Chapter 2144

Eventually, Shannon and Benjamin chose to stay. After all, time in this world flowed differently from the modern world. They still had time to witness the so-called calamity of Celestria that Lucan had spoken of. Perhaps it was the honesty of that day, but Shannon could sense that Lucan and Elowen now held a quiet, unspoken sense of affinity toward her and Benjamin. Somehow, the thread tying the four of them together seemed to grow stronger, as if guided by something beyond understanding. Amid the three days of hurried preparations, Shannon's coronation ceremony finally arrived as promised. Just as Benjamin had ordered, it was kept as simple as possible. But even so, the ceremony was grander than anything that had come before. On that day, the winter snow began to melt, and after days of heavy clouds, sunlight finally broke through the sky. Shannon stood dressed in the full regalia of Celestria's Queen. Flanked by palace servants and ceremonial guards, and under the solemn wit