My Useless Tamer Skill Tamed the Emperor novel · Chapter 21 of 24

Chapter 21: The Accession

"I am the first of the six," said the grey priest.

He lowered the lantern, and his dried-apple face looked very old in the light.

"The five speak the Word when they hear mine. I cannot refuse, or His Grace will find another first voice by morning." He drew a thin breath. "I can be late. One breath, perhaps two."

"Why?" said Valdemar.

"Because I read the scrolls too, Majesty, and I counted two prints, and I have not slept since the Dusk Hunt."

He bowed, and went out into the dark with his lantern, and did not look back.

At the fourth bell the next afternoon, the Throne Hall was full.

Lords stood shoulder to shoulder in furs and velvet, with candles burning in every sconce.

The great doors were shut and barred from the inside.

Soldiers stood along the walls.

Ambrose stood among them, holding a covered tray, with his old face carefully empty.

Hinata walked up the center aisle with the panther at her knee.

She had locked the silver collar on him herself in the passage outside, with the little key, and shown the clasp to the nearest guard.

The archmage, the shield warden and the holy maiden fell in behind her, one by one, as she passed the line of the summoned.

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