THE ADVENTURER OF EDEN
5.1 "Declaration of Opening"

Arc 05: Valhalla Tower

"OK, we're ready to go to Valhalla" said Shiki, she's in the room now with Yui and Alicia.

Shiki and Yui will travel to Valhalla, while Alicia accompanies them to the Great Port to meet Count Erick Edelweiss.

"I will immediately make the inauguration as a temporary King. That's why I had to go to the Great Port first to meet Count Erick, then return to the capital with him."

"There were about 12 members of Parliament who agreed. But not among those who were 5 members of Parliament at that time." Alicia sighed, unsurprisingly in fact.

Count Erick Edelweiss was an exception because he paid his debt of debt to his slaves after the Berserk Knight incident on Shiki et al. Freddy and the rest had no news, or the answer to Alicia becoming King was temporarily approved by most members of Parliament.

They initially disagreed, but Count Erick had a way that eventually led most members of Parliament to agree that Alicia would become the temporary King of the Kingdom of Asteria.

"As long as I have the consenting vote of most members of Parliament, then I will remain King! Hehe!" Alicia was so excited today.

"That's very nice. If you become King, then we will easily exert our strength to fight NARAKU," Shiki said with a smile, he already had an outline of a plan to fight NARAKU.

"After your inauguration, we will attack Norden State where NARAKU headquarters is located."

"Yes, aniki! We have to attack them first before they attack first!" Yui agrees.

Alicia also nodded in agreement with the two of them. "Yup, let's discuss that with Leonard and Count Erick later."

...

After that, the three of them discussed the Sanctum, whose report was given by the Duma. Only a little information of the Sanctum belonged to the Star Knight.

"Just like this, huh? Is this general information only?" ask Shiki curiously. Most of them already know, like Sanctum based in the Valhalla Tower or those who make some magic healing potion, Elixir.

"Yes, I think that's all the information we can get. But I knew very little about them, such as the nickname "Sacred Girl of Salvation" for Reina, and then she was treated well by them." Alicia.

"Holy Girl of Salvation, huh," Shiki blinked. "What does the Stardust family have to do with the Sanctum?"

"Affiliate, or something. We don't know the details, of course." said Alicia again.

"Is there anything we need to be aware of them, Alicia? I mean, the Sanctum is a closed organization. Do you have any idea what their combat power is or something?" tanya Yui sat on the curious bed.

"Fighting power, huh..." Alicia refused her waist and thought what she knew about the Sanctum.

But true, their problem with the Sanctum was actually information. Although it came well later, it did not cover the possibility that they would fight with those Priests.

"Well, I think the priests are our opponents. But as Shiki wants, we better come up well and finish well." Alicia.

"Yup-" Shiki nodded in agreement, then saw the Duma pass through their room in quite a hurry.

"Oi, Duma! Why do you seem to be in such a hurry?!" shiki asked curiously, out of the room.

"Govie! You happen to be here! I think asking for your help is the right thing now!" The Duma replied, saying that to Shiki.

The Duma said everything that happened now, and it made Shiki cs go to where Leonard was.

"Three places in the capital, there are at least three Priests who are performing rituals." Leonard tell them.

Alicia blinked hearing that. "Rituals?"

"According to reports, they formed a "bounded field" around them with their "magical energy." Leonard told them. "Priest Sanctum's magical energy is unique. They used magical energy, but somehow it was not like the magical energy that other people used to use."

"Added, the most irritating thing was that the magical energy had very strong resistance to magic attacks and was able to block physical attacks as well."

Shiki was quite surprised to hear that. "That's a powerful ability. Doesn't that make the Sanctum a dangerous opponent?"

"Of course, but each of the military or adventurer guilds has a significant number advantage. The Priest Sanctum scattered in this Kingdom are only 50 people, you know. Yet 10 of them are in the Capital." Leonard tell me again.

"Then do they have a dangerous plan in forming that ball of light? That's why you ordered your troops to arrest them?" asked the young man with black hair to his rival.

"Yes, as a precaution. Hibari had already sent at least 50 soldiers to capture the Priests. He'll tell me if Sanctum's real purpose is..."

The voice of the call from Call Chip sounded. "...ah, he called me at last." Leonard picked up the communication from Hibari via Call Chip.

"Dibari! Is there any more information? What's Sanctum planning?"

"(Leon... They told us not to worry)" the third-seat knight replied. "(Because what they're doing won't hurt us.)" 

"To be honest, I'm worried. The ball of light they made was getting bigger. The panic of the citizens has also occurred, I've asked them to evacuate in anticipation of the worst situation."

"(Good work, my love. Then keep an eye on them"

"(AH!)" The sound of Hibari's panicked screams rang out. Shiki and his two heroes who had heard that since then became curious.

"Daily?! What is?! What's going on?!" Leon panicked.

Hibari's voice giving the command was heard from Call Chip. The woman asked her soldiers to arrest the Priests after their bounded fields were released.

