"Are you spending New Year's Eve with me tonight, Iver?"
After lunch, Isabel immediately invited Iver.
Tomorrow was January 1, the Candle Holder Festival. A few days ago, when Bishop Mathers came to the Silver and Tin Palace to move Queen Sophia's coffin, Iver had returned the key to St. Genevieve Chapel to him.
Otherwise, Bishop Mathers would not even have been able to open the chapel door, let alone leave Queen Sophia there temporarily.
Once tomorrow arrived, Bishop Mathers would call upon the apostles of the Crowned Lord, as well as the deceased members of the Du Lac Family, to bless Avalon. It was Avalon's most important religious ceremony, so it would naturally be presided over by the bishop with the highest rank, status, and holy order in Avalon.
Once the Candle Holder Festival ended, Queen Sophia's funeral would begin.
According to Avalon's customs, the dead were actually buried seven days after death. But because the Day of National Funeral happened to coincide with the Candle Holder Festival, the Queen's funeral could only be postponed by a day.
In most countries across this world, the Candle Holder Festival was the grandest day of the year. It also marked the beginning of the new year.
Although the Candle Holder had been the Pillar God of the Dedication Path since before the Dragon Era, most people actually had no idea what kind of act of dedication the Candle Holder had performed to securely occupy the position of Pillar God since ancient times.
According to the version passed down in Avalon, the Candle Holder was said to have been the primordial god who created heaven and earth and illuminated the world in an age without sun or moon. In the legends of the Stibnite People and Iris People, the Candle Holder was