
Doctor Minerva looked at me with very serious eyes. He really wanted to say something important to me.
I put my ears on well in anticipation of whatever he was going to say.
I hope that it relates to a new discovery that will be a spectacular project again where Doctor Minerva will invite me to join it, but judging from the association alone, where it may be so.
It must have to do with the secret of why Albert and Albexus were still alive.
“Your Majesty, I heard from Albert that you have a trick to not need to sleep. Quickly tell me so I can also apply it.”
I can understand how Doctor Minerva feels because for scientists, eating, sleeping, and bathing those are the three biggest scourges that are so disruptive to the life of research. However a scientist wants to focus on his research by maximizing as much time as possible, they will not be able to avoid these three things that at least they have to do at least once every day.
Especially sleep, it at least takes 4 hours a day to do to make our minds can stay fresh.
This will be especially troubling when you are being pursued a very important research dateline. There if you are a researcher, you will really feel that sleep is actually very disturbing.
But that's the wrong context, right if we talk about it now? How does Albert know my secret anyway?
Though I've been trying to cover it up so well that no one knows it but Yasmin, especially from Albert who I thought would be most sad if I knew my illness. Well, even now that I'm healed so it's free again for me to be disappointed now. Only, why do I feel like I was betrayed by Albert who already knew, but all this time was silent?
But when I glanced at Albert and asked him where he knew it from, he simply replied that he only found out after parting with me that day when he left his body with me.
As soon as Albert mentioned the word ‘jasad’, I immediately forgot my problem and then more curious about the body, about what exactly the body that I had witnessed in front of myself was rotten, but then even now, about what the body was, Albert was actually present intact in this place in the condition of the body without the slightest lack as my last memory of him before the fateful incident about Damian that day occurred.
But however I forced him, Albert still chose to keep silent as before and Doctor Minerva warned me once again that I should not know about it.
Because I saw from their exact gaze that seemed to have solidified their beliefs, then I was forced to miss my curiosity once again. I just hope that as time goes on, they will eventually tell me.
No, no, no. Why is it that from an unimportant problem such as sleep, the topic is becoming more and more deviated?
“The three of you came together to meet me not just to talk about me who can't sleep, right? I've been cured of it for a long time. Rather than grace, it's like a curse that makes your eyes and head heavy all the time. It seems that it was caused by the impetus of my past trauma so that when the trauma was triggered healed, I was finally able to return to enjoy the comfort of sleep.”
I skip the detail that it is the affection of a mother that triggers the trauma and also that heals it. After all, let the details about my mother who was poisoned by the curse water make her feel an indistinct hatred for me as long as the affected black magic is a secret for both of us. What is clear now, Mother's affection has returned I hold.
After that meaningless long story, then now they finally get to the core of their actual conversation.
“Your Majesty know why you were chosen as a hero? Was it from birth or was it after?”
“I don't know.” I answered briefly to Doctor Minerva's question that needed confirmation.
“Hero has been determined since in his mother's womb. Its existence is like a sun that continues to grow until it matures and is finally ready to become a hero. During the maturation process, he will continue to emit his light to mark his parties as preparation when he is ready to carry out the hero's mission.”
“So you mean I've been destined as a hero ever since baby? But what did your sentence mean afterwards, Doctor Minerva?” I again asked Doctor Minerva with a facial expression that could not hide my deep curiosity.
“That's right, Your Majesty. From the beginning, the hero has been determined, but not by the members of his party. It was naturally created from the chosen ones from each of the swordsman classes, magic swordsman, wizard, and priest who were closely related to the hero. Thus, it is expected that the hero can form a solid party when the promised day arrives.”
“So what you mean, those four hero parties are already there and those are the people who are close to me? So who are they? Does Doctor Minerva know something?”
Along with my question, the three men also showed a mark engraved on their respective bodies which he said also recently appeared after the appearance of my hero's mark.
The sword marks on the right shoulder of the grand master Albert.
As well as the last, the book sign of wisdom on the back of the Albexus.
I can understand that it was Albert, and I can say that I have been quite close to Doctor Minerva since I knew him, although not long ago. But what about Albexus? I felt that I was not close to him at all and although we knew each other because we were both members of the royal family, we did not really have much to chat with each other to be close.
To my question, Doctor Minerva said that being close does not mean knowing each other beforehand. But it will be more concerned with the character of compatibility to the nature of each. And the selection process itself is done by nature, so there are still many unknown mysteries in it.
“Who's the last person? Who is the magic swordsman?”
But towards my question this time, Doctor Minerva shook her head.
“Sorry, Your Grace. But it seems that no one has yet risen as the owner of the Alkasa shield. It was likely because it was locked by the intention in your heart that subconsciously became your wish.”
I immediately fell silent with a serious expression on my face as soon as I heard Doctor Minerva's words.
When it comes to a magic swordsman near me, isn't there only one person? And regarding the calamity that befell my sister Ilene before that should cause her to lose her life, my relationship with the magic swordsman was cold.
Alice Garcia Fallenstone, the girl who likes dirty jokes but always pretends not to like it. Someone who seems hard, but in fact is very weak against male seduction so it must always be guarded.
I once did something inappropriate to her that caused our relationship to cool down. That doesn't mean we both hate each other. Alice if told to choose between like or hate me, then she would immediately choose like. I'm not much different if I'm asked to do the opposite.
We don't hate each other at all. It's just that, every time I see Alice's face, I always imagine the face of Ilene who died in a terrible accident so unconsciously I always turn my face to her every time we cross paths.
However, it was Alice who had killed Ilene, although of course she did all of that for humanitarian reasons. However, that did not change the facts once I remembered the death of my sister Ilene, without my subconscious blaming Alice.
Alice also knew how I felt about her and she appreciated my trauma so much that she also let my abandonment go to her. After all, we still often chat together normally during working hours so it can actually be said that our relationship is fine.
Just, am I not evil?
I let Alice bear all the burdens and I took my hands off my guilt by laying all the scapegoats on Alice. In order to make myself feel more at ease, I vented all of my mistakes to Alice.
I'm Ilene's sister so I'm the one who should take her life once she's corrupted into a vampire. But I escaped that responsibility so that Alice must go forward to bear all my burdens. Then, not knowing the shame, I threw all forms of blame at Alice.
I'm really trash. I really became trash in order to bury this discomfort in my heart deeply.
It's time I took it seriously. It was time for me to escape the trauma and apologize sincerely to Alice. I'm sure that's what my sister Ilene was expecting in nature.
“Your Majesty must know what Liza's book of wisdom is, right?”
“Yes, I have read it in the history books. It was one of the five hero artifacts that had been lost two thousand years ago in the Apollo disaster as well as the essence engraved in the soul of the priest, one of the hero's party members.”
“that's right. Possessing the essence of Liza's book of wisdom, Albexus had obtained his prophecy that the promised day would come soon. It may happen this month, it could be next month, which will be marked when the sky is consumed by darkness.”
“Whatever the way, we must be able to find the last party member before the promised day arrives, Your Majesty. Otherwise, we won't have a chance to defeat the Demon King.”
“Alright, Doctor Minerva. Looks like I have a clue about what's going on. Then just leave this to me to finish.”
I asked Doctor Minerva and the others to let me solve this problem. It's clear what I should do now. Of course, I'll see Alice as soon as possible.