Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I'm leaving the Palace and on my way to the Temple of Gloom, but then I hear footsteps running toward me, I turn around and Ivonna is running down the stairs while staring at me. I wait for her while crossing my arms, Ivonna stands in front of me and raises her eyebrows.

"You're going to the Land of Sigrid, right? Can I come with you? I need to report my quest to Lady Eveth."

I nod.

"Yeah, let's go."

I open a portal and we both go to the Temple of Gloom, and since it's 10 P.M. in-game time, we are going to wait until midnight so we can enter the Land of Sigrid. We both sit on the stairs while staring at the dark and creepy dead forest outside the temple, Ivonna is playing with Aeris but then she looks at me while tilting her head.

"So, the thing you said earlier, is that our only solution to the problem?"

I look at her while resting my arms on my thighs and pressing them together.

"Well, if uniting the Kingdoms by spilling blood is bad then uniting the Kingdoms with lies is the same, right? If we want to unite those Kingdoms we need to gain their trust, and to do that we must tell them the truth. But that's up to you and Rodwane, if there's a better option then go for it but don't regret your decision once it didn't go as you expected it will be."

Ivonna is humming with understanding then she goes silent, I look at her and she's just gazing at the stars in the sky. I clear my throat and play with my thumbs.

"When are you going to tell Chelsea about it?"

Ivonna looks at me and raises her eyebrows while leaning her head forward and looking down at the stairs.

"Maybe after I'm done reporting to Lady Eveth, I don't know if this is the right thing to do, but what Miss Andrea said back then isn't wrong. I'm still not convinced as if something is telling me that it's not something that I want, I'm not saying that I don't want to stay here with you, to be honest, I really love the idea of living here with you but I don't know..."

I smile and chuckle quietly.

"I just want you to know that whatever decision you make, I will be fine with it. If you want to go back to French then I will try to do my best on my end, but if things aren't working then we need to decide what's the best for both of us."

Ivonna looks at me and shakes her head.

"Don't say that, that's the only thing that's bothering me. I don't want to think that it's not going to work if I go back to French and I hate it whenever I'm imagining it, I want to be happy and I don't want to lose you just because things aren't working."

Ivonna sighs and stands up.

"Let's stop, I don't want to talk about this any further..."

I smile and nod with understanding then Ivonna stretches her body while walking around to clear her head.

The building finally appears and we enter the Land of Sigrid, and as soon as we enter the tower, we both see Ezira and Eveth are standing in front of us, they both are staring at us while Ezira is smirking at me and Eveth is smiling gorgeously at Ivonna. They both approach us and Ezira puts her hand on my shoulder.

"Come with us, we have been waiting for your arrival."

Ivonna and I are looking at each other with confusion then Eveth opens a portal, we enter the portal and we are inside a huge Temple, Ivonna tells me that this is where all the Saintess and Eveth live. Ezira and Eveth sit at the long table in front of us and then we both sit next to each other and in front of them, Ezira rests her arms on the table while staring at me and raising her eyebrow.

"Tell us what did you find down there."

We both explain what happened in the Orion and what we found about Baltizar's descendants, they both are surprised to hear that Baltizar has a descendant and he's alive, not just that but the truth about [Heart of Alucard] as well. All the Godly items are still a mystery to all the NPCs and nobody knows how to use them, and the only Godly item that's famous among NPCs is [Heart of Alucard] because it's the most powerful and forbidden item in the game since it can give power to the holder immediately.

Ezira is groaning in annoyance while leaning on the chair.

"Not just Baltizar has a descendant, his descendant is also possessing the Heart of Alucard."

Ezira takes a deep breath and exhales deeply.

"What a mess..."

Eveth looks at Ezira and nods in agreement then she looks at Ivonna.

"How is the situation down there? After the incident? Are they now going to hunt Baltizar's descendant?"

Ivonna looks at me for a second and then she looks at Eveth.

"The truth is, only a few people know about the truth..."

Ezira and Eveth suddenly go silent and then look at Ivonna with disbelief, Ezira tilts her head while squinting her eyes staring at Ivonna.

"What do you mean only a few people know about the truth?"

Ivonna clears her throat and suddenly feels nervous.

"It's because we are hiding it from the public and only the Emperors and Kings of the three sovereignties know about this, and they're not making a move at all since we tell them to not to because we are going to hunt Baltizar's descendant and Aspen on our own to avoid another chaos because that Baltizar has a descendant and possessed the Heart of Alucard."

Eveth is still confused and shakes her head.

"So, the people are not suspicious about what is going on down there? How is that even possible? There were rebelling, revolting, and the civil war happened, and yet they did not suspect anything?"

Ivonna looks at me and gulps.

"We agreed on using Trevor as the bad guy here because he assassinated the Emperor of Eluna Empire and for killing the Headless Cult members, so the people of Orion only knows that it was all because of him."

Eveth is covering her mouth then she looks at Ezira, Ezira is furious and slams the table with her hand. The table is cracked and she creates a hole on it, Eveth is startled and so are we. Ezira looks at Ivonna and squints her eyes while she's clenching her fists.

"What did you say?"

Ezira is laughing scarily with disbelief and continues.

"You used my disciple as the scapegoat?! Are you out of your mind!"

I'm trying to calm her down by waving my hands down at her.

"That was my idea, Ezira. Don't be mad at her."

Ezira looks at me for quite a while and stares at me with disbelief then she scoffs with disbelief.

"What? Why? Explain it to me."

I explain to her and Eveth the reason why we did that, we want them to know that it's best to keep Kalitzar and Aspen to be free because we have no idea where they at the moment, so the moment they come back and do something to rule over the three sovereignties by creating another chaos, it will be easier for us to find them that way. When that happens we are prepared for it then we can take them down because they will not expect us to know everything about their plan to rule over the three sovereignties.

Ezira and Eveth understand the big picture of our plan, then Ezira nods up while staring at me.

"So, do you think you can win against Baltizar's descendant?"

The three of them are looking at me, I shake my head and shrug.

"I honestly don't know because he possessed the Heart of Alucard and I have no idea how strong he is, so I can't tell."

I never fought him nor saw him back then, so I really don't know if he's strong or not, but if he possessed the [Heart of Alucard] then he must be stronger than those guys back there. With my current strength, I think I can defeat him but it won't be easy, and not to mention that he could run away again after he's realizing that it's impossible for him to stop me or kill me because I was unable to kill him fast enough.

Ezira sighs and stands up, she walks toward the huge entrance door then she turns around and looks at me while raising her eyebrow.

"What are you doing just sitting there? Come with me, I will teach you a few of my skills so you can defeat that damned descendant of Baltizar!"

Ivonna looks at me and I immediately stand up and follow Ezira. Ivonna looks at Eveth who just sits there in silence, Ivonna has no idea what's she thinking and at the same time she has nothing to say, but then Eveth touches the part of the table that Ezira just broke while frowning.

"My precious table...."