[Day 11 Month 6 Year of Crescent Moon: 11.30]
"Child of Fate! Child of Fate! Child of Fate!"
A shout like that can be heard outside the main Holy Shrine of this Frontier Towns, the people outside clearly show their excitement and if there are no soldiers who standing in front of the front door, they will rush inside and kiss the rumored Child of Fate. However, inside the Holy Shrine, the surrounding was calm and quiet because the sacred ritual was started.
Kneeling in the center of the Shrine wide hall was two figures, a man with blond hair with a shining chest plate armor and a girl wearing some sort of priestess clothes. In front of them was an old man with round glasses. He warmly smiled as if a grandfather seeing his cute grandchild comes to play. Surrounding three of them was a people dressed in white and people with high-grade material. They were the priests and the nobles in control of this frontier town.
Not minding the stares given from the surrounding, The old man keeps his smile before started to approach the two who still kneeling on the ground.
"Bring it here." When the old man says that with heavy voice but calm, one of the priests moved forward while presented a short golden wand.
"Here it is, Head Shrine." The Priest makes sure the Head Shrine take it before he slowly backing away to not disturb the sacred ritual.
The Head Shrine hold the golden wand with his right hand before he pulled a small book from his long sleeve. He just swings his palm upward a little before letting the light that pouring from a small circle of the ceiling hit the book, then a miraculous thing happened. The book suddenly opened by itself and keep flipping the pages like trying to find the right page before slowly stopped. The Head Shrine observed the blank page of the book before a line of text appeared.
He turns his golden wand to point the blond man and read the sacred text.
"The Brightest of the Light, lead the people and protect the weak. As the person of Light, people will gather around and follow your command. Strong mind and body, a power to challenge the might of Darkness. Your anger should be a divine punishment and carried the might of Courage. Shine through the Darkness and lead us toward Destiny! The Child of the Sun!"
When the Head Shrine finished his reading, he pointed the golden wand upward and the bright light suddenly started gathering and floating above the head of the blond man.
The Head Shrine ignored the sound of amazed surrounding before turned into the priestess girl and performing the same thing, as the book flipping the page itself before stopped and show another sacred text.
"The Gentle Light that Sooth the Heart, protecting the injured and save the lives. As the person of Light, people will praise your power and follow your word. A Strong mind and good heart, power to reject the might of Darkness. Your will should be a shield and carried the might of Temperance. Shine through the Darkness and lead us toward Destiny! The Child of the Moon!"
Like the previous action, another light suddenly gathering and floating above the girl's head. Now two ball of light floating on top of two people like waiting for them to take it.
"Now, please raise your head one by one and take the Medal of Fate, O' Child of Fate."
Hearing the Head Shrine, the man with blond hair slowly raise his head. His handsome face makes the priestess around to gasp in surprise. His blue pupils observed the ball of light and stretched his hand to take the golden light. The ball of light like an obedient creature moved slowly and when it floating straight above the man hand, it condensed and materialized into a Golden Medal with a pattern like a sun in the middle with small text circling the side of the medal. Because of its small text, no one knows what it means.
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Before long the girl started to raise her head which then makes the surrounding people stare in awe. Her face that shines by the blue light really look beautiful, her white skin looked bright and smooth. With small lips, she looked charming, and her long black hair that reached her hips also shine with the light. When the blue light floating above her hand, it condensed and materialized into Silver Medal with a pattern like a crescent moon that also with a small text circling.
When the surrounding now stands in the bright atmosphere, the Head Shrine didn't show a content expression like there is something missing, but he continued the Sacred Ritual.
"Sir Roland Barnes, by the blessing of the High God now you are chosen to be the Child of the Sun. With this Sun Medal you have officially become the Child of Fate and with it, the High God will grant you the power you need for this mission."
"Yes, Head Shrines." The man that called Roland gripped his medal and bowed to the Head Shrine.
"You are really lucky, this is the first time that the wielder of Sun Medal was actually was someone other than Light attribute person... Sir Roland, now with the power of your Elemental Knight, show us your true power and let the world see the first history of your deed."
"Yes!"
The Head Shrine nodded and turn to the beautiful girl and started his speech.
"Miss Shirley Camilla Burnet, by the blessing of the High God and by my training you are chosen to be the Child of the Moon. With this Moon Medal you have officially become the Child of Fate and with it, the High God also grant you the power you need to save the life in this mission."
"Yes, Head Shrines." The girl that called Shirley deeply bowed her head with respect.
"It sure is as expected, but as a father, it's hard for me to force you, but we need your power to seal the Darkness before it comes to devour the world..." The Head Shrine say while showing a troubled smile.
"It's all right, esteemed father. I will not disappoint you and finish this mission like the way you teach me." The girl smiled brightly at her father worry.
The Head Shrine sighed while muttering, ‘There is still a missing piece in this ritual... Can we have it now, I wonder.' Before he turned his attention to the Child of Fate. No matter what, he must finish this ritual and let them prepare their necessary item and tools for their journey to the Darkness Castle before it is too late. The Humanity lives already depended on their shoulder, and seeing the gaze from the every man that currently cannot remove their sight to his daughter, he frowned seeing the incoming problem for their journey ahead.
"All right, with this, I will give-" However before the Head Priest finished his word, numerous something like thick black string gathered from the surrounding before a figure of a man appeared while his faces concealed by the hood. Seeing the strange aura of the man, the nobles around unsheathed their sword with a clear caution.
"I have come and greeting to you, father." The mysterious man bowed with a good manner and when he stand up his hood pushed upward and now his face can be seen by everyone.
He has a dark brown hair and looked like a man in his twenty the same as Roland who is now was the Child of the Sun who gripping the handle of his sword while covering Shirley from his back. When the surrounding glaring the man with hostility, only two people who show a surprised expression instead.
"Y-You are..." Shirley who being shielded by Roland now staring at the man while covering her mouth, a tear slowly gathered on the corner of her golden eyes. But this eyes isn't the eyes that looked on despair which puzzled Roland. ‘Who is this man?' thought him.
The Head Shrine keep his calm and raised his hand to tell them that everything is fine. And turned to face the man.
"It sure has been a long time, Harold. But what is your business here? And, that power too... How do I sense a trace a Darkness but different?." The Head Shrine expression turned serious while he glared at the man that was called Harold. But the man in question only shrugged before started walking forward which make Roland to be alerted.
Ignoring Roland who prepared his stance like ready to slash him anytime, Harold keeps his walking pace and approaching the Head Shrine. When Harold stand beside Roland who covering Shirley, He kneeled in front of the Head Shrine.
"I have come to accomplish my destiny," When Harold’s saying that, all people who watching him almost unable to believe their ears? ‘What Destiny? This is the sacred ritual of the Child of Fate!'. The confusion turned into anger when they thought that the mysterious man called Harold want to disturb the ritual. But before the armed man walks to restrain him, a shocking thing rendering their movement as they watching it with their eyes wide open in disbelieve.
The book on the Head Shrine hand fluttering their page, when it settled, another sacred text started to appear.
"I will continue the ritual, both of you back to your position." The voice of Head Shrine wakes up everyone present. Seeing that they were being called, Roland and Shirley kneeled back without questioning.
However, the nobles around don't seem to cooperate as they are yelling. ‘What the meaning of this!?' ‘The sacred ritual were never like this!' and before the commotion becomes tenser, the Head Shrine shouted.
"Silence! You are disturbing the ritual! This is the Will of the High God! If you keep your childish behavior I cannot help you if the Divine Punishment will strike this place!"
Hearing that his surrounding calmed down, the Head Shrine shifted his attention to the sacred text and start to reading it.