Adventures Of A Goblin

*Sanctuary Of The Holy Congregation*

*stomp!!, stomp!!*

"what the hell does that old geezer think he is doing?....., calling for me when he knows perfectly well how busy I am, does he think the whole world revolves around him or what?..."

Says the man with black long hair, an average look putting him in his mid-twenty, dressed in all white turtle neck and having a blue thick scarf curved from his right shoulder down to his left waist, with an insignia shaped like a star, tracing the scarf from his shoulder to his waist and ornaments on all sides of the clothing.

In annoyance, he stomps his feet hard on the ground along the hallway as he continues to grumble.

"serves you right. Now you know exactly how I feel whenever you summon me without my consent".

The floating humanoid being with its body made entirely of fire, and its size equal to that of a baseball, spoke up as he moves alongside the man.

"what are you saying Ignatius?, you always show up by yourself before I even summon you".

"how can you lie so easily without flinching a muscle on your face".

"that is because i am not lying. The only times I summon you, are when I need you, and that hasn't happened since I became a Cardinal".

Cardinals, four group of people also tagged, humanity's strongest. They shoulder the responsibilities of ensuring the survival of humanity amongst its fellow aggressive neighbors.

The Cardinals are maintained under the management of the Sanctuary Of The Holy Congregations, humanity's most wide spread organization.

The Sanctuary Of The Holy Congregations is formed from the branches of popes who each place their beliefs in the existence of different Gods.

The believers of the different Gods brought themselves together under one banner, with the belief that the Gods they each serve, are of one will, which is the prosperity of humans before any other race.

They built the Sanctuary Of The Holy Congregation to connect their God's together, and appointed the Cardinals who they believed are directly chosen by their Gods to keep humanity safe.

The Cardinals have shown to be worthy of the humanity's strongest title by doing their bid and keeping the other race on their toes.

It could be said, that without the Cardinal's existence, humanity would have longed perish at the hands of other neighboring race.

Bearing the title of a Cardinal grants one access to all and every human kingdoms in the world, and also the authority to mobilize their military.

The authority of a Cardinal reigns second only to the Emissary of the Sanctuary Of The Holy Congregation. A being appointed after the coming together of all Gods believer, as the one who conveys directly to them the will of all Gods.

Caius being one of the four Cardinals of the Sanctuary Of The Holy Congregation, is on his way to meet with the only individual in the world capable of bossing him around.

"so you are saying you don't need me anymore, is that it?...., you ungrateful child. I helped you get to where you are, and you discard me just like that".

"hey Ignatius, you know that is not what I intended to say".

"don't worry, your intentions were pretty clear to me. If you will excuse me now, I will be on my way".

"Igna....."

Caius was not allowed to finish as Ignatius had immediately erased itself out of his presence.

"seriously buddy?. You always do this to me, and then you come running back without being called on".

"no I don't".

It restored itself on Caius's head to reply to him, then erased itself from his presence, again.

"fine, just tell me, what is it I can do to stop you from acting like a child".

"hey....., I will have you know, I have lived enough lifetime to birth a thousand times of your generation".

"and yet you still continue to be a child".

"i am not a child...."

Throwing its soft and cute punches at Caius's face.

"stop that will you".

Caius halted its movement and pinned down Ignatius with two fingers.

"release me this instant".

Ignatius throwing its punches in the air and struggling to release Caius's hold on it.

"we are going to get to the old geezer soon, I want you to behave yourself when we are there, can you do that".

With his fingers holding unto the struggling Ignatius, he brings it closer to his face.

"name one time I have never behaved myself".

"not one, I can give you many instances, one of which is how you are currently acting".

"hey..., I am only like this because you pissed me off. You should count yourself lucky that you even to get to see me despite the number of people wanting to have me by their side, yet you treat me like I am nothing".

"buddy....."

Caius called out as gently as he could after being enticed by Ignatius's expression of folding its arms and puffing its cheeks out.

"you of all people should know, that in this world, you matter to me more than anyone else ever can. The only reason I treat you like this, Is because I know I can. You are family, and it's normal for there to be quarrel among family, the important thing is, family always manages to get back together no matter how much they quarrel".

"mphhmp....., trying to soothe me with that nonsense speech, definitely not going to work".

So Ignatius says as it stops its struggle and Caius let's go of it, only for it to fly itself on Caius head to sit on him.

"when we are done with this, I want to eat meat".

It's voice pompous and his expression normal, he tells Caius of his wants.

"you are lucky you are a spirit. With all the meat you devour in one sitting, you would have become fat enough to occupy this hallway".

"that's it, I am done playing nice. You want it rough, I am going to give it to you rough".

Ignatius on Caius's head, starts biting his hair aggressively. Caius simply ignored it and continued his walk down the hallway.

***

"Welcome Cardinal Caius!!".

The two men in full body armor standing guard at the door behind them, bowed their heads as they sighted the appearance of Caius coming closer to them.

"the Emissary".

"he has been expecting your arrival".

Caius with a serious tone, different from the one he was using to address Ignatius, asked the guards if the Emissary was in, and he was given a positive response.

The two guards pushed open the door and made way for Caius to go through.

"hey, aren't you boys going to greet me as well, or you blind to the point that you can't even see me".

Ignatius stopped pulling Caius's hair and directed its attention over to the two guards.

"we apologize for our rude demeanor towards you fire spirit king Ignatius. We are extremely honored to be in your presence".

So says the two as they bowed their heads even lower than they did for Caius.

"don't bother the two gentlemen and let them do their work in peace".

"what is wrong with wanting to get the respect i deserve? I swear the kids of this generation are just too damn rude towards their elderly".

Ignatius muttered still sitting on Caius's head while he made his way into the room, ignoring its murmuring.