Requiem of the Fallen Dragon
Part 3: Tale of the Fallen Dragon
Chapter 85: Sanctuary of Memory (2)
-Trial IX: The Black Sniper
Garland stood in the middle of darkness. He couldn't see anything around his body. For now, his body felt strange. A feeling that froze his body in fear.
'…This feeling.' Garland remembered that he had this feeling before, and the first time he felt this feeling, he is in the darkness like this…
"!" Garland suddenly saw a Pokemon in front of him. The Pokemon in front of him is a Garchomp like him. That Garchomp has nothing different than Garland now, except his left eye that is still normal. That Garchomp is turning his back against Garland.
"Hey! Dude! Who are you?" Garland called, but that Garchomp seemed not to hear him.
'…Wait!' Garland remembered. The Garchomp in front of him is him. It is him in the past… After the battle with Rucas on the train back to STP…
"T..Then… In this memory…T…That red bird…" Garland spoke, but then, another Pokemon appeared from the darkness and approached Garland's past-self. That Pokemon is a giant, red and black bird- like Pokemon
"…Who are you? And where am I?" Garchomp (Garland's past-self) asked as the red bird stopped in front of him.
"…My name is Yterval the Yveltal. I am the legendary Pokemon of destruction and the ruler of Darkon, one of three realms in the Afterlife." The red bird answered.
"Afterlife…" Garchomp mumbled. "So I am already dead, right?"
"Of course. You fell from the train into the valley with the ferocious river during the rainstorm." Yterval spoke.
"…Then, what do I do next? And why the ruler of Afterlife came to meet me?" Garchomp crossed his arms.
"It is my duty to judge the fallen soul from the life. I am here to judge your action. If you are good Pokemon during your life, you will be sent to the Lumina, the heaven realm. If you are neutral Pokemon during your life, you will be sent to the Soulyn, the neutral realm. But if you are bad Pokemon, you will receive your punishment within my realm of hell, Darkon." Yterval answered.
"…" Garchomp gazed at Yterval. He didn't look into the eyes of the Yveltal as his eyes are fierce.
"Then, allow me, the ruler of Darkon, to judge your action…" Yterval spoke up after the Garchomp said nothing, but the Garchomp spoke up first.
"I think you have no need to judge me as I have no good side left. Send me to your punishment now would be the best way to go…"
"Will you shut your mouth up?!" Yterval spoke with a fierce voice. "I will judge you first, and my judge will be the final."
Yterval looked into Garland's eyes. He scanned through Garland's mind for several minutes, and then he spoke up with a disgusting voice.
"Your action… So disgusting…" Yterval mumbled. "Why… Why this is so familiar?!"
"See?" Garchomp spoke up. "I am not in the good side."
"I said shut up!" Yterval spoke with a fierce voice again. "I have finished looking at your action during your lifespan. Next, let me check on your bloodline…"
Yterval looked into Garchomp's eyes again. However, after only two minutes, Yterval spoke with a surprised voice.
"You are the member of the Quakersand family?!"
"…So what?" Garchomp said.
"I… understand now…" Yterval spoke. "The disgusting action of yours… It's the Curse of Quakersand."
"Curse of Quakersand?" Garchomp said.
"The Quakersand Family suffered from the curse through their bloodline. While they were born to serve the good side, at some point their fate will send them to the side of evil. I had seen you now. You weren't that bad Pokemon. Your bad action came after you were possessed by the Souleater Rod." Yterval explained.
"Hey… I am just an orphan… I have neither the memory of my family nor seen their face." Garchomp said.
"Not only that…" Yterval explained again. "You were the descendant of the great Kingdom of Earth. Your grandfather was the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Earth, but he is accused for murdering his father, the former king of the Kingdom of Earth, and branded as a criminal, so he fell into the bad side. And your father…"
"You knew my father?" Garchomp seemed to be interested in Yterval's tale.
This time, Yterval seemed down very much. "Your father… is the worst Pokemon I had ever known. His early life was not good. At least he found his love, but one day, your father was brainwashed by a group of scientist, making him became berserked and he then committed many unforgivable crime such as killing several innocent Pokemon. Not only that, he couldn't remember even his beloved wife, your mother." Yterval looked at the Garchomp again. "His love toward his wife changed into the strong hatred, which broke the heart of his wife. At least… He finally able to regain his memory… in a short moment before he died…"
"…" Garchomp became surprised. He didn't know that his family has so many tragedies behind the scene.
