Princess Elena listened in frozen shock, the rest of the people also couldn't believe their ears. In accordance with established practice, when blessing a newborn, the elders would pray to the Light God and only ask for the child to grow up safe and healthy. They would never dare make such an arrogant request, it could even be called a greedy and rude demand.
"Oh, oh my, it doesn't need to be that elaborate …" Princess Elena desperately wanted the priest to change it into a more common prayer. Her present fear was too deep to describe.
The King and the crowd of dignitaries were also very apprehensive, they thought that since Joshua was just a child, he'd gotten carried away after receiving a bit of favor. If he didn't change his greedy and vain temperament, even he might one day suffer the Father's rejection.
Only the Elder Bishop still stood in place with a flat expression.
Zhou Yun Sheng quietly waited, and a moment later he felt an invisible hand hold his wrist, and a hot flow of energy filled his fingertips, leading him to draw a very complex rune on His Royal Highness Anthony's forehead.
The rune flashed a bright golden light, then it slowly sunk into Anthony's skin, eventually disappearing entirely.
What's going on? The crowd was stunned and confused. They had never seen such scenes at other people's blessing ceremonies. Did the Father really fulfill Priest Joshua's request? How much of the request did he grant? If he agreed to everything, then His Royal Highness Anthony would undoubtedly become the happiest person on the continent.
Zhou Yun Sheng silently wrote the rune, then was about to recover his hand from Anthony's forehead, when he suddenly froze. Someone was sucking on his earlobe, then that someone whispered in his ear, "Baby, I will grant your every request, but only if you give me a bit of your body in exchange."
Sucking on his earlobe seemed to not be enough, the man also pried open his lips, exploring with his tongue while groping his ass, after not even a drop of saliva was left in his mouth, the man faded away, leaving an ambiguous 'So sweet'.
You see, this is your Prince Charming! He's more wretched than a pervert who peeks into the Ladies Room! Zhou Yun Sheng gnashed his teeth, but his expression remained calm. He slowly recovered his fingertips and found that Princess Elena was looking at him with anticipatory eyes, he immediately smiled at her, "The Father loves His Royal Highness Anthony, he'll be happy."
This is too vague, say how much happiness the Father will give him! The King and the nobles were trembling in anxiousness. Princess Elena was also curious enough to burst, but she didn't dare ask, she just reached out to pick up her child.
At this time, there was a loud crack, the red gem on the pendent His Highness Anthony was pinching had unexpectedly split into two halves.
That gem was a precious stone imbued with fire properties to keep the holder impervious to the cold winter, although it was not unbreakable, it certainly couldn't be crushed by a small baby.
Was it caused by the Father's wrath?
The King and the Princess were terrified, but Priest Joshua chuckled and smiled, "The little prince must be filled with vindictiveness, he'll become a mighty warrior in the future."
"It's better to test it with an attribute stone." The Elder Bishop smiled and said.
Immediately, a maid brought in a piece of stone and placed it on Anthony's palm. The grayish -brown stone turned transparent, followed by orange light, then the light grew more dazzling and deep, until it became a dark orange, almost black.
On the mainland, qualified children could test their physical properties at the age of one. If they had the elements of a mage, the stone would light up to represent metal, plant, water, fire, earth, air, lightning and other elements, corresponding to yellow, green, blue, red, brown, purple and other colors. The deeper the color, the better the child's qualifications.
If they were a warrior, the attribute stone would emit an orange light, similarly, the deeper the color, the better the qualifications.
It was unheard of on the mainland for an only three month old baby like His Royal Highness Anthony to have such high potential. The Sagya Kingdom nobles grinded their teeth as they exclaimed in their hearts: 'This is absolutely like compelling the Father to act beyond reason! Being guaranteed the life of a champion, how envious ah! Priest Joshua is too much!'
The King and Princess Elena were ecstatic, and all the nobles were looking at Priest Joshua with strange glowing eyes. More than a few of the princes were anxious to push their children back into their wife's stomach, so they could be blessed by Priest Joshua on their hundred days.
There was no doubt that with the blessings from Priest Joshua and the Father, even though His Highness Anthony had not yet grown up, he already had a firm hold on the throne.
"Thank you, thank you so much honorable priest! From now on, Elena is your most faithful servant!" Princess Elena knelt down with her son, she didn't feel that this was detrimental to her distinguished identity. Priest Joshua would surely enter into the spirit world in the future and become a Servant of God, he deserved the highest respect.
Zhou Yun Sheng just smiled without a word, waved to the King who had burst into tears of gratitude, and left.
"I declare that His Highness Anthony will be the Crown Prince of my Sagya Kingdom, and no one can replace him!" The King's voice echoed with excitement, and the nobles shouted genuine or false congratulations.
The Elder Bishop took the opportunity to take the child from Elena's arms, and gently rubbed the golden rune on his forehead.
The Pope, who stood isolated in the back of the crowd, stared at Joshua's departing back with dull eyes. He knew that the Father must have transferred his divine power to Joshua, but why was he so favored? Just because of his looks? Without divine power, with his holy robes decayed, and his scepter cracked, what future could he have in the holy Central Church?
Perhaps he should steal Joshua's robe and scepter, and also take the numerous light stones strung on his head as a decoration. With them, he would be an omnipotent Pope.
But, the Father must be looking down on Joshua in heaven, and all those who try to hurt him would face the Father's most severe punishment, it would be almost impossible to snatch something from Joshua's hands.
