The candlelight flickered in the darkness; it was a very expansive hall.
The glimmer of the candlelight flickered slightly. In the place where the light gathered, a new Deity statue stood there. It was bathing in the subtle light and staring at the darkness around with a face of sorrow.
A beautiful woman in a White Robe knelt in front of the divine statue and prayed devoutly.
The darkness was deep, the candlelight was weak, and the prayer was silent. All of the palaces seemed to have been completely frozen.
The window of the hall was open, and violent gust entered, almost sending the woman flying, yet she stayed where she was.
The candlelight began to tremble, and the light and shadows in the hall constantly fluctuated. The entire hall seemed to be filled with an uneasy atmosphere.
The divine statue was still compassionate.
Suddenly, another gust of ice-cold wind whistled and passed by, as piercing as a knife.
The curtains within the hall were blown up, and in the shrill wind, the candlelight in the hall began to spread.
The faint flames seemed to be burning for no reason. Speckles of light fell on every corner of the hall and looked very soft.
The beautiful woman finally opened her eyes, and her voice was exceptionally gentle and deep.
“The goddess’s gaze is currently focused on this place. Light is about to descend as well.”
p She raised her hand slightly.
The candles in the entire hall burned brighter and brighter. The dim yellow light of countless candle remnants gradually turned white, pure, and almost dazzling.
It was as if something was about to descend into this hall, something extremely powerful and holy, the beautiful woman who was none other than the first woman Alex’s group encountered upon their arrival in this world, Priest Priscilla.
Her blue eyes shone brightly in golden light, bathing the deity statue, which was none other than the Goddess Mea statue. Then the golden light morphed into the shape of a plain golden ring that floated above the deity’s statue head.
”My child, take it and give it to Alexander.”
Suddenly, Goddess Mea’s voice rang out inside Priscilla’s head. She was not surprised, it was not the first time she had heard the goddess’s voice, and before they arrived, she often heard her voice, and even after their arrival. It was because she was following the goddess’s suggestion she happened to be here; if not, she wouldn’t be present.
She brought this new deity’s statue here in order to acquire a certain item the goddess would send. She needed a channel to send something over, unlike how she could easily communicate with her; to send something over, the process was too complicated. Strong as the so-called Gods are, they couldn’t go in and out as they pleased because this was not their original world; a certain price needed to be paid in order to freely do as they wished.
”Understood, goddess, I shall convey your will.” Priscilla declared before bowing.
”Good, tell him that everything will be explained to him in the higher world, we will meet over there and sorry for everything, it’s beyond our control.”
The goddess’s voice sounded sad as she said those words. Priscilla could feel her emotion through her voice but knew it was not her place to say something; how she is? A mere spokesman had no right to meddle in higher being’s affairs. She just needs to do what she was told to; it ends there.
”I will certainly convey everything the goddess told me to.”
”Good!” Goddess’s Mea echoed inside Priscilla’s head one last time before disappearing. The shining deity’s statue became dull all of a sudden before crumbling. Priscilla’s face didn’t change as if she had expected such an outcome. Standing up, she dusted her white robe before leaving the room, naturally after catching the plain golden ring and putting it away.
She decided to head in the villa, to the kitchen to be exact, and cook something and wait for Alex’s arrival. He would visit her after finishing talking to her father. She had already informed her father of her desire to see Alex; it was really important that she saw him; he was the reason for her presence here.
Priscilla chased all the maids trying to help her cook and began cooking. She was humming happily as she cooked.
Meanwhile, back in the cottage, silence permeated after Alex’s declaration until the emperor opened his mouth and said.
”You should have done politic.”
It was what Julius really thought, compared Leonardo, who really sought power just because he wished to prove something; because of arrogance, Alex is more fit to be an emperor as he had the mind of a schemer. No wonder it’s said that he was rich young man back in his world, with mind such as this he naturally could succeed in creating something bigger, earning a lot of money. To succeed in life, one doesn’t need to be necessary the smartest, but you should be smart enough to use any opportunity at your disposal.
In this regard, Leonardo could never compare to Alex as he falls short. He is too impulsive, not knowing what he wants. It was a good thing he disappeared; he might have gone over to the dark side; it doesn’t matter as he didn’t really possess much threat, at least not yet, besides this young man before him, had everything wrapped under his palm.
As the emperor, there was no doubt that he was aware of everything happening inside his empire, especially in Avalon. Alex had spoken with him before visiting Leonardo, and miraculously he disappeared a day after he visited; it didn’t take a genius to guess he had something to do with Leonardo’s timely jailbreak.
At first, not many made the connection, but as time goes people began suspecting that there was something between those two but what stopped them from really doubting Alex was the fact that it was not an open secret that Alexander and Leonardo never get along, so it was nigh impossible for the two to cooperate, especially when Leonardo was one of the culprits behind his sister kidnapping back then, but the emperor knew the truth.
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