Chapter 304: Lancelot's Soul Fragment
"That is..."
Haena remembered the knife.
To ease the headache of cognitive confusion, she said everything she could.
After listening to her story, Aiwass raised his eyebrows and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Like a fox that has caught a chicken, he showed a smug and ambiguous smile of joy.
Sherlock, who was standing by, also noticed the loophole at the first moment.
"Oh……"
Sherlock scoffed, crossing his fingers and leaning back, "You're really slow, Haina."
"……What?"
"You said it, the beautiful dagger is engraved with the winding Elvish language."
Sherlock asked in return, "Did your father give it to you?"
"Yes, he told me to take this. It can be used for self-defense."
Haena replied.
As she said this, she suddenly realized something: "You mean..."
Sherlock interrupted her directly: "Your father is a dwarf craftsman, right?
"He's a blacksmith with a legacy as a transcendent, capable of crafting transcendental equipment. Even if he wanted you to have something to protect you on your way to school, why would he give you an elven dagger? Or, if he wanted you to bring a weapon, why would he only give you an elven dagger?"
Blacksmiths take pride in the tools they create, and dwarves are particularly confident in their forging skills.
At the same time, dwarves are generally hostile to elves. Magnethammer is a typical dwarven blacksmith.
So in this case, a dwarven blacksmith, in order to protect his daughter, did not give her any equipment he made, but only gave her an elven dagger?
"Besides, the dagger was lost later. But I forgot where it was lost. It was as if it suddenly disappeared one day."
Haina recalled what happened next and immediately continued, "I was worried for a while. I was afraid that when I got home, my father would find out that I had lost his things... So for a while, I didn't want to go home, or rather, I didn't dare to go home. Because the dagger looked very expensive, I was very scared.
"I've already prepared a lie. I'll either say I left it at school or I'll say I lent it to a friend for protection. If they really don't believe me, I'll just say I hurt someone and gave the dagger as compensation.
"But when my father saw my empty waist, he didn't ask me anything. He never asked me anything after that...
"I was very relieved at the time, but I was also very scared. I was always worried that my father had forgotten this time, or had drunk too much, and might be discovered next time. So I was still a little uneasy..."
It was not until a long time later that Haina slowly got used to it.
But the fear I felt for my father at that time was still etched in my heart. It was the fear you feel when you know you've done something wrong and are worried about your parents finding out.
"Was it lost early?"
Sherlock pressed, "Was it lost a long time ago?"
Haina pondered for a moment. "Now that you mention it... that's probably the case. It's been so long, I don't remember it very clearly. But I was very... lively at the time."
"I remember showing it off to a lot of people and carving a table with it. If I had held onto it longer, I think I might have done something else with it. But I didn't, so I guess I lost it pretty quickly."
"Then I have a guess, Haena."
Sherlock said calmly, "Is it possible that the person who gave you this dagger was not your father?"
"But……"
Haina wanted to refute Sherlock as a conditioned reflex.
But as soon as she opened her mouth, she suddenly got stuck.
She did remember clearly that it was a gift from her father.
But later on, my father seemed to have completely forgotten about this incident...
And just like Sherlock said... why would his father suddenly give him an elf dagger?
After the "Trees Grow" incident, she suddenly became less confident in her memory.
"Is my memory failing again...?"
"I don't think so."
Aiwass spoke slowly, ending their discussion. "If I'm not mistaken, someone must have transformed themselves into your father and lent it to you. Or rather, her goal was to get you to take it away from Eagle Point Village."
"She?" Haina caught something.
"……smuggling?"
Sherlock also thought of something from this behavior: "It seems like someone used Haina to smuggle something out."
Aiwass nodded at Sherlock: "I guess so."
"Do you recognize that dagger?"
Looking at Aiwass's reaction, Sherlock finally understood why the fox looked so happy about having stolen a chicken.
"Yes, I know it. I've seen it before."
Aiwass nodded.
As he spoke, he took the key to the Saint-Guinevere Chapel from his waist.
He held up the key, which was as big as a dagger, and asked Sherlock, "Do you know what this is?"
"A fragment of the red-handled sword?"
Sherlock crossed his arms and fell into deep thought: "Is this the answer you want me to give?"
He paused, then suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Could it be..."
He also remembered—
Because Sherlock had also seen that dagger - or rather, another dagger of a similar style.
"That's the one."
Aiwass nodded.
Then he turned around and confirmed with Haina, "You said that the dagger has a blue-green blade like the surface of a lake. If you hold it against the sun, you can see a gradient from dark blue to dim yellow from the side, right?"
"……Yes."
Haena nodded.
Aiwass's mouth curled up slightly. "Then congratulations. You have been recognized by the Holy Sword Alondite."
Haina was silent for a while and did not respond.
