December 12, 327 in the continental calendar, is a day of excitement and nervousness for historian Freeman, because today His Majesty the Emperor of the Yus Empire will be visiting the Astrology House for the first time.

The Palace of Astrology, located on the northwest side of the palace, is a separate courtyard in which Freeman has served for almost thirty years, but like this courtyard, he has been unknown in the Yus court and has never been taken seriously. Until a few months ago, when the war between the southern and the Holy See was about to break out, Freeman boldly predicted that the double star shining star he observed was that Yus needed to establish a prince, and Emperor Wittels also believed his prediction, and officially appointed the eldest prince as the crown prince. Later, Wittels made a series of adjustments to the officials of Yuss to ensure that the eldest prince could smoothly take over the throne in the future.

At least on the surface, the results of this astrology indirectly resolved the crisis in the south of the Yuss Empire, and contributed to the heir to the throne of the Great Prince, so since then Freeman has suddenly become a popular man in the court and the opposition. With His Majesty's approval, the Imperial Treasury allocated a large sum of money to Freeman for the renovation of the already dilapidated astrological palace. After nearly half a year of renovation, the first phase of the project was successfully completed, the astrological palace was completely renewed from the inside out, and seeing that the new year was approaching, Freeman invited His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to visit the astrological palace.

Emperor Vettels gladly agreed to the invitation, and after some arrangement, the date was set for today.

Freeman got up before dawn, washed up, changed into a brand new official robe after using it too early, and waited at the palace gate with all the officials of the astrological palace. The first to arrive was Andrei, the wing commander of the Guards, who led his men to search the entire astrological palace, and cleared out all the others except for those who were registered and could stay after checking their identities one by one.

Andrei's inspection was not over, and Huo Yining, the deputy head of the palace guard regiment, led people to arrive, and the three of them got together for a brief meeting to finally confirm the work of receiving His Majesty the Emperor and his party, and then Andre led his men to leave, and the security of the astrology palace was officially taken over by the palace guards.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Emperor Wittels and Prince Lawrence arrived outside the Astrology Palace on time in a car, accompanied by the head of the guard, Alander, and several other cronies.

"Your Majesty, astrology has a long history, and if you go back all the way back to the beginning of civilization. Even today, both humans, elves, and orcs have their own astrological systems in operation. Our astrological palace is from the hands of orcs, and like the megalith city, it was built more than 400 years ago, and the entire courtyard is divided into twelve equal parts with the stargazing hall in the middle as the center, which we call the twelve houses. ”

Freeman led his subordinates to welcome His Majesty the Emperor and his entourage into the palace, first took them around the courtyard, and introduced the history of astrology to the emperor and his son.

"Freeman, what do you see as the principle of astrology?"

"Back to Your Majesty, some studies on astrology believe that the development of everything in the world is the result of complex forces between the stars, so it is possible to predict the future by deducing the trajectory of the stars. ”

"According to the Holy See, isn't it true that everything in the world is determined by God?"

"Of course, Your Highness. In the minds of many people who are blessed by faith, the trajectory of the stars is a mysterious reminder given by the gods to believers. Therefore, whether it is an orc or an elf, the status of the astrologer in the clan is very respected, especially when the time comes to decide the fate of the race, the words of the astrologer often determine the will of the ruler. ”

Although the father and son did not know much about astrology, they listened to it with great relish, and occasionally asked a few questions, but Freeman was able to deal with it.

"So, can the astrologer teach me some of the astrology you have mastered?"

His Royal Highness Lawrence asked jokingly.

"Your Highness, I don't hide it. The art of astrology is profound and complex, broad and profound, and the old minister has studied it for more than 30 years, but he still only knows half of it, and it is really difficult to teach it to His Highness in a few words. ”

Freeman shook his gray hair and said that he didn't want to teach, but that he wasn't very proficient.

"Freeman, since you are not proficient in astrology at all, how can you make predictions by observing the stars?"

Vettels asked, his tone rather displeased.

"Your Majesty, according to the principle, astrology can deduce the luck of the race and the prosperity of the country in the big way, and predict a person's food, clothing, housing and transportation in the small way, which is all-encompassing and all-encompassing. Even if he is the great elder of the elven clan, he has spent thousands of years of his life studying astrology, but it is only scratching the surface, and it is not easy for the old minister to be able to understand one or two roughly. ”

Freeman replied unhurriedly.

"So, you're pretty sure of your predictions?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. According to the current astrological speculation, the northern sky will be a double star for a long time to come. ”

Freeman said in a firm tone.

"Good!"

Vettels smiled and nodded, pleased with Freeman's answer.

"Your Majesty, there is the Hall of Astrology in front of you. ”

Freeman pointed to the circular building in the center of the courtyard and led the group into the main hall.

The hall is spacious, with almost no partitions in between, and the roof is twelve steps high, divided into twelve fan-shapes, each of which is painted with dots symbolizing the position of the stars in the sky, and the dots are connected by lines to form a pattern of physical significance. Some are like animals, some are like plants, and some are like people.

"Your Majesty, the stargazing platform is above the stargazing hall, but unfortunately it is daytime, and we can't go up to the stargazing platform to see the changes in the stars for ourselves, but I have prepared a demonstration for your majesty. ”

Freeman said with some regret as he pointed to the roof.

"What kind of demo?"

His Royal Highness Lawrence asked curiously.

"Your Highness, wait a minute, I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

Freeman confessed, turned around and entered an auxiliary room next to the main hall with a few retinues. The others stayed where they were, looking at the star map above their heads, while Freeman gave a demonstration, while the other officials of the astrological house commented. But after five minutes of waiting, Freeman still didn't come out.

"Go see what's going on?"

One of the guards went into the auxiliary room to check on the situation.

"Master Freeman isn't there, there's no one in the room at all. ”

The guard came back and said.

"What the hell is Freeman doing?"

Vettels frowned and turned to ask the other officials of the Astrology Palace, but the others looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was going on.

"Don't send someone to find it yet. ”

The prince ordered.

"No need. Your Majesty, we have guests to visit. ”

Alander, the head of the guard, who had been silent, suddenly looked at the outside of the main hall and said in a solemn tone.

"What a guest..."

Vettels was stunned for a moment, but he immediately looked at the outside of the hall as if he had sensed it, and although there was only a wall at the end of his sight, he preferred to see what was going on.

"Who is it? since you're here, don't hide, why don't you come in and let me do my best to represent the Yuss Empire." ”