The night before the coronation was very demanding for the crown prince, in this night he had to perform the passage right.
Prince Sebastian was to visit his ancestral hall, this was where all the past king of Avalo was buried.
Jeffrey followed the prince and stoold before the lords of Avalo. It was at this time the prince will get the blessing of his father.
"You must find the golden egg," prince Ericsson reminded him.
"I know that uncle," prince Sébastien bowed.
"Why do you still call him uncle, we all know he is your father," one of the lords said with displeasure.
"That''s right, who are you trying to fool calling him uncle," another supported.
"The wrath of the gods will surely fall upon us, how can we crown the son when the father is still breathing," another lord joined.
"We have sold our pride for fear of death," yet another.
"Men of Avalo, would you really stand and allow this?" the first lord who started it asked.
A few lords also have this thought but they remain quiet. As long as the asentral hall allows him to see the Golden egg.
"Why are you all starting trouble, the gods see all, he is getting the blessing our ancestors, if they bless him, who are we to question them," One lord tried to smoothen things. He did not dare to go head-on with the crown prince and he was also scared of the lords who spoke up.
" That is right, let the gods decide, * another lord join.
"Why? The royal family has been manipulating a lot of things, first, they manage to deceive us about General Thompson''s death, how can we be certain that they will not be deceiving us once more?" a lord asked in a bold voice.
"I agree, this family is no longer fit to seat on the throne," saying this. The lord drawled his swords, a few lords joined him.
Previously after the last meeting, this lord speaking against prince Sébastien already made some plan to stop the rite that night.
As long as the prince missed the rite, he could not be crowned king. They knew that during this time the prince could not kill, so they were confident when they all raised their swords.
Prince Sébastien sighed loving at the five lords who raised their swords. He knew he could not kill, so he turned to look at Jeffery.
"His highness, will forgive you this once, drop your swords," Jeffery said.
"No,"
*He is not our prince "
" The Royal family dies tonight."
" kill the beast"
"Kill the beast "
"We will not be made a fool of, "
As they spoke a group of commoners found their way into the Palace. They were all cursing loudly. The whole place was a mess.
The commoners were not many but their voice was loud, even if they cursed the prince loudly, none of them dared to go close to the prince or hurt him. They could still remember what almost happened the last time they tried to stone him.
Prince Sébastien did not say anything, he turned to prince Ericsson. Open the door, * when the prince heard the instructions he turned to look at the guards, who got the hint
They pulled the door to the hall open when the lords saw that the prince dared to ignore him one of them rushed forward to stop the prince but Jeffrey blocked his sword and in a swift movement he cut off the man''s head.
The who passage fell into a pin dropped silently.
No one had expected Jeffery to kill the man. Everything had happened too quickly. The other lords were scared but this only lasted for a complex of breath but it was enough time for the prince to step into the hall and the door shut.
"How dare you," one of the lords roared rushing over but when he saw Jeffery holding his sword ready to kill him to he paused on his track.
"you... You... How can you? The prince can not kill," the lord said. He knew that he could not win the man if he started a fight, so he tried to end the fight.
So he decided to use the commoners who had also stopped in their track. "you said it yourself, the prince, I am not a prince. My job is to keep the prince safe, he.." Jeffery pointed at the man lying lifeless. "He tried to hurt the prince, was I supposed to just watch!" Jeffery asked.
The lords felt tongue-tied for a short moment. "yet, you did not have to kill him," the lords who started it all said.
"it was a mistake, he attacked all of a sudden, and I just defended the prince without putting much thought to it," Jeffery lied with a straight face.
What mistake? A lot of the people present knew that Jeffery was lying but so what? They could not prove it, everything had indeed happened do suddenly.
" Let us leave the decision to the gods, " Prince Ericsson said. At that time, a few of the army arrived and took away the commoners that were present. The lords who arranged them wanted to stop them but remember that these people will only listen to Jeffery they pinned their lips. They still had plans for tomorrow.
Since their plans failed today, they could always relax and fight tomorrow. Jeffery shook his head as the guards took away the lifeless body on the floor.
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Inside the ancestral hall.
As soon as the door closed there was the place become dark. The prince had no problem, he could still see the place clearly, so he started his mission to look for the golden egg.
It was said that the pos changed from time to time. He took a step toward the left and saw his grandfather''s status. It was not the first time he was seeing this status but it seems to have been pulling itself closer to it.
Prince Sébastien walked over and stood in front of the status, after checking around it and not finding anything he walked to another corner.
In a few minutes, prince Sébastien was sure he had checked every corner of the hall bt yet he saw nothing.
The Golden egg was said to be hidden by the priest and only a prince with the blessing of the gods and ancestors could find it.
Thinking about it now he wondered how a person like king Roderick found it, after the bloodstain on his hands. Shaking his head he decided to look around again. This time he felt like his grandfather was calling out to him again so he walked over to take a look.
This time when he walked over he stood rooted to his feet and did not bother to look around for the egg, no one told him what the egg looked like or how to find it.
Just then he noticed a drop of water falling from the statue, he was amazed but at the same time scared.
This place was said to be the home of the ancestors and the prince was yet to be healed of his fear, after what he expressed at the hunted house.
No matter how scared he was prince Sébastien stood rooted to his feet and watched how the drop of water that flowed from his grandfather''s eyes increased.
What going on? He wonder as he lifted his hand to touch the water, Prince Sébastien could not all its tears even if it was coming from the eyes of a statue.
As soon as his hand made contact with the water the world around him began to spin.
He lost control, even with his strength he could not withstand the force that seem to be sucking his life essence.
Soon everything went blank and even with his good eyesight, he could not see a thing. He felt like a blind man. When has he been unable to see? Not even Darkness could do this to him.
"Have I gone blind?" he asked himself as he tried to light the place with his powers but nothing worked. "Did I lose my power?" he wondered as he started walking aimlessly in a circle. What frustrated him the most was the fact that he was unable to see a thing.
He could not tell if he was walking in a circle or moving forward. He touched his eyes to feel his hand. Nothing, he could not see anything.
He tried to let the beast take over but to his surprise even, that failed. The beast seems to have left his body. A feeling of helplessness washed over him. He has never felt this helpless. He stopped walking and took a seat on the cold floor. He close his eyes to try and make sense of what was going on. He remembered he was in search of the Golden egg and why.
If he fails he would die in the ancestral hall. If he really deads then what will become of his sunshine? With this thought in mind, he jumped to his feet.. He vowed to protect her, he will be doing the opposite if he does not find the egg.