Chapter 9: The New wielder of the Flame of Eternity
"Phoenix?"
I mutter under my breath, rummaging my brain as I search for where I’ve seen the image of this bird before.
Ah! Yes! On the crest of my guide and the uniform of the guards. And also on the red robe of the Patriarch. There were specific drawings of a bird coated with flames. I thought it was just their symbol, does that mean this phoenix is?
[Your family revere me because I was the one who delivered to your founding father; the first king of the Flameworth’s– The flame of eternity. He wielded it, and the world knew his name. They believe I was the one who gave him those flames. Meanwhile, I was not. I am only a messenger, a channel, and the source is above me.]
"Then who is the source?"
[THEY.]
"Who are they?"
[Their names cannot be mentioned, for the weight of it on a mortal is too much to bear.]
"..."
What is this? What is it saying? What does it mean?
"You said you are a messenger. Now, tell me. What.. message did you bring to me?"