Episode11(S1-5)：CARS AMRA FOREST
【The Royal Capital, The Kingdom of Prerahar, A Certain Time. 】
A tall white tower with a bright blue roof stretch above. It stretches so high that it seems as if it could reach the stars twinkling in the sky. It is a symbol of a country's national power, clearly visible even in the darkness. It is a brilliant display of determination as a cornerstone to pray for and protect the development of wealth and fertility, and promises the daily peace of mind of the people living in the downtown area.
A girl stands on the highest roof of the royal castle, a position that is never visible from the downtown area. Her glossy-black colored hair, which is partly dyed in madder-red color, grows long and is softly gathered. Her petite physique is like that of a young girl not much older than her age. On her back, three pairs of pure white wings, six in all, gently embrace her body. Cat-like eyes peeking through the gaps in her wings drooped gently, and her madder-red colored eyes looked down on the castle town.
She gazes at the small forest that stretches beyond the plains to the northwest as seen from The Royal Castle. madder-red colored eyes glow gold, revealing what cannot be captured by the naked eye. And she found it. The gentle and warm chemistry further enhances the smile, as if she has been reunited with her destiny.
“I see. You have returned to this planet too. This means that The Piece of Dragon’s Souls will always exist on this planet. Let's get along for the first time in 10,000 years, Alpina.”
But" she rebutted in her mind, releasing the same amount of holy power as she had observed magical power. It was also proof that she was inevitably associated with The Heavenly Realm.
That girl of the past would have been able to make the ground scorched. Did your mentality grow as you looked around at different The Worlds? Or is there a reason it can't be done ......? I guess we should be a little wary.
A pair of winged The Angels gather around her. They all look very much like The Human, and they all kneel down to her.
“Phew. It's going to be noisy for the first time in a long time.”
At her signal, The Angels flew off in unison. The heavenly messengers with their white wings on their backs soon dissolved into the darkness of the sky in all directions and disappeared.
The girl covers her face with the upper pair of wings and her body with the lower pair, and then flies in the air with the remaining wings. And as she slowly made her way around The Royal Castle, she smiled alone against the moonlight.
【Cars Amra Forest, The Kingdom of Prerahar, June 9, E.C.1657. 】
Cars Amra Forest is a vast, large forest that extends to the west of The Kingdom of Prerahar. The dense trees are coated in deep green, and the vegetation is quaintly different from the rest of the region. The sun peeking through the trees was faint, and the ground was always dimly lit, unlike before. It is by no means so bad that visibility is poor, but it gives the impression of being somewhat gloomy.
Quon and Alpina dismount from their mechanical horses at the entrance to the forest. The conclusion was that even a mechanical horse would not be able to go any further because of the trees in the way, the road was reasonably narrow, and above all, the brown muddy bog that dotted the area.
Alpina dismounts and lightly flies instructions to the mechanical horses. Then the mechanical horse started off somewhere and disappeared beyond the twilight colored vortex.
Well, Alpina floats up and rises even higher than the trees in the forest. When she opened her gold colored magical eyes and looked around her, a violent holy power was overflowing from a place not far from there. She smiles inappropriately in response, and chuckles to herself in her mind.
I don't feel Scuderia's magical power when I get this close to it. If I can't feel as much magical power as she does, the master of that holy power must be a very powerful person. But ...... who the hell are you? It seems like an old-fashioned holy power, yet somehow different. What is close is the holy power I feel from The Royal Capital, but ......
Alpina descends to near ground level while advancing her thoughts. She calls out to Quon bluntly with her hands in her coat pockets and steps deeper into the forest.
The two continue to go deeper into the forest for a while. The luggage is fortunately stored in another dimension by the magic of Alpina, so there is no difficulty. Therefore, Quon continues to walk with light equipment, which is hard to believe in the forest. A little above him, Alpina flies at the same speed and looks around him.
“Has this area turned into a swamp after not seeing it for a while?”
Multiple swamps dot the landscape in Alpina's field of vision, weaving through the gaps in the trees. All of them are muddy and muddy like a filthy mud, and something that cannot be described as smoke or fog is rising in the air.
“Yes, I'm told it's always been that way, but was it different in the times you know?”
Quon asks back to Alpina, who looks around and asks with a question mark above her head.
