Chapter 12 (2/2)
Floor, wall, pillar, ceiling—-
The layer itself fell as it crumbled
We were caught up in it and were thrown into the air
(Uwah, this, in such a place? The three of us finally got it……!)
Ann as close to Klaus barely caught in his arms
However, I atching the reunion of the brother and sister from a little distance away, so I was separated
While protecting Ann, Klaus had hundreds of spell cards to shape like an umbrella
It was a Protective Circle to protect themselves from the collapsed debris
However, they were five meters or more away from me
A trap of wide area ic interference - if that was the case, the Protective Circle wouldn't reach me!
Uhat should I do!
”Calm down, Erica! The Pass Wall is still in effect!”
……As he told me, that was correct
If I looked carefully, Klaus ignored the rubbles that fell on him, and the spell cards only repelled the rubbles that were likely to hit Ann
Accelerated gravel stones hit h us
What a handy ic!
Edward-oniisa the immature scrolls!
The pit made by the collapse was deep and unexpectedly wide
Although we should have fell down for quite some time, the bottom of the hole still couldn't be seen
I thought that ould plunge into the gigantic Crevasse that was h the labyrinth
But, on the walls of the surroundings, there were cavities to store the artificially made star crystal lamps
It ht of…several tens of meters, no, over 100 meters
It would be safer to drop slowly and reach the bottom
”Klaus-sa!”
”Oh, I understand”
I instructed Klaus briefly while pulling out the same wand
Coordinated the ti the ith Klaus, I also used the Feather Falling
Beneath us, ic circles like white thin membranes were deployed
When juic circle crumbled and disappeared into a shape of a small feather
Fluffy, a feeling like being wrapped in a soft air wall, and ravity
The falling speed becaentle
The broken stones and the remnants of the mechanism of the mechanical labyrinth overtook us
After a while, the collapsed layer dropped to the bottoround was echoing
”Ann-saht?”
”Y-yes! Ericsama! Thanks to Onii-sama, there are no injuries!”
”Is Erica still alright?”
”Yes Thank you for your patience”
Klaus and Ann were reaching out their hands to reach me
However, since ere more than five meters away from each other, they wouldn't reach me
I took out aand ordered it
”Stretch, like a snake! Tie, like a rope!
Like a snake that ju and then quickly jumped out
Flying with a loose parabola form, the rope firmly wrapped around the arm of Klaus
”You're really well prepared”
”Because I am an alchemist of Aurelia”
These were actually prepared by Onii-sah~
When Klaus pulled the rope, I was drawn to his body
With this, the three of us were finally be able to be together
”What on earth was that? Was that a trap?”
”A trap…Rather than that, ittrap”
”Malfunctioning?”
”Perhaps deep daes accumulated in the mechanism of the trap, the floor of the labyrinth, and the pillar itself, due to the battle of Onii-sama and his friends”
”Well, there certainly was a place where the broken gears are exposed, the mechanical labyrinth tried to work, but the labyrinth itself couldn't bear that movement”
Thinking about it, there were other strange things
Dead bodies of those monsters were almost left untouched
In the higher layer, there was a gole around
Maybe because he are that if the ht collapse, Onii-saolem in that layer
But, Onii-sama……It was impossible to predict such a collapse accident with only that hint
”Ah……”
”What is it, Ann?”
”No, somewhat, it's beautiful……”
The star crystals contained in the ere shi+ning pale blue in response to our ical powers
In such fantastic sight, we connected our hands, and fell down slowly in a circle
”Ann, you…”
”I'm sorry to say that at such a time”
”No It's alright I was just thinking about so similar”
That was true Even if I care about it, I couldn't help it
If I thought about it, it was a wonderful experience if I limited it to only the pit of these star crystals
It sounded like a movie from Studio Ghibli1
If there was ht become even more similar to that
I was packing the star crystal la too!
