The announcement of Aether's engagement was spreading like wildfire… or maybe someone was fueling it to spread?
The whispers turned into gasps, gasps into rumours, and soon every corner of the Aurora Empire buzzed with the same question that no one dared to answer aloud.
Was it true?
Their Archpriest… engaged?
Anyway, as the news got into their hands, the people started to panic in worry, especially in the Aurora Empire.
Mothers clutching their children stood by the temple gates, eyes wide and trembling. Priests exchanged glances, their lips moving silently in disbelief. The bells of the high towers tolled faintly, their echoes sounding almost mournful.... like a perfect setting, right?
Hmm...
The people's faces almost turned pale in disbelief… their Archpriest just gave up on them?
Just like that?
That's all?
He… he abandoned them all?
"What… what is happening?" a young man muttered, "Didn't he swear upon the Sacred Light never to leave us?"
