Penny's Choice (2)

Green gazed at Penny's body, his face dark. Images rose in his mind, some from after he had crossed into this world, others fragments of earlier memories...

He had never imagined that this lively girl with such a strong sense of justice would die like this.

There was no pain on Penny's face, but her wide-open eyes still held defiance and anger. Green reached out and gently closed them. Anger welled up inside him, yet he had nowhere to vent it. All he could do was put the blame on the Nature Church.

According to Lola's information and the investigation files Viscount Paul had obtained from the Anomalies Bureau, the person who had caused Penny's death, used Headmaster Minster, and sacrificed the entire academy in a Blood Sacrifice was a High Priest of the Nature Church named Peter Pan. Rumor had it that he had once been a mage. As old age brought him close to death, he had converted to the God of Nature and joined the Nature Church in hopes of obtaining a Divine Art that would extend his life.

Green took a deep breath and calmed himself. He was about to order a Skeleton Soldier to find a Shroud and take Penny home when a message suddenly came from the Graveyard. It appeared just as he touched her, intending to close her eyes: Wild Undead detected in confinement. Recruit for 150 Psychic Energy?

Green froze. He had never imagined the Graveyard could do that. His eyes lit up, and he was about to choose recruit, but he stopped at the last moment. The girl before him was not a stranger. Turning her into an undead creature of the Graveyard without asking would be too presumptuous. He ought to ask what she wanted, if any of her