The colorful glass reflected the charming light and shadows. The statues of the seven first generation Holy Knights stood on both sides of the palace, watching the people in the hall.
The nobles of the Empire of Radiance who came to watch the ceremony gathered together with solemn expressions.
In the melodious sound of the bell, Prince Harrison strode into the hall with his head held high.
Cheers rose from all directions.
His Holiness Pope Gregory was holding the crown that symbolized the supreme power of the Empire. He was standing on the left side of the throne, quietly watching Prince Harrison.
An extreme desire that came from the depths of his heart made Prince Harrison unable to help but slightly quicken his pace.
Arriving in front of Pope Gregory, Prince Harrison knelt down on one knee, waiting for his own coronation.
However, as time passed, Pope Gregory didn't place the crown on Prince Harrison's head.
The hall suddenly quieted down.
Prince Harrison raised his head in confusion, only to see Pope Gregory's emotionless eyes.
"Your Highness?" Prince Harrison called out softly.
Pope Gregory finally spoke, but his tone was extremely cold. "I'm sorry, Your Highness. The Lord needs a new shepherd. "
* Boom! *
Prince Harrison suddenly felt like he was struck by lightning. His whole body froze on the spot, not knowing what to do.
The sound in his ears suddenly disappeared, and Pope Gregory's figure seemed to be getting farther and farther away.
He suddenly reached out with both hands, trying to grab the crown, but it was empty.
Pope Gregory's face also became blurry, and in the end, it turned into Colin Angele's appearance!
Prince Harrison opened his mouth to shout, but he found that he couldn't make a sound.
At some point, a whip suddenly appeared in his hand.
Prince Harrison lowered his head and found that his luxurious clothes had turned into a shabby military uniform.
Moreover, it was the uniform of the Eastern Army's Heavenly Horse Legion.
Prince Harrison suddenly turned around and found that he was surrounded by a group of emaciated Eastern Army soldiers. Their eyes flashed with the flames of anger, and they were approaching him step by step.
"Why won't you give us food?"
"Are you really nobler than us?"
"What right do you have to enslave us?"
…
Fear instantly shrouded Prince Harrison. He tried to put up a strong front and waved his whip, trying to scare off the Eastern Army soldiers in front of him.
However, such a threat was of little use.
Roaring, these Eastern Border soldiers charged at Prince Harrison like a pack of wild beasts.
"Ahhh!"
Prince Harrison let out a cry of despair. Then, he realized that his body was falling rapidly.
When he turned around, he saw an endless abyss of darkness behind him.
"Harrison, Harrison?"
Hearing his mother's voice, Prince Harrison finally woke up from his nightmare. He sat up abruptly and panted heavily.
Only then did he realize that his body was drenched in cold sweat.
Queen Mydella wiped her son's pale face with a silk handkerchief and asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Nightmares? "
Prince Harrison nodded. The fear in his eyes had yet to fade.
"What nightmare scared you so much?"
Prince Harrison hesitated for a moment before recounting his nightmare, as well as what Colin had said to him at the top of the city wall.
After he finished speaking, Prince Harrison looked at Queen Mydella, who was frowning, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?
Mother, are we nobles like those overseers outside Silverymoon City? Just tools chosen by God to enslave our own kind? "
Queen Mydella wanted to refute, but for a moment, she found that she could not find a valid reason.
After a moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "What do you think?"
"I …" Prince Harrison struggled for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I think, why does the Emperor of the San Lorenzo family have to accept the Pope's coronation?"
Queen Mydella sighed in her heart. She suddenly realized that Colin had succeeded.
He had successfully provoked Prince Harrison's fear of the Church.
This should be the other party's revenge.
When Queen Mydella had tried to sow discord between Queen Aisha and Colin, Colin had returned the favor and successfully sow discord between Prince Harrison and the Church.
Looking at her son's pale face and sharp eyes, Queen Mydella suddenly felt a headache coming on.
The struggle between theocracy and monarchy was nothing new in the history of the Empire of Light.
But those Emperors who had tried to challenge the authority of the Church had all met with tragic ends …
"Harrison, do you know? There was once an Emperor of the San Lorenzo family who had the same idea as you. At his coronation ceremony, he did not invite the Pope, but had his own queen crown him instead. "
Prince Harrison's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened after that?"
"After that, the Pope issued an edict to depose the Emperor of his church, and to remove his subjects from their oath of loyalty to him."
Prince Harrison immediately became nervous, "Could it be that because of the Pope's edict, the subjects of the Empire were no longer willing to be loyal to the Emperor?"
"Yes, the Dukes of the Four Territories declared at almost the same time that if the Emperor could not obtain the Pope's forgiveness, they would no longer recognize him as the Emperor."
Prince Harrison's face instantly turned pale, and the light in his eyes disappeared.
After a while, he opened his mouth again and asked in a small voice, "What happened after that?"
"The Emperor, who had become the target of public criticism, had no choice but to beg for the Pope's forgiveness.
On a snowy night, the Emperor climbed the Holy Mountain barefooted and knelt in front of the Cathedral of Light for three days and three nights before he finally saw the Pope.
The once proud Emperor could only crawl before the Pope, spread his arms, his body in the shape of a cross, and repent for his crimes with tears and snot running down his face.
The Pope used a thorny vine to whip the Emperor ten times on the back and sternly reprimanded the Emperor for his crimes. After humiliating this Queen Consort of the mortal world, the Pope announced that he was pardoning the Emperor of his crimes, restoring his church records, and agreeing to crown him. "
Hearing this, Prince Harrison couldn't help but tremble.
The scene from his nightmare appeared before his eyes again, making him feel a suffocating fear.
Empress Mydella cupped her son's pale cheeks with both hands and forced him to look into her eyes. "So, Harrison, before you have absolute confidence, do not show any disrespect to the gods, not even the slightest bit!" she said solemnly.
Prince Harrison's expression was one of struggle as he said painfully, "Mother, can we only be the tools of God? Just like those supervisors outside the city, we can be abandoned and slaughtered at any time … "
"Harrison, that was Viscount Angley deliberately misleading you. How can we nobles be as weak as those supervisors? No matter how the commoners make a fuss, they will not be able to shake our rule. "
"No, this is not a question of whether or not our rule can be shaken. Viscount Angley is right. As long as we are concerned about whether or not the commoners can defeat the nobles, we will fall into the Church's trap.
The Church does not care who wins or loses. They only want a qualified tool to rule.
If the San Lorenzo family is unable to control the situation of the Empire, then they can choose a new royal family!
Unless we unite and rebel against that high and mighty … "
"Shut up!" Empress Mydella suddenly stopped Prince Harrison's nonsense with a stern voice.
Pulling her son's face closer to hers, Empress Mydella warned with a gloomy expression, "Rebel? Harrison, do you think that even if those Eastern captives and supervisors outside the city unite, they can really resist the Black Cavalry? "
Prince Harrison shook his head with a pained expression.
Empress Mydella sighed, "So, don't think about these dangerous thoughts anymore. Go to sleep. You are the first heir of the San Lorenzo family. As long as you do not do evil, what reason does the Pope have to refuse to crown you?"
Prince Harrison hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he did not say it.
He lowered his eyes and nodded obediently, "Yes, mother, I understand."
"That's good. Go to sleep."
"Yes."
Looking at her son who had fallen asleep again, Empress Mydella's beautiful brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
After a long while, she extinguished the magic lamp and walked out.
There were no stars in the sky tonight. Only a silver moon hung high in the sky, sprinkling its cold light on the world.
Colin's young face suddenly appeared in Empress Mydella's mind. Then, an elusive smile crept onto her lips.
"García, is he your choice?"
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