Episode 126 – Son Of The Village Chief (2/2)
Reading about the mundane life of the previous owner of the diary was a welcoe to Nelaira It helped clear her mind and decide whether she should tell her co sixteen-year-old food inside the cellar had serious implications And she didn’t want to cause a commotion
Before she could think about it further, Luki noticed she was in a far better mood than when she arrived Thus, he couldn’t contain hi out a vial filled with gray dust “Lieutenant, could you lend ometer for a second?”
Nelaira’s face turned black at the oist of the group snapped at the pink haired lass vial and frowned She could barely hear the bickering of her coround
She turned the vial upside down and let the ash slide out into the palray substance for several rayish and yellowish flakes within She waved her forefinger,the air shuffle the ash around to have a better look at the flakes However, she wasn’t quite gentle enough, because the flakes ended up cruo to zero She placed it on top of the ash and pressed the top button When the shortest hand stopped at the number 16, she wasn’t surprised
“See, I kneas made in the last 20 years” Luki beae, Luki” The blond and black-hairedutter helplessness
“Right, we just questioned your sanity” A fely
“My sanity is quite fine, thank you In fact, I’ll have you know I’ a healer” Luki waved his hand disuys notice a probleist snapped, ready to defend his translation to the death if necessary
Luki gave everyone a significant look, deliberately speaking slowly to rise tension “The writer mentions the Tainted Since the Wars were halted due to the appearance of Ink, it e Wars”
“So?” The redhead yawned, resisting the urge to rub her eyes
“So… if the wars didn’t destroy this village…what did?”
The deathly silence that spread through the ca seconds, before Nelaira’s soleh it like a knife
“Actually, in my exploration, I stuht have an overactive i one of the best healers of the Eryey fa her findings with hiht onto the s to her coain
The archeologist was the first to break the silence: “Why would anyone hide a cellar that has just food stored within?”
Luki chuckled at the question, and Nelaira could already feel a headache coly, what came out of his mouth was not an another ridiculous theory: “You don’t have children do you? If I had a lot of dried fruits and cheese, I’dleft of it when I return back home”
The statement made everyone pause in shock, and then the tense athter
“That said,” Luki chuckled, “There really are survivors in the forbidden zone!”
“Don’t get ahead of yourself” A feo was exactly when Zor Arite reached this place Instead of there being survivors…”
Luki erupted in giggles before she could finish her sentence “Are you suggesting that Zor and his squadtheir brief stay here?”
The i cheese le before she could stifle it However, other than her and Luki, no one else laughed
Nostrils of the archeologist flared, and he glared at Luki derisively “It’s possible that one of their , but instead settled here waiting for the next expedition to pick him up and take hih the clearing “Plums are harvested in summer Zor’s expedition arrived here in October”
“The survivor ist spoke up
“If the survivor waited for the next sue of the dried plums would be 15, not 16 Thus, these plums were harvested before Zor’s expedition found this place, ergo, there really are survivors” Luki rolled his eyes
“We can’t confirist argued
“What I want to know is, how come Zor’s expedition didn’t run into survivors here?” The redhead spoke up
“What if they did?” Luki’s green eyes gleaher ups kept it a secret from the public?” Redhead’s husband joined the conversation
“That does sound plausible” Nelaira frowned
“Indeed, that is so an important point” Luki smiled eerily “Why is it that this food stash hadn’t been visited for years? What happened to the survivors? In fact, how co quarters? Where did they eat and sleep? Hoas this village destroyed in the first place?”
“Here it cohed helplessly
“What if these ruins…” Luki’s voice loweredup in the next episode:
“In fact, what if this village was destroyed…sixteen years ago? What if Zor Arite was pursued by a herd of Tainted and unwittingly brought them here? What if the Tainted were the ones to destroy this village?”
Her fiance told Nelaira the story about this flower a few years back He said that Zor learned of a fable regarding the flower on his expedition Supposedly, it was soot separated from her lover in this valley
Not h Supposedly it reveals itself only to those that it finds worthy
It was one quiet, tranquil night, when everything changed
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