7.Barbecue.

~~Vincent/Azeroth~~

Next day Azeroth didn't lingered about, he knew that host body need to rest before difficult night. At the same time Ghost came back with good news. He found minor deity of Knowledge, who could help him.

Keeping his senses high, if she called him he travelled through realm. He never saw what kind of scenery was around but from stories he could picture together.

This dimension had its own planet divided into several continents separated by either water or lava rivers. Any creature had their habitat shaped for them despite their needs and if any new creatures appeared, land made space for them as well. No one was left behind the planet was itself like living being that managed to fit anyone and everyone. Some areas had frozen wastelands and mountains, some had lava rivers and active volcanoes, there were cities and dense forest, deep waters and bogs.

Ghost took him in one of oldest forest, where there was a tiny hut, vines were crawling up the walls producing different blooms which each had their own sweet smell. A man who looked old and young at the same time was already waiting for them sitting on barely standing chair at the entrance. The lesser god of Knowledge bowed to demon prince, to which he returned the same.

-God of knowledge, i bring you 8th Raven demon prince. Please answer his query,- white rabbit bowed so low his long ears were touching ground. The formalities had to be stated even with lesser deities.

-I have got trapped between several strong locks. These humans accidentally keep trapping me even deeper into contract and i need to know how can i free myself before i turn into puppet,- Azeroth didn't want to formally mention being involved with censer. Deity looked at him, then looked around and invited him inside.

His hut looked a lot bigger from the inside. There were bookshelves reaching ceiling full of books. Bundles of herbs hanging giving off various smells, some of them were usefully in teas, some in medicine, yet none smelled like something that could harm. There was a fire place with cooking station. Some porridge was softly bubbling with chunks of meat in there. Even deities had to eat.

Minor deity and Ghost helped Azeroth to navigate in order not to knock anything off, or no to rip herbal bundles off as well, they helped him to sit down

-Please show me your shackles,-Azeroth reached his hands out. When a lock put demon into contract cuffs together with chains would form from gold, normally they would be invisible until willingly shown. Deity had such a calming white aura, it made him very hopeful. He felt old man hands touching golden glowing shackles on his hands.

-You got yourself involved with censer. But these are just regular contracts,-demon nodded. After a long pause through which deity kept twisting and turning them he said.

-There are quite a few ways of how to get out of contract.

-The person is very dear to me, i don't want to kill her,- deity chuckled.

-I can see, then there are only 2 options. Either she releases you on her own command, or you poison her with your mothers powers, corrupting her just enough for contract to drop.

-I don't want to corrupt censer. i need her to heal my eyes,- he could hear smile in deities voice.

-Just admit your have conscience. It going to be the easier.

-Thank you for your help,- Azeroth gave him crooked smile and was about to leave, but then instantly turned back.-Do i have chance with her?

Deity of knowledge chuckled. Ghost was now pulling his hand.

-Out of all things, i cant tell you this knowledge as it may disrupt your both path. This answer you will have find yourself, yet road to discovery will not be easy, but follow your heart. Your conscience is strong it will tell you what is right. But take my advice. Don't let her to get corrupted. Up till now all censers were kept alive, safe and pure. That's how it should be. Such energy should remain untouched. Please do protect her, she will need it if the news will break out that she is the censer.

Azeroth gritted his teeth, its not like he could not protect her. Out of all the contracts that were weighting him, probably 2 were to protect her. After bidding deity farewell and leaving, he thought about all of his words how could someone think, that killing a censer was an option. There were none for quite some time and world needed healing, Austeja needed to be healed in order to help bees recover in human world, he wanted to get his eyes back. But Karis didn't want to be part of this world. This was the biggest headache for him.

When faith becomes lost god looses their powers as well, depending on time and how much power god needed before, they starve until they cant do anything else. Yet gods cant die due to starvation, they become crystalized until they are cured of their believers return with even stronger faith. God can only be killed through corrupted censer, yet that had never happened as censers were as sacred as gods themselves, and their powers were only used for healing.

