4 A visit at the temple! (2/2)

”My King! My Queen! Everything is taken care of. Please feel free to proceed to the great hall. I take it that you know the procedure already.”

The guy bows to us and leads us into the temple.

We enter the dome and there is a big statue of Seria in the centre of it. Some priestesses are singing a nice song which gets amplified by the dome.

This has a very nice holy atmosphere I must say. Seria has a strong cult going. Before the statue is an altar out of stone with a very important looking priestess behind it.

There is a row of parents with children of my age. They are lining up to the priestess. My parents join the line, seems like there is no different treatment for royalty here.

In front of us the children are made to touch a metal plate after some words by the priestess. Haah, seems to be some sort of divination magic device which judges you based on your aura.

Not much I can do about that in my current form. Damn! Fiddling with its settings should take me too long.

It's now the turn of the pair before us.

”Duke Garber Rosenquarz and Dutchess Hertia Rosenquarz. We bestow upon you the blessings of the goddess Seria. May your child be judged by the gods, so we can choose the best path for it's future. May your future be happy and prosperous.” The priestess holds out a metal plate and the child is made to touch it.

A light flashes across it, tracing some runes and text into the plate. I can't read it from my position, but the pair seems happy and makes place for us.

”King Nicol of Tirna and Queen Ireth of Tirna. We bestow upon you the blessings of the goddess Seria. May your child be judged by the gods, so we can choose the best path for it's future. May your future be happy and prosperous.” Again the priestess holds out a metal plate and mother takes my hand to make me touch the thing. Uuuum, looks like I wont get around this.

Again a light traces words into the plate. Great! There we have it.

Name:

Angrod of Tirna

Titles bestowed by the gods:

First Prince of Tirna, Fallen God, Little One, Saviour, Doomsbringer, Great Soul, Blessed by Seria

Potentials:

-Divine rank Archmage

-Saviour of the world

-Destroyer of the world

-God

My parents and the priestess are staring at the plate in grave silence. Great! The thrice damned thing blurted out practically everything.

In worst case I will be treated as some kind of monster now.

And if there is enough time to think, they will surely piece something together out of that. Worse! It could be close enough to the truth too!

Sorry mom, dad you are nice people from what I could see. Seria surely made a bad job here! This will hurt you too for sure.

I don't know how it could get any worse.

*RRRUUMMBLEE!!!! CRACK!*

Oh, blinding light above us! What the FUUCK is going on! I blink and try to look up. I feel a heavy presence on me, someone very powerful is here. I look up.

”hiiii” I can't help but cry out at whom I see!

Shining and sparkling Goddess Seria is hovering above us with angel wings..... GOOD ENTRANCE! But...but....put some clothes on!

Everyone stares at the Goddess agape. Most of the priests throw themselves to the floor. Wow, that goes too far, I never expected that from her followers, have at least some self respect!

You could all become gods if you would work hard at it.

Seria smiles a most charming smile. Wrong Snake! You are perfectly fine with kicking dying people who lie on the ground. Don't smile like that!

She lets go of a sheet of paper, which slowly flutters towards us while she fades away.

Now THAT can't be good! I have to get rid of that! Fireball! Huh? Nothing happened? Fireball! Damn! Zap! Hocus Pocus! AARGH! My mana is gone! Did she suck all the mana out of the environment and the surrounding people for that entrance?

It flutters towards us! I will grab it and eat it if necessary! Almost! Almost! Come closer!

*SNATCH*

Wa! Mother picked it out of the air just before I could get my hands on it. I want to cry! She holds the paper out, so dad can read it too.

Hi, your most beloved and worshipped goddess here!

I have watched this world for some time now. And I am not happy with its current state!

So I have blessed your child with a great soul. Don't dare not to be grateful!

But I don't think it's good to intervene too much by my holy self.

So I give you this prophecy for the two paths this child can take:

-Leave the stupid guy to himself and he will conquer the world, most likely destroying it in the process.

-Get him to marry the first princess of Stricc and the both of them will lead the world to a better future.

I am sure you both parents will be able to educate him properly.

Sincerely yours,

Goddess of life and death

”But there is no first princess of Stricc” The priestess breaks the silence.

I break out a cold sweat while mother, father and the priestess stare at me. There is still a heavy silence inside the whole dome.

I guess someone has to break the silence.

”I choose option one then!”

*Smack!*

Eh?! Mother hit me?! That was the first time! I am seriously mentally injured here.

”Well, I guess I can count this as the worst day in my life so far.” I state my opinion to them.