A gentle breeze blew in the sky, and the clouds and fog dispersed slightly, revealing the setting sun. Looking from the towering Chief Palace, the silent sunset emits brilliant brilliance and slowly sets behind the mountains in the west. And the shadows of dusk surrounded it from three sides, like endless waves.
"Sunrise... spring mist... sunset... dusk... it's getting dark..."
The old man lay quietly on the bed and looked at the western sky. The redness on his face gradually dissipated, and the look in his eyes was like a candle in the wind, shaky. The elder Kakamazin knelt in front of his bed, watching his father, who had been in awe of him all his life, unstoppably decline, and couldn't help but lower his head and shed tears.
"Kakamazin..."
"Dear elder, I am here!"
Kakamazin raised his gray head, looked at his silver-haired father, and listened to his teachings for the last time.
"After I leave, according to tradition, you will succeed the position of chief minister. However, unlike me, you must keep a low profile and restrain yourself, do not participate in the internal affairs of the alliance, and do not associate with too many nobles..."
The elder stretched out his hand and stroked Kakamazin's head. He looked at his eldest son with a kind-hearted nature and a smile on his face.
"Of course, I am assured of your temperament."
"Dear elder, follow your teachings!"
"The future situation of the alliance is nothing more than the compromise between the divine power and the royal power, the king's conquest and reform, and much later..."
The elder pondered for a while, wanting to say something and leave any arrangements. But when he saw his equally old son, he still sighed and said no more.
"Jaguars hunt in the forest, eagles fight in the sky, and the kingship of Mexica is always passed down in blood and fire. That unique child must pass the final hurdle before he can be considered the true king. Just let it go~"
The elder lowered his eyes slightly, stretched out his hand, and took out a paper document from under the bed. It was marked with pictures and words, and his jade seal was also engraved on it.
"Keep this inheritance document first and put it away carefully...Avit has always respected you. As long as you don't interfere in the alliance's political affairs, you can enjoy peace...Don't put it away before Avitt goes to the Kingdom of God." Take it out. And if...you bring the documents and hand them over to Xiulote in person. You are the witness of his wedding, and with the documents I left behind, he will always be a guest of honor..."
"Ah?! Dear elder..."
Kakamazin opened his old eyes wide. He looked at the contents of the document and was really surprised.
"Well, other than this, there are no other arrangements..."
There was a touch of warmth on the elder's face. Such emotions rarely appear in him. He thought carefully about the arrangements behind him, and then looked at the shadow next to him.
"Chevali, you have been following me since childhood, right?"
"Yes, elder, I have followed you since I was fifteen, and it has been twenty-eight years now."
Shadow bowed his head in greeting, and deep sadness also appeared in his usually sculpture-like expression.
"Twenty-eight years...At that time, I happened to be sixty-four years old..."
There was a hint of trance in the elder's eyes. Many memories came to mind, carrying the weight of time and vicissitudes of life, which made people a little confused. After a while, he shook his head and smiled slightly.
"I can't remember clearly. I've lived too long... Chevali, after I leave, just follow Kakamazin! You don't have to do anything else, just enjoy your wealth and wealth. These last few days Years, I have aged terribly, thanks to you..."
"...Senior citizens..."
Chevali pursed his lips, stared at the elder's face, and gave a low salute. His face was once again as stiff as a sculpture, as if there was a heart as solid as iron wood hidden in his body.
"It's almost time!"
The elder felt the changes in his body, looked at his son beside him, and smiled gently.
"Kaka, I'm leaving, please call me father."
"Yes, respected...father."
Kakamazin bowed his head in tears with a sad look on his face.
The elder smiled and nodded, touched Kakamazin's forehead again, and then took back his skinny old hand. This simple action seemed to consume all his energy. Next, he just watched the dim sunset quietly, slowly falling from the dusk of evening to the night of the deep sea.
"In my life, the alliance was established under my witness, the gods rose from my hands, the king ascended the throne under my declaration, and the alliance has become the trend to dominate the world... I have no regrets in this life!"
The elder smiled, slowly closed his eyes, and murmured softly.
"Brother, I'm here... On the family's sacred tree, my position will be before yours..."
The last glimmer of light disappeared from the sky. Deep darkness came like a sea, completely submerging the towering chief palace. At this moment, eternal sleep enveloped the elder, and the immortal sun finally set after shining for ninety-two years! ...
"...Ah! Wuwuwu..."
A moment of dead silence witnessed the arrival of death. And soon, heartfelt cries rang out in the chief's palace. With tears on their faces, more than a dozen elders' personal guards rushed to various parts of the capital holding torches, conveying the sunset's plea to many elders and nobles!
"Father..."
Kakamazin lay on the bed, crying and sobbing.
"Senior citizens..."
Shadow Chevali bit his lip until it bled. He knelt down on the cold ground, kowtowed heavily to the elder's body with closed eyes. Then, with a look of death on his face, he slowly put down the pottery pot and took out the dagger from his waist.
"Since I am a shadow, I no longer have a self... Elder, this is the only time I disobey your order..."
Chevali's face showed sadness, then calmness returned. He raised his dagger, aimed it at the powerfully beating heart, and stabbed slowly but firmly.
"Well..."
An extremely painful groan came from Shadow's mouth. Bright red surged out of his chest, and his heart burst instantly. However, in just a few breaths, before Kakamazin could react, the shadow fell down next to the elder's body and committed suicide!
He took the elder's many secrets, and the secret of the high priest's death, and followed the elder forever to the red kingdom.
"The immortal sun has set! Darkness is coming like the deep sea, and the shadow of the sun is about to leave the world..."
The cry echoed in the palace and never stopped for a long time. Not long after, wailing sounded from all directions in the capital, like a precursor to a shower, with a mournful sound of wind, and then turned into sad thunder. Without the suppression of the sun, where would the powerful Mexica Alliance go? No one knows the answer at this time and there is no answer. People all over the world will shed tears of the times in the vicissitudes of time, and also leave behind blood that cannot be healed~
