and turned toward Alex.

Cristopher barely held himself from smirking as he found the angered Saintess turning toward Alex.

"Sarah, I-" Celestria was about to say something, but Sarah raised her hand and shook her head.

Celestria turned silent and nodded.

Everyone watched in anticipation as the Saintess turned toward Alex.

However, rather than questioning him, she suddenly raised her hand, her hand glowing with a greenish hue as she moved it above Alex's head, however, regardless of how much she tried, she wasn't able to get rid of the drug he had consumed.

"You need to do justice, Your Holiness! Someone dared to assault the server of God in this holy place and you are-"

"Shut up." Sarah bluntly said, shutting up Christopher completely.

Turning toward the oh-so-pitiful girl, Sarah asked, "What kind of drug did you add to his drink?"

Ruby's eyes widened but soon she averted her gaze, and moisture began appearing in her eyes.

Christopher was also taken aback by the fact that his trick was so easily caught…no, it was just a guess!

"What drug? Can't you tell that Alex attacked her?" He voiced, in an aggravated tone.

Soon the Pope entered the room, and instantly Christopher turned toward him, "Father I-" However, not even the man heard him and instantly headed toward Alex.

The same pattern was followed as the Pope checked on Alex…and soon a frown marred his face as he said, "The green-due poison…it makes one lose focus and sense of direction for a while…however, there is definitely something else in it."

Turning around, he said, "If it had been just the poison, then he should have returned to his senses by now…but there is definitely far more severe mixed in his body against which Alex is trying to fight but failing miserably."

Sarah's face grew pale upon hearing that but before she could have asked Christopher, everyone saw the figure of a certain person escaping the room.

It was Ruby.

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