"We've arrived. The location of the evil god's ruins is within the territory of the Holy Kingdom. His Holiness the Pope found it and then notified the vampires in the Demon King's territory."

A priest, looking quite serious, spoke to Ira, who had arrived in the theocracy via [Virtual Realm Travel], saying, "This is [Revelation] received by His Holiness the Pope..."

Revelation…is it a prophecy? No, this shouldn't be within Mylian Miriam's capabilities. Did she learn it from ancient texts? Or was it the astral body that helped her? In any case, Ira is quite grateful.

"Is it here? Hmm...Give my regards to Milen."

As Ira said this, he stepped into the underground ruins... He spread his wings, cast a night vision spell, and what came into view was the stone slabs that covered the passageways.

The pages were densely covered with secrets from the past... probably.

The reason it's described as "probably" is because Iraq couldn't understand a word written on it...

"..."

In the brief silence, Ira's body gradually faded and disappeared from the spot... This ruin, untouched for thousands of years, once again fell into tranquility.

After a long time, Ira led Cassiopeia back into the ruins through the entrance.

"Okay, okay!!!"

Cassiopeia, who was embarking on her first adventure with Ira... or rather, her first "adventure" since birth, seemed quite excited.

However, Ira had already explained the purpose to her along the way, and she quickly got into the zone, looking at the murals on the walls and the stone slabs inlaid in the walls, focusing her gaze on the ancient divine script on them.

“On each stone slab, it seems that the same words are written... repeating specific phrases.”

As Cassiopeia spoke, she was dressed in an outfit different from her usual attire... Normally, her clothing style was that of a classic high elf, resembling the inner elytra of an insect, a semi-transparent, light gauze mixed with a plant-like green.

And now, it feels like something like "Where did this adventurous young lady come from?"... No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like the style of a normal human adventurer.

Because those adventurers' style is purely practical... they would never wear headdresses.

Wearing a helmet would be more appropriate.

"Let me see, [Before the World Tree grew, the world was a white, frigid place. The gods came and sealed away the disaster, haha! Good!]... Hmm, that's roughly what it says."

Cassiopeia's interpretation made Ira pause for a moment. Looking at the stone slabs painted with various murals in the dim light, he commented on the interpretation: "Very... concise and clear, with an easy-to-understand translation."

This is no longer a matter of word-for-word translation; isn't this simply machine translation?

Ira followed the stone slab and looked at it... The scene depicting the gods sealing away the calamity was very simple and clear, basically just a mixture of lines and color blocks. It was only barely possible to make out what the human figures were doing with some colors.

Currently, he can only determine that the pure white block probably refers to the calamity of [Zero Degree Cold]... and it should be the first one sealed, since it is the first block at the entrance.

...Well, it could also refer to the last one that was sealed away.

"Such information shouldn't have been widely circulated at that time... The technology at that time probably wouldn't have been able to cut such a well-preserved and smooth stone slab. This [relic] seems to be different from other [relics]."

As Ira deduced this, he led Cassiopeia through the entrance passageway, saying, "This place wasn't built by believers to commemorate a god... but rather by one of the gods himself, most likely the evil god himself."

Most ancient ruins were originally churches built by believers who funded and contributed their efforts to commemorate and worship the gods. Over time, these ruins were gradually abandoned and became relics.

"Oh? Is that so? I don't even know what ordinary ruins look like."

As Cassie spoke, a smile played on her lips as she followed closely behind Ira… Because of the amusing height difference between them, she looked less like a companion on an adventure and more like a mischievous older sister following the serious-looking Ira.

Although they are indeed quite similar...

"The kings of the elves throughout history should all have relics built in their honor."

The moment Ira finished speaking, Cassiopeia couldn't help but burst out laughing. She retorted, "I can't possibly risk my ancestor's grave, can I?"

That's true.

Thinking this, Ira, with Cassiopeia behind her, passed through the passageway and arrived at a new room... How should I put it, this was the most peaceful ruins Ira had ever seen.

Normally, there should be some kind of guards, like constructs... but there's nothing here.

The first thing that caught Ira and Casiopeia's eye in the room was a platform formed by the top of an inverted square pyramid embedded in the ground. Half of it was underground and the other half protruded from the ground, making it look like a perfect place to put things.

It was covered with a thick layer of dust... Ira carefully touched it, and after judging for a moment, he said, "It's a product of cotton and linen being eroded by time... In my understanding, this should be quilting."

In other words, what's in front of me is a bed.

"An evil god...could he be sleeping here?"

As Ira spoke, he recalled the environment of the evil god's realm, then hesitated for a moment before saying, "Alright, I would make the same choice about which place is the workplace and which place is the residence."

As Ira said this, Cassiopeia, looking at the ancient script engraved on the wall, exclaimed in surprise at her discovery: "Ira! Darkfisher was actually a girl!"

"..."

Huh? Ira always thought it was a man... The name [Dark Fisher] recorded in the books doesn't sound feminine at all, is that so counterintuitive?

Although inwardly astonished, Ira nodded and waited for her to translate slowly, saying, "Hmm, perhaps gender doesn't matter to the gods?"

As Ira spoke, Cassiopeia looked at the casually scribbled words on the wall and, displaying a slight talent for translation, said, "It says, 'It's time, everyone's coming to find me...really.'"

"Even though they firmly believe I've been corrupted by the calamity of the 'Fallen God,' they still firmly believe I will participate in sealing that chaotic monster... What a bunch of idiots, still laughing there."

"【But it is indeed time. Three calamities... plus the four on me... that's enough.】"

"The work of the gods is finished. As long as the children act according to my prophecy, even the most troublesome calamities can be resolved, and all my efforts will not have been in vain."

"[Unfortunately, like everyone else, I won't see what these children will look like when they grow up.]"