In the Sun Kingdom, it is customary that a marriage in the royal family must earn the approval of the Ministry of the Priesthood. The Ministry rejects Nike, however, and demands that she perform the potentially fatal "Rite of Illumination." Livi is worried for Nike's safety, but Nike decides to perform the rite to see herself accepted.
Ever since Livius I 
ascended the throne,
.منذ أن اعتلى ريفيوس العرش
Seit Livius I. den Thron bestiegen hat,
pero desde que el rey 
Livuis I ascendió al trono,
Desde que Livius I ascendeu ao trono,