The Underground

This is a fanfiction of Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998) on Sega Saturn.
Come here, Old SEGA fans!
OK, it's a short story of about 4,000 words.
It won't take a while to read,
even if you're a middle-aged person occupied by work and other things.

A half-century after the story of Panzer Dragoon Saga,
Leeback Keygan runs a clinic in a poverty area in the Empire capital.
He is not a physician but also an experienced explorer.
Now he tells his unforgettable memory of his youth.

The boy felt uncomfortable with daily life and Imperial managerialism.
The ancient ruins under the capital used to be his refuge.
One day, he got lost in the tunnel.
A young explorer helped Leeback,
and this mysterious companion led him deep into the labyrinth instead of the exit...