Burial ceremony

~Damian~

In the morning, we gathered in front of the temple, where Priest Elsen was to be buried. Only a few people from the palace attended, because we felt such news shouldn’t be spread.

Lucian, Cassie, Sara, Uncle Bernard and his wife, Robert, Zoe, Irene, the messengers from the temple and I were the only ones present.

As the burial ceremony went on, I patted and consoled Sara, who couldn’t stop crying. I never thought she was the very emotional type.

The ceremony ended in no time, and we all returned to the palace, walking in twos.

Sara and I, Lucian and Cassandra, though they were not saying a word to each other, Robert and Zoe, Uncle Bernard and his wife. Only Irene had to walk alone.

We all had things going on in our minds.

“Are you okay?” I asked Sara, and she raised her head to look at me. She nodded slowly and lowered her head again.

“I hate that I’m so emotional.” She mumbled, cleaning her tears off with the back of her hand.

“Why would you hate it? It was a burial