âHow do you know that thereâs someone in here that can save this world?â Jeanne asked quietly as she followed Mykel from behind.
âEdith told me, she got a vision the moment we entered the world,â Mykel lied without hesitation and Edith nodded her head as she looked at Jeanne to convince her.
When they walked deeper into the cave, they started to feel a presence further inside the cave, they could tell there were six people in there. The three of them kept on walking and didnât hide their presence at all because Mykel wanted those people to notice his presence.
Mykel looked at the end of the tunnel in front of him, and the moment he left the tunnel, a sword on his neck welcomed him.
âWho are you?â An old manâs voice could be heard from Mykelâs right.
Mykel glanced at the old man with white hair and beard, he then raised his hands to show the old man that he came in peace. âIâm here to help,â Mykel answered.
The sound of a bowstring being stretched could be heard in the distance and Mykel could see a woman behind a pillar in the shadow with a bow pointing at his head. The old man looked at Jeanne and Edith then he looked at their attires which looked weird and unusual.
âYes, we came from another world, just like you guys,â Mykel said before the old man could say anything.
The old man was a bit surprised and he looked to his right then raised his hand and clenched it.
âSorry for my rudeness, we had to make sure that youâre not one of them but I can tell that youâre not,â The old man lowered his sword and looked at Mykelâs black suit.
âItâs fine, I donât blame you for being cautious,â Mykel replied as he shook his head.
The old man signaled the others to come out, and there was a total of five people came out from the shadow. Two women and three men, their armor and attire looked worn out, not just their attire but their bodies were thin.
All of them wore the same color attire, a combination of blue and yellow, not just their attire but their hair was all white and green eyes. One of the women didnât wear armor, and instead of attire, she wore a white dress with a priest hat on top of her white long hair.
Jeanne looked at them and her focus was toward one of the women with three swords on her left waist and a bow on her back. Jeanne looked at her as if she had some kind of connection between her and Jeanne, and the woman was also staring at her.
âAllow me to introduce ourselves,â The old man said as he walked to the front of those people and sheathed his sword. âWe are from Aersland world, and our world is similar to this world but we are more advanced,â
âMy name is Herzog Gaswin,â The old man said. âIâm one of the high-ranked family named Herzog in Aersland who serve the emperor directly,â
âMy name is Markgrafin Emmer,â A man with spiky hair with his sideburn all the way down to his jaw. âMarkgrafin is also one of the high ranked families,â
âEdler Eckerhard,â A man with round glasses and his straight long hair down to his neck introduced himself. âIâm just a humble servant of the emperor,â
âFrey Wilfred,â A man with a body that was almost as big as Gunnar said. âMy family is the shield of the empire,â
âHeilige Alberta,â A woman in a white dress said. âIâm the messenger of the Holiness,â
Jeanne and Edith raised their eyebrows and were surprised when they heard that Alberta was a Saint.
âPrinz Brynhilde,â A woman with curly short hair stared at Jeanne. âIâm the prince of the empire,â
âA prince? Not a princess?â Jeanne asked.
âIâm one of the candidates to take the throne, so Iâm no longer a princess,â Brynhilde answered. âBut thereâs no reason to have this title any more,â She continued as she rested her left hand on one of the swords on her waist.
Jeanne and Edith looked at Brynhilde because they were curious about what she just said.
âOur world is called Earth, and we are also more advanced than this world, we have airplanes and vehicles to travel and transport,â Mykel answered.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âAirplane and vehicles? We also have them in our world. Our world has airplanes made from a ship and tied it to an oval balloon. The vehicles, we have something called a motor and it used engine and coal, but primarily we use trains and carriages,â Gaswin replied and looked a bit surprised.
âYou have those technologies but your world is similar to this? Do you guys have guns in your world?â Jeanne asked and a bit confused.
âWe do, but itâs mainly for defending our empire from demons and those guns are too big for us to carry. We do have guns on us but we are out of bullets and gunpowder. Here, have a look,â The old man showed the flintlock pistol to them.
âSo you still use a castle and a palace in your world?â Jeanne asked.
âYes, because itâs the most efficient way to protect us from any threat,â Brynhilde answered. âBefore we continue, how did you find us? Thereâs no way you found us just by coincidence,â She asked.
âSheâs the one who led us here, her name is Edith Levine,â Mykel answered. âThis woman right here is Jeanne Dvar, and my name is Mykel Alester,â Mykel said.
âShe led you here? How?â Gaswin asked with his eyebrows raised.
âShe can see the future, and she brought us here because you can save this world,â Mykel answered and pointed his finger at Alberta. âYouâre a Saint, you should be able to remove the curse, correct?â
Gaswin and the others looked at each other and they seemed to already know about it, but something was bothering them.
âShe can but we have tried everything,â Gaswin said and looked at Mykel with a sorrowful expression. âThere used to be hundreds of us here, but we are the only ones left here,â
âIâm sorry to hear that,â Jeanne said.
âDonât be, itâs not like theyâre dead or anything, or at least they used to be dead,â Gaswin replied as he sighed.
âUsed to be? Did they come back to life or something?â Jeanne looked at them with confusion.
âWhy donât you guys have a seat? I will tell you about everything that we know about this world,â Gaswin said with a smile that hid the pain on his face.
Gaswin explained the truth about the Tirth world, they told Mykel and the others about the curse that made everyone could come back to life. He explained the same thing as what Agnez told the others about the truth behind the curse.
The curse itself wasnât contagious like a plague or anything, but everyone would get the curse if they died inside the Tirth world. The moment they died, the curse was carved on their back and made them come back to life and lost their sense except for their sense of thirst for blood and hatred.
âSo, as long as we donât die, we wonât get the curse?â Jeanne wanted to make sure that she heard it right.
âYes, they said that the curse came from the Demon King Mahazael himself. There used to be a lot of demons in this world, but we took care of everything,â Alberta said with her empty eyes staring at nothing. âWe thought we saved the world but we were wrong because of our own fault,â
The three of them stared at Alberta and didnât say anything.
. âWhen we wanted to bury the fallen knights, one of them came back to life, one of the Blessed like us and we were shocked when we saw him with our own two eyes. We should have killed him, and it was my fault for preventing them from killing him,â Alberta said and clenched her skinny hands.
âWhat happened after that?â Jeanne looked at Alberta.
âHe started to kill everyone and the curse started to spread all over the world,â Eckerhard answered. âIt was too late because we didnât know anything about it back then,â
âHold on, the curse spread that fast even though the world is this big?â Jeanne was so confused because it didnât make any sense if they didnât try to stop it.
âWe tried everything to stop the curse, but we couldnât protect anyone and not to mention that there are eight Kingdoms in this world. We didnât have enough force to stop the cursed ones from killing the villagers, the common folk,â Eckerhard answered.
âWait, how long have you guys been in this world?â Jeanne asked and looked at every one of them.
âWe have been stuck in this world for a whole year,â Brynhilde answered and stared at Jeanne.