Xolotl's Prophecy, the Divine King's Weakness (Three chapters added, continuing to make up for the Silver Alliance)
"Xolotl, my son, I am old!... I have experienced what I should have experienced, enjoyed what I should have enjoyed... Rather than watch you suffer humiliation, imprisoned like me in this cage of a capital city... it would be better to let me go to the Divine Kingdom sooner, to erase your weakness, and keep you from being fettered by fragile feelings..."
"Father! You are old, but I am still young... I can wait, and I have already prepared myself to wait patiently... Besides, my younger brothers and sisters are far too young!... They are all so little, only just descended into this world. They have never seen the vastness of the world, never experienced life's bitterness and joy... If they were made to meet such a cruel end in ignorance, just like that... I truly could not bear it in my heart..."
"Your younger brothers and sisters... Xolotl, for the inheritance of the Holy City Lineage, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed!... Your grandfather, I, and your younger brothers and sisters can all be sacrificed!..."
"Father! I returned to the Royal Capital this time not only for you, but also for the world of the Mexica People! At this critical moment, this world truly cannot withstand a destructive civil war. Yet for supreme power, Avet has already prepared himself to launch one... In truth, I was long prepared to accept imprisonment. I simply never imagined his methods would be so fierce, urgent, and rough, leaving not the slightest scrap of feeling..."
"Ah! The Eagle is caged, and The Sun is trapped in the valley... Everything is fickle fate. Only endless time can carry everything away!"
In the vast, empty study, the conversation between father and son echoed. The abstract carved and painted panels were like ancient marks from