"And you…" Yterval looked at Garchomp again. "I couldn't let you to go to the Afterlife."
"What?! Why?!" Garchomp became shocked.
"You are the last of the Quakersand Family. You are too important to die. You must not die until there is another descendant of the Quakersand Family." Yterval answered.
"I am that important?" Garchomp asked again.
"… The rest of the story is your duty to discover by your own." Yterval answered again.
"…" Garchomp said nothing.
"Then, prepared yourself. I will send you back to the life…" Yterval spoke up again.
"… And what is the fee?" Garchomp asked.
"Pardon me?" Yterval looked at Garchomp.
"I believed that you will not send me back to the life without any fee. I am sure that I had to exchange something for this second-chance." Garchomp spoke.
"…You are right. I will not send you back for free. So…"
Yterval flew into the black sky, and then he flew down and rushed up to the Garchomp!
"…I shall take your left eye!"
"ARRRRRR!"
The Garchomp roared in pain as Yterval flew pass his body. He covered his left eye with his paw. Now, Garland (The real Garland) could see that the point where his past-self is covered with his paw is bleeing with the red blood.
Garland's past-self roared in pain for a few seconds before he collapsed on the dark floor, disappeared before Garland's eyes.
"Sxxt!" Garland mumbled and curse word. "Of all memory I have, why did I have to see this one?!"
Suddenly, Garland felt a great pain ran through his left eyes, the same point that Yterval ripped his left eye out!
"RRRRR!" Garland roared, but the pain didn't stop. It gradually increased, until it reached the point that Garland couldn't stand it anymore.
"ARRR!" Garland roared again. Suddenly, a picture of a Pokemon appeared in his head. It is the female Pokemon he had just asking her for married.
"RRRRRRR! S…Sharon…" Garland mumbled before he collapsed on the floor.
-Trial X: ?
Magnus and Joshua are talking about what they saw in their trial. Nyxier is cuddling with Tyrus. Kamui is playing with Zira, and Anna is talking to her daughter, Anastasia.
"Mother…" Anastasia looked at her mother. "What kind of person is…father?"
Hearing the name of Anna's lost beloved made Anna shocked. She quickly hid her feeling and answered the question of her daughter.
"Your father… He is a strong, brave but also kind and gentle. At a time you may saw him as a cheerful and kind, but during the battle he became a fierce and feral warrior…"
"Fierce and Feral?" Anastasia asked.
"…Your father suffered from the Hemophillia Syndrome. Only a cut through his skin could kill him." Anna answered.
Before Anastasia could ask anything more, a Pokemon arrived at this hall. He is the other child of Anna.
"Baromyteus?" Anastasia called the name of her elder brother, and Anna became relieved once she knew that both of her children arrived safely. However, Baromyteus seemed strange…
The face of the Shiny Haxorus is pale. His face is moisture with his sweat. His eyes are widen. He seemed to be in a shock condition.
Anna and Anastasia approached him, but just a bit before they reached him, Baromyteus sat down and punched the floor!
"RRR! WHY?!" Baromyteus roared.
Baromyteus's roar attracted the attention of Joshua, Magnus, Nyxier, Tyrus, Kamui and Zira, but they were too afraid to approach the Shiny Haxorus.
"Baromyteus, what's wrong? What happened in your trial?" Anna asked her son.
"…I will kill him… I WILL KILL HIM!" Baromyteus let out a roar.
Hearing this, Anna started to think. She is sure that Baromyteus had seen a painful memory of a Pokemon who did something bad to him. But Baromyteus has so many enemies, so the 'He' that Baromyteus mentioned could be anyone, include the Tyrantrum who is in this room too.
"Brother…" Anastasia's face turned pale. Upon seeing this face, Baromyteus quickly changed his face back to his former serious face.
"I…It's nothing…" Baromyteus mumbled. "Forget it… It's just… my obstacle."
"…Baromyteus…" Anna touched her son's arm. "You have a vengeance toward someone, right? You must learn to let it go, or else you will never live in peace…"
"…" Baromyteus said nothing.
Trial XI: The Lightning Thief
Ellisk showed a disgusting face as he saw his memory. In his memory, he saw himself getting bullied by several strong Pokemon. That includes the time when he was at the Yelspark Plain and met Rucas, Anastasia and Joshua for the first time.
