Chapter 453: Hidden Room X
*Knock* *Knock*
There was a knock on the door. Arthur had expected that. "Co in."
"Excuse ." Elysia opened the door and entered the principal's office. The others imdiately followed her from behind.
"Mm, you guys have co as I expected. Please have a seat." Arthur pointed his palm to the sofa for the guests.
Elysia, Ella, and Evelyn sat side by side on the sa sofa. Apart from Gio and the little beasts, everyone was also sitting on the sofa.
Then, Ella opened the conversation politely. "Please forgive us if we disturb you, principal. But, we need to see you soon to ask permission to take a few days off. Umm, about a week."
"Permission to take a week off? The three of you?" Arthur raised his eyebrows with an astonished expression.
"Mm, the three of us. Ely, Eve, and ." Ella nodded.
"Hmm, before that, may I know why the three of you decided to request a week off? As for Elysia, didn't you just take a week off?" Arthur rested his hands on the table. He beca interested in what might happen next.
"Yes, I just returned yesterday, but circumstances have prevented from attending academy classes for the ti being. We will be leaving tomorrow morning for an intercontinental journey." Elysia didn't hesitate to tell the truth because she knew the principal's true identity before her.
"I see... Alright, a week off for the three of you. I'll take care of that and hand it over to your horoom teacher." Arthur closed his eyes and nodded. He could already draw a conclusion from Elysia's answer.
"Thank you, principal." Ella and Evelyn responded in unison, but Elysia remained silent.
"But! I want all of you to co to the Aeddoterra Imperial Palace this afternoon or evening. Emperor Arthur wishes to see you on an important matter." Arthur tapped the table once for attention.
"Uh?" Ella and Evelyn looked at each other. They didn't know why they needed to see Emperor Arthur because they wanted to take a week off.
At that mont, a golden sparkle appeared in mid-air. A beautiful and graceful fairy figure with a pair of pure white wings erged from the golden light. The little Goddess flapped her wings and floated before everyone.
Nell looked at Arthur, who was disguised as the principal. "I know that you have sothing to say but you're not ready for it. If you really wanted to say sothing or beg for help, why don't you say it right here and now, Arthur?"
"..." Arthur felt a little awkward. His real identity was simply exposed by the Goddess of Blessings. So, she was around too...
"Eh?" "Huh?"
Ella and Evelyn beca clueless, as if they couldn't keep up with the sudden change in events. They did not know why the Goddess of Blessings referred to the principal by the na of the Aeddoterra Emperor.
"Really, no disguise magic can trick you, the Goddess of Blessings." Arthur smiled helplessly and revoked his disguise magic.
"Emperor Arthur!?" Ella and Evelyn were surprised because they really never thought that their principal was the Emperor himself.
"Hmm." Arthur just nodded, but he suddenly beca surprised that Elysia didn't show any expression as if what she saw was normal. "Elysia, you, aren't surprised?"
Elysia didn't know what to say. She was not surprised by what she already knew. Therefore, she only smiled in return.
"Elysia is a special girl. She has known that you are Emperor Arthur since the first ti you ca before her as principal." Nell glanced at Elysia and helped to answer.
"O-oh, then, no wonder... As expected of the Goddess of Light's disciple." Arthur stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"With that being said, it's best if you finish the business you wish to convey now, Arthur. I'm afraid that this afternoon or evening we won't have ti to co to your palace for so preparatory reason." Nell drew a middle ground to hasten their business there.
"Here and now..." Arthur hesitated at his decision. He felt conflicted because he only hoped to talk to the divine and maybe Elysia.
Nevertheless, he quickly made up his mind. He put a soundproof barrier across the room, then he made a steeple of his fingers.
"Honestly speaking, this is my personal request as an Emperor of the Aeddoterra Kingdom as well as a patriarch of the Griffith Royal Family. The Goddess of Blessings, the source of all blessings and goodness… This is my profound plea, please co to my palace to help my wife out of her misery." Arthur bowed his head to plead for the divine aid.
