8. Diary of Queen Evane Translated by Enlightened End. Proofread by Adoxo, Bloodadept, Britsch, Froshi, Mrbaconator.
You have acquired information regarding Queen Evane’s diary. |
Weed had a reasonable idea of the location of the diary. It was probably hidden at the hometown where the Queen used to play together with Zahab.
“Then, please take care.” Weed really did take a basket full of potatoes with him and went over the mountain behind Serabourg Citadel. He arrived at the village Queen Evane used to live in and went to the big tree where Zahab used to make his sculptures.
“It’s probably this place.” When Adventurers used the Detection skill they received a slithery feeling from places related to the quest objective. As Weed did not have such a skill, he had to actually dig the ground up to find out. “Let’s get started.” He took out a spade and began to dig the ground. Through the effect of his Mining skill, the ground was dug up quickly under his spadework! After digging 1 meter deep, he found a wooden chest.
You have unearthed Queen Evane’s hidden chest. |
Fame increased by 265. |
The excavation of Queen Evane’s chest improved the adventurer’s record. If you report this to the Adventurer’s guild you could receive a small reward. |
Weed opened the wooden chest. Inside was a pair of rusted keys, a small hand mirror and a book.
You have obtained a key to the Star Palace. |
You have obtained a key for a secret room. |
You have obtained a mirror that shows the truth. |
You have obtained a tear soaked diary of Queen Evane. |
Weed checked the keys first. “Identify!”
Star Palace Key: Durability 2/4 Key to allow Queen Evane entrance to the palace. Option: Bravery +1 |
It was the key to open the sealed palace of Queen Evane. Currently the rumors mentioned that after it was abandoned, monsters began to live in the palace. “I never heard of anything suggesting the Star Palace is open. Then this must be the key that opens the palace. Onto the next item… Identify!”
This time, Weed placed the key to the secret room on the palm of his hand.
Secret Room Key: Durability 1/4 This is the key to open a secret room somewhere. There is nothing that especially distinguishes this. It is greatly damaged so it will be difficult to use this several times. Option: After 4 uses, it will be destroyed. |
“Identify!”
Truth Showing Hand Mirror: Durability 14/25 A hand mirror encrusted with precious jewels. Made of special material, divine power is flowing through it. Reveals falsehoods and visions, leads one back to the way of truth. Could be used at a particular place. Restrictions: Cannot be used by murderers and evil men. When dancers, bards or priests equip this item, the effect of this item doubles. Option: Intelligence, Wisdom +7. Charm +23. Maximum value of mana increase by 11%. Faith increase by 38. In a specific place, it will lead you the way. |
16th January I would rather live free than be a queen. With Zahab… Like back then… The happy OO ti OO me… |
19th March Will Zahab come to see me again? The happiest m O ments in my life was seeing him making those sculptures. If only I could return back to the time when I was young and innocent. |
7th April I want to see Zahab. My heart will always follow him. If only I was not OOO then I could be ha OO py OO with Zahab… |
6th June I am gathering trustworthy people to protect Rosenheim Kingdom. We are prepared to die. Though I am queen, I will tie my fate with them. |
1st September Embinyu Church. I think I have rushed too much. They figured out my involvement. |
11th September The spy ‘Yiorlin’ who is providing information on the Embinyu Church has sent a message. Assassins have been sent to kill me. I want to se O Zahab one last time. |
14th September I am burying this diary at the place I have many happy memories with him. |
You have acquired information regarding Queen Evane’s death. |
Reemergence of Embinyu Church!
Weed was still as he chewed over the content of the diary. But his brain spun faster than when he tried to scam for Yellowy’s feed. All his perception was in agreement.
‘Queen Evane and Zahab. This chain quest is connected to the Embinyu Church.’ Weed came here after meeting Zahab first. The friendship he had earned then was to be used for a situation like this. ‘It’s to fight the Embinyu Church with Zahab and bring them into account for the death of Queen Evane!’
Although the story was different, there was a time when he had fought with the Embinyu Church in the North. When the Queen’s death was all but forgotten, and when meeting the guy who loved her, it was all a scenario that pointed toward the sculptor gaining vengeance against the Embinyu Church!
‘This was a rushed action, it’s like going to a meat buffet and eating only 5 rolls of gimbap before the meat is ready.’ He was sorely regretting his past actions. ‘I should have guessed that the quest would not end with meeting him!’ There were many different thoughts in his head but it was pointless regretting it now.
Weed took the items and returned to the old handmaiden Elzase. “The Queen’s diary! I could have never imagined it would be found again. Did you meet Fabiane?” “Yes, I met with her. She was living in the alleyway behind the market district.” “Oh, is that so. Even though she is living so close by, after I left the castle I never contacted her so I never knew. The reason was because somehow the handmaidens serving the Queen were dying one by one.”