Ellisk sighted. As far as he knew, he got bullied because he is small. (Even now, Ellisk is the smallest Pokemon in the group if not counting Zira since she could do several Eeveelution.)
After the disgusting memory of Ellisk ended, Ellisk got warped to the large hall with a large gap that separated the room into two sides. Anna, Anastasia, Baromyteus, Joshua, Magnus, Nyxier, Tyrus, Zira, and Kamui are already here.
"Hey! Little Ellisk!" Magnus waved his paw to Ellisk.
If it was before, Magnus's gesture is normal to Ellisk, but after seeing his memory, Ellisk is disgusted by Magnus's word.
"I AM NOT YOUR LITTLE ASS!" Ellisk flared his frill and zapped Magnus with Thunderbolt, making Magnus fell unconscious.
"Arr…." Magnus moaned in pain.
"…Ellisk." Joshua crossed his arm. Zira and Nyxier quickly took care of Magnus. "I bet that you saw something that involved with your 'little' body, right?"
"… I am sorry." Ellisk apologized, especially to Magnus, who finally regained his power. "I got bullied by other Pokemon because I am small and weak. That is… so annoying to me."
"…Son of Dyabolt…" Anna approached Ellisk. "Your concern isn't a big problem. You may be small, but you are fast and has a powerful magic. See?" Anna looked at Magnus. "Your Thunderbolt could knock out a strong and sturdy Feraligatr like that son of Scarley."
"Yeah…" Magnus spoke. "Your Thunderbolt is wicked."
"…Thank you…" Ellisk mumbled and smiled.
Trial XII: The Hero of Justice
Rucas walked in a familiar place. This is his memory. The scene here is the Fairy Village… At that time…
'…As expected… I expected that I would see my memory of my feral side…' Rucas mumbled.
Then, Rucas saw it. It is the day when Maria the Gardevoir rejected Rucas's affection. Rucas looked with a painful heart as the Gardevoir didn't accept the love from the beast-heart Lucario.
However, something is strange here…
The point where Rucas (The real Rucas) is here is quite far from where Rucas's past-self and Maria's past-self is. Is this is Rucas's memory, why didn't this place show a more close-up scene to Rucas.
Rucas turned back from his memory, and then he found the answer of the former question...
The point where he is now is behind a bush in the Fairy Village. Other than him, there is another Pokemon here, but is the Pokemon from the memory, not the real one…
That Pokemon… She made Rucas to feel disgusting, as she is the Pokemon that Rucas didn't want to look at the most.
'W…Why Fenrir is here?! D…Don't tell me that… This is Fenrir's memory, not mine?!' Rucas thought. He understood now. Since this is Fenrir's memory, the scene changed from his memory slightly.
After the first memory scene ended, Rucas is warped to the in front of a dark cave. The time here is the nighttime. Raucous remembered that this is the cave, he stayed before the Fairy Massacre.
Fenrir's past-self is here. She stood here silently. Suddenly, a loud howl came out of the cave!
'W…What?' Rucas looked at the sky. Today is the Fullmoon night!
Rucas looked back to the Zoroark (Fenrir's past-self). She seemed to be afraid of the howl, but then, she transformed into a Maria the Gardevoir and entered the cave.
'W…What did she thinking?! Enter my domain during my feral night?!' Rucas mumbled and followed the Zoroark.
The Zoroark (In the form of the Gardevoir.) walked slowly into the cave, until.
"RRRRR!"
Rucas's past-self is here. He is in his feral form. He looked at the Pokemon who had just entered his domain with a bloody face.
"RRRR!" The feral Lucario roared at the incoming guest.
"Calm down…" The Zoroark started spoking. "Rucas… Calm down…"
The feral Lucario roared again, but he didn't try to attack the Zoroark.
"I am here now… There is nothing to worry…" The Zoroark walked forward, while the feral Lucario stepped backward.
"I am here now, Rucas. You didn't have to stay alone… Get over with it… I know that…"
Before the Zoroark could finish his sentence, the feral Lucario roared again and attacked her with his claw!
"ARG!" The Zoroark fell down on the floor. The feral Lucario roared again and picked the Zoroark up with his claw at her neck.
