After taking the oath in the town square, the second stage of the rite of passage begins: the blessing of the goddess.The street where the magic caravans of the nobles drove into the town square before the ceremony were still under martial law, and we, the young men who had participated in the rite of passage, were guided in a row, thirty people in a row, as if there was a military parade, and walked neatly down the street.At the end of the street is the Temple of Liberty, which is located between the 4th and 5th arrondissements of the Imperial Capital, not too far from the Municipal Square, an hour and a half away.The sidewalks behind the bush walls on both sides of the street were crowded with people watching the bustle, their eyes constantly wandering over the faces of every young man.I originally thought that adult oaths were in the nature of a magical contract, but now it seems that this is not the case, and there is no contract power on me.Ying Li walked side by side with me, she was dressed in a snow-white and holy knowledge suit, and we mingled in the crowd, chatting in a low voice, while walking slowly, but not as boring as everyone else, on the contrary, I found the event interesting.Ying Li told me that on the eve of this coming-of-age ceremony, there was a huge disagreement between the Imperial House of Representatives, the royal family, and the temple about how to hold this year's coming-of-age ceremony.However, the main reason for this great controversy was that during the plane war, the temple did not give any support to the archdukes and lords of the Grimm Empire, so that the battle damage of the plane war made all the archdukes feel the pain in their flesh, so the movement to resist the Liberty Temple began to break out from the territory of the various lords, and spread to the entire Grimm Empire little by little.The fact that the oath-taking ceremony was not performed under the Statue of Liberty in the main square in front of the temple was a manifestation of the dissatisfaction of the imperial capital's authorities with the temple.However, to everyone's surprise, the goddess's blessing ceremony was still held in the temple.This journey is also a kind of exercise for some girls who are physically weak.Fortunately, Yingli has the habit of running and exercising every morning, and he doesn't feel difficult to walk this way.She held the hem of her skirt in one hand to make it easier for her to walk.The two of us happened to pass by Kig, Helena, and Becky, and although Kig had a smile on her face, there was a hint of envy in her eyes as deep as the starry night, and perhaps in her heart at this moment she also wished to walk side by side with me on this long street.She stood beside Mrs.
Manda, almost all the people in this area were nobles who came to watch the ceremony, Helena and Becky held on to the fence at the edge of the square and waved their hands vigorously at us, Mrs.
Manda had a cold face, deliberately did not look at Win Li, but Win Li stroked her long hair and smiled lightly at Lady Manda, but there was a taste of showing off victory in it.After walking in front of them, I whispered to Ying Li, "You can see that she still loves you very much." ”Ying Li blinked his eyes and whispered, "Well, I know." ”She bit her lip and leaned into my ear and said, "She hopes that I can always be very happy, but I hate her elven concept, she thinks that only elven men know what love is, hum!"
Those arrogant elven men have always liked to put their chin on others, and I don't bother to pay attention to them. ”The contradiction between Lady Manda and Ying Li lies in this issue, Lady Manda hopes that Ying Li can focus on elven men in terms of mate selection, she thinks that elven men are the most perfect, they have received the best education since childhood, understand the etiquette between nobles, and are good at poetry and music, proficient in art and painting, with handsome facial features and 800 years of life, these are the best spouses of Ying Li.I snorted and asked Ying Li, "Elven man, oh, how is that Nichols doing?"
”Ying Li glanced at me angrily, and snorted softly in a nasal voice: "How do I know?"
”The line moves very slowly, and the line in front of you doesn't know why it always stops and goes, and the back of the line inevitably causes congestion.At noon in the autumn of the imperial capital, the bright sunshine made the city heat up rapidly, standing in the crowd, secretly holding Ying Li's hand, there were talking and laughing along the way, and they would not feel that time passed very slowly, but there were many young people in the team who couldn't bear to stand under the sun and were exposed, and their mood gradually became irritable, and some impatient young people began to complain, and some people wanted to stand in the shade of the trees, some people wanted to drink water, and made many requests, and finally they were drunk one by one by the knights of the guard battalion who rushed to control the chaotic scene.The situation on the side of Ying Li and I is much better, the young people around us are some magicians, most of them have magic belts, this kind of storage space where things can be stored will always have some food and water prepared, and occasionally take a sip of water, and no one will pay attention.Finally, at a corner near the temple, I saw the tall figure of the Minotaur Ruka standing in the crowd, and looked to the side of his figure, only to see that Leant, Fanny, Carantso, and Caterina were all standing behind the fence, and my Earth Fury Demon Pattern was also extremely eye-catching in the crowd, and Deborah's sharp eyes were the first to see me in the crowd, perhaps because she had some kind of psychic connection with me.I happily waved to Fanny and Ryant, who were obviously dazzled by the excitement and excited to see me in the crowd.As I walked past them, I vaguely saw Fanny leaning on Ryant's shoulder, secretly wiping away tears.Seeing Fanny like that, my heart suddenly became very unpleasant.Perhaps in Fanny's view, the coming-of-age ceremony is like the first test flight of the nestlings in the bird's nest, and every grown-up chick will eventually fly away from the nest after becoming an adult, and I am also one of the many fledglings, and I am about to leave the nest, Fanny's inseparable feelings are revealed, and my heart becomes heavy all of a sudden.Yes, eight years have passed in a flash, and the poor child who used to be like a stray dog has slowly grown up under the love of Fanny and Ryan and a group of people around me, and it took me five years to be able to come out of the haze in my heart, and then follow the steps of Sister Guoguo, step by step on the road of magic, and become a water magician.From the Elementary War Magic Academy to the Advanced Royal Magic Academy, what I have experienced is also