Deciding on being a counselor, Festus was now stuck deciding what type of counselor he was going to be. There are a variety of counselors in existence from Guidance counselors to Mental health counselors as well as Adoption counselors, Trauma counselors, Marriage counselors and so on, and so on.
Festus eliminated some options from this large list once he thought of his requirement's.
First of all, Festus had no intention of giving up his flower shop. He had began to develop feelings for the place, and he could still perform his acting here. Though it will be on an extremely small scale thus requiring an extremely long time to fully digest his potion so he would be a part time counselor.
That automatically eliminated a large amount of options, more options were eliminated due to the fact that he obviously did not have the necessary credentials.
After a few more criteria's were added Festus somehow landed on the Guidance counselor option, it dealt with a wide variety of emotions which would be beneficial for himself. Also some organizations weren't so strict in hiring them, even having some members take over the position which barely qualified skills.
And when one took into consideration that he was not seeking any pay, his chances of getting hired were extremely high. With those thoughts in mind Festus picked up a newspaper and began to search for some organizations.
After going through the paper the other day, Festus set his target on the church schools and orphanages.
The king of the Loen Kingdom, George Augustus III, had made some changes as part of the kingdoms policies and created quite a few public schools, but of course with this being human society, complete fairness was of course impossible.
Even so schools wouldn't accept him all too easily. *sigh* Festus canceled out the schools leaving the orphanages.
Orphanages already accepted volunteers on the regular, so there was a high chance they would accept him as well once he offered his skills.
Once Festus had finished his breakfast he made his way for the docks, he was not sure as to the exact location of the orphanage but he knew there was one located in that area. He of course knew the exact location of another orphanage, but that was located in a close vicinity to the Moretti's current residence. So a hard pass, arriving at the pier Festus asked around until he attained the address of the Grace love Orphanage.
Surprisingly the patron church of this orphanage was the Evernight Church, although it was located in the territory of the Church of the Lord of Storms.
Festus thought this to be truly curious, but upon further consideration, the Lord of Storms made his thoughts about women abundantly clear. Those teachings were in turn passed on to his church so it wasn't hard to see them leaving an orphanage to someone else's care. After a few more twist and turns Festus arrived at the Grace Love Orphanage, the place wasn't exactly in disrepair... but comparing it to the other Orphanage he knew about it could do way better.
*knock*knock*knock*
Festus took a step back after knocking and stood patiently, soon enough the door opened as a nun came out to meet him. "Oh hello", the nun was young lady with pitch black hair and clear blue eyes, "hello my name is Festus Hughes, and I was wondering if you needed any volunteers". Once he was done, the nun gained a bright smile. "Come in, come in. We would be glad to have you", with a nod Festus followed her into the orphanage.
"It has been quite a while since our orphanage had any volunteers, I am sure the children will be glad to have a new friend".
"I hope so"
"Well, first you have to meet sister Theresa. She is the one in charge of the orphanage." The two arrived before a brown door which had Evernight's symbol etched on to it. *knock*knock* "come in" a response came from behind the door after the young nun's knock.
Once the two made their way into the office, Festus took note of sister Theresa who was seated behind a desk signing some papers. "Sister Lily" her eyes shifted to Festus soon after, "sister Theresa, its great news. This gentleman would like to volunteer"
"Would he? then praise the Lady, that is good news Mr?"
"Festus, Festus Hughes"
"Mr. Hughes, we are grateful but if you don't mind, why do you want to volunteer here?" Festus did not have to activate his emotional sense to feel her suspicion. Activating his calming wave Festus began to bullshit, "I just love children."
An impromptu interview occurred soon after, once sister Theresa was satisfied she nodded and gave Festus a smile. "How would you like to help the children?"
"By Providing emotional guidance to the children. Hopefully with the little I can offer, the children can remain on the right path, and not fall to the many temptations of this world." Sister Theresa seemed to like what he said as she stood up and gave him a firm hand shake, "welcome to the Grace Love Orphanage, Mr. Hughes"
"Thank you sister Theresa"
"Sister Lily will show you around" with a nod Festus turned to follow sister Lily, when he decided to activate his emotion sense. Glancing at sister Theresa both his spirit vision as well as emotion sense gave him important information, the old nun was a beyonder.