"…You may kill me if you want…" The Zoroark spoke as she touched the feral Lucario's paw. A clear water flowed out of her eyes. "But… Come back to your senses…"
The feral Lucario stopped moving, then it placed the Zoroark down and roared again. Then his body changed back to the normal Lucario.
"M..Maria…" The Lucario mumbled and collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
Rucas (The real one) looked at the scene skeptically. Before this, he was sure that Fenrir was up to no good for him, but why did she risk her life to save him?
The memory scene changed again. It changed into the day of the Fairy Massacre. Rucas killed several fairy type Pokemon in the village, and then after he regained his consciousness, he got exiled from the village. During this, Fenrir's past-self, who observed the whole occasion, became shocked.
The scene changed again. It brought Rucas back to the night of the Victim of Justice. During this, Fenrir risked her life again to save Anastasia from the berserking Rucas.
'Fenrir… Why did she?' Rucas thought again.
The scene changed again. It brought Rucas to the night when he battle the revived Garland at the Desert Prison. During that scene, Fenrir risked her life again to save Rucas, this time, however, enable Rucas to control his power and gained an ability to Mega Evolve.
"Fenrir…" Rucas mumbled. "Why did she do so much to me? I don't understand…"
Even with this, Rucas knew the answer, but he is too afraid to face it…
The scene changed. It brought Rucas to hall with a large gap that separated this room into two sides.
'… It fit the Anna's description.' Rucas thought. However, he saw no one in this room, so he thought that he came first.
However, as Rucas looked across the gap to the other side of the hall, another Pokemon is here. She is looking at Rucas with a shocked face.
"F…Fenrir?!" Rucas spoke up.
Trial XIII: The Master of Mercy
Like Rucas, Fenrir didn't end up in her memory. Instead, she ended up in Rucas's memory.
While Rucas saw that Fenrir risked her life to save him several times, Fenrir saw Rucas's past. Start with his early life, when Rucas was treated badly due to his feral blood. And then Fenrir saw Rucas's memory after he left the Fairy Village after the Fairy Massacre and when to 'Another World' for the adventure that Rucas was talking about.
The last scene that Fenrir saw is her time with Rucas during the adventure. (From Rucas's PoV, of course.) The time that she teased Rucas, such as when Rucas ate the mushroom on the Bluewave Island or when Rucas went to sleep when they arrived at the House of Tundrafrost for the first time.
At last, Fenrir was brought to a large hall with a large gap that separated this room into two sides. However, no one is here.
"…It seemed like I came early…" Fenrir mumbled.
However, as Fenrir looked across the gap, she saw another Pokemon standing at the other side of the gap! He is the Pokemon who said that he hated Fenrir to the deepest part of his heart!
"F…Fenrir?!" Rucas spoke up.
"R…Rucas?!" Fenrir said.
Rucas and Fenrir looked at each other from the opposite side of the room. Then room fell into silence for ten minutes before Fenrir recalled that Rucas hated her, so Fenrir looked away from Rucas because she couldn't bear to see Rucas's disappointed face.
Rucas, however, after seeing Fenrir's action, didn't become angry when he saw Fenrir again. Instead, he started to feel strange toward the Zoroark.
"Fenrir…" Rucas mumbled and walked forward.
Fenrir heard Rucas's voice, but she couldn't bring herself to look at Rucas.
Rucas still walked forward, unaware that a large, bottomless gap is in his way. Then…
"Rucas! Watch out!"
Fenrir saw Rucas was about to fall into the gap, so she immediately jumped from her side to push Rucas back to his side. That made Fenrir's body got sent to the same side of Rucas.
"Ah! Rucas! Watch out!" Fenrir immediately got away from Rucas as she is sure that Rucas would be angry since she touched his body again.
"Wait!"
Rucas's voice called as Fenrir was about to walk away. "…Thank you for saving my life again, Fenrir."
Fenrir couldn't believe in the thing that Rucas said. Rucas thanked her, and he had no sight of his wrath!
"…" Fenrir said nothing.
Then, the hall changed a bit. The hall became bigger, and the gap that separated both sides of the room became very much wider. (Wider than someone could jump across.). This time, most of their comrade are here. (Anna, Magnus, Anastasia, Nyxier, Tyrus, Joshua, Zira, Kamui, Baromyteus and Ellisk.)
