Echo?

In that case, I guess it is already a planet, not a moon.

"There was one Echo, who defended this planet, even though it did not belong to him."

"How do you know such things... And what does it have to do with the ruler of Ephzental and the war between the continents?" I interrupted.

"The thing is, there was one Echo, who also wanted to conquer this planet. There would be nothing strange about it..." He was afraid to finish.

He took a breath.

"One of the Echoes, goes by the pseudonym Altair. He is the ruler of Ephzental. For some reason, after losing the fight with that one Echo I mentioned a moment ago, he stayed here. "

 Altair? I've heard it somewhere before...

"What evidence do you have for this and how do you know? Why would a god-like being want to live among humans? This all makes no sense. "I heard the door squeak behind me. It was Ethen, who had just entered with a cup of tea in his hands.

" So far, I haven't been able to find this answer in my research. "He spoke up.

"Don't tell anyone about this. We are the only people who know this. " He added.

"What kind of scientist are you if you have such knowledge. Why, despite so much information, do you live in such a s... " I didn't finish.

Ethen sighs.

" I research things that don't come from this world. That's it. "

Wait, wait.

"If you only deal with things not from here, then why did you decide to help me with the seal?"

"If a normal person came to me with this, I would have ignored them. Lytia, you have your power sealed by one of the Echos, by a being that can get rid of all the people on the planet in a hundredth of a second."

"How did it happen that such a strong being in the universe took an interest in you and sealed your power?"

okey, I don't care anymore why the continents don't like each other. There are important and more important things!

It's been 2 weeks since the case with the possessed beast. Nothing has happened since then. I've become quite friendly with Sydia, now we're friends. Laen is rarely home, and Ethen never goes outside for fresh air. He must have some reason for that.

I still haven't managed to understand what they told me then.

Why does that sound so familiar? Hmm...

I pondered.

Sydia and I were currently painting the fence. We spent the last two weeks renovating Ethen's house. It looks 10 times better now, and there's still a lot of work to do.

Sydia was hammering nails into the fence. She noticed that I was holding a brush and looking thoughtful.

"Hey! Don't get lost in your own thoughts!" She shouted at me. We were standing 10 meters away, so if she hadn't shouted, I wouldn't have heard her.

I shook my head and turned to Sydia.

"Hmm, I wonder what happened to that beast after that incident with the weather." Sydia came closer to me.

"You know, I'm curious too? I don't believe that such a beast just died. There are rumors that after death its body suddenly disappeared and ran away somewhere."

"I haven't heard about that..."

"Generally, the whole event was sudden and out of nowhere." I added.

"If it wasn't sudden, it wouldn't have happened. The Knights have everything under control. " She replied.

"For now, we can take a break from renovating. " Sydia suggested.

I put the brush with the bucket of paint under the terrace of the house. Sydia did the same, but with the hammer and nails.

The two of us entered the house.

The first thing we noticed after opening the door was Ethen.

"Boom..." He wanted to scare us.

Both of us had a neutral face. I had already gotten used to his strange behavior. I thought he was a really serious, mature scientist. After the first day, I already noticed that sometimes he was different inside.

We ignored him and walked past him.

Ethen turned to us.

"Why don't you ever leave the house?" I asked Ethen.

I sighed.

"Okay. I stopped caring anyway." I replied.

"During my research, I found something strange. I need someone to go with me to check it out in the field."

Ethen, who's not at home? Things like this happen?

"I'm out. I have to finish making the fence." Sydia excused herself.

The scientist had his head turned to me. I noticed right away that he wanted to go with me.

"Okay, I'll go. Is anyone else going?"

"I'm going." Ethen replied.

"What about Laen?"

I don't feel like going there. I had such a sour face, as if I had eaten a rotten apple.

"What time are we going?" I asked.

Ethen put his hood over his head.

"Now."

Not bad. We have to go and get it over with. That's it.

I grabbed my head tightly with one hand, which I had hanging down.

We've been walking for three hours now. We're in the Beasts' forest and it's already late evening.

Ethen is holding a strange stone in his hand and we're walking in circles the whole time.

What's the point? This was supposed to take a moment. I have better things to do than this!

Ethen stopped.

He's still holding that stupid stone.

"What is this thing you're holding?" I asked nervously.

"I got this stone from someone and I'm curious what it is. I noticed that the closer we get to our destination, the brighter it shines."

"Is that why we keep going in circles?"

I held my sword tightly in my hands to be ready for anything.