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Turning 3

Airic? You mean the place near the Ric Mountains?”

Gakane couldn’t tell what Yuder was thinking and seemed surprised hearing Yuder’s hometown name.

“You know of it?”

“How could I not know? The Red Stone fell in the Ric Mountains!”

‘That’s right.’ Yuder smirked. The place where the Red Stone fell was quite aways from where Yuder lived, so he couldn’t see the scene in person. However, the whole sky had turned red and he could hear a loud roar enough to shake the heavens and earth.

At that time, he was surprised and thought that the world had suddenly collapsed. It resulted in severe damage to a small village where Yuder often sold trees.

“Then did you happen to… see the Red Stone?”

Since Gakane only heard rumors, he asked with curiosity. Yuder fumbled about what had happened in the past and nodded casually.

“Really? You saw it?”

Gakane jumped and shouted. His face turned red with excitement.

Only then did Yuder realize that he should have answered that he hadn’t seen it eleven years ago, but he had already nodded his head.

“I heard that His Majesty the Emperor’s knights made guarding camps so that no one could enter. How did you see the stone? Did it fall near where you live? Did you see the stone? What size?”

“Wait, I…”

Yuder hesitated for a moment about what to say. Did he see the Red Stone? Of course he did. But it was in the future at this point after he joined the Cavalry.

The stone had been collected by the first commander of the Cavalry. And after that, the archmages of the Pearl Tower had cut and refined the impurities over a year.

Since then, the stone has been called the ‘World Sphere’. The name was given to mean that it had the power to support the world.

The fact that the stone gave Yuder a decisive reason for his death actually calmed him down.

“I didn’t see it in detail. As you said… the knights are guarding it.”

“But didn’t you say you saw it?”

Gakane was persistent. He was so adamant to listen to it somehow.

“If I have to keep it a secret, I will never tell it to anyone else. I swear on my sword, on the Temple, and on my mother. I will do anything you ask me to.”

Was Gakane Bolunwald always this kind of guy? Yuder felt his faint impression of him was collapsing considerably.

No matter how distant he looked, he was a young man who couldn’t hold back his curiosity. Yuder sighed quietly and opened his mouth.

“It’s not so great that you should make such an oath.”

“If it’s not something great, you can just tell me.”

‘If you don’t listen to me now, you’ll find out about it after you get accepted to the Cavalry. You’re so persistent.’

After thinking so, Yuder recalled that Gakane was already dead by the time the Red Stone was acquired and returned to the world.

Then suddenly, the young man in front of him seemed a bit pitiful, making him feel a bit of sympathy. Yuder hesitated and began to speak.

“It’s a normal stone. It looks just like any other stone, and it’s about the size of a fist.”