"!" Magnus, Joshua, Ellisk, Zira, Kamui, Nyxier and Tyrus became shocked after seeing Rucas and Fenrir came together! And Rucas didn't have any sight of angriness showed! Anastasia and Baromyteus's face became shocked before turning their face away, and Anna walked up to them.
"Son of Light and the Daughter of Darkness, what did you see in your trial?" Anna asked.
"…I saw… Mercy." Rucas answered.
"And… I saw… Justice." Fenrir answered.
'I see…" Anna seemed to understand something.
"But… I am the Hero of Justice, why did I see the action of Mercy?" Rucas asked.
"And I am the Master of Mercy, why did I see the action of Justice?" Fenrir asked.
"The answer both of you seek is easy to learn, but you will have to figure it out by yourself." Anna answered.
"…" Both Rucas and Fenrir said nothing.
"…A…Anyway…" Kamui changed the topic. "Most of us are already here. Who haven't arrived yet?"
"Hm…" Tyrus looked around. "The Volcano Guardian, The Black Sniper, The White Bard, The Toxic Ranger and The Sage of Existence haven't arrived yet."
"Strange…" Rucas spoke up. "I think Iris should come first. Why hasn't she arrived yet?"
"…The story of living creature's existence is not fathomable." Fenrir mumbled.
Trial XIV: The White Bard
The first memory scene that the Sanctuary of Memory showed to the Lugia is his childhood memory, when he lived happily with Iris. During this time, Hawkins is gentle and innocent, very much different from he is now.
"…" Hawkins observed silently as his past-self got hurt by other Pokemon, but he didn't fight back because he said that he 'hated' fighting…
The second scene took place during his time at the Palace of Symmetria. It is the time before he got corrupted by the Souleater Rod. He is still almost the same as his child-self, but much more mature.
While watching his past-self studied the ancient literature, Hawkins couldn't stop himself from smiling. He had such a happy childhood life…
Until…
The scene changed. This time, it brought Hawkins to his time after he got corrupted by the Souleator Rod. He changed from a gentle man into a heartless man who ruled the land of Symmetria with the iron fist. He laughted while watching his people suffered from his rule. He smiled as watching two Pokemon killing each other in the arena fight.
"T…This?!" Hawkins's face turned pale as he saw himself killing an innocent Pokemon just because that Pokemon didn't pay a respect to him. "M…My wings are dirty with the blood of innocent Pokemon this much?!"
Due to Hawkins was controlled by the Souleater Rod, he couldn't remember much of his memory while he is corrupted, but once he remembered, it hurt his mind so much.
"H…How could I atone for all of this?! Even if I kneel down in front of all Pokemon in Symmetria, they will never forgive me for sure!" Hawkins spoke.
The scene of his corrupted memory ended. Hawkins found himself in a large hall. However, this hall has no gap like Anna told. Instead, this room has a mirror wall.
"…" Hawkins slowly walked up to the mirror wall. His reflection in the mirror got larger each time he stepped closer to the mirror…
And then…
"Tyrant!"
A voice came from somewhere. Hawkins looked around in surprise, but he found no one in the room.
"You are not the king, you are the tyrant king!"
A picture of a Pokemon appeared in the mirror. It looked at Hawkins with angry face.
"W…What?!" Hawkins spoke.
Then, several different Pokemon appeared in the mirror. They looked at Hawkins with a face full with vengeance.
"You are the traitor to this world!
"You are not hero! You are demon!"
"Your soul will never get a change of forgiving!"
The Pokemon in the mirror started cursing Hawkins with their words, making Hawkins's body shivered with fear.
"N…No… I … I am sorry!" Hawkins mumbled.
They didn't listen to Hawkins. They continued to throw a curse word to Hawkins. Until…
"HAAAAAAHHHAAAA!"
Hawkins roared as loud as he could once he couldn't bear it anymore. This made the mirror cracked and then it shattered into the countless pieces!
The picture of Pokemon who cursed him disappeared once the mirror shattered. Instead, once the mirror shattered, a Pokemon is here, standing behind the mirror. She is looking at him.
"Hawkins?" Iris spoke.
"I…Iris?!" Hawkins said. His face is still pale, but his voice is relieved once he saw Iris.
"What happened, Hawkins? And… Why did your face is so pale?" Iris asked.
"D…Don't ask me something like that!" Hawkins scolded.
