The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
The Map of the Three Worlds

The night when the rain was pouring down on the earth, a cold atmosphere was felt in the hall of the Kirial Guild as their entrance opened slowly all of a sudden. Mira, Yi and Israhi who were sitting around while chatting were immediately alert and prepared to attack.

Each of them had held their weapons, a silent atmosphere around which there was only the sound of rain and lightning, which was earthy, and the dark hall when the candle on the table goes out in the cold wind makes the atmosphere gripping.

Someone then goes in there, and....

Kwakk...

Lumine shouted quite loudly and immediately flapped her wings flying towards that person. He perched right on his shoulders, at the same time the candle fire that had previously been extinguished was again lit. From the dim light, they could see who had just entered it.

Of course, he's Altair.

" Guru.." called him when he saw Mira there.

On the other hand, Mira, Yi and Israhi immediately heaved a sigh of relief and immediately sat back down because he was the one who appeared. For a moment ago, they were actually made tense due to the Altair aura that was different from usual.

He had just returned after clearing up the bandits, and left the matter of the people he had previously detained to Ian and Nox in a special building owned by Derrick not far from there, some kind of dormitory.

Altair walked closer to them...

" Altair, you really made us tense when it appeared suddenly like that" Yi said to him as Altair was right beside them.

Altair who heard him smiled and felt guilty about it, "I'm sorry, I didn't know if anyone was still up at this hour" he said.

When Altair took something from under the wet robe he was wearing, it must have been because he was walking through the rain. Where did he get back at this hour anyway?? That's what they think.

Altair immediately put what he took on the table, it was the objects that Ian had previously found. And it immediately caught the attention of those who were there.

" What is this?" asked Mira who then took the scroll and opened it.

Altair replied, "These are the things Ian found in the hands of the bandit leader who attacked Derrick's brother" he said.

" Hmm.." Mira watched the thing in her hand carefully, it was a map. Then he put the object back on the table and showed it to Yi and Israhi.

" Look at this. Do you know what this place is?" ask them.

But it's a pity. Be it Yi or Israhi, both of them shook their heads not knowing. Looking at this map is not a map of the country or any other place in this world, it is like describing a tree.

Starting from the roots, stems and branches or.. leaves?

" I don't understand the point, is this the point of the headquarters location or something?" Israhi also expressed her assumptions.

" I don't know why I feel like I've seen a map like this, but I don't remember." At the same time, Altair thought about it carefully.

" I don't know what it is. What about the letter?"

Their attention was then turned to Yi who had opened the letter, however.

" It's incomprehensible. They talked about the fruit from the tree." he said answering Mira's question to him.

But that did not answer their curiosity at all.

" What? Try reading the contents of the letter." said Israhi.

" Yes..."

" ...That's the contents of the letter."

It was really confusing, what was the meaning of the fruit of the great tree, and why they discussed it. I don't think this has anything to do with Derrick's attack.

So is this just a playful letter..?

" What about the leader of that bandit group?" finally Mira prefers something that is certain first, they need time to parse the contents of this map and letter.

Altair who heard that also awoke from his mind and looked at Mira, "Ian found her dead, we were preceded by her main mastermind." she replied later.

" The rest of his men??"

...Altair slightly jerked. He then turned his face away hesitantly, but he still showed his right arm to Mira. And seeing that, Mira also frowned and looked back at Altair with an unhappy expression.

" You killed them?" he asked again in a serious tone.

On the other hand, Altair laughed awkwardly at him. " Hehe.. I thought the leader was still alive, so I cut it all down" he replied.

Then he got a hard pinch on his cheek from Mira, "Don't I tell you? At least leave a useful one" he said, who looked really upset by Altair's behavior.

And Altair who saw it became nervous, "I-Yes, sorry.." Altair said.

" Oh, you son of a bitch. If you keep going like this, I can't stop worrying. What if Altair left me alone." he said with a smile.

While Altair looked at him not understanding. But of course... Altair believes that he would be very difficult if his teacher was not with him, because all this time he was still dependent on Mira.

