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　I wake up to a delicious smell.

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　When I snap awake, the sight is always unfamiliar, and for a moment I wonder where I am.

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　Then my head starts to clear and I realize that, yes, I am in ruins.

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　I wake up with a somewhat strange feeling and get up.

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Lelunda, you're awake. Good morning.

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Good morning, Gaius. You slept more than I expected.

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You must be tired. You must be tired, you know.

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　Gaius handed me a tub of water to wash my face.

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　This water was apparently drawn from a nearby river.

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　I wash my face and my eyes feel refreshed.

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Lerunda, good morning. Breakfast is already prepared, so let's eat.

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　Lerunda said to me, and we all ate breakfast together. It felt strange to eat breakfast on the road. After having a simple meal, we each looked around the ruins.

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Hmmm..."

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Run...... what are you smiling so eerily at?"

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What do you mean, we get to explore the ruins now!　I can't help but be excited.

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　Lan is in good spirits this morning. The most important thing to remember is that you can't be too careful when it comes to your health.

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He's more excited than usual.

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'Yes, I am, Frene. Is there something on your mind at ......?"

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　Frenet was a little twitchy when he called out to me. Frenet, looking around on top of his head, was a little restless.

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'I think I sense a slight presence,......, but I'm not sure yet.

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I don't ...... know.

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　Frenet says, "I have a feeling.

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　Is there something in these ruins? I wonder if that feeling is the same as the strange sensation I'm feeling.

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　I wondered this as I looked around the ruins with Lan and Nilsi.

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I wondered, "...... was this building a church?"

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'How could you tell!　I am sure it was a church. I don't even know which god was enshrined, but this place must have been a big church. It is possible that it worshipped a god I don't know about, and it would be worth researching. I found a piece of a statue of a deity, but it's in a shape I haven't seen much of, so I'm looking forward to seeing what deity it might indicate."

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　The atmosphere of the building, of which very little remains, was somewhat sacred. Mr. Lan's reaction to my comment was loud and clear.

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　He said that there must have been a church here, towering over the trees that had taken root around it. I could not imagine such a large building in this place.

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　I wonder how such a large, towering building could have crumbled so much over the years.

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　As I was looking around the site of the church, Mr. Lan called out to me.

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Lelunda, look!　Something has fallen.

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'Mr. Lan!　No!"

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　Mr. Lan seems to have found something and tries to jump out in that direction. I hurriedly grabbed his arm to stop him.

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I won't jump out of the way either!

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Really?

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I'm not going to jump out of the room. Yes, that's right. I'll check it out before I touch it.

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　He says like that, but I'm not sure if he's really ...... sure, which makes me a little uneasy when I look at Mr. Lan in front of me.

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Which one is the one that's fallen?

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There it is!　You see something small falling down there?　I'm wondering if it's some kind of magic tool or some other living item from a past civilization."

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　Indeed, there is something that looks like a small container that has fallen in the direction that Mr. Lan pointed.

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　First, Frene checked to see if it was dangerous. Frene is a spirit, so she is sensitive to things that have magical powers.

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　Frene said that the container was just a container and had no magical power.

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　There would be no problem, so Ms. Lan takes the brown container in her hand. He looks at it with sparkling eyes and seems to be enjoying himself.

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I wonder what this is. Was it used as a cup? Or is it something else?　But it is small for a drinking vessel, isn't it? Oh, I wish I had a written or pictorial record of the old days already. ......"

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　Mr. Lan tucked it away in his bag as he said this.

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　I am looking forward to seeing what he will reveal about this container-like object.

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　After that, I looked around the site of the church and found a lot more things than I expected. The place must have originally been filled with many things. Digging up a little dirt, you can find a lot of things.

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　Whenever he saw them, his eyes would light up.

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　But since he couldn't take all of them home with him, he tried his best to be selective.

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　After that, we went a little further east to Frenet.

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　When we turned that way, we found a little puddle - a small pond-like place. Around that pond were some larger stones lying around.

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　And in the center of the pond, there was a small tree rising out of the water. But the tree was only about as tall as my knee, and it looked as if it was going to decay.

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　That's what attracted me.

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I could feel the presence of a spirit."

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　Such words of Frene echoed in my ears.

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　--The girl and the ruins 4

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　（The girl looked around the ruins and found a small pond.)

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