-Ghost, please help me think ways of gently taking her into our world,- he said while sitting in his armchair with legs hanging on an arm chair. Guardian looked away from mirror and wiggled his nose a bit while thinking. At this point it was more like a twitch for him.

-I am sorry master, i don't know what to do. I am an animal and i don't have such ideas as that is not my purpose,-he groaned getting more and more irritated. He knew what to do, but visiting 9th Brother, who was a master romancer was something he never wished to do. Less people knows about his weakness the better.

Vincent came to party late in the evening. There were 3 cars in the yard, they had sound system outside, air was filled with succulent meat smell cooked on oak wood. Tunes were playing not too loud, even if the neighbours were far away enough for them to have a full blasted party. 7 chairs were seated around bonfire. There was a woman in her late twenties talking with man, he didn't see her before, therefore he suspected that was Freya, she did looked more like a Nord with her golden hair braided back. The man was thin and tall, short hair and nothing too different from generic face in the street for him. Adora, the girl who snared at him the first day walked out of the house together with Karis laughing, well as Adora still could walk even wobbling, Karis was crouching in the doorway trying to grasp for air.

-Oh god am gonna vomit,-she said wiping tears of laughter from her eyes.

Vincent knew her better, glass looking eyes that shimmered, red cheeks reflecting light, looking like wet, her movements were slightly disoriented and in away manual. She did had a bit more alcohol than regular.

-Vinc! You came!-she put her hands up like she won something and all eyes fallen on him. -I won, i told you he will come,- she nudged Adora. Yet both females became slightly more tensed in his presence.

He tensed as well, now he had to act more human than ever, cuz his behaviour will be heavily judged by overprotective people, it might take some effort to made them believe, he is in the same boat as everyone.

-Hello, my name is Vincent. I work in this village. Not much to say about me to be fair.

Yet neither Adora nor Freya believed in this. Throughout whole evening they were interrogating man. Beginning from his hobbies in general to making him name specific things. As a demon he did not have too much interest in mundane world, and now he cursed himself in his mind for not doing even a slightest research. There was no way out of it, but he tried his best to wiggle out, by saying how he doesn't watch tv as there is no connection where he lives and that he doesn't have time through out whole farm life. But he did managed to say when he had time, he watched shows about animals. That's the only thing that came out in his mind.

All 3 women looked at him with their eyes squinted. None of them bought it. Even Karis looked somewhat betrayed. As the night gotten dark and cold, and not even bonfire managed to warm them up, Adora's husband suggested everyone to move inside of home to play some board games.

He and Vincent were the most sober, there fore while girls wobbled to house, they fire was put out and no fire hazards were present.

Table games were the easy part of the night. Everyone got even more drunk, everything seemed even more funny than it should have been. The rules probably were different as well, but it was the way they have played and as long as it worked. And if it didn't, they just bent the rules or made new ones. Vincent finally had a breather from thinking vague enough answers to make sure he wont look like outside.

When clock reached about 2am the laughter toned down, everyone slowed down, drinks were not emptied as fast as well. An animated movie was playing that Azeroth couldn't remember name of, but it was about woman falling in love with a wizard. Karis was now sitting on same sofa as Azeroth and could barely hold her head straight, She leaned towards him and Freya put a bucked under her mouth.

Vincent was holding her hair. While Adora opened window and brought drink, and Freya hold a bucket.

-How did you know she will do it?-Vincent looked at them surprised.

-We have known each other for 11 years now. The minute Karis becomes silent and her head falls down she will vomit,-Freya chuckled and Karis nodded.

-Thank you,- They helped her to stand up and while both girls prepared things, he had to take her out to bed.

She was giggling all the time and once they ended up in a room alone, she snuggled closer to him, looked him in the eyes, completely not aware of what is going on.

-You know...hic... they might not like you...hic...but i do...hic...hic...i want you to rail me like there is no tomorrow...hic...i would trust you...hic,-she did not realized what she has done, and Azeroth never expected his. He looked with absolute terror in his eyes at her than at his hands. This was not good.