Whispers of the Gods

Chapter 6 Dia I
Every morning, Dia would pray in the shrine inside the Palace of Apolion.

The prosperity of the empire, the health of her husband and children, peace and a good harvest are her daily blessings.

When she was a child, the priest would say "Pray for others, because then others will pray for you".She said these prayers every day without interruption.

Diya also prays for the souls of those who have passed away, including her mother who died five years ago, and she prays that they will rest in peace without any pain and suffering.

As a grown woman, she gained more insight into prayer, not just asking, but gratitude, humility, and gratitude.

She likes the smell of the incense in the god's house. It is a yearning smoke mixed with the scent of roses, the earthy smell of agar tree and sweet frankincense, which envelopes her like a white cloud.

This is a smell that Diya can't smell in the temple of her hometown Vivalia Kingdom. Although the strength of the Hastza Empire has long since fallen, she still has a feeling of being surrounded by the wealth of the world.

Like her hometown, Vivalia's Hall of Ashes, people in Hastza believe in the oldest religion, worshiping Nemir, the brightest and largest star god among the stars, as the god of stars, the main star of the stars in the sky.

His position in the temple is always the center, and other gods are inferior to him and serve beside him.

The statue of Nemir is half the length of a human being. He has long flowing hair, wears a robe that half covers his eyes, and holds the same gray sphere in his hand as the Apollyon family emblem.

Legend has it that the world is divided into heaven and earth, the sky is the world of gods, and the earth is the world of humans.

All the stars in the sky are gods, and Nemir, who is the most dazzling in the crack-like star palace, is the king of the gods. The rest of the gods perform their own duties. The closer they are to Nemir, the more important the domain they govern will be.

The positions of the gods of stars and stars in Tianyu are fixed, except for the seven gods, who are ordered by Nemir to control and monitor the human world.

The sun god Avesu dominates the day, the moon god Astite dominates the night, and the remaining five gods are in charge of oceans, forests, mountains, deserts and plains.

But Diya's favorite is not Nemir, who symbolizes power and domination, but Yexia, who symbolizes love and family.

Her position is on the right side not far from Nemir in the Hall of Stars. Although she is not as dazzling and huge as Nemir, she is the brightest in the star palace to which she belongs. Her husband star, Kuono, symbolizes justice and law. Si forms the center of the Shield Palace.

"Mother, can I join you?" Dia looked back, and Alan was leaning against the door of the shrine.

"Of course, my child." Dia smiled.

Allen approached slowly, knelt down beside Dia's left hand and began to pray.

Alan is Dia's only child, the youngest of three and the most reserved.

Compared with the noisy and aggressive Zhuo Ke and the often missing Monty, Allen often likes to stay quietly in the corner alone.

Looking at the shoulder-length child with pale blond hair beside him, Di Ya sighed in his heart that Alan not only has a similar personality to himself, but also looks very much like her.

Before marrying Madkalin, Dia would often sit aside and watch her younger siblings play and play, among which her younger sister, Lozaria, was the most naughty.

Ever since Dia was sent to the Hastza Empire by her father because of a letter, she never met them again.

"Mother, am I annoying?" Alan opened his eyes and asked Dia with a little frustration.

"Silly boy, what are you talking about? Why do you think you are annoying?" Di Ya asked with concern.

Allen was a sensitive kid, and he must have asked because something had happened.

Allen lowered his head, staring at the flickering candlelight in front of the statue in confusion.

"No, of course not." Di Ya replied firmly.

"Mothers also want their children to be stronger, because that will make you more proud." Allen said.

"I am proud of you all the time, child." Dia said, "There are many kinds of powerful ones in the world."

"But I'm neither strong nor smart, but rather weak."

"How could it be?" Dia held Alan's right hand with both hands, "You have a kind heart, which is the rarest quality in this world."

Hearing what Allen said, she felt guilty.Of the three children, Alan, who was weak and sickly, needed the most attention.

Every time she had a high fever, she stayed by Ellen's bedside until he fully recovered.

"But my father never cared about me," Allen said.

"Of course he cares about you, but everyone expresses their emotions in different ways." Dia explained.

Although she also knew that in Vigrich's heart, Allen was just a disappointing young child compared to Zhuo Ke and Monty.

"Tell me, boy, what happened?"

"It's nothing, it's just that everyone looks down on me." Allen said with tears in the corner of his eyes.

Di Ya hugged Allen in her arms.

"My silly child," Dia put her arms around Allen, and said softly, "I was alone when I came to Madkalin, and I had no one to rely on. It was your birth that made me feel at home.

You must remember that you are not alone, I will always be by your side. "

"I just need you, mother." Allen murmured.

Dia's heart warmed, and she hugged Alan in her arms even tighter.

To her, it was more like the two of them depended on each other to survive than Allen depended on her.

As the eldest son and heir to the throne, Zhuo Ke has been cared and nurtured by Vigrich and other people in the court since he was a child, and he himself has not failed his father's expectations of him and has grown up to the present.

And Monty was Monty, he was a sensible kid since he was a child, and he never needed to worry too much about him.

Allen, like Diya when he was young, longs for attention but is always ignored because of his ordinary and weak.

She will not let her child grow up in helplessness and confusion like her, and Dia silently swears that she will definitely protect her child from suffering.

After finishing with Vigrich in the bedroom that night, the two lay on the bed, and the conversation with Allen during the day was always echoing in Dia's mind.

"what happened?"

