“Continent?”

 

Edith was momentarily surprised but confirmed Violet’s statement.

 

“Eight hundred years ago, when I was adventuring with my companions, I did come across similar content in some ruins at the far west of the continent. However, the text on it did not belong to any known language. We could only transcribe the information and later stored it in the royal library.”

 

Frowning, the girl in the golden robe hesitated before speaking in an uncertain tone.

 

“According to some deciphered content later, I remember… it mentioned that the world we live in was once called the 【Dreamland】. However, due to the difficulty of translation, the information was incomplete and deemed of low value, so the deciphering efforts were discontinued.”

 

“Dreamland…?”

 

Reading this name that felt so familiar, Violet immediately asked with some urgency.

 

“What about the transcribed book that contained this information?! Is it still in the royal library?”

 

If so, relying on the relationship with Lilya, Miss Priestess must borrow it for a read. Perhaps this is a quite important secret!

 

With translation glasses available, language barriers are not a problem!

 

However.

 

“Um, unfortunately, about three hundred years ago, around the time before the prison was built, there was a big fire in the royal palace. At that time, many precious books and collections were turned to ashes, including the original and transcript of that fragment.”

 

“Because no one could understand the mysterious content on it, and we didn’t make many backups, it’s probably lost.”

 

Edith blinked, showing curiosity.

 

“Miss Violet, is the thing on there really important to you?”

 

It burned down unexpectedly…

 

The girl, with her upper body leaning slightly forward in excitement, leaned back again. After a while, she opened her mouth.

 

“To say it’s important… not necessarily. It’s just that I think that thing might record some special secrets, and I’m a bit interested. Since it’s already destroyed, there’s nothing we can do.”

 

“Sorry, I couldn’t help. If it’s in the language of the kingdom, I might be able to help you restore some of it from memory.”

 

“It’s okay. Just hearing the name ‘Dreamland’ is already a breakthrough.”

 

At this moment, Violet suddenly remembered the information about the so-called green snake mark that she had been in contact with in various ways since coming to this world, as well as the thing she got from Ben that she forgot to ask about before.

 

She took out the token carved with a green snake and placed it on the table.

 

“Miss Edith, do you know what this is?”

 

After waiting for a few seconds, the Miss Guardian still kept her head down, her gaze firmly fixed on that strange black token, and she remained silent.

 

“?”

 

Violet felt something was off, so she raised her voice a bit.

 

“Miss Edith?”

 

“Ah! Sorry, I got distracted…”

 

The girl in the golden robe lifted her head. Whether it was Violet’s imagination or not, she always felt that Edith’s appearance seemed to show a hint of caution?

 

Without waiting for the priestess to speak, Edith took the initiative and, with a rather serious tone, looked at her.

 

“Where did you get this thing from?”

 

Sensing Edith’s unusual expression, Violet didn’t hide much and roughly described the process of obtaining the item from Ben, the information she obtained from the demon cult that day, and the content Rebecca mentioned accidentally.

 

She just didn’t explicitly mention the method of using the demi-artifact to open the ring.

 

By the way, she also took out the silver key and asked the royal ancestors for help in identifying it.

 

After hearing all this, the guarded look on the girl in the golden robe gradually relaxed, and she rubbed her head as if having a headache.

 

“That scoundrel Ben, he really doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth, daring to touch everything… Well, it seems the Rebecca you mentioned is the representative of the Twilight Council. No wonder she has the strength that even I find troublesome.”

 

After carefully examining the two items for a while, Edith set them down.

 

“I haven’t seen anything related to this key before, and I’m not sure what it is. However, judging from the orderly patterns and edges around it, it seems to be designed to be embedded inside a larger object.”

 

“Well, I also think so.”

 

Edith’s perspective coincided with Violet’s investigation skill that revealed the phrase “Key of March One.” However, if even the Guardian who has lived for eight hundred years hasn’t seen this thing, it’s likely that its purpose will only become clear when all three keys are gathered.

 

Despite spending eight hundred years in the Courage City, the Miss Guardian had traveled extensively in her early years, exploring most of the world, broadening her knowledge, and experiencing countless trials of life and death. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to reach the realm beyond as a human.

 

Seeing no immediate response from the priestess, the girl in the golden robe paused, then returned to the previous topic.

 

“As for this token, as Miss Violet speculated, it is the emblem of a representative of the Twilight Council. The serpent on it is Jörmungandr, the Serpent of Devouring Realms, a mythological creature that once devoured the sun, moon, and stars, plunging the world into darkness and destruction.”

 

“The details of the myth are no longer traceable, but the Twilight Council indeed uses the Serpent of Devouring Realms as its totem and symbol. This organization has existed for a very long time.”

 

Edith paused and added,

 

“At least longer than the Human United Kingdom.”

 

“Unlike the recent attack on the capital by the Eternal Throne, the Twilight Council has very few members, and its structure is quite loose, consisting only of ‘Councilors’ and ‘Representatives.'”

 

“I have some knowledge of the Eternal Throne organization, and I can say that the Twilight Council is far more formidable than the former. Or, to put it differently, the two cannot be compared.”

 

“?”

 

The Miss Guardian’s statement of being “completely incomparable” indeed surprised Violet.

 

After all, the Eternal Throne is a super underground organization with 12 legendary figures, with the top three reaching a transcendent-level. While Violet could handle Rebecca like educating a child, given the strength she displayed, normally taking on four or five legends at once would be quite simple.

 

If the power of the Eternal Throne were not scattered worldwide but gathered in one place, it could likely pose a threat to the sovereignty of any country in the world. If they were still far weaker than the Twilight Council, wouldn’t it make all countries and races just a joke to them?

 

Edith, who easily discerned the thoughts in the priestess’s mind, chuckled and corrected her.

 

“Miss Violet might be wondering why such a powerful organization has remained unknown or hasn’t interfered in the internal affairs of any country, establishing its own influence, right?”

 

“In fact, it’s quite simple. Do you know why the Twilight Council has two different components, ‘Councilors’ and ‘Representatives’? The ‘Representatives’ are, in a sense, agents in the mortal world, while the ‘Councilors’ themselves are not in this world.”

 

“They are all beyond the world.”

 

“Perhaps there’s a barrier set by the gods, or they might simply exist in another space, making it difficult to traverse for reasons unknown to me…”

 

“But the ‘Councilors’ cannot easily come here.”