Chapter 207: Prayer
It was a room surrounded by floor-to-ceiling mirrors, and Nina put the brand-new knight's outfit needed for the ceremony on top of the wardrobe and retreated with Celis to the door.
"Sister Cialis, don't we really have to serve His Highness Allen to change clothes?"
Although Nina is young, she has already served in the promotion ceremony of several knights, each of whom she personally assisted in bathing and changing clothes, but this time Cylis drove herself out, and she always felt a little unsteady in her heart.
"Nina, His Royal Highness Alan is easy to be shy, let him do it himself when it comes to changing clothes, it's not too early, and if it drags on like this, how can we explain it to Captain Larbamonto."
Celis straightened the hem of her skirt and patiently explained to Nina.
"That's not right, Ilte has been slipped away by him, and he doesn't know how he got it himself, and he doesn't know the promotion process when the time comes, what should I do if I make a joke?"
Nina was worried about this matter, and Cilis crossed her hands on her hips and leaned forward slightly,
"Don't you know how smart His Highness Ilt is? A day ago, he had already asked me to write down the sealing process for him and send it over, along with the Purification Mantra that I recited during the purification ceremony. Now I guess he's already praying to the temple, so don't worry about him. ”
Hylis touched Nina's short hair, and Ilte's words came to mind again,
"Oblivion Curse"
At the thought of this, Cialis's face stiffened slightly.
"Cialis? Cialis! ”
At Nina's call, Siris pulled her thoughts out of her memories and lowered her head and smiled. Nina also breathed a sigh of relief, the work of the promotion ceremony has always been not easy, no one can take it lightly, and there is already an Ilt who is very uncooperative with their work. There's no more going to happen to Alan's side.
"Miss Cialis, can you help me take a look?"
Alan opened the door, he was handsome in a silver knight's outfit, his fiery short hair reflected the silver armor, and the whole person was magnificent! Hylis took a closer look at Alan's outfit. Tidy up a little for him, adjust the position of his belt, and untie Mistetine.
"Can't you bring a sword?"
Alan was puzzled.
"No, because during today's ceremony, the chief knight will wear a sword that symbolizes chivalry, which is a sacred relic given by the king, but don't worry, this is just a ceremony, you can still use your matching sword in the future. It's just that I'll keep it for you for a while now. ”
Hylise placed Mistetine in Nina's hand and removed a silver-skinned, red-lined cape from her hand. Carefully tied to the back of Allen's armor, except for not wearing a helmet yet, Allen's suit is also complete: this is a set of silver-white chain mail, the whole set of chain mail is made of silver wire with a diameter of about 2 mm, heated and twisted into a ring with a diameter of about 1 cm, and beaten into a flat ring about 3 mm wide. Small eyes with a diameter of about 1 mm are punched out at both ends of the ring, after fitting each other. Connected with rivets with a diameter of one millimeter, the neckline and cuffs are covered with leather to prevent scratching of the skin. The entire set of armor was made by the most powerful armor master in the royal city for several nights, and it was light and easy to wear, and the defensive performance was also very good, which was the dream of many young knights.
"Your Highness Allen. This way, then we will go to the prayer hall to pray. ”
Alan followed Hylis and Nina into the carriage and soon arrived at the Temple of Prayer.
"This isn't the temple of the Priests of Merdalil?"
Alan originally thought that the prayer hall should be the temple of Medalil that he had been to before, but this place was obviously different.
"The temple of the priests of Medalil has been sealed by the king and cannot be used for prayer ceremonies for the time being. This is also one of the main shrines used by the king for priests, here please. ”
The entrance to the temple was a long walkway, and at the end of the walkway, Ilt's figure appeared in front of the three of them. I saw Ilt kneeling in front of an altar, his eyes closed, and there was no sound around him. Alan was soon brought to Ilte's side as well, and under the guidance of Celis, he knelt down with Ilt to pray. In fact, the so-called prayer is actually to allow the new knight to calm down and think about his duties and obligations, which is also the last thing that needs to be done before officially becoming a knight.
Kneeling until both of their legs began to go numb, the fire on the altar suddenly ignited, and an old man walked out from behind the curtain on the side.
"Young man, your hearts must be in harmony with God's devotion to fellowship, and in your hearts there is a need for fervent supplication, just as the holy servants of God not only plead but also plead to God from the depths of pain and from the teeth of death. To pray quietly, you must be wholehearted and not distracted by delusions. There is nothing more paradoxical and contradictory to the veneration of the gods than frivolous manners, which show a kind of obscenity and lack of reverence. It would be a loss of respect and seriousness for us to waste this opportunity of degradation when God has allowed us to come to Him in intimate fellowship, and not to cling our minds to godliness and to mix profanity with divine devotion. ”
The old man sprinkled holy water on the shoulders and foreheads of the two of them, and continued to recite the holy words of prayer.
When we pray, we must confess our poverty, seriously consider the gravity and urgency of all our requests, and pray fervently and sincerely. Whoever comes to God to pray must abandon all boasting and self-righteous thoughts; He does not rely on his own heart, but humbly gives all glory to God; Otherwise, even if he boasts in the smallest thing, the gods will hide his face from him because of his vain pride. A proper beginning in prayer still requires a humble, confessional confession of sin for forgiveness. Even the most holy of men cannot receive favor from God unless he is reconciled to God; Unless he is forgiven by the Lord, he cannot escape the wrath of the Lord. What you need to do, children, is to humble yourselves, to put away delusions, to get rid of greed, to be upright, to worship God, and to always be on the side of righteousness. ”
"Yes, what God desires is within my reach."
Alan and Ilt replied in unison, and the old man closed the book in his hand with satisfaction, signaling that they could stand up.
"Your Highnesses, the prayer ceremony has been successfully completed, and the knight promotion ceremony will be held next, please rest here."
After Nina saluted, she withdrew from the temple, and Cialys did not know when she had left, leaving only Alan and Ilt in the temple, and the two who were finally going to become knights looked at each other and smiled. (To be continued.) )