Chương 18: Chapter 18: Sirrah’s apologists!

Amell and the sworn brothers entered a church that resembled an unbelievably grand and pale palace with murals on the left end of the hall and statues of a masculine figure with a long sword on the contrary end. Derek and Alec had their jaws drop open as the decor left them dumbfounded, rich in gold and decorated with copper sculptures from one of the walls. A man dressed in a lemon chiffon robe with black and dark blue accessories approached the trio. Amell sniffed for the aroma of coffee mysteriously present in the church's air every time he had visited before scratching his nose and smiling. "Hi, Master Delucio— before you ask with my welcome, I have been staying consistent in my verbal combat, old man." Amell greeted and nodded towards his fellow apologist of Sirrah. Amell's old debate mentor shook his hand before requesting and shaking Derek's and Alec's afterwards prior to walking away then leaving without a further word. As the trio heard a bell noise sounding throughout the church, every attendee and their families grabbed a seat or their sections. The grifting uncle sat his nephew, Derek and his nephew's best friend, Alec, close to him. Alec found himself bored with lowered brows, Derek found himself intrigued with widening eyes, Alec soon took notice when he looked towards his left the happiest face on his best friend in months. Amell knew from the church's lights turning dim who'd be the fellow speaking on the stage. An older man ambled onto the church stage with one of the church's dining room chairs. He cleared his throat as he surveyed the crowd and attendees. "Very long ago, humanity was threatened by one of the children of our very aloof creator. After a brief civil war in Sashigyenna, dwelling palace of the primordial concepts governing our universe before we were conceived, this creator decided to not exhaust his final say and gifted it to the most devoted advocates in the pantheon arguing over our fate. We praise, Sirrah Sashigyenna, for achieving victory over our shared haters and seeing beauty in our hearts and diverse individual natures. Beauty to decide to pursue excellence, virtue and peace or failure, depravity and war. After scouring the cosmos to establish the right home for us, he performed a few modifications and allowed us to thrive which brings us from our primal era to modern day where we put on suits and we blush as our hearts speed up after seeing our crush. He and his allies, his siblings, the concepts of dignity and the oceans, truth and skies, Valor and forging, Entertainment and Culture alongside the seven forgers of the continents. I'll allow the next apologist onto this miraculous stage and go have a glass of water. Thanks for listening everybody." Said the older man dressed in a silky lemon chiffon robe before he returned backstage, waving the audience away. He took a pause when something urged him to look with more focus into the crowd and spotted his apprentice. "Dopey smile as usual." The elder kept in his thoughts before he continued forward. Derek, further intrigued after sitting through hours of preaching, held his eyes open wide following beside Alec, with slouching eyes, both made their way to the backstaging section of the church with Amell's lead. The uncle and the duo he's responsible to take care of sat with one of the church's elders. The church elder introduced himself with a welcoming grin. "I'm this church's head and authority regarding the lore that we teach and the one who holds the final decision. Head Apologist Audrey, you may call me. If this doof forgot to mention my name?" Head apologist threatened with a closed hand aimed towards Derek's uncle Amell. The head apologist's former student stepped forward before tightly hugging the church's lead apologist who taught him everything about what he's intending to share with his nephew. "My brother's son, Derek, is up against waning hope in his heart. He's facing the fourth most faced dilemma in our church that often urges folks to pay us a visit." Amell revealed to his teacher. Lead apologist Audrey's expression conveyed how elated hearing this news made him while the apologist stepped near the youthful hero to gain a glimpse of him. "Even the original blacksmith, lord of the forges and the embodiment of valor feared his brother, Asasaphalableëz, the embodiment of disorder, lord over the realm of absurdities where folks go who decide to reject any of the other seven's presence once they reach the conclusion of their stories, during the divine civil war that decided our fate yet what he did was what this church teach. Glaring at the fear in its eyes while standing up to it." Lead apologist taught his apprentice's nephew as he began moving towards his face and the others followed. Derek pondered whether to respond or not after collecting his thoughts about what he had been told by the apologist. "Sir, I'm not a god, I'm a short teen that's going into the tenth grade next school year." The young hero replied after turning his way and looked up to see his eyes as he held his right arm's wrist tightly. The apologist broke out into laughter before he noticed that the four of them were out of the sight of the church's attendees. He put his head down and tightly closed his eyes, Derek soon noticed himself feeling healthier and a sudden surge of strength before noticing Alec and Amell emitting a lemon chiffon aura around them and from their eyes. The apologist smiled. "They deny it though little do they want to accept that we've got proof of their existence and love thanks to an ancient tale of the embodiment of the entertainment concept's books and sacrifices to the mightiest of his siblings. The founders of the ancient churches are mysterious and unknown yet said to be the entertainment's siblings themselves. I'm not sure if it's true or not myself though. We only have documents." Amell's apologist mentor revealed as he held a minuscule portion of his own energy in his hand before handing it over to Alec as it attracted Derek's attention as well. The brothers of a hidden heroic oath began to simultaneously feel their mind and bodies the healthiest they've ever felt as their eyes lit up overwhelmed by an unexplainable feeling, Amell and his first mentor was blown away by Derek's pitiful lemon chiffon aura and Alec's massive yet unstable burst of aura that stood as tall as nine feet. The aura surrounding their bodies returned to being invisible before the two could see each other. Derek slightly grinned before his face returned to being more mournful. "All of this is true– let's just assume right now, so where did they go?!" Derek asked with a glum tone. The spiritual apologist crossed his arms while rubbing his chin with his left hand. "They could be split up if they've held dear individual virtues of the embodiments or together for eternity in either of the unreachable realms for valuing the same virtues, I'll go over the essentials for the rest of the day with you guys to maybe reach them." The apologist finished before Amell gestured for the duo to follow after him.