103 Lucien, The Historian (1/2)
Chapter 103: Lucien, The Historian
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
”Well… although Astrology is totally strange to me,” Lucien was pretending that he knew nothing about astrology, while, in fact, astrology was his speciality and he clearly knew that there was a constellation named Thanos in memory of the King of the Sun, ”I read some similar poems before in the princess’ study. So, I’m guessing it might be a prophecy poem.”
”I don’t think so. The folks told me that what the poem described really happened many, many years ago.” Deroni denied Lucien’s first guessing.
”I see.” Lucien nodded, ”Dramatic as the poem seems to be, if it’s not a prophecy, then I think it is a poem describing a catastrophe or something similar to that.”
”Umm… that makes more sense.” Mr. Deroni nodded.
”The War of Dawn lasted for more than four hundred years, and before that, there were also countless horrible disasters and many great wars happened on this continent. Huge meteorites, earthquakes, landslides and even battles could lead to the same scene. I read about them before in Heroes’ Epic, The War of Syracuse, Saint City, Confession, Saint Continent Chronicles, and many more.”
”Interesting. I think Lucien makes a good point here.” Natasha nodded, ”War or natural disaster, that’s our direction. What I can contribute here is that a good fight between two legendary masters could easily cause this damage to the whole continent.”
”That’s why I’m this curious. I want to know what eventually caused this catastrophe,” Deroni said to them.
”‘The red water was now up to the lips…’, this part is kind of unique.” Lucien was still thinking, ”Has any of you ever heard about the significant topographical change that happened several hundred years ago in the northwest of Aalto?”
Silvia and her father slightly shook their heads and were waiting for Lucien’s further explanation. At this time, Natasha said to Lucien with a bit hesitance, ”Are you talking about how Elsinore Lake was formed, the lake that lies in the northwest of Aalto?”
”That’s right, Your Grace. A book from your study named Marius’ Manuscript described a similar scene.” Lucien nodded, ”A hundred and fifteen years before the implement of the Saint Calendar, one day Aalto’s sky suddenly turned dark, although it was still day time, and huge stones fell down from the sky. These meteorites destroyed the city called Elsinore and even part of the mountain range in the northwest. The lake was named after the destroyed city.”
”Oh my…” exclaimed Silvia. ”Was it a natural disaster?”
”The book didn’t mention.” Lucien slightly shrugged, ”However, the book did mention that, at that time, the ground cracked all over, and a weird red liquid surged up through the cracks.”
”Lava?” asked Deroni.
”No. It was mentioned that the liquid was not hot, and it inundated the whole area. But the blood-like liquid ebbed very fast as well.”
”Then what about this Thanos’ Palace?” asked Deroni eagerly, ”How do you explain this?”
”It is said that when Thanos, King of the Sun, reached the legendary level, the capital of the magic empire was covered by pure darkness for three entire days.” Natasha expressed her own understanding.
”I see…” Deroni slightly nodded, ”Anything else can be found in this poem, Your Grace? Lucien?”
They both shook their heads. That was as far as they could go.
Looking rather disappointed for a second, Deroni then smiled, ”I think that’s enough information for my curiosity. Thank you, Your Grace. Thank you, Lucien. It is amazing that you know this much about the remote history. Actually, even Mr. Bake doesn’t know it.”
”I told you, Mr. Deroni,” said Natasha with pride. ”Lucien’s not only a musician, but also a historian.”
While Lucien was trying to explain, ”I’m nowhere close to being a historian. I just happened to read a few books. That’s all.”
Then, dinner was served.
”You have to try all the dishes tonight, Lucien,” Natasha said to him. ”One of the cooks here comes from Tria, who makes awesome Syracuse dishes. Way better than our food in Aalto… Ours is all about beef and potato, potato and beef…” As a big fan of different cuisines, Natasha complained.