15 days passed and the Village, with the strength and magic of the fairies and Vespalian fairies, returned to normal, the damaged areas were razed and everything that could be salvaged was recovered.
But this day was not like the others.
Everyone went to the temple to pray to Enka to thank her for saving their lives.
Sarah was in the forecourt and there was a platform. Next to her, I was standing with the help of a crutch.
Raven, Monty and Waspy were all dressed up for the occasion.
So Sarah spoke up.
"Dear friends, brothers and sisters, We are taking advantage of this beautiful but sunny winter day to remember all those who have passed away, loved or not but we have just opened a register. On Sunday, we will meet here to collect memories, names, adventures, portraits or drawings."
Then she pulled a veil and elven, kobold, dwarf and vespalian children carried a torch to a huge bronze bowl.
An eternal flame ignited, revealing the huge black stone and a laser engraver in front of it.
Immediately, elven, kobold and Vespalian names were engraved.
In place of the offering box, a notepad.
"But before you rush in here, I still need to clear up a few things.
The Village, our home, was first built as a human city. And I am the Chancellor, the legitimate representative of the humans, but... on reflection, I give up all my titles as well as the function... I just remain their spokesperson if need be."
Then she called me to her side
"I thank you Sarah. "Then I faced a whole people.
"I know that many hate me and that, often with reason...
I also acted with rage and fury...
Many have died because of me and I have begged, pleaded for justice... AND...The Destroyer...mother answered my call and your prayers. She protected us and gave us back our world... but she also took yours.
Wars are often born from a conflict of resources, of territories but all these words and justifications are useless and are from another time.
Some will say that I destroyed the new world to restore the old one, a bit like slaughtering birds to replace them with dinosaurs...
That sounds true. It may be. But who wouldn't do that when you attack your own children, your own family, even depriving them of an honorable death?
In a sense, you have been taken away and saved from a lying, jealous God who only serves his own interests.
Others will say that we have changed God, that we have exchanged the plague for cholera.
Perhaps those who say this are right. That all these beings died perhaps for nothing, for a raging dragon and a handful of shipwrecked humans against hundreds of thousands of lives.
You all have the right to hate me, to hate what we are and what we do...
We may have set in motion our own destruction.. and long term consequences." then I had to sit back down, caught up in emotion and collapsed in tears..
"Sorry.."
It was a shock for everyone...
Seeing that I was only a shadow of my former self, everyone asked questions...
"Where was the Hydra, the living God? Hans??"
Sarah spoke up for me.
"If you have all seen the state of the Repressor, I must admit that Professor Hans is not far from it. He has suffered terrible injuries here and in divine dimensions. But he is still our guide.
