Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2629: Chapter 1243: Deadly Game · Continuation (XIX) - The Road to Survival_2

Double Leaf nodded without hesitation: "That’s right, my task is to escape from the [Blood Arena] and not to board Fourteen’s [Massacre Ship]."

"Ha, I am truly honored by this."

The Book Spirit laughed again, then gave the answer to the previous question: "The reason I don’t recommend Mr. Frank board that ship is very simple, because within my knowledge, there’s no way to calculate ’reasonable’ subsequent developments. In fact, the story regarding [Massacre] and ’Fourteen’ ends here. As far as I know, since they left the North Coast of Duan Tou Cliff, they’ve never appeared in any records cataloged in the library."

Double Leaf widened her eyes in surprise: "Huh? I thought that bunch would surely achieve something great."

"Perhaps they did achieve something great, but I don’t know."

The Book Spirit said so quite frankly, then, without waiting for Double Leaf to speak, preemptively asked: "Any more questions?"

Double Leaf was not shy, asking immediately, "About Fourteen’s race, you surely know, right? Tell me?"

"Perhaps you could choose to ask Mr. Frank later."

The Tower Spirit glanced at Motan’s body left in the Impression Space and softly said, "In fact, ’Fourteen’ in the story is currently answering this question for him."

Double Leaf was momentarily stunned, then inexplicably began to laugh, after a while, exhaling gently: "Alright then, the last three questions."

"Your thirst for knowledge is truly admirable, so please go ahead."

"The first question, I was sent out earlier because I foolishly triggered Divine Punishment while playing Maeve Xiangluan, and died on the spot?"

"Yes, but I don’t think that was your oversight, Lady Double Leaf. After all, you are a Mage, and not being well-versed in theology is reasonable."

"Whether it was my oversight, I get to decide. Now, the second question, what was the ultimate fate of the real Maeve Xiangluan?"

"After escaping the [Blood Arena], she died on the North Coast of Duan Tou Cliff, cause of death was Divine Punishment."

"..."

Double Leaf bit her lip and nodded gently after a while, sighing softly: "The last question..."

"Hmm~"

At this moment, Frank Hughes, who was lying not far away, suddenly opened his eyes, then turned his head sharply to look at Double Leaf standing in front of the Book Spirit, exclaiming, "Double Leaf are you alright, I saw you before—"

"Shut up first."

Double Leaf interrupted him impatiently without turning her head, continuing her unfinished question: "Do you know what happened to the Just Knight that Maeve missed?"

Frank quieted down, though he didn’t know what Double Leaf was talking about.

And the Book Spirit calmly asked, "Is this a very important question?"

"Not at all important."

Double Leaf shook her head, speaking lightly: "I’m just a bit curious."

"Miss Double Leaf you... and also Mr. Frank, the story you both previously experienced originates from the memoirs written by Kuton Yaxin and White Diamond Kuai Ban. In history, they didn’t go out to sea with Fourteen, instead, they spent many difficult years finally overthrowing Mata Eso’s rule, and supported the well-hidden son of the previous leader to ascend the Bone Throne before retiring."

The Book Spirit’s gaze swept over Double Leaf and Motan as it said: "Kuton was Haru’s most trusted partner, he wrote almost everything about [Poison of the Medicine King]. As for the Goblin Female Mage White Diamond, while on the run, she was entrusted with the Holy Scripture by Maeve Xiangluan, who seemed to have sensed something then, and only deciphered the hidden secrets in it many years later."

Double Leaf frowned slightly: "So that Just Knight..."

"Before White Diamond retired, she tried to find the knight yearned day and night by Maeve Xiangluan through the Holy Church Union, but unfortunately, she didn’t find anything."

The Book Spirit lightly patted the black-covered book that appeared before him at some unknown time, shaking its head: "Thus, there’s no related record in the memoirs compiled by White Diamond and Kuton."

Double Leaf sighed, muttering somewhat helplessly: "Oh, is that so, alright then... "

"Hold on a moment."

But Motan suddenly walked to Double Leaf’s side and asked the Book Spirit: "You just said that there’s no related record in the memoirs compiled by White Diamond and Kuton, so, what about other places?"

Double Leaf’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"I can’t be sure, but... it’s not without clues."

The Book Spirit raised his hand and wiped, replacing the old black book in front of him with a thick book with a golden cover: "This book is called the ’Kampas Biography’, compiled by a scholar from the Violet Empire long ago, who was a good friend of the then Great Knight Commander of the Justice Sect, Kampas Richard."

Double Leaf nodded slightly, mumbling quietly: "Kampas Richard... could it be that he is..."

"I don’t believe Kampas is the knight Maeve Xiangluan wrote of in the Holy Scripture."

The Book Spirit shook its head, calmly narrating: "But the seventh section of this biography mentions that when Kampas was still a knight apprentice, he was often cared for by a senior during training missions to Dunbua City, that was a Just Knight named Tom."

Double Leaf chuckled dryly: "That’s a common name..."

"In Kampas’s memory, Uncle Tom seemed to have applied long ago to be transferred to Dunbua City, a place others avoided, and hadn’t left that place in over ten years."

The Book Spirit flipped through the book in front of it nonchalantly, speaking blandly: "Kampas thought Tom was a humorous, talkative, cheerful person, though he often daydreamed and always zoned out when the young Fertility Priestess walked by, he was still very likable, so much so that Kampas often went back to visit him after his apprenticeship."

Double Leaf hugged her arms, uninterested as she asked: "And then?"

The Book Spirit closed the biography in front of him, saying blandly: "He died, reportedly in an encounter where he ran into the Grey Lizard Hunting army, the whole team perished without leaving anything behind."

Double Leaf squinted her eyes, staring at the Book Spirit as she asked: "Was that Tom the man Maeve Xiangluan thought about day and night?"

"I can’t be sure, but based on the timeline, in my scope of knowledge, the Just Knight named Tom fits the criteria the best."

The Book Spirit didn’t provide a definite answer, just candidly and objectively expressed its opinion.

"Ha, if that’s true, then it’s quite a dull story, isn’t it?"

Double Leaf pursed her lips, glancing to the side at Frank, who had just let out a long sigh: "What do you think? Poet?"

"From a storytelling perspective, if that Knight Tom was truly Miss Maeve’s beloved, then whether he ended up becoming a great Holy Knight or fell to become an evil knight wielding some dark power and mercilessly slaughtering, that would certainly be more theatrical and earn more rewards than just dying in a common battlefield death, but..."

Frank took a deep breath, lowering his gaze as he said: "Personally, even if things turned out just as the Book Spirit said, it’s still quite nice."

"Quite nice?"

Double Leaf glanced at her curiously: "What’s nice about it?"

"Didn’t the Great Knight Commander Kampas mention that Sir Tom was humorous, talkative, and cheerful?"

Motan shrugged, smiling gently: "I don’t think a man would change in such a way after his beloved ran into trouble, in other words..."

"What?"

"Sir Tom was fighting in that Dunbua City, missing and commemorating Maeve with his actions, while always keeping up the demeanor she loved, wasn’t he?"

"Does that conflict with dullness?"

"That doesn’t contradict ’romantic’ either."

Chapter 1243: The End