Chapter 924
The sunset's glory was vanishing as the night soon arrived .
Chopped bramble sticks were laid in the grand hall of Thorn Temple, forming a bed of thorns and Archpriest Sirontu was lying on top of them with a peaceful look on his face .
Priest Einderson led the others and knelt before the elder .
They appeared sad yet respectful .
If it wasn't for the elderly archpriest's decisive move by sending them into the secret passage, the "seeds" of Thorn Temple would have been wiped out and the "fire" of Thorn Temple would be completely extinguished .
"Oh respectful archpriest, you have fulfilled your vows in this life, with your life!"
"May you be at peace after returning to Lady Vanessa's arms!"
Priest Einderson prayed .
It was a simple prayer and ritual without the slightest bit of complications .
Simple and unsophisticated for Thorn Temple was the tradition, they were willing to spend more time pursuing other meaningful things in life and not spend their efforts on other kinds of things, including funerals .
The brambles were lit up not with common fire but the divine fire that Lady Thorn's statue released .
With the divine flame burning away at Archpriest Sirontu, his body quickly disintegrated and turned into a faint green smoke, floating towards the tall statue .
A faint light gathered around the statue and when the green smoke touched the light, it transformed into Sirontu's face .
Despite its faintness and illusory feel, it was really Archpriest Sirontu without question .
Beside the archpriest, the officiant, Barrion who died without an intact body appeared as well .
The souls of the two good friends smiled at each other before waving at the crowd in the grand hall and vanished into the air .
Though the faint light didn't go away, Lady Thorn's voice sounded .
"Ryan will be my next archpriest and Einderson will be my officiant . "
Her voice echoed in the grand hall, everyone could hear it clearly, including Kieran standing in the corner .
Kieran was not good at handling rituals or gatherings with many people, he wasn't good at weddings as well as funerals .
So, Kieran hid in an inconspicuous corner from the start, seeing the respectful archpriest off as he returned to Lady Thorn's arms .
Kieran's Pro [Mystical Knowledge] couldn't even tell how did the whole process happened but he was sure that was Sirontu's soul .
Where did it go though? Lady Thorn's divine kingdom? Or somewhere else?
Kieran really did not know, he never even saw what the divine kingdom looked like .
Still, he wished the archpriest had gotten what he wished for because he was perfectly clear that without Sirontu's help in stalling the enemies, his plans wouldn't have succeeded .
In a certain aspect, Sirontu was also one of his collaborators but compared to this one, the other collaborator was causing more of a headache for Kieran .
After being thrown into the main stream of the River of Fate by Lady Thorn, he didn't only choke on the river water, he almost drowned . It was when he was floating in the river that Kieran realized Lady Thorn had been watching him from the start where he was still playing hide and seek and when Kieran slightly noticed her presence a few times, Lady Thorn bared it all out and came under the spotlight .
For almost half a day, Kieran was being watched by her, as if he was a monkey in the zoo or some experimental sample that required close surveillance .
Whether it was the former or latter, Kieran was unsatisfied but he couldn't resist at all .
He didn't forget what Tiki asked of him .
"Am I doing extra for this mission now?"
Based on how close Lady Thorn was watching him, Kieran was sure that Lady Thorn had no time to observe other things .
Kieran criticized everything silently before stepping out, saluting in his knightly way and accepting his appointment as the new archpriest .
"Yes, my Lady . "
The crowd in the grand hall bowed down respectfully when they saw Kieran came out from the shadows . One of the young knights was being extra frantic about it .
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