Five people dressed in white and gold with a golden sun insignia on their attire marched through the roads of Hearthwood. Two knights, a paladin, and two nuns attempted to make their way to Kai’s house to see if they could find any answers about his whereabouts, but they didn’t know where he lived exactly, so they decided to go to the adventurers’ guild to ask questions.
The five of them walked with elegance, pride, and power. People stood out of their way and bowed to show their respect as the church was not only highly influential, but they were the ones who enacted their goddess’s will.
"Holy shit! That’s a paladin!"
"Those are nuns from the church of Gracia!"
"Mommy! I want to be a knight like him when I grow up!"
After arriving at the adventurers’ guild, everyone stopped what they were doing to look at the five church members who walked into their domain.
"Check them out." Someone said.
"What’s the church doing here?"
"That nun is hot. You think she’ll let me hit?"
The knight cleared his throat and spoke up. "Ahem. Greetings everyone, I’m sure it’s a surprise seeing us here today, but do not worry, we are here simply to find someone. Do any of you know a man named Kai LuForia?"
At first, no one knew who they were talking about as they had never heard the name LuForia before. Sure, they knew of a Kai, but the Kai they knew didn’t have a surname according to their knowledge.
Seeing how no one knew what the knight was talking about, the paladin started to explain Kai’s appearance. His eye color, height, muscle mass, and so on.
Collectively, everyone realized that the Kai the Church of Gracia was talking about was the Kai they knew, but instead of answering, they all grabbed their weapons and prepared to attack.
"What does the church want with our pal Kai? You tryna kill him?" A man asked, his hand on his axe.
"If you think you can come here and get information out of us to arrest Kai, then you’re out of luck. Go somewhere else." A woman said.
"Amazing! Sir Kai has already left a positive impression on these people!" One of the knights exclaimed.
"Please, fret not. We’re not here to arrest Sir Kai. In fact, we��re here to invite him to The Church of Gracia. I don’t know if you guys have gotten the news, but Kai has recently pulled out the Hero’s sword. He’s the new hero." One of the nuns announced.
"Say what now?!"
"Little Kai did that?"
"He’s the hero?"
"Haha! Holy shit!"
"I knew that kid would be someone special, but I never expected him to become the next hero!"
"You should have started with that, man. Come, ask any question you want!" The axe man said, dropping his weapon.
"W-Well, we simply wish to know where he lives." The paladin informed them.
"Hmm. Well, I don’t know where he lives, but he has a wife who works in the hunters’ guild. Her name is Mary. You should ask her."
"Thanks. You all have been helpful. May Gracia bless your day." They left for the Hunter’s Guild.
After arriving there, they asked for Mary, and one of the workers went to get her.
"Did someone call for me?" She asked, slowly walking down the stairs with her hand resting on her pregnant belly.
"Oh, she’s pregnant." One of the nuns said softly.
"Yes, are you one of Kai Luforia’s wives?" The paladin asked.
"I-I am. Is something wrong?" She had a worried expression on her face, but she knew that if something bad happened, Kai’s power would protect her.
"No, nothing is wrong. May we chat with you? It’s about your husband."
She looked at the five of them, then nodded her head. "Please, follow me." She then turned to one of the workers. "Can you tell my father I’m going home?"
"Sure thing."
Martha led them to the house. She had telepathically spoken with Kai to get his permission, and he said that she was free to speak with them and even invite them back to their home. He just asked her not to tell them where he was, which she had no plans of doing anyway.
"Oh, Martha, you’re back already?" Linda wondered as she opened the door for her. "And I see you brought company."
"Y-Yeah." She smiled wryly,
Mary was also home since she was having a sick day. This meant that all of Kai’s girls who decided to stay in Hearthwood were present.
"Nice to meet you four. I’m assuming you all are Kai’s wives?" The paladin asked. He looked at all of them and noticed that they, too, were pregnant.
"We are. And what are you here for?" Laura wondered.
"We wish to know if you all are aware of Kai being the hero?"
They all looked at each other, then back at the church members.
"We do. He told us himself." They admitted.
"Great! Does this mean you know where he is?" One of the nuns asked, an excited expression forming on her face.
"I-I’m sorry, but we do not. The last time I heard, he was leaving Ashenfall to go back on his adventure." Mary admitted.
"Adventure?" A knight asked.
"Yes. Kai was a hunter who slayed all the Primal beasts before becoming an adventurer. His goal was to become an S-Rank adventurer, then enroll in the hero academy. He said that he would slay evil during his journey since he was now the hero."
Laura piggybacked off of what Mary was saying. "Because of this, we don’t know where he currently is. The last thing I remember him saying was that Marenford was on his list to visit."
The Paladin nodded. "Thank you for your time. We will be on our way. I pray that you all have a safe pregnancy and birth."
"Thank you for your kind words." Martha smiled.
"May Gracia bless you all."
After leaving Kai’s home, the knight pulled out a communication device to contact the saintess.
"Unfortunately, Kai wasn’t here, and his wives don’t know his whereabouts either." They went on to explain everything they learned.
"I see. Come back to the church. Hopefully, the team we sent to Ashenfall can give us better news."