Arc 6. A seemingly endless loss
Road to a Hero:
Three Chances in Another World
Chapter 29. The Holy land
Lisa frantically points to the various paintings on the walls. Past kings, queens, princes, and the entire Cromwell family line. The paintings of buildings, streets, dragons, and the long stream going through Constal.
Assistant: “Again, I apologize for her attitude. Just like her ambitious mother, she plans on being a historian. She’s delved into the history of everything she can get her hands on, Walgonia’s, Ravoria’s, Valatrositice’s, Athens's, and everywhere else, even the more obscure areas.”
The assistant glares at both Gray and Edward on a few separate occasions, confusing them. They continue walking through the halls, peeking into the offices, seeing mountains of paperwork, and courtrooms filled with people.
Gray: “So what are we going here? Just talking to the mayor or?”
Assistant: “I was informed that Julius would speak to Greta about a variety of things, he didn’t mention you all showing up.”
Julius: “I thought you would enjoy doing something other than staying at the cottage.”
Soku: “Uggh.”
Lisa: “Well if you all aren’t doing anything…YOU SHOULD COME WITH ME!”
The assistant looks at everyone, and then signs. She nods her head to Lisa, and Lisa responds with a loud cheer.
Lisa: “WOOHOO! COME ON LET’S GO!”
Lisa grabs Peter’s hand, pulling him off down another hallway, so everyone else follows. Though Edward stays behind for a second to speak with Julius.
Julius: “Are you not going with them?”
Edward: “I am but…never mind I don’t wanna get behind.”
Julius thinks about stopping Edward, but he quickly loses interest and continues walking to the mayor's office. Down the hall, with Lisa and the others, she begins leading them outside into the courtyard.
Lisa: “OH! Did you know a few hundred years ago, it was presumed that another great biome existed in Walgonia? It was a giant tundra! But research has told us that it melted down into the great lagoon!”
Gray: “There’s a great lagoon?”
Rosemary’s about to explain it, but Lisa takes over the conversation very quickly.
Lisa: “You’ve never heard!? It’s in the north of Walgonia, and it takes up just as much space as the capital, oh, and did you know the capital is the smallest one in Saga? Other than Athens of course, but that’s gone now.”
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Soku: “Well aren’t you chipper.”
Lisa: “Quick follow me!”
Lisa leads them around the building, over to a closed well. Everyone stands confused, watching as she struggles to pull the wooden planks off the top of the well. Peter’s quick to rush in front of Lance, trying to help her. Lance, embarrassed, tries as well, easily picking up the planks while Peter struggles.
Lance: “There you go!”
Lisa: “Yeah thanks…COME ON LET’S GET IN!”
Lisa jumps down, shocking everyone. Gray quickly reacts, flowing the cloak out from its charm to grab her, which he’s able to do.
Gray: “Are you okay!”
Gray yells into the well, and he’s met with an echoing response from Lisa.
Lisa: “NO WAY! THIS IS THE LEGENDARY CLOAK OF DARKNESS, ONE OF THE FOUR CURSED CHARMS! ONCE USED BY THE WITCH OF DESPAIR! ALSO KNOWN AS THE WITCH OF DARKNESS!”
Rosemary: “I think she’s fine.”
Lisa: “COME ON DOWN!”
Gray uses his cloak to help everyone down, everyone except Lance, who hates the idea of going down in the well. Once they’re all down in the small well, Lisa leads them through a small opening in the wall, leaving to a tunnel.
Lisa: “We’ve collected almost no knowledge of our history before the last four hundred years. We have structures, language, and folklore, so it isn’t like we didn’t exist, but something happened that destroyed most of our history. In the historian community, it’s been referred to as the “Great Purge of Knowledge”. And between the years six hundred and nine hundred, somebody ruled over all of Saga and made it illegal to write down anything.”
Soku: “Where’s this going?”
Lisa: “Sorry, but this is important! In the missing two hundred years, once the ruler was defeated by Godrick Walgonia, Wilheilm Valatrositce, and Pandora Voria, the world's history reset before the two hundred years as if they wanted to act like it never happened. The world has shown it will destroy our history if it feels like it, so when I found this when I found the answers, I want to make sure it won’t ever be destroyed!”
Gray: “Hey, she said to Pandora. Do you guys think it’s the same Pandora that’s with the Sect?”
Soku: “I mean it’s possible, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Sometimes people just have the same name.”
As they get a bit farther into the tunnel, it gets narrow, making it almost impossible to move in, so luckily she stops.
Soku: “Hey! I don’t like small spaces like this!”
Lisa: “It’s fine, look, follow me!”
Lisa pushes through a small crack in the wall, going into a large room. They follow, finding themselves inside a building lit by crystals. Everyone looks on in confusion, except Gray. The benches, bookshelves, stained glass windows, it’s all too familiar.
Gray: “We’re in an underground cathedral!”
Lisa: “Exactly!”
Gray then looks at the large tapestry on the wall, and the sight causes his mouth to drop. The white robes, red cross in the center, large sword, knight helmet, and cloak with a cross on it as well. It’s far too close to be called a coincidence, so it must be true.
Gray: “That’s a crusader…a holy knight…he’s from where I’m from.”
On the tapestry, such a crusader stands atop a dragon with its golden glowing sword piercing its heart.
Gray: “So this guy, who was he? And have you told anyone else about this?”
Lisa: “I’ve told my mother, but she instructed me not to tell anyone until she found the proper counsel to hold the finding to. And the crusader, I’ve read every single book in here, and it speaks of him. Other books, suspected to be founded around this time, never use his name, and neither do the ones in here. It uses a symbol, the symbol on his chest, do you know if that has any significance?”
Gray looks around, at a loss for words.
Gray: “It was a religious thing. So he was this grand figure?”
Lisa: “Extraordinary, he was the one responsible for bringing about the fall of the Yagari empire. He helped make the “pure race” as they call it in the scripture, though I do not know what they are. He was a spirit or a god, but he could purify the world. And his sword could shape mana, and apparently, he made the Ever-Biomes. Though, it says he died making them, and he was risen' anew. That’s all I was able to figure out. It speaks of things surrounding a secret society, but nothing else references the existence of it in any book I’ve read, so either they’re still secret, or they’re gone.”
Edward: “The pure race…I wonder what that could be.”
Soku: “This guy was around Godricks time. He made the foundation for him to free the world, along with Pandora and Enzo. Like a fourth grand figure, and yet he’s nothing? It seems impossible.”
Rosemary: “We’ve seen the impossible over and over. The world is trying to hide itself, and the people of it try to burn it to the ground. It does give more questions than answers, but this could be…no this is revolutionary.”
Gray: “It is a revelation. A strange one at that.”
Lisa grabs Peter’s hand, leading him out of the room.
Lisa: “Quickly! We must hurry back!”
End of Chapter twenty-nine