Chapter 234: The Moon Goddess’ Hidden Intention
"We apologize for this, Your Majesty." One of the priests bowed his head repeatedly before Edmund and Primrose. "The structure of this temple is extremely old, so sometimes, stones fall from above."
The sound of the massive rock hitting the ground had been so loud that everyone around the temple heard it almost instantly.
Several holy priests who had been deep in prayer inside the private chamber stopped immediately and rushed toward the main hall.
It seemed this wasn’t the first time something like this had happened. Even though they looked alarmed, the priests appeared to follow some kind of protocol, as if they had dealt with this kind of emergency before.
At first, they didn’t realize the identities of Edmund and Primrose, but Edmund decided to reveal who they were just to find out how many people had already been injured in this supposedly sacred place.
Primrose could see the stunned look on all their faces when they realized they had nearly witnessed the death of the Queen of Noctvaris.
"How long has this been happening?" Edmund asked, his tone firm.
The priest—who looked like a middle-aged man (though Primrose guessed he was probably close to five hundred years old)—replied in a low voice, "It’s been going on for quite some time ... maybe the last thirty years."
A vein visibly popped on Edmund’s forehead as he processed the priest’s answer. "It’s been that long, and yet none of you ever reported this to the palace?!"
[At the very least, they should have reported it to the previous king. But even now, after I’ve taken over the throne, I’ve never once heard anything about this temple falling apart.]