She hesitated: "What holy sword?"
"Arondite, the holy sword wielded by Lancelot I, the founding monarch of Avalon. It is a sacred weapon of the same rank as my red-handled sword."
Aiwass said slowly, "Its characteristics are that it has a radiance like a lake under the moon, and the blade is engraved with Elvish characters. But just like the Red Handled Sword was sealed, Arondite was also split in two by Merlin, from a longsword into two daggers.
"One of the daggers is in Queen Sofia's bedroom, passed down as a national treasure. It will probably be inherited by Isabel later..."
The other one...was stored somewhere by Merlin as the real ritual array base of [Shadow of Avalon].
It is used as an anchor to guide Lancelot to resurrection.
Aiwass briefly explained the Shadow of Avalon Ritual to the three of them.
The final step of Shadow of Avalon is to pierce the heart of a direct member of the royal family with the Alondite Dagger, which is inherited from the royal family.
The other dagger, containing a fragment of Lancelot's soul, would then respond remotely, absorbing Lancelot's soul completely into the fragment through a ritual, similar to the cursed doll of the Path of Beauty. Then, relying on the "mirror" principle of the Path of Beauty, the soul would be transferred to the other dagger of Arondite.
Quantum entanglement belongs to yes.
——And now, the dagger has been stolen.
Haena is that carrier.
"In other words," Sherlock was stunned, "Eagle Point Village is the base for this grand ceremony?"
"It's entirely possible."
Aiwass nodded.
The only thing stored in the Cathedral of Saint Guinevere was Lancelot's dying "corpse".
There was a basement where Aiwass and Sherlock had just been and even used it for a ceremony. There was no ceremony there either.
And a ceremony must have a ceremony venue.
As a ritual that lasted for centuries, Shadow of Avalon must have a sufficiently stable foundation. Furthermore, it must be sufficiently concealed to prevent interference. Furthermore, as a large-scale ritual, it must occupy a considerable space.
In summary……
"Maybe the secret lies in that goblin cave."
Aiwass was a little excited: "I suspect that Merlin's ritual is hidden there! And now it is very likely that it has been modified..."
After so long, he finally got a glimpse of the truth.
If Merlin's grand ceremony was held in Eagle Point Village or nearby... then everything would be connected.
Why has there been no development here for four hundred years? Why did my grandfather, a fifth-level ritual master, choose such a small place to spend the rest of his life? Why do the trees here grow so strangely yet so indestructible? Why can Jacob easily perform the "Swamp Man Ritual".
And... the villagers here sacrificed their own names and are almost immortal, guarding something here.
Also, why does Haina, the child of dusk and devotion, possess the characteristics of authority and transcendence?
Aiwas looked at Haina.
If he guessed correctly...
Haena is not her parents' biological daughter at all.
She is most likely a clone - and a clone whose soul has been altered.
It wasn't the original form of the Swamp Man. Rather, it was a new form born from the combination of the "Newborn Ceremony" and the reactivated "Swamp Man Ceremony."
This could explain why she looked very similar to her mother and brother, but her path was strangely and completely skewed.
Transcendence and authority.
There is indeed a person whose soul is so inclined...
That was Lancelot, the chief knight who had accompanied Arthur in the fight against the giants, and the founding monarch of Avalon.
His path attributes were transcendence and power. After Arthur ascended to the Silver Crown Dragon, the "power" path within him was cleansed and transformed into the even more powerful "authority" force.
From then on, a strong power of authority was inherited in his bloodline. With the help of the Silver Crown Dragon, he selectively removed the power of transcendence from his bloodline.
His princess, Guinevere, must have an adaptability to love and beauty. That's why there are people like Sophia and Isabel who are naturally inclined towards the path of beauty.
If what is contained in Haena's body is a fragment of Lancelot's soul, then it can explain why she is so special.
Not everyone can use the Dagger of Arondite.
It is basically a royal family army...
But Haina can use it.
But Aiwass was certain that she had absolutely no royal blood.
Considering it from this perspective, the person who handed the dagger to her should be Merlin’s ex-girlfriend... Vivian, the apostle of Shadow Tiansi.
The Path of Love: If you want to change your image and appearance, it is very simple.
Then Vivian should be Jacob's collaborator!
"But why..."
Aiwass frowned again.
He suddenly realized something else.
If Haena was necessary, why didn't Jacob attach so much importance to her?
Jacob even deliberately told Haena the story of Arthur, which was obviously to awaken Haena's transcendent nature!
What if Haina was an experimental subject?
An experiment used to test whether a newborn's soul could contain fragments of another's soul...
Thinking of this, Aiwass suddenly fell silent for a moment.
He thought of himself.
Or rather, he thought of his sudden awakening, yet genuine...
——Memories from another world.
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