……But I hoped there was no someone with a colonel position2
Outside our anxiety and iht us to the depth of the ruins
After a while, we reached the bottom of the Ruins of Visitor
The feeling of the structures and decorations was similar to the cathedral from the ancient times of Aurelia
There was an arched entrance between the nave where we arrived at and the inner court
On both sides of the arch, if it was a cathedral above the ground, there would be statues of the distinguished Duke of Aurelia of the past adorned, here there were statues of a legendary alchemist as supposed to live in the era before we visited this continent
However, the familiarity ended there, there were numerous differences with this cathedral in the labyrinth as deep as this
First of all, the ceiling was a few hundred meters from the ruins that we had fallen from
Naturally, there was no
On the wall of the side aisle where the s should be, constellations which were imparted by the alcheraved
Mythological figures such as ation
They became reliefs, star crystals were e to the stars, and they were shi+ning pale blue
Well, it seemed that the carcasses of the monsters from the labyrinth were scattered all around
In addition to the carcasses, fraghth layer were also scattered around
It was a force et angry at
When I had thought of such a thing, soic circles that surrounded the three of us turned into particles of light and disappeared
I caught a glimpse of the silver pocket watch and checked
It seemed that the effect of Pass Wall had expired
”I' rocks fall down, ht not be able to repel them”
”This seems to be an important place for the people of Aurelia and I feel sorry if it was ruined by the falling rocks”
”Yeah It feels majestic Erica, is this like a shrine?”
”Well, I guess that is probably the case…”
I looked around carefully
In the inner palace of the cathedral - originally should be the place where the altar of St Brentan was - there was a star crystal alith instead
There were several cracks running on the alith due to the collapse just now
I looked at it and tilted my head
”'The God of the Visitor, the Altar of Bren'……, but there is so weird……”
The alith was the altar of the worshi+ped God of Aurelia itself
The altar of Aurelia's founder Bren, or St Brentan was decided as a alith
Originally in the West orshi+ped the God nae, star, and alchemy
However, when consolidating with the other three countries on this continent, Aurelia also converted to the san the states with each other
The religion of the union kingdom was a monotheism derived fronitia of the South
The religion of Ignitia was tolerant to the God of other religions
In this religion, as a part of the governance policy, we incorporate the Gods of other people as angels and saints
Itwith the japanese's Daikokuten which was derived from shi+va3
Thus Aurelia's God Bren, which we still held faith today, becanitia
(If it's the ga, shouldn't there be a sealed ancient evil spirit? Although it seeh the ancient Gods are enshrined……)
If I looked closely, there were letters engraved on the star crystal alith
It was the letters of ancient Aurelia used in Aurelistyle scrolls and runestones
In this way, I could barely read the in study
”'Crossing the ocean of the far away star, I will bury you here together with the long journey Sleep peacefully, our no name friend I hope that this abundant land will be your eternal cradle–'”
When I read the poealith, Klaus and Ann took a prayer stance
”Not an altar, maybe it's a repository For Aurelia's people who died before reaching this Ichthyes continent…”
”Somehow, it's a sad inscription”
”That's right But, I wonder why my ancestors buried this person with the same rites as a God…”
I touched the inscription on the er without a care
Huh? Was it only ination?
The place where er touched carelessly became corrupted—
—From far away, I heard a voice
The air of the cathedral was tre
Sounds like treble and bass, string-like instruments and brass instruments were played and heard
It was a sad voice like the sounds of a child weeping, like a sound of a whale singing
Every tialith turned black from the inside and became corrupted
The star crystal which was shi+ning blue was now dyed in black
Fro
It looked like thetears
”Eh……?”
Thethe scent of tidal, shook my hair
In response to thein the cathedral, the star crystals on the walls and ceiling strengthened their lights
So black water covered the whole floor of the cathedral
The black ashed my boots
Klaus, Ann, and I were perplexed as we looked around us
We all saw the spectacle that couldn't be seen at the bottoround ruins
There, the black sea which endlessly continued to the other side of the horizon, and the sky full of stars was spreading out
1 In the raw it actually said ジ○リ but I knoas referring to Studio Ghibli
2 These three sentences are actually referring to the movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky, a movie from Studio Ghibli In the movie, Sheeta had an aetheriu chased by Colonel Muska for her necklace
3 So, like the japanese which incorporated shi+va as their own God, Daikokuten, the religion of Ignitia incorporated other countries' God as angels and saints So, while in Aurelia Bren was a God, in the union kingdom he beca about the japanese God)