Whether it was in terms of presence or mental control and strength, Mira was a very important person for Altair.

" Hey, can you guys take a look at this for a second?" asked Israhi in the middle of the moment of the teacher and student.

Which of course immediately attracted the attention of Altair and Mira, they also returned to focus on what was in front of them.

" It seems I can translate the meaning of this word." said Yi, whose finger pointed to one of the words at the bottom of the map." 'Gehenna'. that's what's written here, and it's also behind this. "he continued, including showing the inscription engraved on the back of what he meant.

And they re-think their intentions, even Lumine who had been silent on Altair's shoulders looked serious there. Even though he didn't say anything...

And Altair thought... " 'The 'Gehenna' is. If it's not wrong, it's one of the names of the underworld, wait...!" he just remembered it.

" I know!" sambarnya quickly and immediately pulled the map from before Mira to make him surprised.

At the same time, Altair took out a book and pen from his space bracelet and began to write something on it. Lumine also moved from Altair to Yi when he started writing to avoid hindering him.

Altair copied the map over the book with a more understandable writing than the original. It did not last long, and Israhi who saw her writing also began to get enlightenment about the map.

" Wait, that's..." Israhi even knew what he meant.

And Altair finished copying the map, " ...It's done!."

He again compared the two maps on the table, it was really similar. Then he began to explain his meaning...

" This.." The first Altair pointed to what Yi had previously appointed. " 'Gehenna' or Underworld, the underworld, where people die."

Then Altair's hand immediately moved towards him, "This one. Earthrealm, the middle world, where humans and others live."

And he turned again to the top, "And this, Heaven or heaven, upper world, where the gods dwell."

Mira and Yi who heard that also began to understand the meaning...

It is not a map of places or continents, but a picture of the universe. More precisely the three worlds were created by the three main gods.

Euclide, Hades and.... Quenneva.

Even so, this has not solved the purpose of the existence of this map, including the matter of the strange letter. There is something strange here, something as if it were crawling up from the deepest, most untouched darkness.

It was not only Altair who thought that way, but the others as well. Knowing that, made their backs suddenly cold. My feathers stood up, feeling as if there was a strange look behind them...

Israhi leaned her back in the chair then said breaking the silence, "What does this mean to describe the path to these various worlds? I think it's hard to get to the upper world" he said.

" Don't the previous Emperor Foldes ever go to the upper world with his friends?" ask Yi later.

" That's because His Majesty had access, even then.he was also assisted by other Gods." and Mira also denied it.

They exchanged opinions with each other, when...

" What do you think of yourself, Altair?"

...Israhi's questions shifted their focus to focus on him. And Altair, who had thought of that since then, also agreed with Israhi's opinion. It will be difficult to cross the world carelessly.

" I think so too. It used to be that the world was interconnected, but the path was forcibly decided from time to time..."

Altair's words suddenly stopped until there, as if frozen, Altair did not move or speak in the slightest. As something slowly began to flow into his head...

" ah... How the world is separated is not a problem. Just forget the unimportant things, I have to focus on Derrick... Right, Mr. Derrick is more important..."

Altair's eyes gleamed in a faint and transparent golden light, it was so short that no one noticed it at all. The only one who saw this, was Lumine who immediately raised his head in surprise to see it.

As for the others, Altair's sudden silence left a very strange impression.

" Altair...?" call Mira confused.

Altair remained silent for a while, and then he said. " ...Well, it's hard" he said, returning as he was.

While Israhi, Yi and Mira are still confused by his sudden behavior. But Altair did not pay much attention to it, he re-rolled the map and kept it together with his dagger, letter and book and pen.

" We'll think about this later. I'm going to go see Derrick's brother." he said, who then left the hall leaving Israhi, Yi and Mira just like that.

Lumine also flew after him as if avoiding them. The three faithful in their place looked at each other, what had happened just now, making them sure there was something that Altair was hiding, or.