Regulus: Wait a second, ju-just a second!
Regulus: Isn't this still the dungeon? Are you setting us up?
37: All caves are interconnected. This is the way to our sacred place.
Vertin: 37, wait. I remember Sophia once told us that trespassing on the sacred place is a serious crime.
37: No worries. The restrictions were to help us not be distracted by the unimportant details in life. It would not stop us from seeking the truth.
Regulus: Ah, excellent. I will tell it to the Abraxas when it shows up.
Regulus: Hmm?!
Regulus suddenly stops.
Regulus: Hey, 37. Are you sure this is the right way? My heart just sank, as if I took a bite of those overnight potato chips.
37: Are you scared?
Regulus: Oh, you wish! But when I was exploring underground with Lilya earlier ...
Regulus: We ran into some fog like this one. It doesn't bring you any wanted guests, mind you.
37: Hmm. Maybe you were their target because you are an irrational number.
Regulus: Oh, is that so? You integers will be fine then?
Regulus: Good luck. Don't beg this Pirate for help later.
Vertin: Hold there. Something is coming out.
Several strange figures emerge in the fog, staggering over.
37: Hmm?!
37: Rooster head with two snakes as its feet. Abraxas? That's weird. Why are they here?
Vertin: They're coming for us.
Regulus: Hah, what did I say? Don't beg ...
Vertin: Regulus, prepare for battle!
Regulus: Okay, I know! I was just teasing her!
Regulus whistles and charges towards the enemies with excitement.
Vertin: Ah!
An extreme pain comes from the wrist.
It's the stone bangle, which is radiating burning heat.
Vertin: The stone bangle is activated? But they are just Abraxas.
Vertin: Regulus, wait for their attack! Do not kill them!
Regulus: Wh- ...?! What kind of request is this?!
Vertin: Listen to me, Regulus, that's of prime importance!
Regulus: Fine! If it is "prime importance," this Pirate will try her best!
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Regulus: That's it? I still have ten more songs to play!
Vertin: These are not the same kind of Abraxas as we've encountered before. Do they have different varieties?
APPLe: Wait, where is Ms. 37?
The answer comes from a distance.
37: Hey, come on, keep up!
Regulus: Did she just take off like that while we fought?!
Regulus: Sneaky little ... We should leave too, Vertin!
Vertin: Wait a second, Regulus.
Vertin: Do you sense anything familiar in the fog?
Regulus: Aha, you bet. This is the first guest room we were put in when we first entered the island.
APPLe: No, Captain. This APPLe has the same strange feeling.
APPLe: We saw the rise of Ceres in the same kind of fog, and before that ...
Vertin: That's the same fog in the Olitiau's base.
Regulus: Ah?! That is to say ...
Regulus: This fog is the cause of our illusion to see the Ceres and the Abraxas's attack?
Vertin: Don't rush to conclusions. Follow 37 first.
Vertin: Oh, and what's that Ceres you were talking about?
The fog gets thicker and thicker, yet the surroundings are becoming brighter and brighter.
As if there's an invisible light source hidden in the fog.
Regulus: I just picked up a piece of paper.
Regulus: Like this, just bend over and reach to the ground.
Regulus bends down and reaches for a flicker of light in the darkness.
When she straightens up again, there's a classic manuscript in her hand.
Vertin: What book is it?
Regulus: Humph, probably just some maths problems left from the critters' breakfast. You never know ...
Regulus: Wait, The Compounds of Alchemy: The Twelve Gates Leading to the Discovery of the Philosopher’s Stone ...
Regulus: This is that alchemy handbook given to Edward Ⅳ by George Ripley! Why is it here?!
APPLe: Look at this, Captain. Of the Great Stone of the Ancients by Basil Valentine, The One Hundred and Twelve Books by Geber, Emerald Tablet in Latin ...
APPLe: Seems like there are more ancient texts about alchemy hidden inside the hole. But they are all incomplete.
Regulus: So maybe I need to crack some more crossword puzzles to find out about this.
37: Our caves endow people with "wisdom."
37: All secret knowledge is hidden in the silent boulder walls.
Without getting anyone's attention, 37 has gone to the other side of the cave.
37: The knowledge in those books is just a drop in the ocean.
37: Follow me, Regulus.
But Regulus puts aside the manuscript and hesitates.
Regulus: ...
Regulus: Vertin, you lot go ahead. Go with 37. I will meet you outside.
Vertin: You want to read these books here?
37: The knowledge passed down through language can easily be distorted. Compared to the wisdom of Apeiron, it's nothing.
Regulus: No. I'm not going to stay here. I'm going back.
Regulus: Oh, alright. I might as well just admit that your cave indeed has the power to give people insights.
Regulus: If I follow its lead, perhaps I'll finally work out the answer about that "little thing" I've been carrying with me.
Regulus: Never thought that I'd find the answer here, easy as picking up a shell on the beach!
37 stops and tilts her head in confusion.
37: What? You don't want to get closer to the truth?
Regulus: Of course, I do!
Regulus: And that's precisely why I don't want to get to it so easily!
Regulus: I don't want it to be fed into my brain!
Regulus: Come on, it's the ultimate truth that we're talking about!
Regulus: If someone just tells me the ending of Lord of the Flies before I enjoy the book, I will throw them into the sea, as you people do!
37: ...
She suddenly smiles.
37: I only met two people who rejected the truth.
37: So this is the mindset of irrational numbers? I see.
37: Thank you for being my subject of observation, Regulus.
Regulus: Huh?
But 37 has walked away.
37: Go, Vertin. We have a long way ahead.
Vertin: Be careful, Regulus.
Regulus: Don't worry, I know this place well enough by now. After all, I've never been so "welcomed" in any other place ever.
Regulus: Critters, monsters, creatures with strange heads, do your worse! This Pirate is not afraid of you!