Book 2: Chapter 35
* Eva Sillys *
After following the small path through the forest, they came to a huge temple without a roof.
Eva and the rest of the children were led there by the Rabbit priest. In front of them, there was a staircase of 5 fleets high. Stone pillars were lined up behind the stairs, 20 meters apart from each other. The stone pillars did not support a roof, only the extensive blue sky.
The ground Eva walked on shifted from soil to the feel of stone. Each one was a large stone pavement made from cutting a huge boulder. Between the stone pillars, there were stone statues of the Holy Kings, starting from the first Holy King.
Eva heard a small applause. Beyond the stone pillars, she saw nobles sitting side by side in the chairs arranged for them. The parents of the children participating today were also there, but they dressed up like nobles usually do.
There were too many nobles in the crowd to find Earl Sillys, but Eva felt certain that he was somewhere there.
This whole thing doesn’t feel real, Eva thought to herself. The smooth stone ground reflected the blue sky. She felt like she was walking in the air.
There was another staircase ahead. And at the landing of the stairs, there was a chair on which the Holy King sat.
And when she looked up at the very top, she saw a gray altar.