Iris looked at Hawkins carefully. She could guess what Hawkins saw that made Hawkins's face turned pale like this.
"Hawkins…" Iris approached the Lugia. "I knew what you suffered, but you should know this; you are not alone. I am here with you. I am ready to walk beside you."
"R…Really?" Hawkins asked.
"Of course." Iris answered.
"…Why?" Hawkins asked.
"Because… Well… At first, I think that because I raised you since you were just an infant, but now, I started to feel strange to you. It is not the feeling of mother and children… I don't know…" Iris answered.
"I…Is that true?" Hawkins asked again.
"I think so." Iris answered.
"T…Then." Hawkins's face changed from a pale face into a serious face. "Do you… want to bind your heart and soul with me… forever?"
"What?" Iris is surprised by Hawkins's action. "You acted like you are asking me for marriage."
"…More or less." Hawkins answered.
"WHAT?!" Iris couldn't hide her surprise.
"Iris, you are the only woman who understand who I am. I really want you to stay by my side. Please, marry me." Hawkins purposed.
"B…But, I…" Iris spoke.
"Iris, will you marry me?" Hawkins asked again with a serious face.
"…" Iris thought back to her heart. What did she think about Hawkins? This feeling… It is the same feeling she has for Ravenoir… But now, Ravenoir is gone, so…
"…Yes. I will marry you, Hawkins." Iris answered.
Hawkins smiled, and then he wore a beautiful ring at Iris's finger.
"This is the Diamond Ring. Diamond is the hardest object in the world, but also the shiniest, much like a strong-willed and beautiful mind woman like you, Iris." Hawkins said.
"Thank you, Hawkins." Iris spoke.
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
A sound of clapping is heard by both of them. Iris and Hawkins looked at the source of the sound and found that their other friends are looking at them!
"So romantic!" Nyxier commented.
"W…Why are you all here?!" Iris asked.
"You came five minutes earlier, but it seemed like both of you didn't notice that you are here already." Joshua spoke.
"And… Both of you will get married? You two are such a nice couple!" Zira spoke.
"S…Shut up!" Hawkins's face is red.
"Anyway…" Anna spoke up. "Iris and Son of Winsol are here already. Who haven't arrived yet?"
"Leonel, Garland and Sharon." Rucas answered.
"I think Garland must come with Sharon, so who will come first? Leonel or Garland and Sharon?" Kamui spoke.
Trial XV: The Volcano Guardian
Leonel seemed the memory of his life. During his life, he dedicated himself as the Volcano Guardian all the time while having a job as a blacksmith as a secondary job. But after seeing all of this life before meeting Rucas, Leonel felt a bit empty.
"…Why? Why it seemed like I was missing something?" Leonel thought.
After the last memory scene of Leongel, which is when he got into a fight with Blazus at the Redflame Town, ended, Leonel is warped to the hall that has a large gap that separated the room into two sides.
"Leonel!"
Magnus, Joshua and Ellisk called his name. Leonel then saw his friends and then he walked up to them.
"I came so late…" Leonel mumbled.
"Yes. You came late." Joshua held a twig in his mouth. "We thought that you fell asleep during your scene." Ellisk said.
"No. I just… looked at my memory before meeting you. But… I felt like I was missing something…" Leonel spoke.
"You felt it? Son of Ordin?" Anna approached Leonel.
"Yes." Leonel answered.
"…Tell me… How did you gain the title of the Volcano Guardian?" Anna asked.
"I was tasked as a duty to protect the sacred soil of Redflame. I always dedicated my life to the safely of my realm." Leonel answered.
"…I see…" Anna understood. "You bound yourself too much to the old culture…"
"WHAT?!" Leonel spoke up.
"Yes. You are too old-fashioned. Your father is different than you. Although he had the same role of you, he opened himself to the new thing around him. You should open your heart to the new culture and your empty feeling will be filled." Anna explained.
"T…That's unexpected." Leonel spoke. "But… I will try… For the sake of being stronger so I could protect this world."
"That's it!" Magnus spoke.
"Then…" Iris spoke. "Leonel is finally here. So the rest are Garland and Sharon…"
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: Such a long chapter… Longer than I thought…
Most of the protagonists have arrived yet… Only Garland and Sharon that haven't come yet. We have seen Garland's memory already, so only Sharon remained…