No, no maybe one person would be able to do this, that person also had quite a pedigree, Boel Britte. Thinking of this, he walked briskly toward the dungeon, but just as he reached the prison door, the guards rushed out, saw him, and hurriedly reported, "His Holiness the Pope, Boel Britte was rescued, and the other is likely to be a high-ranking demon. Please go take a look, the dungeon's iron bars were corroded by demon fog, there is now a big hole."
The Pope was not surprised, he immediately walked into the dungeon.
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Zhou Yun Sheng had just entered the front door of his bedroom when he received news of Boel's successful escape. He didn't feel surprised, in fact, it was entirely within his expectations.
Boel, after all, was one of the pillars of the world, and he had the most intense destiny. Brainless Sheng snatching away one of his lovers could only be regarded as a blind cat catching a dead mouse. And he didn't know how long that mouse would stay dead, maybe it would eventually wake up and go back to Boel.
Rational Sheng was worrying, but Brainless Sheng was very happy. He took off his robe and stood in front of the mirror, admiring his body full of love marks.
"Don't you feel dirty? What's the difference between your appearance and Boel Britte's?" Rational Sheng pointed to the person in the mirror and sneered in disgust. His body had been pounded by a strange man, that he could still keep a trace of reason was thanks to his amazing self-control.
"How can I be like Boel Britte? These traces were left by the Father." The boy's expression turned from disgust to gloom in one second.
Then it turned back to disgust and he continued, "How are you not the same as Boel Britte? He also served the God of Light, and his time of service was longer than yours. Your precious Father left the exact same marks on him. No, even better, not only on him but on ALL the youths the Light God was so fascinated with that he took them to his side thousands of years ago."
"Can you imagine them circling around the Light God, taking turns to receive his 'favor'? Do you think you're special? No, you're wrong, you're just another one of them. When you reach your expiry date, the God of Light will be disgusted with you and abandon you just like Boel Britte. I'm warning you, don't love too deeply, don't hurt yourself, because hurting yourself is equal to hurting me!"
He must uncover the coldness hidden under the God of Light's gentle veil for Brainless Sheng, to prevent himself from being trapped in this space.
Brainless Sheng woke up from his blissful state. He realized that Rational Sheng was right. The Father doted on him, but this doesn't necessarily mean anything, he'd also doted on many other people. The cruel truth burned his heart with flames.
He clutched his face and cried, weeping and sitting on the ground, talking sporadically, "But, but I really love him! If this love is really the harbinger of destruction, even so, I can't back down. I'm sorry! I can't stop! I'm sorry!"
Rational Sheng was stunned, then he roared at the mirror, "What do you mean you can't stop? Are you shitting me?! You're me, I'm you, don't we have pride in our bones? Are you really willing to run around the Light God, wagging your tail like a pet dog for the rest of our lives?"
Brainless Sheng covered his face and shook his head, crying without a word.
In the Ninth Heaven above, the Light God was stunned by this scene. He never knew that for this love, the Little Believer's heart was bearing such great pain, causing him to use such cruel words to keep himself from drowning, so he wouldn't lose himself, so he wouldn't be hurt.
What's does he mean by the same traces? What does he mean by take turns to receive favor? Who is a pet dog? How could he have such a severe misunderstanding about himself?
The Light God was filled with anger, but when he saw the Little Believer crying his heart out, he felt helpless and tolerant. He rested his head on his hand with a bitter smile, then he slowly faded away from his lounge.
Rational Sheng spared no effort to fight his crazy self, when Zhou Yun Sheng finally felt like he'd given enough of a wakeup call, a warm body suddenly appeared behind him. The man covered his eyes and frantically bit his lips, eager to heal his broken heart.
His eyes were covered with a gold ribbon, then he was picked up by the tough man and tossed onto the bed. The sane him wanted to resist, the crazy him wanted to relax, ultimately, the crazy side gained the upper hand and opened up without reservation.
"Baby, don't be sad, each of your tears that fall to the ground, is like lava falling on my heart. I'll use my Godhead to swear to you, I have never wanted anyone but you, and except for you, I have never loved anyone else. Baby, don't use mirrors to hurt yourself, otherwise, I'll make all the mirrors in the world disappear. Baby, do you still love me? Are you willing to trust me?" His body was moving in rhythm, while asking for answers for his peace of mind, his pupils covered in darkness.
Falling in love with someone could bring such suffering, he was finally able to understand the feelings the Little Believer had shouted in front of the mirror. Everything was because he loved him too much, so he was too afraid to lose him.
So cute, how can you be so cute? The last trace of anger he'd felt had completely disappeared, the Light God smiled happily, and his urgent actions slowly became tenderer.
"Father, of course I love you, of course I'm willing to trust you. In fact, as long as you speak it, I'll unconditionally believe it." Crazy Zhou Yun Sheng would only become crazier under direct impact from the Father, he was so overpowering that Sane Zhou Yun Sheng had no choice but to fall into a temporary hibernation.
He vowed that in the future, he would never use self-hypnosis again. The consequences were too damn scary! When his will was about to sleep, he heard the God of Light say in an affectionate tone, "Baby, I love you too. You'll never know how much I love you, it's even deeper than how much you love me."
Curse this motherfucking, corny ass world! Rational Sheng used his last trace of will to stick up his middle finger.