Chapter 198: Fifty-seven, I’ll take you to find Lyra (5K)_2
So the focus is still on this story.
Such origin stories are bound to be a mixture of truth and fiction, with many fabricated elents, like the idea that the Lyra God stayed to prevent the spread of Polluted Land from harming the world—that’s definitely nonsense.
Then why did He insist on staying near the Polluted Land? What was it for?
Bai Wei slightly furrowed Gerard’s brows.
If He survived from Visas’s hands, why didn’t He return to His forr Divine Country, and instead chose to stay in the Mortal World?
One could say He was avoiding Visas before, but now Visas has been dead for who knows how many years, without even a complete corpse left, so it couldn’t still be about hiding, right?
What was it really for?
Bai Wei slowly closed Gerard’s eyes again, recalling the Lyra he knew of.
And then, an image suddenly flashed through his mind.
It was that chanician nad Carol, speaking to Gerard under the setting sun,
“Machinery is just an aid.”
Bai Wei heard a “snap.”
He thought it was an epiphany ringing in his mind, but soon realized the sound ca from outside; quickly, a beam of light shone in, accompanied by an elder’s stern call, “Who’s in there? Co out quickly!”
Bai Wei then opened Gerard’s eyes and saw the spotlight coming in from outside, shining right on the painting on the wall.
It depicted the Lyra God interwoven with Holy Light and machinery.
At this mont, Bai Wei finally understood.
Thus, Gerard heard Bai Wei laugh in his mind, “I see.”
“Lyra is a disabled god.”
…
“Ah, are you from the Skeleton Corps?”
The old man who had just spoken examined Gerard’s docunts carefully, then, muttering to himself, returned the docunts.
“If it’s official business, you could’ve just woken up; why barge in on your own? Made think we were being burgled.”
Gerard took back the docunts, replying nonchalantly, “I apologize, the situation was rather urgent. I didn’t know where to find soone, so I chose a more direct approach. But don’t worry, I’ll compensate for the lock.”
“Well, you definitely should compensate, since you’re the one who broke it,” said the elder, waving his hand dismissively. “Won’t cost much… Anyway, I’m more curious about what docunts you actually need that brought you to this place? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ archives haven’t been opened for many years, and there’s not much of significance inside.”
“Sorry,” Gerard shrugged casually, “I can’t disclose that.”
While talking to the elder, Gerard kept observing the elder’s facial expressions.
After all, he was currently wanted by Lyra, and he didn’t know if the Wanted Notice had reached this forgotten departnt.
But judging from the elder’s reaction, he seed to have no clue about Gerard.
It seed that even the Wanted Notice had forgotten this departnt.
This slightly relieved Gerard; as long as he did not need to knock out the elder—since he was worried about any potential lasting harm to the old man at his age.
He was not in the mood to exchange pleasantries with the elder, more interested to find out what Bai Wei ant by “Lyra is a disabled god,” so after compensating for the lock, he prepared to leave.
Then, he heard the elder ask, “Has sothing happened with Lyra?”
“Why do you ask?”
“Because a few days ago, my son ca over, also in a hurry, saying he needed to find sothing,” the elder replied. “He looked pale, but wouldn’t say anything, just told not to worry and then left with a few books, just like you.”
Gerard stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the elder.
Even though he had guessed the elder’s identity, he still asked softly, “Your son is?”
“Oh, he’s a Knight in the Skeleton Corps, actually a captain,” the elder said, suddenly animated by the ntion of his son. “Almost forgot, you should know him since you are colleagues. Hmm, his na is Kude.”
…As expected.
For a mont, Gerard’s thoughts were pulled back to that night, complicating his expression once again.
“Do you know him?” the elder asked.
Gerard nodded: “I know him.”
After a pause, he added,
“We are very good friends.”
“That’s great,” the elder seed delighted. “I always wondered how he was doing in the Skeleton Corps?”
“He’s doing well… no,” Gerard shook his head, then seriously replied, “very well, he’s doing very well.”
“That’s wonderful to hear,” the elder was even happier now.
Gerard looked at the elder’s weathered face, as if wanting to say more, but Bai Wei’s voice leisurely spoke up in his mind,
“Enough, Gerard, ti is short, we have more important things to attend to.”
Hearing Bai Wei’s voice, Gerard had to suppress what he had intended to say, turning it into, “I must go.”
“Alright, alright, go ahead,” the elder also seed slightly disappointed, as though he had wanted to learn more about Kude from Gerard, but with Gerard insisting on leaving, he couldn’t keep him. He just waved his hand and said, “Pass a ssage to Kude from … well, seems there isn’t much to say.”
The elder smiled.
“Just tell him to live up to his job and take good care of Lyra.”
…
“It seems that Kude was right, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has really not changed at all,” Bai Wei’s voice rang in Gerard’s mind on the way back to Lyra, “Your la excuse managed to get you out just by showing an identity; he didn’t suspect a thing.”
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