“There must have been a reasonably sized lake in this area. As I recall, The Humans of that time called it Cars Amra Lake.”
Alpina speaks in memory of those days - at least 10,000 years ago, since that is the time she knew. Her face seemed to have a gentleness to it that was slightly different from her usual arrogant and insolent countenance.
“Maybe there was some kind of tectonic movement? It was a long time ago when you were there.”
“Do you really think that's true?”
Alpina uses her magical powers to levitate a palm-sized animal running nearby and throws it directly into the shallows of the swamp. It's an action without blood and tears, and a feeling of indignation wells up in Quon. But he keeps his mouth shut, declaring that the value of life must be different for The Sons of God and The Human Child.
Then, Quon was blindsided by the end result of being thrown into a quagmire by Alpina. The bubbles that welled up like a boil engulfed the small animal, and in the blink of an eye it emerged as nothing more than a skeletal remnant.
“This is ......”
“It's all poison. good grief ...... What’s a ridiculous doing.”
Alpina clicked her tongue and glared at Poison Swamp with her hands on her waists with a wry smile on her face as it was.
“What does this have to do with anything?”
“It could be the work of a Holy Beast, or The Angel. Holy power abounds everywhere.”
Granted, there is no one else who can do this but Charuel. ......
She has one The Angel in her mind. He is a rare The Angel who has been shedding each other's blood since the time told in myths. She is convinced that he is the most important person in the Cars Amra case.
However, as if to refute this, her mind recalls the true nature of the holy power that surrounds her. It seemed to be The Angel, similar to the one we felt from The Royal Capital, but at the same time similar to Charuel and somehow different from her.
Alpina, who could not shake off this strange feeling of discomfort, muttered slowly after a few moments of silence.
“...... If there are any settlements or towns in this vicinity, we could hear something about them there. I don't think we'll get any useful information from The Human Child, but still better than going on like this.”
“Yes. I believe there is a town a little further down the road from here where many The Dragonute live.”
“The Dragonute?”
Alpina takes her gaze away from the poisonous swamp spreading out at her feet and glares at Quon like a snake with a quizzical stare. Her voice was both amazed and skeptical, as she looked at him, who was wondering if he had said something funny.
“The sound of the name is roughly predictable, but why does such a race exist?”
“I'm sure I've heard something about descendants of a race whose ancestors were a mixture of The Dragon and The Human, but is it really that surprising?”
The way Alpina stumbles over a point that Quon did not anticipate raises a genuine question for him. As if to cut him off, Alpina spits out her answer. Her expression was unusually grim, as if some serious problem had surfaced.
“Of course. If it is The Angel or The Devil, the possibility is not zero, but if it is The Dragon, the story changes drastically. Do you think it is possible for a dog and a lizard to have a child?”
“It's impossible. The species are too different. ...... So you're saying that theory applies directly to The Dragon and The Human? But The Dragon is The Sons of God, just like you The Devil and The Angel, right? If so, can't they take on The Human-like form?”
In the mythology with which the people of Prerahar, including Quon, are familiar, The Dragon is a gigantic, heteromorphic species that resembles a reptile. Despite some differences in the presence or absence of wings or limbs, or in their body shape, they all share the characteristic of being large enough to treat humans as small animals.
And it is not a mistake. In fact, the real The Dragon, which belongs to The Sons of God, also has an appearance that is not exactly different from its description. However, the only point that is incorrect is Quon's interpretation of The Dragon.
“That is a perverse way of thinking. The Devils and The Angels do not take on a form similar to The Human. The Human was simply created in the form of The Angel or The Devil. The Dragon, in contrast, is the archetype of a creature other than The Human, i.e., an animal. I mean, The Dragon is The Dragon, and it's impossible for it to take on a form that closely resembles The Human.”
To begin with, Alpina puts one foot on a nearby rock.
“Between The Sons of God and The Human Child are forbidden to beget children. If it was broken, it would be one more hassle. I'd be willing to go blindness only on this occasion if I could.”
Alpina looked up at the sky in the direction of the town that was on the chopping block, clicking her tongue. Just then, several groups of white shadows mingled in the clear blue sky. Although it is impossible to catch a glimpse of her true identity from the ground, the gold-colored magical eyes she possesses make it possible.