Vol 1 Chapter 5 (1/2)
For the world in the coreat misfortune awaits
In this world, each nation believes in different Gods but this does not ious conflicts, rather their overarching religion is the saenitor created the world, set the laws and birthed the Gods The Progenitor gave the Gods various duties and charge of the world When the Progenitor died, its eyes supposedly became the sun and moon and its limbs became the mountains and rivers, stuff like that… People usually picked 1 or 2 Gods they liked from the repertoire available and prayed and sacrificed to thes and protection Exao which followed the God of war, Gillham which followed the God of the sun, and Rosa which followed the God of rivers There is just one God which is a little rant any blessing, and so no nation builds temples and prayer halls for him but every person across every nation respects and loves him for he is the God of fate and knows the past, present and future of the world
At a certain day every year, the God of fate will issue a prophecy to the world And this prophecy can only be heard by his emissary ill receive it in the form of a vision on that day and translate into the various written languages and disburse theh the prophecies are usually unclear, they are never wrong
People thus put a lot of weight on this annual oracle, as who doesn’t want to know the future? This day is thus the e scale activities and even wars are put on hold on this day, as representatives froather and prostrate at a special plaza built for the oracle and await for the arrival of the ee
The emissary is chosen by God, and the emissary of the God of fate will have a pink birthmark in between eyebrows For a few thousand years, the emissary of the God of fate has been a feeneration has had an exceptionally short lifespan The huly for a nuant, noble and beautiful race with strong ic capabilities They are pacifist and live close to nature, in deep unchartered forests, typically isolating themselves from the world They are the elders of the world , and are huarded as the closest existences to the Gods and above humans
It is said that every generation of est the elves, and es in life; soirl One co hair: They never cut their hair fro hair The emissaries only appear before humans on the day of the oracle, and all who have seen their divine beauty have been overwhel happened to sneak a peek at the e, he lost all appetite, ignored state affairs and died in misery for he could only look on from afar at the unworldly beauty
Thus, from then on, all emissaries wear veils when they deliver the oracle
“Do you finally understand how sacred of a ritual this Oracle Plenary is? You are probably the first commoner to participate in it, be honoured and thankful”
“Oh”
I didn’t feel much interest towards the Oracle Plenary, and felt that that king in the story was a really lousy and idiotic person How could a ruler of a nation have lust but not the balls to act on the to find a means of communication with the emissary at all, and die alone and miserable?
“Speaking of which, St Txarango actually has 3 participants this year It has always been the principal ould go alone, and I’m really surprised at that”
“Oh”
“Why so , what troubles have you met with?”
I met you
Willia close up to talk Don’t coets nervous and when she’s nervous, she pinches my back
I just kneouldn’t be a happy journey The number of slots each nation has for the Oracle Plenary are very limited in number and are mostly taken up by members of the royal family As the leader of the educational institute that is directly under the supervision of the royal fao Acadees But for soave totoday froation If ere to keep riding without rest, ould probably be able to make it in ti ominously as I wondered if the royal representative would be Willia at the entrance of the school just as the faint light of ht on his white horse with his guard contingent behind hi in the wind
When William saw Shuoxue on my waist, he smiled widely
(TL: Kind of like how one feels when the person you like wears your gift?)
“Does the sword cut well? I’ve never used it once since receiving it and ondering if it had become blunt”
“Not bad, it cuts bread pretty fast”
By the way, Shuoxue is currently howling non-stop about how she’s starving in the sheath I orried at first that she was too loud, but then I found that only I could hear her voice when she was in sword form
“What we discussed before, any change of heart?”
“Nope, not all, on’t you give up already?”
“Such a stubborn lory”
“Give the opportunity to someone else then My Ma always told me to be altruistic”
“willy~” Headain this year who’s co to play huh”
“Yes” William replies as he lowers his head in respect
“Lanlan, is his condition still very poor?”
“Un, Father’s illness is progressively worsening”
“Hai… And I even wanted to tell hi fun I found out about recently”
“Headmaster, let me knohen you have time, I will send someone to receive you to Father’s castle, and you can spend tith”
“No need~ I’ll just find him myself”
This conversation between William and the headmaster scared me Eh? Isn’t the power relationshi+p supposed to be opposite? Could the headh he’s just a little bratadults, maybe he is the scion of some wealthy household that controls the econoricultural era, does his household own a lot of fertile land?
Whatever, I could care less I carefully steered the horse, with apprehension at every step Faburando’s head butler had taughtbefore, but I aot up on the horse Of course I had to ride, if I didn’t then Tina would be riding behind blondie Though not that she is behind me, she pinches my back from time to time It really hurts Tina I distanced myself from William
Following behind was Willia exactly 20, all decked in their military uniforms I, Tina, Willia her best dress, with her hair tied up in a bun, exuding a graceful and elegant beauty that moved hearts William was also in his military uniform, but it was pure white, complete with a majestic cape The headmaster wore the same exquisite clothes he did at the speech, with his hair neatly coed to do it perfectly and there was no ahoge I, on the other hand, had no forreet the God of fate but I don’t think he will mind it that much
After 2 days, we finally made it to the plaza It was built in the middle of a vast wilderness, where no nation had territorial claims to, and no one was allowed to enter without a per in the plaza Williareeted hiation had an allocated spot and ours was near the altar, where there was an i beside that was almost the size of my room
Continually travelling without rest over the past few days was arduous Tina yawned constantly with tears in her eyes I was very tired too, and my body eak froetic as ever Being a kid sure is nice
“How er do we have to kneel?” I asked
“Shh,” William whispered, “Don’t make any noise, keep silent, the time of the Oracle is soon”
Finishi+ng, he went quiet, lowered his head, and put his hands together with a solemn expression on his face I was bored stiff, and surveyed the surroundings only to find that everyone else was in a siathered at the plaza, gathered fro the utmost sincerity as they awaited the Oracle patiently and silently
As an atheistthat shook me deep down
When I turned around, noticed that there was dark-skinneda necklace with a very curious shape that I seemed to have seen somewhere before