Rite

"it's just two hours, perhaps there was some delay," the elderly man answered. He felt that even if it's was time for the people inside to come outside, there might have been some form of delay that did not have anything to do with the princess been hurt.

" You are right, " General Daiz took a deep breath, run his hand through his head like a man would was worried and anxious about his child. The man that replied him could not help but look down on General Daiz in his heart. Back then, General Daiz had also pretended not to want the throne when he was planning to harm his brother. This was why the family was sperated and he had to move out of the royal palace. Years later, he was planning to fight for his son but he had not improved on his tricks one bit.

Ramsey who heard the discussion around was becoming on easy. He knew that if any thing should happen to the princess at this point, the throne would have nothing to do with him, after all the princess was his greatest chess piece.

"Worried?" Joe asked when he saw his frowning his brows from time to time.

"Of course I am worried, I love her, how can I not be worried?" Ramsey answered. When Joe heard him he chuckled. "There is no need to pretend, you don't care about her life or death but the throne, who are you lying to?" Joe mocked not giving him face at all.

Ramsey lowered his head, he knew how unreasonable his brother has become, he was not care, he would be lured into problem. A wise man should know when to keep quiet. Joe opened his mouth to provck his brother more but at that point there was movement around the tomb everyone's attention was draw to the entrance.

The priest and those that carried the princess gift walked out but the princess could not be seen. "Where is the princess?" Robin impatient and excited voice rang out. The second family of Tait were standing outside the tomb, there were surrounded by lords and General. Because of the movement from the tomb, the side talk had paused and everyone was looking at the people coming out. So when he spoke hid voice traveled far and so a few people turned their head to look at him in disapproval.

Although they all had they all had the same questions in their head, it was indeed too soon to ask more so, he sounded happy.?

When General Daiz heard his son's voice he felt like slapping him to death. Especially with the peer of eyes that turned to their direction.

He had been proud that he gave birth first to a son, this had made him love this son of his and trained him for the battle of the throne. What he could not understand was why his son had not learn how to be patient.

There was nothing wrong with Robin asking about the princess, after all everyone else was out, the problem was the fact that he did not man to hide the excitement in his voice. A few nobles and Generals were convinced by the princess straight and did not want to support him simply because he was a man.

Now that he acted this way, those Lords and Generals would look down on him more. After all, the princess was his cousin, he should not forget to care for her.

"Brother, don't be anxious, I am sure cousin is fine, maybe she can't bear to leave uncle," Benedict was quick wit, she decided to intereprata her brother's excitement as anxious. This way she would be able to save his face.

Although the lords and Generals were not fools, they decided to accept her explanation and look toward the tomb for answers.

General Daiz took a deep breath in relief, for the first time he felt his daughter was sensible, after all, he had been too embarrassed when he heard his son's voice that he did not know what to do.

If a person would be a good king, he must know how to hide his emotions well. The priest was standing in front of the others, although this people also wanted to know why the princess was not out, they did not make the same mistake that Robin did, they all kept quite and waited for the priest to speak.

"The rite of passage for king Lorenzo has been completed successfully," the priest said. When the people heard this they nodded their head. "in the next fourteen days, we would crown our knew leader, every one is to go home and get prepared for the ceremony," the priest said.

"our new leader? What do you mean where is the princess?

" Are we really going to have a woman rule over us? This is an abomination? "

" Which woman? Have you seen the princess? The gods must have struck her to death, "

" The princess is not a bad candidate," different people had different reactions. There were some people who accepted the princess but their did not dare voice out their opinion, after all, the princess was no where to be seen they could not afford to lose face, if she was really killed by the gods.

The priest did not say anything, his assistant came up to him and help with the bag he was carrying. No matter what questions this people had they feared the priest and was afraid that if the offended him they would bring disaster to their families after all he was believed to be one with the gods. So a clear part was created for him.

The annoying part was that the servants that had followed the priest into the tomb where also leaving with the priest, no one could stop them.

"What should we do?" should we enter into the tomb and find out the situation with the princess? " Robin asked.

" Do you dare barge into the tomb of the kings? Are you tired of living? " One lord looked at Robin like he was looking at a fool.

" Then who is going to be crowned if she is dead, " Robin asked. He did not understand why the old man was so narrow minded.

" Dead? Did you hear the priest mention her death? Or are you exposing your plans," a general said. He had never gotten along with General Daiz, when they were young he followed the first prist and so after many years he still did not support the second house taken over the throne.