Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I\'m entering the portal with Ezira is following me from behind. The Paradise City, the city for the people who have ascended from the Orion. As I thought, the city is not actually a city, but it\'s another planet in space. I\'m standing in the middle of a vast garden of flowers with a cool breeze that is very comforting and relaxing. Butterflies with different wing\'s colors flying above us. I can see so many NPCs are picking flowers and playing with the deers, cats, and dogs.

Ezira is walking past me and then approaches the NPCs, she sits next to them and the NPCs are surprised to see her here. They immediately bow their heads down and then looks at Ezira with huge smiles on their faces. It\'s so peaceful in here and by the looks of their expressions, they\'re all so blissful to live in this place. It seems that these NPCs really have no idea about the threat that happened below them.

Ezira is done greeting all the NPCs around her and then she walks toward me. She nods up and looks at me.

"So, who are this person do you want to see? Is it someone important to you?"

I grab the letter and show it to Ezira. she tilts her head and looks at the letter.

"A letter?"

I nod.

"Yes, there\'s someone in Orion that wants to give his thoughts to his wife and daughter through this letter."

Ezira is looking at me and humming with understanding.

"I see..."

I look around and put the letter back into my inventory.

"The problem is, this is going to take a while since I don\'t know what they look like. I have no clue about their appearances, and all I know is their names."

Ezira is crossing her arms and tapping her right index finger on her elbow while humming.

"That should not be a problem. I almost know everyone in the Paradise City since I have been here for centuries. Just tell me the names, and I will try to remember them. But, what makes you think that they\'re in here? They could be reborn and stay in the Orion."

Oh, right. Now I just realize that not everyone that died in the Orion got ascended to the Paradise City. What if they\'re not here and have been reborn and become someone else? But that should be impossible because I got the quest and the system told me to send this letter to Leonia and Hermia here.

I\'m squinting my eyes and looking at Ezira.

"I believe they\'re here because I think they deserve to be in this place. They were killed by someone and decapitated their heads. I don\'t know how old is his daughter, but it seems that she\'s still young and innocent."

As soon as Ezira hears that their heads were decapitated, she immediately closes her eyes and looks away. She takes a deep breath and sighs.

"Alright, I think they are here. Give me their names."

I nod.

"His wife\'s name is Leonia, and his daughter\'s name is Hermia."

Ezira is humming while keeps crossing her arms. She starts furrowing her forehead and I can tell that she\'s trying so hard to remember. She then raises her eyebrow and looks at the south.

"I think I know who they are and where they are. The last time I saw them is over there."

I look back and see a vast land with mountains and hills.

"Are you sure? All I can see are mountains and hills."

Ezira snaps her fingers and her Amruchi appears behind her.

"Yes, I remember their names. Leonia and Hermia are easy to remember especially because they\'re a mother and a daughter. They live in a small village at the foot of the mountain. It is quite far from here, so why don\'t you two hop on to Gavash\'s back? It will be faster for us to reach the village by riding him."

I nod.

"Okay, thank you for the offer."

Ezira and I are riding Gavas, then Gavash starts running and leaping as fast and far as he can. He runs faster than when he runs towards the Dungeon of Offering, and my crotch and ass are hurt because of how tough his back is, and every time he leaps, my ass and my crotch are in pain when I land on his back. I wonder how can she be comfortable riding his back. Is she already get used to this or is it because her ass is as tough as Gavash\'s back.

In just 10 minutes, I can already see the mountain\'s foot and I see a cloud of smoke coming from there. Dozens of houses are grouping under the mountain\'s foot. I look back and see how far we are from where we were standing at. The distance is almost equal from The Holy Temple to the Maryoca Kingdom. I can believe that it only took less than 30 minutes while I took days to reach the Maryoca Kingdom.

A group of people is standing at the village entrance, it seems that they have noticed that Ezira is coming toward them from afar. We get down from Gavash\'s back and Ezira is waving at them. All the people are bowing at her and I look at one of them and see if there\'s a young girl that resembles Hacal\'s face, but I don\'t see any young girl around them.

Ezira then looks at one of the young men.

"How is everyone doing?"

The young man is bowing his head.

"We are doing great as always, my lady."

The rest of them are smiling while bowing in agreement. Ezira nods and smiles.

"Good! Anyway, the reason why I came here is that there is someone that we want to meet."

They\'re looking at each other and then Ezira is pointing her hand at me.

"This person right here wants to meet Leonia and Hermia. I believe they live here, correct?"

They all nod and then they\'re pointing at one of the wooden houses in the middle. Ezira looks at me and nods. We then get inside the village and the people are going back to do their things. Some are chopping woods, some are skinning the animal\'s skin, some are cooking food. We are walking toward the house and Ezira then knocks on the door. We see a young woman is opening the door and she\'s startled to see Ezira is standing in front of her door. I believe she\'s Hermia since she looks so young to be a wife, but I\'m not sure.

She bows her head.

"My lady! What can I do for you? Oh! Please come in first!"

Ezira smiles and nods. We both enter the house while I\'m looking around the house and it feels cozy in here. We sit on a wooden chair that seems like we are in the living room. The young woman is hurriedly run to the kitchen to prepare something for both of us. Ezira is crossing her arms and legs. The book I read about her and her gentle, captivating, and charming characters seem to be false. She\'s more like a tomboy woman than a captivating and charming empress. I guess men back then prefer a woman like her to a graceful and gentle type of woman.

The woman comes back but what surprised me is that she\'s not alone, but there\'s also a young woman with the same age as her standing next to her. The woman is putting a baked potato and a wooden cup of tea on the table. They both are sitting on the floor because they think they\'re inferior to Ezira, but Ezira then lifts her hand and pointing at the chair in front of us. They both then sit on the chair.

Ezira then looks at them both.

"So, which one is Leonia and which one is Hermia?"

The woman who opened the door for us raises her hand.

"My name is Leonia and she is Hermia, my daughter. What is wrong, my lady?"

Ezira looks at me and nods. I nod back at her and grab the letter. I put the letter on the table in front of them. They both are looking at each other and then look at me. Leonia raises her eyebrows.

"What is this, my lord?"

I just smile.

"It is a letter for both of you, so open it. I want you both to read it."

Both of them are looking at each other with confusion, then Leonia grabs the letter and opens the ribbon then reads the letter. Leonia then covers her mouth with her hand while crying. Hermia is surprised to see her mother is crying like that, she then gets closer to read the letter as well. Leonia then starts sobbing and wiping her tears while keeps reading the letter. Ezira is squinting her eyes and looks away, I think she really does have a soft spot in her heart because she can\'t handle this kind of situation.

They both are done reading the letter. Leonia is pressing the letter close to her chest. I weakly smile and look at both of them.

"Hacal sent me here to send the letter to both of you."

Both of them keep crying and sobbing. Leonia is sniffling and wiping her tears.

"Th-thank you... my lord..."