Inside, lay a long, dust-covered sword. Despite the coat of dust on it, that wasn’t enough to hide the sword’s brilliant gleam. It was so shiny in fact, that all three of them felt that even people who saw it from far away would feel shivers run down their spines once they saw the sword’s sheen.
“…Despite it probably being thousands of years old, the sword still looks pretty sharp!” said Meredith as she tried picking the sword up with a smile.
Giya herself—who didn’t look particularly interested in the sword—simply returned to look at the murals.
“H-heavy…!” groaned Meredith as she continued attempting to lift the sword. It almost felt as if the sword was stuck to the bottom of the stone box.
“Let me try!” said Gerald as he reached out to grab the sword’s hilt. Applying a bit of strength, Gerald was able to lift the sword out quite easily.
“It’s really not that heavy!” added Gerald with a chuckle as he shook his wrist slightly to shake the dust off the sword. While it didn’t look particularly special, just as Meredith had earlier said, the sword appeared to be extremely sharp.
Upon closer inspection, the word ‘Lightbane’ was etched on it, and Gerald couldn’t help but feel that the sword was somewhat special despite its mundane appearance.
“Could… Lightbane be a magical artifact as well…?” muttered Gerald to himself in surprise.
While that was his assumption, he was unable to find any real spiritual traces on the weapon. Regardless, he was still very excited about his find.
The fact that he had already learned three longsword style moves—from the Dawnbreaker—made the find even better. Coincidence or not, he now had a perfect new weapon to accommodate his skills.
“…Hey, both of you… Come look at this! There seems to be something off with this mural!” called out Giya out of the blue.
Hearing that, Giya turned to look at Gerald before flashing a smile.
Feeling uncomfortable by the way Gerald and Giya were looking at each other, Meredith immediately stood between them before asking, “Speaking of which, Giya, where was the corpse of the young woman in white transferred to?”
“That… Isn’t stated in the mural, unfortunately… The mural only says that both of them were separated! Regardless, do you think that all this is just a fantasy the ancients had, Xadrian?” asked Giya as she looked at Gerald.
Before Gerald could even reply, Meredith interrupted him by saying, “Y-you know, why don’t we discuss this once we’ve left this place? It feels a little hard to breathe in here anyway, don’t you think, Xadrian? Why don’t you get us out of here first?”
“Agreed!” replied Gerald with a nod.
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