Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

The Temple of the Goddess Nayasos was destroyed during the war decades ago. Although some repairs were done later, many parts could not be restored.

Xie Wei stood on the small square paved with stone slabs in front of the Goddess Temple and looked around. There were many giant round stone pillars around the square. Many of the round stone pillars were broken, and it could be seen that there must have been many exquisite reliefs on them before.

In front of the Goddess Temple is a blue pool. Xie Wei guessed that it was the Purification Pool that Thrall had mentioned, because Puka was now lying by the pool, ready to move. It seemed that it wanted to go into the pool, but was warned by Thrall.

There is a two-meter-wide stone passage in the center of the pool. There are stone platforms of various shapes in the pool water on both sides of the stone slabs. Pink-scaled fish with beautiful tails will swim out from behind the stone platforms from time to time.

Xie Wei watched for a long time, and Sal didn't urge him. Little Rose hadn't been out for a long time. It was a rare opportunity for him to come out, so he should be allowed to play for a while. Although there was nothing fun in the Goddess Temple, Little Rose would probably find it very interesting as it was his first time here.

Sal waited until Xie Wei had seen enough before pulling him towards the Temple of the Goddess. They walked along the stone passage across the pool, and after crossing the pool they had to climb hundreds of steps.

On the way here, Sal told me that I couldn't hold Shevi in ​​my arms in the Goddess Temple, so Shevi had to climb the stairs step by step.

Xie Wei didn't think much of it. He was often held by Sal because Sal wanted to hold him, not because he couldn't walk by himself.

But after finishing the walk, Xie Wei stood at the entrance to the front hall of the Goddess Temple. His legs were so heavy that he could hardly move. Sal helped him stand there and rest for a while before he could barely walk by himself.

The Temple of the Goddess is at the highest point of the snow-capped mountains. Xie Wei can already see the misty forest when he stands in front of the Temple of the Goddess.

In Xie Wei's opinion, the appearance of the Temple of Nayassus was somewhat similar to the Parthenon he had seen in his previous life. They were both rectangular buildings with corridors formed by tall columns. There were many relief decorations inside the temple. Xie Wei followed Sal through the quaint floor tiles from the front hall into the main hall, where the statue of Nayassus stood.

The hall is very spacious and bright. There are many lamp posts inlaid with white crystals on both sides of the three or four meter high exquisite statues. The ceiling above should be a virtual image maintained by a magic circle. At a glance, blue magic elements are floating in the dark night sky, forming a series of scrolls that change from time to time, like picture books that automatically turn pages.

Sal took Shevi to look at it for a while, and only after Shevi had looked at all the scrolls did he take him to pray in front of the statue of the goddess.

Xie Wei followed Sal's example and crossed his hands over his chest and silently prayed, and then the two of them went to the back hall.

There were only the high priest and her successor in the entire Goddess Temple. Sal took Shevi into the back hall, and they saw the high priest sitting on the platform at a glance.

There is also a magic circle in the back hall. It is pitch black all around, except for the lamp posts on both sides of the stone road leading to the platform. There are only blue magic elements and blue runes floating in the air elsewhere.

The two walked along the stone path to the platform. Thrall took the dragon egg from Shevi early in the morning and handed it to his successor who was wearing a white robe and standing at the stairs below the platform. The female successor with long black hair winked at Shevi playfully before taking the dragon egg and walking up the stairs.

After his successor turned around, Sal reached out and covered Xie Wei's eyes with some displeasure.

But then Xie Wei pulled the hand that was blocking his vision to his mouth and took a bite.

After biting, Xie Wei pushed Sal's hand away, stood aside, and turned to look at the magic elements in the air.

Sal followed suit and stood over, he just liked to stick close to Little Rose.

Xie Wei didn't stand aside and let Sal follow him.

The high priestess on the platform was originally sitting with her back to them. After her successor presented the dragon egg, the stone platform she was sitting on made some noises, and then the stone platform slowly turned around with the high priestess.

The high priestess is over three hundred years old, which is longer than the average lifespan of the Parasau people. She was once the strongest battle mage in the Far North Territory.

Although she looks like an elderly woman, she has no problem going hunting in the Misty Forest alone now.

The high priest had suffered an eye injury and could no longer see. Because the injury looked somewhat scary, he always covered his eyes with embroidered silk.

She liked to embroider the patterns on the silk by herself and always thought that her own embroidery was the most beautiful. Except for important ceremonies and celebrations, she would wear the silk embroidered by herself.

So Xie Wei's original nervousness disappeared in an instant after he saw the piece of silk cloth embroidered with something crooked on the high priest's eyes.

Sal discovered that Xie Wei was always a little nervous before meeting someone like an elder, so he comforted him before coming in. Now seeing Xie Wei's mouth corners upturned and his expression relaxed, he looked at the pattern embroidered by the high priest and curled the corners of his mouth.

Sure enough, Little Rose also thought that the pattern embroidered by the high priest was ugly.

But no one would tell the high priestess, because she became more and more like a child as she got older, and she would get angry if you told her that the embroidery was not beautiful.

The high priest held the dragon egg, with blue magic elements surging in her palm. After a while, she suddenly said, "Sal, you said you wanted me to see your partner, so why don't you bring him up here?"

After hearing this, Xie Wei looked at Sal with some confusion. Sal looked very reluctant, but still took Xie Wei's hand and walked up the stairs.

The high priestess put the dragon egg aside and waited for Thrall to bring the Imperial Rose to her. She knew this guy too well. He wanted to show off his beautiful partner, but didn't want her to touch her partner.

Didn't I tell her to show me how beautiful she is? She's so beautiful that even Moroi would prefer her. My eyesight is not good, so I can only "see" by touching her. I'd get jealous just by touching her face, so why am I showing off to her?

After Xie Wei followed Sal to the high priest, the old woman in front of them warmly invited him to come closer. Xie Wei was always polite to his elders. He obediently approached the high priest and half-knelt in front of her, allowing the high priest to reach out and touch his face.

Although the high priestess's palms were not soft enough, they were very warm. She gently stroked Xie Wei's facial features and praised him as she touched him: "You are so beautiful. If only my eyes hadn't been injured. It's a pity that I can't see such a beautiful child with my own eyes. But I have seen a man as handsome as you before, that was thirty or forty years ago. He was a very conceited young man..."

After Xie Wei listened to the high priest's words, for some reason, some intermittent words surfaced from the depths of his memory.

He became conscious at a very young age. When he first came into this world, he could only curl up in a red but very warm and safe place every day.

Occasionally he could hear some words, and now he can't remember the speaker's voice, but he still remembers some scattered sentences.

He remembered the man saying:

...He was very conceited when he was young...Don't learn from him in the future...

...You will probably be a very beautiful child too...

...Look like me...You have to look like him...Otherwise he will definitely be unhappy...