February 2, 2021 - Day 7
It was night. Friedrich and Specter had returned to Alessandro's apartment with their suitcases, he decided to have them placed in the living room and they gladly accepted. After a pizza dinner the two girls stayed in the dining room while Friedrich asked Alessandro to follow him into the bedroom, closed the door and suggested that he sit on the bed because he had many things to report to him:
« This afternoon I met Dorian and he gave me things that terrified the magi of the Clock Tower. Here you are. » He handed Alessandro some sheets of paper which he had folded in his jacket pocket.
Alessandro took a look and saw a map of Sheol's movements, she had been practically everywhere: Japan, India, Russia, Iran, Egypt, China, Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico, Congo, Algeria, Greece, United States, Canada and Australia. Those had been her movements in chronological order. They were completely random, there was no logic.
« She's stalling. Why? » Alessandro asked, worried.
« For fun, perhaps? I don't know. The Mage's Associations is frightened, wherever she has set foot there have been famines, diseases and natural disasters. We two have not paid much attention but lately the newspapers have not talked about anything else. »
« The Grail. » Alessandro intercalated: « She don't want the Holy Grail of Yggdrasil. If she had wanted it, she would have come here immediately. She's probably not interested in it. »
« Yours is just a guess. »
« But it could be true. In addition ... there's one thing that we've not thought about, it was the Grail that allowed Sheol to manifest in this world. Precisely because the Holy Grail of Yggdrasil is so powerful and anomalous it gave that monster the opportunity to take part in the war. If we destroy the Grail, perhaps we can prevent Nidhoggr from destroying the world and we can also destroy Sheol. »
« What if Yukiko was right? What if we were destined to die again this time? »
« This afternoon I met Dorian and he gave me things that terrified the magi of the Clock Tower. Here you are. » He handed Alessandro some sheets of paper which he had folded in his jacket pocket.
Alessandro took a look and saw a map of Sheol's movements, she had been practically everywhere: Japan, India, Russia, Iran, Egypt, China, Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico, Congo, Algeria, Greece, United States, Canada and Australia. Those had been her movements in chronological order. They were completely random, there was no logic.
« She's stalling. Why? » Alessandro asked, worried.
« For fun, perhaps? I don't know. The Mage's Associations is frightened, wherever she has set foot there have been famines, diseases and natural disasters. We two have not paid much attention but lately the newspapers have not talked about anything else. »
« The Grail. » Alessandro intercalated: « She don't want the Holy Grail of Yggdrasil. If she had wanted it, she would have come here immediately. She's probably not interested in it. »
« Yours is just a guess. »
« But it could be true. In addition ... there's one thing that we've not thought about, it was the Grail that allowed Sheol to manifest in this world. Precisely because the Holy Grail of Yggdrasil is so powerful and anomalous it gave that monster the opportunity to take part in the war. If we destroy the Grail, perhaps we can prevent Nidhoggr from destroying the world and we can also destroy Sheol. »
« What if Yukiko was right? What if we were destined to die again this time? »
Alessandro got up and looked out the window.
« You know ... I have been having nightmares for some time, they're almost always identical to each other, they're very realistic and in these I see the end of the world. I feel like I can see the future. »
« The end of the world? »
« Yes. »
« Who do you see in these dreams? Do you see by chance a girl with pink hair, green eyes and with a black Gothic dress and a long sleeve? » Friedrich asked anxiously.
« Yes, right! How did you guess it? »
« Yukiko. She's Yukiko Kumahira. If you've seen her in your dreams it's probable ... but it's a very forced theory, that you see the previous world through dreams. »
« This is absurd. »
« You know ... I have been having nightmares for some time, they're almost always identical to each other, they're very realistic and in these I see the end of the world. I feel like I can see the future. »
« The end of the world? »
« Yes. »
« Who do you see in these dreams? Do you see by chance a girl with pink hair, green eyes and with a black Gothic dress and a long sleeve? » Friedrich asked anxiously.
« Yes, right! How did you guess it? »
« Yukiko. She's Yukiko Kumahira. If you've seen her in your dreams it's probable ... but it's a very forced theory, that you see the previous world through dreams. »
« This is absurd. »
« I know, but there's no better explanation. »
« God? »
« No. If Yukiko wants to bring the end of the world at any cost, it means that even in the previous cycle she must have done it and if you make nightmares about her it's possible that you fought against her in the previous cycle, so maybe ... you can know her way of doing and we can try to stop her. If we stop Yukiko we can destroy the Holy Grail of Yggdrasil without having to worry about Sheol. »
« But how is it possible that I have memories of something that technically never happened? »
« I don't know, I'm not an expert on these things. But maybe I could ask Dorian. Tomorrow morning we will meet him, we must prepare, don't you think too? »
« But how is it possible that I have memories of something that technically never happened? »
« I don't know, I'm not an expert on these things. But maybe I could ask Dorian. Tomorrow morning we will meet him, we must prepare, don't you think too? »
« Yes, good idea. »
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