accumulated with countless days and nights, every time I draw magic runes all night, when I bury my head in the sunset, the sky is full of red clouds like fire clouds reflect half of the sky of El City, but when I raise my head, the sky is lit up with fish belly white, I can draw magic runes so skillfully, not only the relationship of talent, but also more diligent practice.Fanny had red eyes, leaning on Ryant's shoulder with one hand over her mouth, and Ryant's big hands were tightly wrapped around Fanny, and their eyes were chasing my figure, even though I was already facing away from them at the moment, and that burning gaze was like a man's back.An hour and a half away, our team spent more than two hours on the square of the Temple of Liberty, and in the distance we saw the statue of Lady Liberty standing in the center of the temple square.Looking at the tall palace complex in the distance, I know the status of this temple in the hearts of the people of the imperial capital, there are a total of twelve golden arches dozens of meters high, and more than ten meters high humanoid statues are erected on both sides of each gate, originally I thought that it was like those heroic statues on the mountain road of the imperial capital, but after a careful look at the past, I found that those statues are completely the statues of the gods who came to the world.At this time, the young people who arrived at the temple square first had already accepted the blessing ceremony of the priests, and walked out of the square one after another, giving up their places to the young people behind, but not all of them would receive the blessing of the goddess, and the young people who could not discipline themselves to taste the forbidden fruit in advance could not get the blessing of the goddess, and the young people with evil thoughts and no gratitude could not get the blessing of the goddess The square stood under the statue of Liberty in a row of priests, numbering about thirty, wearing the sacred suits of the high priest, Standing on the steps, holding a sacred prayer in his hand, his expression was solemn, and the whole temple reverberated with a low singing, which seemed to purify people's hearts, and those songs poured into my ears, at first I thought it was the sound of the wind, but in the back, I felt as if I was on a battlefield in the wilderness, the scene of the horse-leather shroud, the battle flag flying, and the firelight rushing to the sky impacted my spiritual sea.A row of young men walked up the steps, and in front of us was an old priest with a wrinkled face, his beard and hair, and his wise eyes with encouragement and smiles, watching me walk up step by step.Ying Li was next to me, the middle-aged priest in front of her looked younger, seeing Ying Li walking up step by step, he nodded to her slightly, Ying Li had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the middle-aged priest looked at Ying Li as if he was looking at his junior.We stepped forward and stood on the steps in front of the priests, and they were standing one step higher than us, so they looked much taller.As soon as our group was on our feet, the priests began to chant a unique prayer.I've never been in contact with a priest, and when I was in El City, I didn't have a good impression of that temple, and then Sue's incident happened, and my impression of the temple was even worse, in my impression, the Temple of Liberty is basically no different from the Dark Arts Retreat, if there is one, it is that the Dark Arts Retreat is not legal in Grimm, and the Lady Liberty Temple is in the Grimm Empire with the interests of those in power.The prayer books held in the arms of the priests exuded divine power, and the holy divine power poured into the bodies of the priests, making them glow white all over their bodies, and I could barely look at them, so I could only keep my head down to avoid the dazzling holy light."
Lady Liberty, please hear my prayers!""
Lady Liberty, please bless this young man in front of you!"
After two simple sentences, pillars of light fell from the sky, each pillar of light encircled a young man, and those who were not blessed by the goddess were empty around them.I felt the majestic divine power injected into my body, my whole body was like being soaked in the warm seawater, the whole body was comfortable, those divine powers turned into leaf-shaped white spots around my body, forming a huge whirlpool around my body, constantly gathering into my body, I felt that my spiritual sea was like full of sunshine, and my heart was peaceful.Coming back from that extremely comfortable state, I couldn't help but glance at Ying Li beside me, only to see that she was also shrouded in a white pillar of light, and she was turning her head to look at me with a concerned face.At this time, I found that the old priest in front of me was also looking at me with a surprised face, the sacred prayer in his hand was gradually dimming, the pillar of light above my head was like a huge chimney hundreds of meters high, very exaggerated into the sky, and the blessing pillar of light of other people around me was only a dozen meters high, and everyone in the square was looking at me in dismay."
Bow down, step aside!"
At this time, I heard the command of the ceremonial officer, I suddenly came to my senses, after accepting the blessing of the Goddess of Liberty, we are already one of the adults, I smiled and stretched out my hand to Ying Li, Ying Li generously put the soft jade hand into my palm, I took Ying Li's hand, and slowly walked down the steps in the surprised eyes of everyone."
That blessed light is so exaggerated!""
Who knows that kid?
How could he be favored by Lady Liberty?
”"It hasn't been a divine light like this for years!""
Why is this happening?""
That's the goddess's favor!
Usually only the most distinguished priests receive this honor," and there were doubts in the crowd around the service."
Silence, next group!"
The shouts of the great priests came from the square, and the sound was exceptionally loud, and the voice kept echoing in the huge square, and sure enough, the noisy discussions suddenly became much less."
What's going on?"
As I walked out, I whispered to Ying Li beside me."
I don't know!
How are you feeling right now?
Are there any strange feelings?
”Ying Li whispered to me."
Nope!"
I checked my physical condition and found that my body had hardly changed, and then asked Ying Li, "What are we going to do next, are you going to attend the square dance party in the evening?"
”"Yes!"
Ying Li shyly agreed."
Are you coming with me to the open square in the third block?"
I hurriedly continued."
Yes!"
Ying Li was so shy that he buried his head in his chest.
Former.Just as Ying Li and I were about to walk out of the temple square along the crowd, we were stopped by two priests in the temple