Priest Diary 2 — Blazing Rebirth (Tg) (Patreon)

Entry Nr 9: This is horrible. I need to talk with Nagisa tonight as soon as possible.

More people appeared in our church, which only meant that Delia is doing her job rather well. No, the bad part was that teenagers and adults I have seen before started to appear, even more frightened than they were before today.

The military has seemingly realized that some of their soldiers didn’t die and just inexplicably appeared back in our church, which is why they immediately forced them to return to their ranks and fight once again, which of course, those poor souls didn’t want to do.

So they were executed on the spot for treason. A horrible fate, but one that thankfully just landed them back here in the church, though much more terrified than they were before. Not just from the war, but from their own comrades as well.

They will just continue to torture those poor guys everyday now until they pick up the weapons once again, which is something I cannot let happen to those that clearly don’t want anything to do with this war. I will bring this to Nagisa’s attention tonight!

Entry Nr 10: Nagisa told me that she predicted that something like this would happen, which is why William, another one of her priests, was here today. It was interesting to see, but it looked like Nagisa actually had lots of experience with war and the machinations of it, so she was also already preparing herself for her next move.

She sounded like William was her next trump card, though I have no idea how this guy was going to help in this situation at all. After all, there is not much we humans can do about a horrible situation like this. At least I thought so at first.

Then Delia entered the divine realm of Quinoa and it dawned on me. William wasn’t going to stay human, was he…?

Entry Nr 11: Today I had the most curious case of a confession yet.

The man was an Ex-Soldier and was in service until earlier that day. He had the luxury of being in charge of recruitment and training of new cardettes, which is why he was never forced into the frontlines thus far, going even so far as to say that he had the best job you could possibly have at this day and age.

Then it all changed with the seeming revival of his trainees at the church. The people that had fallen in war had appeared once again, which is why his superior called it a miracle and gave him the order to round them all up again, so that they can fight another day.

But they refused. They refused so hard that he had no choice but to call it treason, and all of his comrades in arms agreed. Which is why they shot the traitors, which was, in his words “The most important mistake of his life.”.

The moment he shot his gun and took a ‘traitors’ life, his rifle seemingly inexplicably backfired and engulfed him in flames, which he described as painful, but not for the reason he expected flames to be painful.

It was like the moment he took a man's life, he could feel all the pain of that man all at once. The horror of the battlefield, the terror of losing his friends, the worry of the man's family praying for the ‘traitorous man’ to come home safely. The pain of knowing that you won’t be living for long anymore. Everything all at once.

Which is why he came to me today. That soldier swore off fighting after realizing what it would mean to blow out someone else's life, and left the army immediately and without hesitation.

And most curiously he wasn’t the only one with an experience like that happening to him. To be frank it seemed like over 50 people were in the church because of that today, which is why we had to call off most of the activities we had planned for today.

I didn’t even have time to visit Quinoa’s realm today. Though even without talking to the goddess today, there is no doubt in my mind anymore that whatever she is doing is causing a LOT of people to quit from the army.

Entry Nr 12: The church is usually not a place where rumors are spreading from, but now a lot of people are talking about the ‘fires of rebirth’ that randomly hits soldiers, making them want to quit their jobs. And since most of those people seemed to be naturally drawn to the church, lots of people actually think that the church is responsible for that as well.

So we were starting to get a lot of thanks for an act that we honestly didn’t do anything for. It was clear that I needed to talk to Nagisa about this again.

I don’t know what I expected, but somehow it still took me by surprise when I saw that William had also changed a lot in those less than two days that I had last seen him. He, on the other hand, seemed to have at least stayed male for now, though I couldn’t really call him human anymore with how he was looking.

Instead of arms, he had wide and broad flaming wings, constantly burning yet without looking like they would harm anymore. Instead of legs he sported talons, reminiscent of those of a large bird, looking sharp like they were ready to hunt prey down. William definitely looked a lot more bird-like in his new form, though I don’t think he was turning into just any bird by the way he was looking.

There was something mystical about him as well.

Entry Nr 13: I don’t even know how to start this entry, I am still so in shock. Simply put, I almost died today, and am only alive because Ophelia saved me.

My day went like the days before, but with fewer soldiers coming to me to quit the army than the days before. The rumor that anyone that would try to harm an innocent will be engulfed by the flames of reckoning sent by god, and forced to start their life over or something, was starting to really start to gain traction by now. I didn’t think much of it, since I knew where they came from.

Until the military stormed our church and had my priests, nuns and me at gunpoint.

Since they had so many deserters because of this phenomenon, they decided to quickly take action and swiftly eradicate the root of their problem. And they seemed to believe that that was us.

Their officer bombarded us with questions first, asking how we are doing this and why we are actively trying to sabotage our own country. They clearly didn’t understand anything. I tried talking to them, but before I could even finish with anything, I was already at gunpoint.

Then the officer shot… but the bullet was deflected. Or rather stopped and vaporized as it passed through the burning wings of William. All of them started to shoot at him, but he didn’t care in the slightest, protecting me… and everyone without any effort at all.

He then raised his wings and spoke with a loud and clear voice that rings in my head even now: “Those who intend to harm the innocent shall be cleansed by the fires of rebirth!”

Which is also when all of those soldiers and William burst into flames at the same time. I knew what was happening to those soldiers since I have heard so many tales already, though what was happening to our inhuman savior was so interesting that I couldn’t look away.

William’s body started to change in a way that was beautiful to look at. His hips started expanding like he was trying to look more alluring, his waist pinched inwards as if to emphasize his swelling behind and then to top it all off, breasts started to sprout on his chest to round out his new and very feminine figure.

I am pretty sure she also told me somewhere in between that she wanted to go by the name Ophelia now, but I don’t remember when that was. I just know that I am done for the day and need some sleep.

Entry Nr 14: Today an official decree was published that ‘forces’ everyone able to fight to ‘please’ enter the military once again. This was by far the oddest thing I have ever heard from a politician, but then again, they couldn’t really do much more to gain more soldiers anymore.

Whenever someone refused to join them, they had no power to change that person's mind anymore. Even if you call them a traitor, most people were just completely fine with that as long as they didn’t have to fight anymore.

And when they tried to do more drastic measures, like execution, torture or even just monetary ruin of any kind, they would just be engulfed by the ‘fires of rebirth’ courtesy of Ophelia and promptly leave the military out of their own volition.

In less than a week, the casualties of Argentia had decreased by two thirds and the terror and pressure the military used to exude were completely gone. And all ironically because of the work of a ‘goddess of chaos’. I really should thank her when I visit her today.

Entry Nr 15: Ophelia and Delia seemed to get along very well, despite being the literal embodiments of Life and Death respectably.

One is a Phoenix, a mythical creature of rebirth, having blazing wings, long burning red hair, sharp talons and big breasts…

Err… I mean… And the other one is a literally grim reaper in centaur form, swinging her massive scythe and galloping gracefully on her four horse legs, saving any innocent life from the brink while her boobs jiggle wildly in the…

What is it with me and boobs today? I just can’t concentrate. Somehow, today was pretty eventless, which is why I spent a lot of time up in heaven. Which is funny, because I don’t really know the last time I had the opportunity to relax like this.

Though I don’t think it is a good idea for a priest like me to spend so much time around so much cleavage. It's getting to me… mentally.

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Hi there, Nagisa Fulkami speaking. Recently a good friend of mine told me that she pretty much lost control of her world and could use some help. The most important thing in this is to always make sure the bad guys get reformed into good guys. Reborn, if you catch my drift.

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