"Okay, but you need to explain everything that happened with your wife. I am omniscient, but I was not in this world at the ti of the tragedy of the Aeddoterra Imperial Palace. Now, raise your head, Arthur. Let's do that on our way to your palace." Nell gave a yes without a second thought. An Emperor had already bowed his head to beg for help. The response was clear and definite only because Arthur was her people.
"I express my deep gratitude. Then, let's go now." "I express my deep gratitude. Then, let's go now." Arthur raised his head with joy bubbling in his heart.
"All right. We will go in my invisible magic." Nell nodded, then cast an area of effect magic. She opened the window and used her magic to bring everyone flying toward the palace with her.
It didn't take more than three seconds. Nell revoked her wind magic after everyone landed at the palace entrance.
"Let's go in. I'll explain everything when we get to hidden room X." Arthur pointed his palm toward the palace entrance.
"Good, show us the way." Nell gave the nod.
After that, Arthur walked ahead and ca out of Nell's invisible magic. The Emperor just appeared out of thin air. That was what the imperial knights saw. Nevertheless, all the knights imdiately gave their salutations to welco the Emperor's arrival.
Arthur went to a hidden chamber sowhere in the palace's basent. He was alone, but he seed to know an invisible group following him from behind.
"Can you revoke your invisible magic, o the Goddess of Blessings? Allow to begin explaining what happened to my wife." Arthur looked back and spoke into empty air.
But, a group of people suddenly erged out of thin air. They were already standing in front of him with various expressions on their faces.
It was like an ordinary dungeon used as a storage warehouse with nothing inside. Elysia looked around once more, then looked at the hidden door. At first glance, the door was just like an ordinary wall, but there was a chanism to open it.
At that mont, she rembered a ghost who ca to her that night. That ghost just popped out of nowhere and just went sowhere unknown when she was staying at this palace.
'Could it be that ghost...' Elysia muttered in her mind.
'Why don't you ask Emperor Arthur to confirm that, Ely? Any data about his wife can't be found anywhere, and here, he asks for help. I'm sure there's a deep reason behind it all.' Elena suggested while looking deep into what was hidden behind that hidden door.
She couldn't see more than 200 ters. As far as she could see, it was just the staircase leading down deep underground.
"Excuse , can I ask you sothing before you explain anything, Emperor Arthur?" Elysia held up her hand.
Instantly, everyone's attention was on her, without exception.
Arthur glanced at the Goddess of Blessings briefly, then gave Elysia a nod. "Mm, tell what you want to ask, Elysia."
"Do you rember what happened that night when Ella, Eve, and I were staying at the palace? That night, a female ghost with long black hair and azure eyes ca to us. When morning ca, Eve and Ella told their parents about it, but they couldn't seem to believe it." Elysia brought back an old problem.
"Ah, I rember that. Yes, that's right, no one wanted to believe us and just think of it as just a horror night story." Evelyn repeatedly nodded in support of her best friend's statent.
"Is it possible that the ghost in question was the reason why you led us here, Emperor Arthur?" Ella felt a little uncomfortable because she didn't really like horror.
"Whoo, we're going to et a ghost?" Sylvia clapped her hands, but softly.
"Sigh, to be honest, your elders believed what you said. However, they respected because it was such a taboo thing to talk about. Everything will beco clear once you hear my story as what I promised the Goddess of Blessings." Arthur sighed with a sad expression. Even though it was a long ti ago, he still found it very heartbreaking.
"You sealed your wife deep underground, huh... And again, her soul ca to the surface to et Ely? Hmm... Well then, you need to explain everything while we walk down." Nell had so thoughts in mind. But, she needed to confirm sothing first.
"..." Arthur didn't say anything else. He just triggered so chanism on the wall, then a light flashed on one of the rocks.
After he drew a transparent pattern there, he pressed the stone and shifted it to the right.
*Rustle* *Rustle*
A soft, muffled crackling sound like that made by the movent of dry leaves was heard as the stone wall shifted upwards. Behind it, there was a dark, terrifying-looking hallway with stairs leading down.
Elysia and anyone who didn't know what would await them down there seed to feel that it was a staircase leading to an abyss of no return. Once in, there was no way out.
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