Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 244: The Forgotten History
Bai Shi handed the slate to Lani and asked:

"Do you have a way to remove the seal on it?"

Lani stared blankly.

"That's the man who abandoned me and my mother. Do you think I know him well?"

Although Lani said so, she still took the slate and tried it.

Unfortunately, the result remains unchanged and cannot be solved.

Bai Shi shook his head.

Asking a magician like Lani to remove the seal set by Radagon is not really a suitable profession.

And Lani looked at the stone slab in front of her and couldn't help feeling strange.

She didn't remember her father being so strong.

Even if she didn't fully understand the prayer of the Golden Rule, it shouldn't be difficult for her to decipher.

Given the difference in strength, it can be solved even by force.

In Lani's impression, Radagon had a very positive image when she was a child.

But ever since he abandoned his mother and went to live off Marika as the King of Elden, Lani's impression of him has become almost exclusively that of a pretty boy, a jerk, and a father.

And later, Lani remembered that her father's marriage to her mother could be considered as living off her.

After all, my mother is the leader of the Magic Academy and the Kalia royal family, and a queen capable of competing with the Golden Tree.

At that time, my father was just a hero of the Golden Tree faction, and his status and strength did not match.

As a result, the image of the gigolo became even more entrenched.

But the fact is now: Lani has no way to break the seal left by Radagon and is helpless against it.

Although Lani's current body is not her demigod body and has almost no combat power, her soul and memories are all intact.

Could it be that... my father has been hiding something?
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Bai Shi saw Lani looking sadly at the slate and shook his head slightly.

It seems that there is really no way.

"…It seems like it's okay if I can't solve it. I've already gotten a lot of information from it."

Lani moved closer to Bai Shi again and looked at the tightly sealed stone slab, but could not see anything.

Lani looked up at Bai Shi doubtfully.

She is not very good at this kind of reasoning, otherwise she wouldn't have asked old man Iggy to be her military advisor.

"What did you see?"

Bai Shi lightly ran his finger across the stone slab, combining various information.

After reorganizing it in his mind, he explained to Lani:

"Time to set the seal."

"Although I can't see the contents, but since it's in the Great Library, and it has something sealed by Radagon..."

"That means Radagon was still at the Magic Academy at that time, and your mother hadn't lost her heart yet."

"You also said before that the secret compartment was sealed by your mother."

"This stone slab was processed and hidden by the two of them one after another."

"In other words, the forgotten history should be from the period when the Golden Dynasty and the Royal Family of Kalia were in harmony."

"It is most likely the dirty laundry of the Golden Dynasty, or it could be the dirty laundry of both the Golden Dynasty and the Kalia royal family."

Lani listened to Bai Shi's analysis, thought about it along his lines, and found that it was indeed true.

Bai Shi looked at Lani.

"Lani, did you know that the center of the border was not an ocean but a continent?"

Lani shook her head.

“If there was something there and it’s gone, it’s definitely something I’d notice.”

"So it must have happened before I was born."

"Since this stone tablet has been sealed, then those who know about it must have kept silent about it for other reasons."

Bai Shi thought about the ban that Radagon had set for the magic professors, and felt that he would definitely do it.

As he was thinking, a sudden pain came, and Bai Shi couldn't help but cover his head.

I separated from Lani a little too quickly just now, and my injuries haven't healed fully yet.

Lani looked at Bai Shi's expression and guessed that it was the residual effect of what happened just now, so she put her palm on Bai Shi's forehead.

The cold magic power gathered again into the dark moon in Bai Shi's mind, slowly healing Bai Shi's soul.

Bai Shi gave Lani a grateful look, but Lani turned her head away and didn't look at him.

After thinking about it, Lani turned around and said to Bai Shi:

"If the timing is indeed like this, the clues are probably broken again."

"My two brothers may know something, but they can no longer communicate now."

"The life span of a demigod is very long. The age difference between me and my brother is a hundred years."

“There are so many things that can happen.”

"That's why it's so hard to figure out the time at this border."

At this point, Bai Shi couldn't help but ask Lani a question:
"Speaking of which, I'm also curious about how many years the Shattered War lasted?"

Lani said lightly:
"Although I was asleep most of the time, the Shattering War lasted for at least a thousand years."

Bai Shi was shocked, but his first reaction was not that the Shattered War had lasted for a thousand years, but Lani's age.

Lani glanced at Bai Shi and felt that he was thinking about something rude again.

Bai Shi quickly gave up thinking about this problem.

