Almost all the people in Jagundu would come here that morning.
The last time the prince had his coming-of-age baptism was probably a few years ago when Princess Seriya had her coming-of-age ceremony. That unprecedented grand occasion would probably not be seen again for many years.
And every time the royal children had their coming-of-age ceremony, the Temple of the Sun would distribute meat and some rice porridge to the capital. This was good news for residents living below the poverty line, and even ordinary families would not refuse such gifts.
So many people came on this day!
Compared with the previous princess's coming-of-age ceremony, the ceremony of this prince returning from abroad seemed to be much smaller, but it was still worth watching for everyone.
after all……
He was the only son of the previous queen.
"Today is the Queen's son's coming-of-age ceremony after his return. We must go and see it." Many residents in the city rushed to spread the word.
However, many people can no longer remember when the previous empress took place, especially those born in the last twenty years, who find it even more difficult to imagine.
"By the way, what day did the previous empress ascend the throne?"
"you do not know?"
"I heard that there was a queen before the current Sun King, because I heard a few years ago that the Sun King's sister was still alive, but I don't know when she was in power." A citizen asked.
In fact, many young people around me don’t quite understand…
Although most people gathered under the Temple of the Sun to watch, many of them came here because they had heard that the person being baptized today was the son of the previous queen, but they did not know this when the previous queen was in power.
"Alas, you young people have forgotten history. Now that life is good, you don't know the days when the entire Jagong was constantly struggling." An old man nearby said angrily.
"During the Queen's reign, Jagun faced its most difficult times. Back then, Jagun wasn't as prosperous as it is today, and the desert kingdoms were always eyeing the legitimacy of the Sun Temple... When the current Queen was only ten years old, she wandered around with the current Sun King due to war. After enduring numerous hardships, she finally returned to Jagun."
The old man's words seemed to be telling another story of struggle, but it was still difficult for the young people in front of him to understand.
"And what happened next?"
"When she was 12 years old, Queen Ayla officially ascended the throne. It was she who led the then poor Jagun people to live frugally and struggle to achieve the current situation... Later, when she was 20 years old, she decided to pass the throne to the Sun King who had just come of age. At first, the Sun King was unwilling to accept it, and the ministers were also unwilling. In the end, it was her departure from the palace that forced the ministers to support the new Sun King." said the old man.
Just at this moment, a voice came from the direction of the temple, talking about exactly this matter.
Nowadays, the deeds of the previous queen are rarely mentioned, but the high priest will tell his experiences at the prince's coming-of-age ceremony. However, since Sean has almost no experience in Jagun, he talks more about his mother's experiences.
The previous queen Ayla Izdihar.
Sean listened from the side and deduced the circumstances when his mother left Jagun. She came to power at the age of 12 and left her position at the age of 20 and moved away from Adak. Melsusa said that she had followed her mother for two or three years at the earliest.
Speaking of which, my mother already possessed very powerful strength at the age of 17, probably around level 10 of the Orderer.
Afterwards, I left the Adak region and headed for Zambutal… As for what I was going there for, no one knows, but my age doesn’t match up…
Because Sean is only in his early twenties now, it is impossible for him to leave and marry his father twenty years ago. There must have been no news for a few years in between, so there is no record.
Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense when I think about what Duke Haruman said about meeting the Sun King... This uncle in front of me had indeed been to the Bashalan Empire, and now he probably went to the Bashalan Empire after receiving news from his mother.
It took about three or four years, and during that period my mother's abilities gradually grew stronger.
Later, for some reason, she went to the small town of Telemian, was pursued by the then Baron Weigel, and eventually married and gave birth to "Sean". Getting married at the age of 23 or 24 was considered late in that era, but it was a normal age in Sean's view.
After that, she raised little Sean until he was four or five years old before leaving the town...
hiss~
Something still doesn't seem right.
More than twenty years may be twenty years or nearly thirty years.
If we add a little more time, the day when my mother left the town should be when the Sun King personally went to the Bashalan Empire...
Although she was not taken away directly and was not even discovered in the small town, the news that the Sun King had come to the Basaran Empire must have been the reason why my mother left. In the following years, she returned to Jagun and stayed there until her death.
Adding up several decades, Sean estimated that his mother was around forty or fifty years old when she died. After all, the current Sun King is already in his forties, and his father married a wife older than himself.
From the high priest's narration, Sean finally estimated the main energy of the previous generation.
But one thing I still don’t understand is why my mother came back, and who wanted to assassinate me later... It has been more than ten years since my mother came back, and it was only in recent years that I suddenly thought of it.
And what did my mother do in the palace during those years?
Just when Sean was daydreaming, the high priest suddenly asked him to look into the golden basin...
"People under the protection of the Sun God, today we will welcome the return of a pioneer. He is the light and our sun." As the hymn was recited, the people in the audience cheered.
Sean could even see the "Excited!" expressions on everyone's heads.
Even the Sun King standing next to him had a smile on his face...
"Looking at the first ray of sunlight, Your Highness, what do you see?" The words suddenly turned to himself.
I don’t know who is reminding me behind the scenes to reach out and touch the golden basin.
However, just as his palms touched, images of some wriggling tentacles suddenly flashed through Sean's mind.
The swollen tentacles stood in the desert like a person, without a face but with a mouth, as if growling in the dust.
"When the sun rises the darkness will dissipate..."
The high priest beside him continued speaking.
But at this moment, all kinds of horrible and distorted images kept appearing in Sean's mind, and he could even feel that a certain name was about to come out of his mouth.
"Nyarlathotep!!" A voice as thin as a mosquito's foot kept muttering to himself.
"Your Highness...what did you just say?"
Suddenly this voice brought Sean back to reality...
He looked at all the people at the foot of the temple who were waiting for his answer.
“I see the light!”
He finally replied with a forced smile, and at the same time, cheers broke out again from below the entire temple.
Only the high priest standing aside looked a little nervous...
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