"This place looks like it's been dry for a long time. No wonder they're praying for rain..." In the starry sky, Jade Snow Bat mused to herself. "That's easy. I can do that!"
She had no idea she was supposed to spread an Honorific Title. Without another thought, she used a spell to bring rain to this land.
...And so, the moment the death-row prisoners' heads were placed on the altar, a vast mass of ink-black clouds suddenly surged across the cloudless, blazing sky. In the blink of an eye, dark clouds filled the heavens. It was going to rain!
Everyone stared in stunned silence, then erupted with joy.
"The High God is merciful! The High God is merciful! At last, it's raining!" The officials in brocade robes forgot all about court decorum. They leaped to their feet and gazed at the roiling clouds overhead, where thunder and lightning were already gathering. Weeping with joy, they repeatedly bowed toward the sky and choked out, "We're saved! We're saved!"
At the same time, throughout the city, every household opened its doors and windows and poured into the streets, feeling the air stir with the promise of rain. Tears streamed down the entire city's faces, soaking their clothes. "It's going to rain!"
"At last, rain..."
"The High God is merciful..."
"So merciful..."
"So it really does take a human sacrifice."
"Exactly. I heard about it too. The clouds gathered as soon as they presented those death-row prisoners' heads..."
"Heaven has finally taken pity on us..."
"What are you doing out here? Haven't you been sick all this time?"
"My illness came from worry. Now that the rain has finally come, I'd crawl out here just to see it..."
"It's been a full seven months without a drop! Seven months, seven months!"
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