Well, age is not a problem. Demigods have such a long life span, so it doesn't seem surprising.

As Lani said, time is so long that it is indeed difficult to figure it out.

But now we know that this may be the dirty laundry of the Golden Dynasty, so many people who can be asked have been ruled out.

Bai Shi muttered to himself quietly to help him sort out his thoughts.

However, Lani and Bai Shi were very close and could hear it clearly.

"Radagang represents the news of the Golden Dynasty blockade..."

"Even Radagan has been mobilized, so there is no hope for other people from the Golden Dynasty."

"Although the Crucible Knights are loyal, they are too loyal. They will not betray their former masters and will definitely not reveal any news."

"As for Kalia and the School of Magic..."

When Lani heard this, she shook her head at Bai Shi.

Bai Shi also understood and sighed.

The Full Moon Queen also contributed to the blockade of this matter, and the old guys in the Magic Academy and Kalia will definitely not say anything.

In this case, only King Gu can ask.

Since Radagon had not yet returned to become the second King of Elden of the Golden Tree, it must have been during the period when Gefre was still at the border.

When I get back from the magic academy, I'll go ask it right away.

Lani spoke again. There was something she couldn't figure out.

"So, if Mother and Father wanted to hide this history, why did they leave the slabs?"

“Direct destruction should not be a problem for them.”

I have also thought about this question, and now I have some ideas.

Bai Shi looked at Lani thoughtfully, which made Lani feel a little uncomfortable.

"Perhaps, Radagan wants you to solve it."

"Only you or your mother can remove this restriction at the border."

Lani frowned, unable to figure out why.

Bai Shi became more and more certain of this speculation, but he couldn't tell Lani.

There's no way. Some things are obtained from the player's perspective and there is no evidence at hand.

He couldn't tell Lani now that Radagan was Marika.

Although Radagon is a loyal dog of the Golden Rule, he was not necessarily that kind of person at the beginning.

The Golden Tree, the Two Fingers, and the Beast of Elden could all potentially influence and control him for their own purposes.

In the eyes of the outside world, and even of Lani and her children, Radagan is just a prince's husband and no one respects him.

But he is the other half of Marika, and both his strength and identity are not that simple.

Since it was dirty secrets concealed by the Golden Dynasty, and it was not done by Radagan at that time, then it could only have been done by Malika.

The information on this stone tablet may be the backup plan left by Radagon, waiting to be used against Marika.

The relationship between them became increasingly rigid and even hostile during the long period of rule, and neither side could completely dominate the other.

Perhaps the seal was created because of the supervision of certain people, forcing him to take actions to try to destroy this history.

"It seems that this scandal may be even more explosive than I thought..."
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Bai Shi could no longer suppress his curiosity, as this was a major scandal of the Golden Dynasty.

So he said goodbye to Lani, teleported directly back to Stonewell with the stone tablet, and found the ancient king.

Bai Shi came to the ancient king's urn and started communicating with it.

"Ancient King, what was that sea in the center of the border area like in the past?"

'There was a place there, wasn't there?'

"I'm curious about what happened at the border. If you know anything, please tell me everything."

The ancient king's soul was silent for a while before speaking to Bai Shi:
'It is no use saying this now, because it has been wiped out from the border.'

"But if you want to know, just treat it as a story."

The ancient king recalled the distant past and narrated:

'In the past, the golden tree contained everything. It was a brief era of abundance.'

'The Golden Tree was not what it is now. There was a dark shadow tree clinging to the Golden Tree and growing with it.'

'The golden trees at that time dripped with rich dew.'

"That was a time when even enemies admired the Golden Tree."

'But the good times didn't last long, the era of abundance was fleeting.'

'It all started with one of Marika's children, Messermo.'

'He led his army to raid the tower town of Beret where the Horned People lived, and almost all of the Horned People were slaughtered.'

'And the snake, Messermo, took the dew-producing shadow tree for himself, dividing it along with a large amount of land, and cutting it off from the border.'

'In the arena of the Golden Dynasty, the fighters wore snake equipment because of this. People wanted to see the snake that betrayed the Golden Tree get hurt.'

"From then on, this matter was regarded as a taboo of the Golden Tree. It was forbidden to spread it or mention it."

The ancient king laughed twice for no apparent reason.

'But even this story is false.'

"As a witness, I can tell you that is not the truth..."

　Messermo, did you leave the corner man behind intentionally or by accident?

　　Messermo, is there something wrong with your play this time?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)