Vigrich is a man who is good at observing, and any expression change on his face will attract his attention.

"Husband," Dia asked, "do you care less about Alan?"

"Alan?" Wigrich looked at Dia, "He is no longer a child."

"Zuck is not a child either, on the contrary, you have taken great care of him."

Vigrich sighed and said, "You know how busy I am."

"Are you so busy that you don't care about your son?"

Di Ya was a little angry, "He is your child just like your other sons!"

"Are you referring to Zhuo Ke? I don't think I care about him as much as you said," Vigrich said. "Zouk is the heir to the empire. I just have higher requirements for him."

"What about Monty?" Dia asked, "Mondy, like Allen, is not your heir."

She felt that of the three children, Wigrich liked Monty best, because the two of them were more alike than Wigrich would like to admit.

"Mondy always comes to me about books and lore, just as Alan always comes to you," Vigrich retorted.

"What do you mean?"

Dia heard dissatisfaction from her husband's words, and seemed to accuse her of favoring Alan more because she was her own child.

"Whether they are my own children or not, I love them all equally."

"I'm not saying you don't," Vigrich said, "it's just that the communication is mutual, both for kids and adults.

You can't expect me to go to Alan every time, besides, I don't know what to talk to him about. "

"That's because you barely know your son," Dia reproached.

"You're talking too much, wife," Vigrich said, looking down at her sternly, "I don't need you telling me how to raise our children."

"Yeah, but it's not really about telling you what to do, is it?" Dia asked, "It's more about you not realizing that you need to be there for Ellen when he needs you.

You should ask yourself why he doesn't come to you when he has a problem or needs your help in any way.

Alan grew up not knowing his father at all, because you assumed he was worthless from a young age. "

"Is that what you think?" Vigrich asked.

"Yes." Dia said, staring at her husband, she could see the flames burning in Vigrich's eyes.

Instead of anger, however, she saw deep sorrow.

At this moment, this man who had always maintained a tough attitude and was full of authority seemed a little fragile, which made Dia start to think about what he said just now.

"I know I may be exaggerating," Dia said, "but I can't ignore the fact that you didn't grow up with Ellen, and Ellen needed you more than any other kid in terms of dependency. "

"I love him," Wigrich rubbed his temples, "but I don't feel like he needs me."

"Of course he needs you, he is your child." Dia said.

"I see." Wigrich replied with a tired smile, but his face gradually became serious again.

"I have some bad news for you," Vigrich said.

"What news?" Di Ya asked cautiously, her heart tightened.

Vigrich looked into her eyes and sighed deeply, "I received a letter from the Hall of Ashes during the day. King Izdor Korva passed away two weeks ago, and today is his funeral."

The bad news made her feel cold all over her body, her heart was gripped by grief, and the memories began to roll in her mind.

"Is it true what you said?" she sobbed. The last time she saw her father was 18 years ago, and she still clearly remembered his bold laugh and deep blue eyes.

"The letter has King Vivaria's royal seal on it," replied Vigerich, "unmistakable."

"Why are you telling us now?"

Di Ya asked sadly, "I could have seen him for the last time, and I could have rushed to the Hall of Ashes before his burial..."

"They don't want the news to leak out," Vigrich said softly, holding Dia in his arms. "The nobles want to elect the next king first."

"Who did they choose? Rudomir?"

As the eldest son, her brother should be chosen as the next king, and he is also the most suitable person to succeed his father.

"No," Wigrich shook his head, "They chose Lozaria."

"Lozaria?"

Di Ya couldn't believe what she heard, "But she's just a little girl!"

Why did these nobles not choose the eldest son Rudomir, but her sister as ruler?
"She's 24 years old, and you know the nobles have the right to choose whoever succeeds them," Wigrich said. "They've never had the kindest intentions of doing that."

Her young sister has been elected queen, does she know how to run a country?How should she control those nobles?She had just lost her father, and it must have been hard for her.

"I'm worried about her," Dia said.

"I want Chuck to marry her," Wigrich said.

"Zuck married Lozaria? Are you serious?" Dia asked in surprise.

"She needs allies and help," Vigrich explained.

"That's our son, and my sister."

"In terms of blood, they are my son and your sister." Wigrich corrected Dia.

"Think about it, this will be a big step towards unifying the empire. Their children will become the rulers of the empire and the Kingdom of Vivalia in the future."

Yes, empire, empire, she had just lost her father, and her husband only thought about his empire.

Dia shook his head, "The nobles skipped the eldest son Ludomir and chose Lozaria, what can stop them from doing this again?"

As the emperor, Vigrich should understand that Vivalia's right to choose the king is in the hands of their nobles.

"The nobles skipped Rudomir because they didn't take the Corvas seriously,"

Vigrich explained, "After Zhuo Ke and Lozaria are combined, the influence of the empire will penetrate Vivalia and suppress any nobles who have any unreasonable ideas.

It is not impossible to abolish their electoral system and parliamentary system at that time. "

"I don't know, I don't think it's going to work."

Dia wasn't interested in the future of the empire Vigrich had outlined, she just thought the idea was crazy.

"Taking a step back, this will at least strengthen our alliance with the Vivalia Kingdom," Vigrich said, "Believe me, Dia, this is a proposal that is also beneficial to your sister .”

"The decision is up to you, you are the emperor." After finishing speaking, Di Ya broke away from his embrace and turned her back to him.

"The Queen's coronation is coming soon, and it's a good time to propose marriage." Wigrich said flatly.

(End of this chapter)