Chapter 14: What Remains
-Back in the current day under the Cait house.-
Cid: “That’s…”. Was all he said, unable to finish what he was trying to say as his thoughts wondered.
Scarlett: “Not how it was reported, right? Surprising, isn't it.” She said with fake confidence, trying to cover up her sadness.
Cid: “No, that's not it. It's just awful. I don't know how else to say it.” He said sympathetically.
Scarlett gazed at Cid. A deep sense of melancholy could be felt from her eyes.
Scarlett: “Well, that was a better response than what I got from people I thought were my friends.”
Cid: “Really?”
Scarlett: “They threw every accusation at me. Said I was a liar, a monster, or some crazy person pretending to be me. They didn’t want to hear what I had to say, instead they chose to believe Rana and my other former disciples. Tell me Cid, what is the official story they teach at that college of what happened.”
Cid: “They…They say you went to the Wildlands with your eight disciples and were intending to sacrifice them. You had discovered some ritual to empower yourself, but it required human sacrifice at the top of that mysterious structure. You managed to sacrifice two of your disciples before your six other disciples stopped you. They interrupted the ritual and the structure exploded with you in it. You were thought dead for a few years after that, until you appeared again. T-that is the basics of what I read.“