5 The Pries (1/2)

We'd quickly arrived at the pantheon of the Gods, this was a building or temple to say that was located within the center of the town, it'd been erected just a block away from the entrance of the dungeon tower.

These dungeon towers were the main source of revenue for towns, these were dungeons that had been defeated, but that didn't mean that you couldn't still enter them. They were still active, just under the control of the person that had cleared them. In the case of the dungeon tower that was in my city, my mother held control of it.

Which resulted in her being the mayor in charge of this city. Every city was generally built around a dungeon tower, or around the entrance to a world dungeon.

Dungeon towers are generally used by guilds to teach and strength adventures, not only that but shops are generally constructed around or inside some of the floors of the dungeon towers for adventures.

Dungeon towers are rich in raw materials and other things that draw merchants and people to them. They were basically beacon's of civilization.

The carriage came to a stop a little way away from the entrance of the temple, the temple was abuzz with activity and people. Every child that was of age was to attend the ceremony and have their status page awaken. This was the first step to becoming a member of society.

It was like a rite of passage, of course, each race had other rites of passage, however, this was a rite that everyone had to go through. There were no racial divides in this rite.

Stepping outside of the carriage, I got a better view of the temple. It was the size of a mega mall, like back in my previous life. It was made completely out of white marble, there were some black figures that had been erected around the temples, these were statues of the Gods and Goddess of this world.

We'd arrived slightly early for the ceremony, but that didn't mean that we were the first ones there. Looking around at all the other people that we're walking into the temple, I breathed in a sharp breath.

This was the first time that I'd seen so many different races in one place, I normally was only surrounded by other Vampires. But around me right now, we're elves, dwarves and even people that had cat ears and tails. I spotted some other races as well, but I didn't know the names of all the races.

The children were all dressed in the finest clothes, it was similar to an award ceremony. Glancing to my side, I saw that Salem's normally impassive face has a small smile on it. However, once he saw me looking at him, he quickly ducks his head.

He was quite handsome when he smiles, I felt my heart give a small flutter. Although he wasn't looking at me, he held out his hand, and I look at his face, but he doesn't move.

Finally catching onto what he meant, I grasp his hand and his big hand closes around my tiny one. I felt warm inside at his kind gesture.

My Father came around the carriage and glances at me and Salem, before giving me a wink. He held out a hand for my Mother to take as she steps out of the carriage.

As she steps down onto the stone ground, a wave of silence passes over the crowd, and then it erupts into a soft sort of whisper as people began to talk amongst themselves.

”… Lady Emberlynn…”

”…her daughter's five…

”…practically a spitting image of her mother…”

”…she's so beautiful and powerful…”

I could hear fragments parts of people's conversations, there were too many going on all at one time, it was enough to make my head hurt.

Glancing at my Mother, I notice that she doesn't seem to be bothered at all by the whispers that are being circulated. Instead, she seems to eat them up. She straightens her back even more, and the sparkling silver-ivory dress of hers seems to sparkle like a diamond.