Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 76

Freed's finger moved along the backs of books as he went through their names. Every book in this chamber was really old, but well kept. He saw Laxus, Bickslow and Roscoe talking with Trufflepompom but didn't hear to the other side of the chamber what they were talking. It seemed like they had found out something.

He turned and started to inspect another bookshelf and Evergreen and Leticia followed after him. For some reason it looked like Evergreen was amused, but he wasn't sure why.

"Actually, this is my first time here in this chamber too", Leticia explained.

"Really?" Evergreen asked. "I thought you said you've practically lived your whole life here?"

"That's true", Leticia nodded. "But his library has more in it than you can even see", she chuckled. "There are lots of secrets. I know most of them, but I'm sure there are secrets I can't even imagine."

"Does every crypt have their own secret chamber?" Freed asked taking out a book and he opened it.

"I actually believe so and the things they're hiding might be anything. Who knows, there might be a secret even inside this chamber, which is a secret itself."

Freed chuckled and he went through more books. Most of them weren't really anything helpful for them, they just told some things Red Dawn had done. Since the guild had been active for fifty years, there would most probably be lots of books only about what they had done during that time.

Bickslow suddenly stepped closer.

"We found out something, baby", he whispered while Leticia was talking with Evergreen.

"What?" Freed asked sharply looking at Bickslow.

"Roscoe said not to say it out loud to others, but Yuidose is actually a great-great-great-grandson or something like that of the founder of Red Dawn", the seith mage explained and Freed blinked. That would link Bickslow and Roscoe to that guild too and he could understand why it was better not to mention anything about it. "What should we do now?" Bickslow asked confused.

"It's obvious that was what Yuidose wanted us to find out", Freed whispered back. "But since we are here I think we should use this opportunity and try to read more just in case."

"What the hell has Red Dawn to do with anything anyway?" Bickslow snorted. "It's not like Yuidose is planning to bring it back or something."

"That's true. This might be more psychological", Freed said. "He's shaking us with this information. By letting you know about your family history, he might be trying to say something like you're not as good people as you think you are and don't deserve to be considered nothing more than just villains."

"Just because of someone who did something over a hundred years ago? Who we have never even met?"

"Yes, sadly. But you and Roscoe won't let him success. You are not responsible of what your father or his father or any of your ancestors did", Freed frowned to his old friend. "Don't let Yuidose play with your mind and trick you."

"Yeah, we know better than letting him do that, baby", Bickslow smirked. "Okay, so let's go through some more books", he decided, taking out a book.

It was evening when they finally left the chamber. Just like they had suspected, they didn't actually find anything that could help them to fight against Yuidose. Their enemy was just playing with them, making them run around and they all knew it.

They stepped to the doors of the crypt, Trufflepompom seeing them off.

"We can find our way to the doors", Laxus grunted to Leticia.