Lina and Zel were traveling the road once again. They were about two days away from Sai Rag, on foot.
"Say Zel, tell me about yourself. What did you want to be when you were a kid? Why'd you become a priest?" Lina asked.
"Well, I always wanted to be a sorcerer swordsman. As for becoming a priest, well the reason would be my grandfather, Rezo." Zel answered.
"Oh? He inspired you or something?" she guessed.
"Nope. See I'm basically the last of the Greywords line. Rezo is my guardian and he raised me when my family died and I was sick. Well Rezo, you must know, is the Amazing Red Priest, so I didn't have a choice but to become a priest." Zel clarified.
"Bummer. So what now? You still want to be a priest?" she pressed.
"No I still really want to be a sorcerer swordsman." Zel admitted, "I even learned almost all the shamanism type spells there are, including Ra Tilt. But... my body is just too weak to even lift a sword." Zel mused, unhappily.
Lina pondered him for a while before coming up with an answer. "You know.. I could fix that." she started, gaining Zel's complete and avid attention. "I just need to perform a little miracle, nothing major."
"Lina." Zel smiled like a lovesick poodle.
Lina stood still and concentrated on her miracle. "Oh, blessed hand of God, I beseech thee and thy earth to come before me. Show your great love and compassion to all and deliver this young soul his heart's desire! I call forth.. A MIRACLE!" Lina called out and glowed a brilliant gold. Zel covered his eyes from the brightness of the light and slowly saw the concentration of pure white spilling from her chest.
In a flash the lights were gone and there stood the archangel, Lina Inverse, holding a magnificent sword. "Here Zel. One miracle." she offered.
"Lina... its beautiful." she gasped taking the blade by its golden hilt. "And its so light!" he cheered swinging the blade easily. "Lina I Love You!" he sang and spun her around in a great hug then kissed her firmly on the mouth.
Lina watched stunned as Zel practiced with his blessed blade. 'Wow.' she thought, 'He sure knows how to make a girl feel.. loved.' she blushed and cleared her thought. "Come on Zel, we're almost to Sai Rag."
"Coming!" Zel said and they traveled on, Zel smiling for probably the first time in his life.
Phibrizo kicked another rock. "This traveling stuff is kinda boring. I need some action. I Need a Town!" he complained to no one. he looked up to see a giant mother of a tree in the distance.
"Hmm that looks like fun!" he thought aloud and took of running for Sai Rag.
-- the Emperor's Sister