DING!
‘A Suspicious Diary Somewhere’ Completed The diary of Queen Evane was buried in the ground where she was happy with Zahab. |
Fame increased by 17. |
Experience increased by a very small amount. |
Seeing Weed’s level was so high, the easy quest did not even give experience worth mentioning.
The handmaiden opened the diary and read through it. “My word, how could something like this…! So there was such a secret behind the Queen’s death. But I think it’s too late now.”“What?” “It would have been alright if you came 3 month ago… The royal knight Yiorlin died due to a monster attack.” “…..” “It’s too sad what happened to the Queen. Except for this diary there is absolutely no proof about the tragic death of the Queen… The relevant people are not even around now. There is only little old me and Sculptor-nim so I don’t know how we can avenge her.”
Quest, ‘Deliver the Diary’ did not materialize. |
Suspension in the chain quest!
There was a great emptiness that came upon Weed. ‘I came too late.’ The Embinyu Church was already spread widely in Rosenheim Kingdom. Also the related incidents already occurred. Because he came too late, the quest disappeared halfway.
“But if it wasn’t for adventurer-nim, then this old lady would have always just brooded about what happened. Although the Queen and Zahab-nim loved each other, they couldn’t be together and in the end we couldn’t even avenge the Queen.” “…….” “Perhaps this was for the better. The Queen and Zahab-nim would not have wanted revenge. You must have experienced a lot of hardship because of my unreasonable request.”
Fame increased by 13. |
Weed feebly left the old handmaiden’s house. He couldn’t even pack the poached potatoes this time.
*****
On the street, Seo Yoon asked. “Will you return to Morata?” “No. We came all the way here and also got the key, we should try going to the Star Palace.”
Weed went to the castle and with the key he opened Queen Evane’s Star Palace. While the castle in Rosenheim Kingdom had many players visiting to meet the nobles and officials, no one went close to the abandoned Star Palace.
Dungeon, you are the first to discover the Star Palace. Privileges: Fame increased by 1,700. Double experience and item drop rate for one week. Monsters hunted for the first time will drop the best possible item that it can. |
Bravery increased by 3 for entering the Star Palace. |
“Let’s hunt to our heart’s content.” Inside the Star Palace, old artworks were hidden like treasures and there were rooms hidden with gold articles. This dungeon was luxurious!
Usually in dungeons where only low level monsters appeared, the whole place had to be searched to earn a piece of bronze but here it was filled with treasure. After the death of Queen Evane, the palace was left to rot and turned into a dungeon through a mysterious curse.
The Star Palace was littered with souls of maids, knights, and soldiers who died with regret. The reason was unknown but there was a lot of grotesque monsters called Burgle.
“This is quite a dangerous dungeon.” At Weed and Seo Yoon’s level, the lingering souls were easy to handle. But the Burgle monsters charged with incredible speed and thrust themselves into battle, not only was their level mid 400, they were extremely dangerous. Fortunately the monsters didn’t rush them all at once, so compared to hunting in the Grapass region, it was considerably easier.
“Call: Death Knight Van Hawk, call: Vampire Lord Torido!” Weed summoned Torido and Van Hawk and fought together with Seo Yoon. When Seo Yoon wasn’t with him, he cautiously hunted the outskirt of the dungeon with Death Knight Van Hawk using Radiant Sword.
“KIEEEEK!” Radiant Sword was effective against curse type monsters, also the skill mastery increased easily but nothing new came out of the light yet. But still, the Burgles had great strength which made them difficult to deal with. Even if he used his skill, the Burgles bashed in with their shield and pushed in, whirling their great swords.
In the morning when the Radiant Sword became weaker, Weed went to the Square and made sculptures. “Doing this reminds me of back then.” Lost in his memories he started making sculptures of deer, foxes, and rabbits. Truthfully, these were the shapes he sculpted the most, but it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say these shapes laid the basis of his sculpting skill.
“Tsk tsk, you don’t make sculptures like that.” While Weed was carving his sculptures, a player who looked the same age as him approached. “Yes?” “I am also a sculptor, shall I teach you some tricks?” This player’s class was also a sculptor!
The place Weed was at was a good spot where people had to cross to reach the Square’s fountain. Blacksmith and seamstress were a given but especially, there were many sculptors sitting there and doing business. While players with other classes wouldn’t be interested, Serabourg Citadel in Rosenheim Kingdom was like a holy land to the sculptors! It was to the point that making and selling sculptures here was recommended in message boards as a way for sculptors to grow.
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