Before the Sun Temple, the church with the greatest concentration of Holy Light energy in the northern Eastern Kingdoms...
Karin entered the temple, which was by no means unfamiliar to him. After all, this was Liadrin's home.
When the priestess at the entrance saw Karin, she gave him a teasing smile and let him straight in without asking any questions!
"Do you need me to fetch Liadrin for you?" the priestess called.
"No need, she's..." Karin smiled softly, but suddenly froze in the middle of his reply.
A High Elf priest with snow-white hair and beard was walking toward him.
"Mr. Vondelor!" Karin hurriedly bowed in greeting.
The old priest was Liadrin's teacher as well as the master of the Sun Temple; the young priestess also bowed respectfully to the High Priest.
The old priest glanced at this "uninvited guest," snorted coldly, then strode away without so much as looking back at him.
"Uh..." Karin could only smile awkwardly.
"Go on in!" The priestess nudged Karin and spoke softly with a smile.
Karin quickly lowered his head and entered the temple.
"Karin, what's wrong?" Liadrin blinked and asked with a broad smile, "I just saw Mr. Vondelor coming over looking rather unhappy. Did you argue with him again?"
"Don't joke about that. Even if I were a hundred times braver, I wouldn't dare argue with him!" Karin said with a wry smile.
High Priest Vondelor was not only Liadrin's teacher, but also the guardian who had raised her from childhood... It wasn't as though Karin didn't want to get along with him. The problem was that the moment Vondelor saw him, his face went stiff, and he wouldn't even speak to him properly. Karin felt helpless too!
Fortunately, although the High Priest never looked pleased to see him, he