Chapter 1: First night with full Moon!

Annoyed, the princess runs out of the Astronomy tower and returns to the palace.

When the evening comes, the great Star-Gazer prepares the ritual for the ceremony that will come when the full Moon will appear on the sky.

He draws some patterns in the middle of the hall, places sacred crystals around them and sits inside the magical runes. The long meditation starts when he closes his eyes and starts murmuring a prayer. Inside the field of his consciousness, there is an endless universe full of planets and stars. It will probably be a long night for him. At some point, the Moon strongly irradiates the sky and the stars accompany her.

This is the right moment to read the alignment of the constellations and to find out the desired answer. Before he opens his eyes to observe the starry sky of the night, the Star-Gazer sees a falling comet inside his sea of consciousness. The unexpected phenomenon gives him a sudden feeling of uncertainty and for a moment, he hesitates to open his eyes, but when he does it, the future is right in front of his two sparkling eyes. Everything is as clear as the water now! The man writes down on a paper the result and gets up to place it in a sandalwood box. He seals the box and carefully places into a safe place.

There are still a few good hours until the daybreak, so he goes to his lounge to rest, but that feeling of uncertainty continues to haunt him like a ghost.

Not being able to keep his thoughts inside, the man starts babbling: "Why was that comet falling in my dream? The small Moonstone comets only fall once at two hundred years and we already saw one falling in the night the second princess was born! It must be a sign related to the second princess, but I don't understand why it occured during this period of time. She isn't the one whose destiny is decided tonight..."

"I am afraid that something unexpected will happen and the second princess will be in great danger soon! What if I can not protect her forever? Maybe she has a point, it is not necessarily required to be born a man, so you can learn magic. In other places of the world, everyone can learn it; from young to old, regardless the gender. In this way, she can easily protect herself no matter the situation she's in! I can't help her with her big sister's problem, but I can definitely teach her magic. Everything will be fine if no one finds out."

The decision of teaching the second princess the forbidden arts of magic relieves his thoughts and he can finally fall asleep. After a couple of hours, Xilu sees the beautiful sunrise of the sun and all the courtiers of the court run toward the palace to attend the morning assembly. They are all curious to find out the result and so, the most important man of the day, even more important than the ruler of the nation, is the Star-Gazer.

Everyone is with their eye fixed on the entrance door, from small to big.

The most awaited person finally steps inside the throne hall and his boots are aimed by all the eyes present there. They count every step he makes until he reaches the seat where the king sits, not even a single one is missed.

He stops in front of the king, respectfully salutes him and hands over the sandalwood box.

The attendant picks the box and gives it to the king, who opens it and reads it: "The auspicious time is on the seventh day of the next month! That... if the Zhengzhou emperor agrees with it."

"Yes! We still have to wait for the envoy to return with the enemy's response!"...speaks one of the elders.

The king doesn't look too enthusiastic about this even and everyone can see his face turning yellow, but no one dares to say a word.

"I don't really want to marry the first daughter so far away and to make her that tyrant's wife! It breaks my heart! (cries the king) But if this can save the lives of so many people and the live of my own son, then I have to accept this cruel thought!"....speaks the king.

"Only this action can put an end to the war! Be strong my king! A wise king does not let himself overtaken by personal feelings and sees the whole grandeur of this act!"...loudly speaks another elder.

"I hope it will be how you say and we will soon have peace!"....murmurs the king.

Since his mission to the court is over, the Great Star-Gazer bows in front of the king and excuses himself. He walks out of the hall and returns to the Astronomy tower.

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