"(Sorry, Leon! They took off the bounded field and shot their light into the sky right now! It can't be stopped!)"

Hibari looked up at the sky, from three directions in the capital, a light shot out and fused above the sky of the capital. In addition to Hibari, there are Sarah and Benzu who also have panicked faces in three places in the capital.

The priests had also been frozen without fighting back by the soldiers. However the three light released could not be shot, fusing together to form a huge ball of light in the sky.

Shiki had indeed sensed the Sanctum's extremely powerful magical energy from there. And if that ball of light exploded in a few seconds, then the entire capital would be depleted already.

There is no time, everyone will die.

Sanctum said they had no evil intentions, but this...

"(It's been 400 years since the Crimson Crown tragedy)"

"DOLL?" They were startled, all of a sudden the voice of a woman was heard very clearly throughout the capital.

From that ball of light, the sound became clearer and one's form became clearer as well. A woman who slowly begins to bring herself to be seen by everyone.

"This voice..." Shiki was shocked of course. The same reaction was shown by Alicia and Yui.

"The tragedy of the catastrophe, not only of this country, but of the whole human world."

Hibari was startled, the woman inside the ball of light was visible. The woman Hibari had seen, but she wore a small crown.

"That's Princess Reina Stardust..."

"Miss Hibari! We got a report! The broadcast of this ball of light was not only happening in the capital, but in some major cities in the Asteria Kingdom!" Shouted a soldier; "The entire Kingdom of Asteria heard this broadcast!!"

"What did you say?!" Hibari was shocked, and immediately told Leonard about it.

"(Tragedy that brings our world in the end of its horns. Even though it's over, and it's over. It will happen again and again.)"

"(400 years ago, friendship, betrayal, testing and liberation occurred. The three royal noble families who held important roles back then were over.)"

"(Blackmore is gone, Romanova can't do anything and Stardust is no longer important.)"

"I am the last King of the Kingdom of Asteria, My name is Freiana Astrea. I'm Goddess Freyja who will bring salvation to the human world." Reina announced that to everyone, with her sitting on the throne.

Shiki was very surprised to hear that, then Reina ended her short broadcast. "And put an end to this endless cycle of world destruction..."

(So this is what Reina's plan was to mean by Duke Robert Stardust! Last king of Asteroa?! Who are you, Reina?!) thought Shiki was shocked and alert, for him now it became even more complicated, let alone...

He heard an annoyed voice nearby, the girl's fist clenched full of anger. "DORINA!" Alicia was completely enraged after hearing the declaration from her childhood friend.

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Let's take a step back, this is their flashback about 13 years ago.

The ball was held annually by the Blackmores, and for the first time the Romanovas and the Stardusts were present "completely", namely the father and mother of the Romanovas, and their eldest child, who was the first to attend, Princess Alicia Romanova is 6 years old.

Then the Stardust family, said to be complete because their head, Duke Robert Stardust came with his daughter who had just appeared, Princess Reina Stardust.

Alicia, sit looking at the two "princes" of the Blackmore Family. 15-year-old Prince "William Blackmore" and 10-year-old Prince "Artha Blackmore.

Alicia was 6 years old at the time, and she heard "whispers" that King George Blackmore had wanted to have another child from one of his concubines.

Alicia saw those "noblemen" whispering about this. "They love to gossip." murmured Alicia softly.

"Alicia, let's get out of there." Alicia's mother is coming, Liana Romanova. "Gossip wasn't good for you as a kid."

"Yes, mother." Alicia nodded in understanding.

Alicia sat on a park bench, and sat up with a slap. "I don't understand the adult mind, and it sucks!"

"Moreover Blackmore...!" Alicia said again, her face even more irritated. "Since I didn't like them! Prince William often looks at me with a strange smile..."

Someone was sitting near Alicia. "DOLL?"

Alicia looked at the little girl next to her. "What's? Are you gonna tell Blackmore about that?" ask the girl curious.

Alicia frowned, then she said again. "I don't like them either."

"That's right! They are so annoying! Especially Prince William! But Prince Artha is a good boy, I'm friends with him!" alicia said spirit.

"so." She smiles.

"Then what are you doing here?" ask Alicia again.

"I'm being asked to come here."

Alicia surprise. "Ah, same! My mother also asked me to stay here. Btw, my name is Alicia Romanova," Alicia introduced herself to the 4-year-old girl; "If you're here, you're the son of a rich merchant or whatever, right?"

"Umm.so..." Reina answered somewhat doubtfully. "Romanovas... Then you're one of the three founding families, right?"

"That's how." Alicia blinked, nodding.

"Means we're the same." Reina introduced herself to Alicia with a smile; "My name is Reina Stardust. Nice to meet you, Alicia-san."

It was their first meeting. A delightful encounter of friendship between these two destiny-filled daughters.

...Chapter 5.1 "Declaration of Opening" - completed...