Chapter 26 (1/2)

earth after a summer rain. The priest placed the silver object in the centre of the altar.- Mindful of our duties, we stand before you and give thanks. Bless those who bring you offerings and all living creatures under your care.

-God bless all life.- The congregation chanted in unison, and only Draco had to quickly figure out what to say.

-Let us pray to the other gods that they too may look upon us.- The reverend bowed before the altar, circled it, and stood before the statue of the goddess, continuing his prayer in silence.

The housekeeper turned right towards the first shrine from the entrance. She bowed before it and folded her hands on her chest, sinking into thought. Overseer Firsk joined the priest.

Draco felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked at his master, who just smiled.

-Can you wait for me? It won't take me too long.

The dragon nodded. Darius walked away towards the golden shrine. Solas was the patron deity of Atlantis, so the dragon was not surprised that his master worshipped this god. In fact, he began to wonder if he should start doing so himself. After all, the magic of light came from this god. However, with his approach to faith, he couldn't bring himself to approach his master.

Draco looked around the interior, deciding to explore the appearance of the chapel rather than its essence. He quickly noticed that in front of the small shrines there were offering bowls in the form of recesses in the pedestals. Most of them contained various gifts - from trinkets of value only to their previous owners, to flowers, pieces of food, and various coins. Interestingly, two bowls were almost empty. There were no offerings in front of Thanatos' altar, and only a few wildflowers, already dried out, had been placed for Direl. The dragon approached the black shrines, not knowing why he was so intrigued. He absent-mindedly felt his pockets, where he found a few Dagian coins. Without much thought, he offered half of them to the god of death and the rest

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