Chapter 365: The Lateran
"I believe in on God,
The father almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
Of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one lord Jesus Christ.
The only begotten son of God
Born of the father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the father,
Through him all things were made."
Word for word, my lips spoke all that was being said by the rest of the congregation, my eyes glued to the pamphlet in my hand.
Ninja momma or Isolde as the others called her had been quite insistent on our behaviour during mass.
Making sure each of us got a pamphlet the previous night, revising the words that were to be said and then reminding us this morning Isolde ensures that we participated to in the mass being held at St john Lateran Basilica to the fullest.
"I don’t care what you believe in, but we will all respect their religion."
Standing in one of the biggest churches in the world, a group of women at both my left and right, I experienced another occasion at a catholic church
My parents hadn’t been religious people, my father believed in wall street and it’s volatile stocks while my mother cherished Karma.
"What goes around comes around, I never worry to much when someone offends."
While I felt such a believe to be quite naive, the smile on her face and peace in her heart was undeniable.
Delusion has its place in our heart...
I had been to a catholic church a few time before, so the kneeling and the bowing weren’t all to new to me.
While I played, my role, I spent some time observing the people around me, Ninja momma and Hontas in particular.
Unlike us who read from the pamphlet the female government spoke every mass prayer from the head, while our eyes spent a better part of it’s time running over words, hers violated the inner wall of the church and the people in it.
Hontas who was supposed to be a pious believer of a God, she supposedly discovered put on a pious act that made me doubt her religion.
While she did look at the pamphlet, the words that came out of her mouth, reverberated through the ears of those meters around us.
The woman spoke a melody, one that filled people with holiness. This was not just a casual manipulation of Psion, it was communication that involved the fabric of reality.
When my body shivered in both pleasure and peace, I could pick out the foreign Psion influencing me, but how the energy had gotten to me, I could not track.
Hontas’s trick drew attention of many around, many looking at her with adoration and worship, her white robes helping to embolden the holiness she expressed.
As eyes fell on Hontas, they also fell on those beside, I who was just by her side becoming an art piece.
Within, I cursed ninja momma who had for some reason initially sat ahead, the woman definitely knowing what was to come.
"Our father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven......"
"The peace of the lord be with you always.
And with your spirit...."
"The lord be with you.
And with your spirit...."
"Go in peace.
Thank be to god."
Stepping out of the church a few minutes after the mass had ended, I took in a drag of air and let out a sigh.
"How was it" Isolde popped out from behind and asked, her hand clasped together.
She gave of the image of a pious woman and I could not help snorting.
"What."
"A Tigress in sheep clothing."
Isolde’s eyes narrowed at me, but a certain beauty came and backed me up.
"Aptly said Mr Lawson."
"Still with the formality," I slightly looked at the blue haired woman to the side.
"Yes, and that won’t be changing.
You tried to seduce me."
As she said the last words the woman pinched my right arm and giving us both smiles walked away.
"When did this happen" Ninja momma raised a brow.
"Last night."
"You couldn’t be patient enough to woo her for some days."
"I need to put my dick somewhere."
"Last I checked Rome has over a million women living in it."
Ninja mommas words put my mind to thought and the women seeing this shook her head and wondered off.
"Do what you want, but be back to the hotel before 4 pm, we have a meeting.
Also, behave."
Like that, I was left all alone, the sun’s rays falling on my body and words of the surrounding Catholics filtering into my ears like mutterings.
Rome, Italy, the home of the pope. I was yet to step into the Vatican but could already feel the energy in the air, while very sparse, there were literal particles of Psion floating around.
"To think people still cheat and kill in this place."
When ninja Momma had called, a request for help in Rome was one of the last things I expected her to say.
"What were the chances."
Considering the time I came back from London, my trip to the Rome was long overdue.
Whether Ninja Momma knew of my connection to a certain possible nun in the city or not, I did not care.
The two women had gone to chat with certain specific individuals that had been present during the mass.
While I understand the value of socializing, I didn’t feel like it, especially when there wouldn’t be any stripping involved.
"If only Denise was here?’ I mumbled.
Ignoring the crowd around, I marched forward, soon descending the stairs that led up to the Basilica.
Mass had started quite early, and I was yet to put something in my belly.
It took me a minute to fully step out of the churches premises and just as i was about to move forward and ask someone for direction, I1 paused my face going sour.
"So that’s why."