The meeting was about to end. Aside from being shocked and terrified, they were exhausted from dealing with Ray. The final topic to be discussed would be why the children were asked to be brought in if they did not even participate in this council. The reason was more than daunting for some and amazing for others. Ray placed three boxes on the table, opened them, thus displaying the astronomical rings.
Iston had told him that it was possible to search for them if you were a holy knight, but that it was almost a taboo subject to do so, since the idea of having them would attract wars and destruction. Ray just stared at him, telling him with his eyes that this was a war but not necessarily about the rings. Meraki accompanied Iston to every part of the world where the rings were sleeping, and they found Antares of Scorpius and Spica of Virgo. When they returned, they placed the rings in new boxes but in a hurry Meraki crashed into the table causing the box where Orionis was originally to fall to the floor and break.
Ray went to pick up the pieces and noticed that it was not broken, rather it had come apart like a puzzle. When he finished assembling by pushing the last piece, the box showed a secret slot where the lock would go. He presses her and a ring comes out. Specifically the ring whose name was not on the carved box. He asks Iston and Meraki if they can recognize him and they reply that the ring is Aldebaran from Taurus. They recognize that of all the rings, Aldebaran was the only one who could not obtain essential form since he had a definite form and his power was known as "the devastator" among the other rings.
They meditate on how to continue and unanimously decide that they will keep Aldebaran for the time being and will continue with the original plan.
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-The astronomical rings awakened from their slumber and have made the decision to obtain a suitable master. The reason for having asked them to bring their strongest children is in the idea that from all of them there will be 2 holy knights-
-Excuse me, but are there three boxes or does the third one already have an owner? - Mario raises his hand to ask
-Unfortunately, the third one already chose his teacher long before, didn't he, Mrs. Wednesday? -Iston stares at the witch
-I didn't think that thing was still in this world. If it is going to help my granddaughter, better for us-
-How is your granddaughter going to be a saint? Hey explain woman- Sylvester is outraged at the decision
-What happens is simple. The girl is a cross between a witch and a demon. Born by Light Mandragora, she will be seen by her peers as scum when she grows up as the demonic side of her will become more visible over time. Her ring will cement her position as heir to the witch queen by making her the first saint in her town in more than 900 years. The assassination attempts did not stop before and will not stop in the future, that is evident but with this she will be able to get rid of the weed. Why did you bring your trusted companions if it were not because you came looking for a solution to your problem.- Ray clears up the misunderstanding
-She will be the holy knight Scorpius, guardian of Antares. And she is the only one whose ring chose her before she was born because she was one of many reincarnations of the previous ringmaster, who waited for her but could not find her because she was inside a volcano- Iston attached the comment
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Ringo started crying. She lamented her uselessness as a witch all the time and was hated by all of her people for no apparent reason. Many of her had wanted to get rid of her but could not of her as she was protected by her grandmother and her babysitters. Now she understood the cause, she turned out to be a half-breed.
Meraki hugs her to reassure her and whispers in her ear that she will be her next opponent to defeat in training with Iston. The girl paled when she noticed Meraki's devilish smile.
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Their surprise got worse and worse. Ray had to confess that he already had two saints with him, Gemini and Canis Maior and two others that he would see when his time came, Bootes and Lira. Those chosen this day would have to begin their training hand in hand with the knights and had to stay on the island to avoid being killed by some psychopath who knew about the rings.All the guests met with their children, who were curious, about what would happen.
The little ones had no knowledge of why they were there and the adults were silent, except for the children who accompanied Meraki and Zion. The 2 rings were on the table and they were expected to react to the new knights. Each child tried on the ring but they did not react. When Salma's turn came, she tried on Spica and nothing happened but when she put on Orionis, she shone intensely and the ring turned tricolor silver, blue and gold.
The girl began to look everywhere as if searching for the origin of the voices in her head but was quickly pushed out of the way by her uncle Rashid without saying a word. Aurelio was the last to try on the ring and ended up being Spica's guardian. As the meeting was over, they dedicated themselves to saying goodbye until the next meeting. The only ones left were Rashid's entourage, Wednesday, and Mario.
They were mentally preparing to leave their children in the hands of the world's greatest lunatic. They were confident that the children would be safe, but Ray gave an air of being dangerous. Suddenly out of the bushes comes a child who had slipped away.
It was Gedeon Kisic, who seeing his chance to escape the Spartan training of his great-great-grandfather, went into hiding to request asylum. Ray found the idea of someone from the Kisics, asking for shelter stupid since the boy could finally run away if he wanted to. He let it pass and asked Barnaby to report Gedeon's whereabouts to Sylvester. Gedeon's grandfather saw a good opportunity for his grandson to see the world as it was, so he would learn unique knowledge and be stronger. He apologized and asked that the child's care be left to Ray.
Now his house had turned into a preschool. The children were very young, not to mention that the youngest was Salma who was four years old. She was followed by Ringo and Aurelio with five and Gedeon who despite being just over 25 years old, his mentality and growth was slower as he was a vampire, so he looked and behaved like someone ten years old or less.
The training for all the children of the house would begin tomorrow in the mirror kingdom, except for Meraki, who, having beaten Iston, was expelled and punished by his father to perform other tasks and would remain by his side until the other children returned.