Chapter 192: Circle of Life 2
Just as the sun was halfway through its path across the azure sky, Lara and her group arrived at their destination—a place that Percival had only read in Peridur’s Book of Legends — Galeya’s sacred bathing pool.
The pool was nestled deep within the jungle’s embrace, hidden by trees and jagged limestone walls. It was said that if a mortal saw Galeya in her human form, the mortal would become blind. But the goddess did not want to hurt her people, so she enclosed her bathing place with high walls so no mortal eyes would accidentally see her.
The legend of Galeya was known to all the children of Northem because they had grown up hearing tales of Mount Ourea and the other mountains in the Alta-Tierra range and how they came to be.
Now, they stood before the fabled sacred pool, hidden from mortal eyes by the jagged limestone walls that gleamed in the midday sun. Their hearts swelled with a quiet reverence.
Lara decided to take her brothers and cousins there. The place was too beautiful to be kept hidden — the water shimmered with an otherworldly grace, glistening like liquid crystal under the direct heat of the sun.
The men were spellbound. Abel and Barett stood in awed silence, their eyes wide as they marveled at the pool’s beauty. The water looked like it had been poured from the sky itself—neither warm nor cold, but existing in perfect balance.
"Sis, I’m a believer of the legend now," Percival breathed, kneeling to run his hand through the crystal-clear water. "This... this has to be the work of a god."
Even Bener and Gideon, who scoffed at legends, were visibly moved, their usual skepticism dissolving into sighs of wonder.
Aramis, however, thought of something different.