Spirit Chronicles: A New Beginning

S3 EP 9: The Lost City of Draiigon Pt. 1

Rio, Aishia, Satsuki, Charlotte, and Liselotte made their plan to escape the cell. "First, Aishia and Charlotte will act as decoys for the guards so that they will become distracted and neglect their other prisoners." Rio explained to the others. "Meanwhile, the rest of us will slip by them and once we've successfully gotten out, Aishia will bring herself and Charlotte to us so that we can flee."

"You mean you're leaving me behind!" Charlotte complained. "I should betaking of this journey only with you!"

"Sorry, but it is much more practical for you to stay with Aishia for now." Rio observed. "I usually would have left Miss Liselotte behind as well, but she is needed for something."

Charlotte frowned at Rio's decision, but gave in as she saw there was no way he would give in. "Very well. Just make sure you do whatever this plan is as fast as possible..."

Rio smiled. "Of course, Miss." He then grabbed the arms of Satsuki and Liselotte, leading then toward where they would be acting out their part of the plan. 

After a while of heading around the prison with no luck of finding the exit, Satsuki looked at Rio and frowned. "Sir Rio, is all that we are doing finding the exit? It seems that you had something else in mind taking us two with you..."

Rio nodded. "Before we make our departure, I wanted to gather some more detail on where we should head from here. I had some ideas before this, but the sudden solidarity from Beltrum may make our travels become rather difficult. We need to go somewhere a bit more off of their radar..."

"And how will we find that place from a prison such as this one?" Liselotte asked.

"I don't know for sure that we will, but there may be something here worth taking..." Rio explained.

"I see. So, where would that 'thing' most likely be then?" Liselotte questioned.

Rio thought for a moment and then sighed. "She makes a rather good point. Just where would something we can use even be hidden? Maybe... a high officer's residence here? But we don't know where that is..."

"We'll look into where the leading knights reside and if there is no findings then we will make our leave." Rio finally said. "Does that make sense to you, ladies?"

"Of course." Satsuki replied, getting an agreeing nod from Liselotte shortly after.

"Good." Rio looked forward to the first room and narrowed his eyes. "Because we're here..." He let go of the two girls and sighed once more. This was a chance at finding Miharu and the others... "I never really wanted to get involved with them to much, but I guess this is where I am now,,,"

Rio led the group inside and found that the room was empty. He guessed that the knight was probably out on patrol. "Good for us. It would have been troublesome to get around a knight right now, even if I could have bested him easily."

"So, what exactly does this thing we want to find look like?" Liselotte asked as she started snooping around the room. "Documents? Items? Pictures?"

Rio shook his head. "I don't exactly know. It just needs to be some sort of record of a place off of the eyes of the Beltrum knights."

"But how would that be in a Beltrum prison?" Satsuki asked. "If it was here, then wouldn't it have been looked into by the knights?"

Rio shook his head. "Some things that people look into can be overlooked occasionally. That's what we need to find."

"Yes. Sometimes people can miss something's that are truly important to others." Liselotte agreed. "Differences in what is needed in one's life can change the outcome of many events deciding other importances."

"I see." Satsuki observed. "Then would this be an example of that?" She pulled out an old piece of paper and showed it to the other two. "I found this and wondered if it would be important. It has some sort of notes about an old city that was almost excavated some years back."

Rio grabbed the sheet of paper and looked at the writing. It was strange, in a language that he did not recognize, and had many symbols that were unfamiliar. "It looks like a city is in the middle. This could work..."

"Good job, Satsuki." he briefly praised. "Now let's get going..."

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"And that's why we will be heading to this newfound city." Rio finished explaining to everyone. The five had escaped the prison shorty after the finding of the paper and were now in a forest close by. "It's around a days journey, but I believe it would be best to head here."

"I see..." Charlotte mumbled, taking in the information. "If that is your judgment, then I agree."

"I as well." Liselotte agreed. "The idea of hiding out in an unfamiliar city sounds like a wise decision to me."

"If Sir Rio things it to be the best course of action, then I'm all for it!" Satsuki exclaimed. "It sounds like a fun little adventure for the five of us!"

"Then it would be best for us to head to the city." Aishia surmised. "I will make the necessary arrangements for us to fly there immediately."