Dmitri looked at Adrianna, who seemed spaced out. She extended her hand in front and shouted, "Stop!" But the child had gone.

"What happened, Adrianna? Whom are you asking to stop?" asked Dmitri worried at her behavior in front of her subjects.

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Everyone in the line came to a halt thinking that perhaps the queen had ordered him or her to stay in his or her places.

Adrianna looked blankly at Dmitri. "Dmitri, there was a child here right now. Did you see him?"

Dmitri shook his head, "No Adri, there was no child. Do you mean he was unattended? Where did you see him?"

"He was- he was standing right here in front of me. Dmitri, there was a child here!" she reiterated her stand.

Afraid that she might appear insane in front of the people out there, he whispered in her ear, "Are you referring to my little baby that is tickling to enter you?"

Adrianna became angry. She was asking about the child in front of her who just vanished in thin air, and her husband was referring to his baby! "Shut up!" she gritted her teeth. All her thoughts came back to the present.

The ceremony continued as people started coming again one by one. Adrianna was moved by their gestures. There was a group of witches who had prepared a unique gift for her. When they reached her, they looked at the canopy and pointed their wands towards it. Suddenly the canopy started blooming yellow flower of various fragrances and started showering all around her. In a few minutes, Adrianna was covered in yellow flowers from top to bottom. Only her head appeared visible. She laughed softly while she felt the soft petals of the flowers falling around her and covering her body.

Once it was done, one of the witches from the group said, "This is our blessing for our queen to produce healthy, strong and successful heirs to the throne. May we never ever have an empty throne now. It looks very lonely otherwise."

Adrianna blushed a little as Dmitri beamed. It was as if fate was in his favor to have a baby. He started dreaming of five or six Adrianna. An idiotic grin spread on his face. When the group of witches saw that, they chuckled. "Young man, be gentle with our queen," said one of them.

When Adrianna looked at her husband's idiotic grin, she rolled her eyes. He gaze fell on Cora who also looked equally excited. She was dreaming of five or six little Dmitri!

It was almost midnight and the line in front of them wasn't ending. Adrianna called Fleur and said, "Can I call it quits now?"

"I am sorry my Queen, but you have to stay here until the last person who wishes to gift you is done with."

Adrianna took a deep breath and sat back. She wanted to get up, stretch and perhaps sit back. But she saw that almost everyone else in the security team, the ministers, servants and even the guests were all either standing or sitting in their positions with determination on their faces. Her gaze fell on Dr. Saiko, who was watching her with interest. She knew that he wanted to talk to her and it was important that she talked to him.

Suddenly she heard loud noises. She looked towards the end of the line and noticed that a group of students from her class had come to present her gifts. She was excited to see them. They waved at her when she looked at them and she waved back excitedly.

Mihr came to her side and said, "My Queen, kindly restrain yourself from doing these gestures otherwise people may think that you are biased towards your friends from the academy."

Adrianna sulked. She noticed that even Nefasky was standing amongst the group. The bandages from her head were removed and she now had little growth of hair on her head. She smiled back at Adrianna when she found him looking at her. So much had passed between them that Adrianna felt a deep connection with her classmates in the academy.

It was at this point of time that Isidorus entered. Adrianna was surprised to see him coming to the Royal Palace gardens for the ceremony at these hours of the night. She saw that he went and sat down with the guests in the front row towards the right.

Another hour went by and Adrianna really wanted to get up now. She mentally communicated to Dmitri to make a situation in which she would have to get up from the chair. He looked at her, blinked his eyes several times and communicated back, "If you will puke like a pregnant woman, they will spare you for the entire night."

Once again Adrianna clenched her jaw at his shamelessness.

In the next few minutes something very ethereal happened. Something she had never expected happened.

The Royal Palace gardens started to get sheathed in pure white, cool light. They all looked towards the sky, the source of white light. Each and every person was stunned when they saw what was unfolding in front of them. They saw a moon-like chariot flying in the sky coming towards the royal gardens. The woman who was sitting in the chariot looked like a Goddess. Her body was glowing in the night and she was wearing a crescent shaped crown. She was wearing a long white dress that was flowing all around her. With a long neck and black hair that flowed behind her, she was the epitome of beauty.

Seven horses drove her chariot. These horses were flying in the sky and they stopped as soon as they landed on the Palace gardens. It was one of the most otherworldly experiences people around were experiencing. Was that the moon goddess? How could a goddess descend on the earth and be there amongst the mortals? They all looked at Adrianna who got up from the throne feeling insanely pulled towards her. It was the soft rays or an unexplained attraction that was drawing her towards her creator.

Adrianna got down from her throne, went to Selene and kneeled in front of her. Suddenly she was encased in a brilliant white light all around. It was so bright that no one could see them.

"My child…" The moon Goddess came to pick her up.