\u201cIf you ever die again, I\u2019ll kill you myself\u201d, Hypatia\u2019s frustration flashed through her teary eyes as she hugged Grace. \u201cWe almost died of grief\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Mom\u201d, Grace looked guilty in the happiest way possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cYoung Lady, you certainly put us through some very hard moments\u201d, Lady Shakti smiled and embraced the girl, when it was her turn. \u201cYour way of becoming a Goddess was certainly the most painful, heroic and risky, out of anything I\u2019ve seen. Every one of us feels we would die instantly to follow our husbands in death, but you actually did it”.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, since your perfectly pure innocent heart broke once, and through no fault of your own, but due to providence of God, it is now the sacred place of the world, in which the Will of God will reside\u201d, she turned her eyes inwards, and a golden fire danced above her finger, and took form of a Jewel of such power everybody shivered at the sight. The Jewel entered Grace\u2019s heart, and she gasped and her eyes flashed gold as it integrated with her soul.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour heart never desired anything that wasn\u2019t in accordance with the Will of God. Therefore, from now on, your heart is<\/i> the Will of God\u201d, Lady Shakti spoke her verdict, and bowed. Shivers went up every God and Goddess present, and a flurry of newborn souls exploded among them.<\/p>\n
\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, can I have my job back?\u201d, Grace smiled at Azrael. \u201cHow long have I been away, anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was always yours\u201d, he bowed. \u201cIt\u2019s seventeenth century now. You haven\u2019t missed much. What we expected to happen, unfortunately did. The Turks advanced and established themselves on the Balkans. The Church has degraded morally and intellectually. A new schism formed, called Protestantism; great intolerance and religious wars ensued. Europe discovered a new continent, the one where they cut out hearts from the prisoners of war as sacrifice to their gods. Spain, England and France have colonies there now. There were advances in science, but unfortunately it all seems to be connected to the godless attractor of Satan, and is full of hatred of God and everything transcendental. Their basic assumption is that God doesn\u2019t exist, and if something seems to be caused by God, it\u2019s wrong and you need to look for the actual causes. Since people attributed things to God too casually in the past, in order to signal virtue and avoid using their brains, this actually seems to produce results\u201d, he smiled. \u201cAnd there are four new Gods. Other than you and your husband, that is\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWow! Who are they?\u201d, she jumped.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul and Caterina, and Chiara and Bernard\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, that\u2019s actually expected\u201d, she smiled. \u201cWhat are they doing?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBernard and Chiara are Judges, Paul and Caterina are teachers\u201d, he nodded approvingly. \u201cBoth couples are doing a wonderful job, as expected\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are the qualifications for the job of a Judge? If it is possible, I would like to join my wife there\u201d, Carol gave Azrael a shy look.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are quite qualified, but of course you would need some on-job training first, and you would need to be approved by the highest authorities\u201d, Angel of Death nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are approved\u201d, smiled Lady Lakshmi.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, Mother\u201d, Carol bowed. \u201cAnd thank you also for saving our lives down there\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are very much welcome, my son\u201d, she nodded.<\/p>\n
\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does it feel like?\u201d, Kay pointed at Grace\u2019s golden heart.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncredibly peaceful\u201d, she smiled. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel as if my heart was different than before, but I feel\u2026 trusted. God put his confidence in me, knowing that I will always do the right thing. It makes me feel so happy, acknowledged and safe, that I can\u2019t describe it\u201d, she sighed. \u201cI would expect being scared of myself now, second-guessing my every desire, because what if I wish for something rashly and do something wrong? But it\u2019s nothing like that. It makes me so peaceful and balanced, that I am for all intents and purposes without desires. I wish only to remain in that state of balanced happiness, where God can reside safely in my heart, because I\u2019m trustworthy. As this is all I desire, every desire I am ever going to have is going to be rooted in that\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd a birdie told me that it\u2019s the two of you that actually worked the hardest on saving us\u201d, Carol grinned. \u201cEverybody else was grieving and in shock, while the two of you were brainstorming\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were brainstorming because we were grieving and in shock, and that\u2019s our way of dealing with pain\u201d, Azazel smiled. \u201cOur minds just kept trying to find solutions, until eventually we landed something that made enough sense to run it by Father\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just couldn\u2019t accept the fact that Grace was dead. It was something so much against the nature of God, that we just refused to accept it outright\u201d, Kay shivered at the memory. \u201cPerfectly innocent angels who are beloved by all, and on a steep trajectory to Godhood, don\u2019t die because they did nothing wrong and just followed the Will of God. If they do, it must be the Will of God for them to be saved in some greater plan. Some could call it denial, but denial of things that don\u2019t make any sense is actually a pretty good idea\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI certainly agree with you\u201d, Grace smiled and hugged the girl. \u201cThank you both for not accepting reality\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cIf you ever die again, I\u2019ll kill you myself\u201d, Hypatia\u2019s frustration flashed through her teary eyes as she hugged Grace. \u201cWe almost died of grief\u201d. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Mom\u201d, Grace looked guilty in the happiest way possible. \u201cYoung Lady, you certainly … Continue reading