frightfiction Chapter 3 The King and the High Priest
Chapter 3 The King and the High Priest
However, how could the rational little prince get so anxious over such a small matter? He should remain elegant.
Putting on a fake smile, Chu Jun slowly walked towards the temple.
The desert night is cool and cloudless.
The moonlight enveloped the young man's body like a thin gauze. The attendant had only raised his eyes unintentionally to check the mood of the messenger so that he could comfort him at any time, but he was dazzled by the young man's exquisite face.
Exquisite facial features are carved on his small face, with a 'gentle' curve at the corner of his mouth. The breeze blows his long skirt. His steps are elegant and calm, and his temperament is extraordinary. For a moment, it is hard to tell who is more holy, him or the bright moon behind him.
"This is definitely a messenger from God." Attendant Sosai's thoughts were surprisingly consistent with those of the Kai tribe.
About ten minutes later, Chu Jun passed through the pillar hall and stepped onto the steps of the temple.
One step, two steps, three steps... His Majesty on the throne gradually saw the face of the messenger of God, and his heart began to beat fast.
'He must be mine,' Mo Heng thought.
"Your Majesty, the messenger of God has arrived." Sosai came back to his senses from his previous trance and fulfilled his duties as a close attendant.
"Divine Envoy Chu Jun greets His Majesty Mo Heng Menduo." Chu Jun bowed slightly and performed the country's standard greeting, then stood up straight under the throne, his eyes never leaving the man on the throne.
People who live in desert areas all year round have dark brown or light brown skin, and their eyes are mostly brown.
Perhaps due to their race, the people here have very deep facial features and most of them are very handsome.
His Majesty Mo Heng Mendo's appearance is the most outstanding among them. His dark brown skin is not comparable to the rough skin of ordinary people. It is smooth and delicate due to careful maintenance.
A pair of golden eyes lowered slightly, staring at the young man in front of him. His eyes were drawn with eyeliner unique to the region, which added a bit of majesty.
Her long, inky hair was casually scattered on her shoulders, and she wore a pure white robe around her waist with the collar open, revealing the perfect muscular outline of her upper body, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, which was extremely sexy.
But the wide collar decoration on the neck also highlights the noble status of men and cannot be violated at will.
The two just looked at each other, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The guards and maids standing by did not hear the noise but no one dared to look up, not even to glance around. Naturally, no one saw the fleeting possessive desire in His Majesty's eyes.
Chu Jun had been trying hard to control his emotions since he saw the familiar face on the throne, but he didn't let his feelings reveal themselves at all.
"It is a blessing for the whole dynasty that the Lord God's Envoy has condescended to come to our Duo Dynasty. It is Mo Heng's fault for not hosting us well. I wonder if the Lord God's Envoy can forgive me?" Mo Heng was the first to break the silence. He stood up from the throne and walked down the stage. Finally, he stood in front of Chu Jun and also bowed so that he could look at the young man at eye level, and returned a greeting.
The man was about a head taller than the boy. He knelt down and saluted the boy, but his eyes never left the boy's face.
He was clearly bent over, yet he exuded a strong sense of oppression.
From behind, it seemed as if she had completely embraced the boy into her arms.
It was as if he wanted to break his original belief and snatch the boy away from the god.
Let him sink into this world with me.
Chu Yun naturally forgave a certain king out of magnanimity.
But, whether it was because he was seduced by beauty, only Chu Jun himself knew.
Mo Heng personally brought the young man to the depths of the temple.
This was originally supposed to be where the country's high priest lived.
But nowadays, the dynasty is ruled by the king alone, and the high priest is just an empty position.
Although the high priest still enjoyed the duties of offering sacrifices, His Majesty arranged for him to live in a separate courtyard in the royal city on the pretext of "liking peace and quiet", completely depriving him of his power.
Now, the temple has a new owner.
On the second day after Chu Yun moved into the temple, the king issued an order to dismiss the high priest and appoint Chu Yun as the new high priest.
The whole city was in an uproar for a while.
In the past few days, most of the tribes that came to attend the birthday banquet have gathered on the edge of the royal city. They have set up camp several times, waiting for the birthday banquet to be held.
Hearing the news, everyone started talking about it.
"Why would Your Majesty depose Lord Kamon from his position as High Priest at this time?"
"Yes, Your Majesty's birthday banquet is coming soon. Aren't you afraid that those people in the Priest's Court will cause a commotion and delay tomorrow's sacrificial ceremony?"
"How can we let a newcomer take over such an important matter as the sacrificial ceremony?"
"Don't you know that the new high priest is the Lord of God?"
"Ah? Lord Divine Envoy?"
"Yes, last night Robert from the Kai tribe was bragging to the other tribes about how, 'During the pre-departure sacrifice, a divine messenger descended from the sky onto the tribe's altar.' So, he quickly brought his men to the royal city."
"The Kai tribe is so lucky that the envoy of God landed in their place."
"That's right. We were about to be annexed. But now, the plans of those surrounding tribes have been thwarted."
The powerful tribes outside the royal city looked at the several tribes with sullen faces gathered in a corner and talked in low voices.
"Could it be that the gods are really blessing the Kai tribe?"
"Yesterday, when I heard they brought a divine envoy to the capital, I thought they were doomed! I didn't expect that divine envoy to actually receive His Majesty's approval. Could it be true?"
"Are you crazy? Questioning His Majesty outside the royal city!" The companions beside him quickly grabbed the outspoken fellow tribesman and looked around in fear.
It’s no wonder he is so cautious. The current king, Mendo II, is a man of great prestige and prudence.
I heard that during a gathering of nobles in the royal capital, one of the nobles was the first to say something bad about Your Majesty.
By the next day, the nobleman and his relatives had disappeared and all their property had been confiscated. If you anger His Majesty, you won't even get a coffin.
Sun God, he still wants to get an afterlife.
The strong man who spoke above also realized what stupid things he said, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He could only pray that what he just said was not heard by someone with ulterior motives.
The commotion outside the city did not disturb Chu Jun at all.
Chu Jun was in a coma for three days after his divine power was sealed when he first entered the world. After waking up yesterday, he was still relying on the thought of finding Mo Heng to stay awake.
Now that Mo Heng had been found, he couldn't escape from the palace nearby. Chu Jun finally fell asleep peacefully.
The next day, when Mo Heng finished his court session and arrived at the temple, Chu Jun had not yet woken up.
When Mo Heng stepped into the temple, he had already entered Pino's surveillance range.
Pino sensed a living being approaching and was about to sound the alarm to wake Chu Jun, but after detecting that it was his owner, he canceled the alarm program.
After the system upgrade, Pino has learned to not disturb his owner, which is a good thing.
At the same time, Chu Jun believed that he was within his lover's sphere of influence, and he had 100% trust in his lover's ruling power, and he did not spend his mental energy to build a protective shield around himself.
This led to the situation that when the noble king sat in front of Chu Jun's bed and brushed the hair off the boy's face with his hand, Chu Jun not only did not wake up, but also rubbed Mo Heng's hand with his cheek after feeling the familiar breath.
If the guards outside the palace looked inside at this time, they would find out.
Their honorable Majesty lowered his head and looked at the half-naked boy on the bed with a deep look in his eyes. One of his Majesty's hands gently stroked the boy's face. The dark brown back of his hand formed a sharp contrast with the boy's fair skin, and for a moment there was a sense of absurdity of defiling the gods.