"Your Majesty, please walk slower." Amy saw Ella's dilemma and whispered from behind, "If you have any questions, just give me a look and let our staff ask. It doesn't matter."
This sentence made Ella feel relieved, and she suddenly felt hungry again.
"Amy, I will keep an eye out for any special delicious food at the priest's side!" She also whispered to Amy, "If you don't have any at this table, I will secretly put some in my clothes for you..."
"Your Majesty! Please don't do something like a beggar... How are you hungry???"
Ella didn't notice Amy's complaints at all. There are only two things in her mind now - one is to eat meat quickly, and the other is to eat meat without losing etiquette. With the previous lesson in mind, she began to deliberately walk behind Ousalmat, and carefully observed and carefully imitated his every move.
After walking into the hall of the main house, Ella saw two long tables there, and some meat and cakes were placed in front of each seat on each table: the meat was diced, only about the size of a thumb. piece. The pancake is even smaller and cannot even cover a piece of meat as big as a thumb.
These things add up to a banquet for dozens of nobles and warriors. It is doubtful whether they can even feed a dog. Ella was confused, but considering that this might just be an appetizer, she didn't ask questions.
Almost at the same time, a group of people dressed in black walked in from another door. Most of them wore necklaces woven with teeth, and their black clothes were embroidered with bones or skulls, which made people feel chilly. When they saw Osomat, they bowed from afar.
"This is the priest of the city-state. He was just holding a ceremony, so he didn't come to greet him." Osomarit said to Ella, "Let your subordinates and my nobles and warriors sit aside. We will sit at the same table with the priests." .”
"Huh?" Amy received Ella's look and asked from behind, "Is Tratoani the ruler of the city-state? Does he sit at the same table with the priests?"
"Tratoani is the ruler of the city-state, and he is also the highest priest of the city-state." Osomat replied, "Of course, most of the time I sit with the nobles and warriors. But since the Quetzalcoatl The messenger of God is sitting here, and of course I have to receive him as a priest.”
Ella was glad she didn't ask the question herself. Tesozomoc seemed to have mentioned this to her before, and it was regarded as one of the basic knowledge of Aztlan. If Ella were to ask the question, the Aztlan people would probably become suspicious.
Osomarit helped Ella sit down on a seat, and everyone took their seats in order.
"Today we are fortunate to welcome the envoy of Quetzalcoatl!" Osomat stood up and said to everyone, "This is a major event that has never happened to the Aztlan Empire in hundreds of years. Let us enjoy it tonight. Celebrate!”
After saying this, it stands to reason that the next step is to fill the wine glass with wine and drink happily. But there were neither glasses nor wine on the table, and no servants were seen serving new dishes. Only the small pieces of meat and bread were placed in front of everyone. And those "people" all focused on Ella for some reason, as if they were waiting for something.
Ella guessed that this might be because she wanted to make a speech. She was really hungry and panicked, and all she wanted to do was stuff food into her stomach, so she stood up and said a few perfunctory words: "Celebrate, celebrate! Everyone, let's start eating!"
But the Aztlan man still didn't look away. He just sat quietly in his position, seeming to be waiting for Ella to make any subsequent actions. Ella winked at Amy anxiously, but in this scene, even Amy couldn't ask questions.
My stomach rumbled again. Ella swallowed - although there was only a small piece of meat in front of her, it was very attractive to her who had not eaten meat for several days and had been hungry all day.
After thinking for a moment, Ella came up with the only possible explanation:
"It's because I didn't eat, so they didn't dare to take action first!"
Thinking of this, Ella sat down generously, grabbed the meat on the plate and stuffed it into her mouth.
At that moment, there was a commotion in the hall. The Aztlan looked at the empty plate in front of Ella with an expression of disbelief, and began to whisper among themselves.
"'Lord God Envoy." Ousomalt was obviously a little unhappy. "This is food offered to the god of earth, Traltkutli. You should pour them to the ground before the banquet can begin. This is from Hasn’t Quetzalcoatl mentioned to you the customs that have been passed down since the founding of Aztlan?”
Ella's head banged - things were still messed up by her.
The Aztlan's gaze was a bit prickly. Ella knew that even if she released the snake from the crowbar now, it would be of no avail - Izcoatl had received many hints that "Ella is the messenger of Quetzalcoatl", so she put the snake out of the crowbar. Basilik mistook Quetzalcoatl for Quetzalcoatl, as did Tesosomoc and Chimalpopoka. But these Aztlan people didn't take any hint! In their eyes, Basilik is most likely just a strange snake and has nothing to do with Quetzalcoatl!
Just when Ella was already thinking about a plan to escape, the eldest among the priests coughed.
"Osomat, as the highest priest of the city-state, you don't really think that the envoy of Quetzalcoatl would offer something to Traltkutli, the god of earth, do you?"
As soon as these words came out, many people in the hall said "Oh" as if they suddenly understood.
"Sure enough, wasn't Quetzalcoatl the one who killed the earth god Tralte Kutli?" an Aztlan noble muttered below, "The myth seems to say this: Tralte Kutli devoured everything created by the gods. In order to give birth to the world, Quetzalcoatl and Smoke Mirror turned into two giant pythons and dived into the water, entangled Tralte Kutli's hands and legs respectively, and divided her into five pieces. , Smoke Mirror also lost a leg for this. Then, the gods created this world on the body of Traltkutli."
"It seems that there is such a thing." Osamat patted his head in embarrassment, "I didn't think carefully. Since the messenger of Quetzalcoatl is here, it really shouldn't be a ritual to sacrifice to the goddess of the earth."
"But, doesn't it matter?" another priest murmured, "If you don't sacrifice to the Earth Goddess, she will make the earth unable to produce food."
"Listen to this nonsense!" Dast shouted from below, "We never make offerings to the Earth Goddess in the New World, and we don't even have enough to eat!"
"That's right." The priest nodded, "With the protection of Quetzalcoatl, the Earth Goddess is indeed nothing."
"Then take these things away!" Osomalet waved his hand, "Bring our dishes up!"
