After teaching Elam literacy and other basic education and watching him fall asleep, Ian cleaned up the trash at home.
He did not do any essence training today, so the young man went to the roof of his house and looked up at the almost pitch-black starry sky above his head.
Today's weather was rare and very clear, with not much clouds and fog. This was an extremely rare situation for Harrison Port. It was precisely because of this that he was in the mood for stargazing.
The reason why it is said to be almost completely dark is because Terra has eleven twin moon stars. Even if all the sky is dim, these thirteen stars will still shine with their own light.
If nothing else happens, excluding the eleven stars except the double moon, there are eleven planets orbiting the sun in the Terra star field... But even so, it is difficult to see all the planets at once.
There are only six stars in today's night sky.
The white-haired boy's water-colored eyes stared blankly at the top of his head and the few stars.
After a long absence, he took out a monocular telescope from his arms.
This telescope is not that big, it is just a gift for a child, but in terms of the sophistication of its production, it is unmatched by many professional shops.
"Since the teacher gave you to me, I haven't used you to see the stars a few times... After all, you are not a serious stargazing telescope, how can you glimpse the reality in the distance?"
With a somewhat complicated look on his face, Ian looked at the barrel telescope in his hand and couldn't help but sigh softly: "Yes, there is nothing that can be seen in the sky of this world."
"There are already many disasters and wars on the earth, but the starlight in the distance has become increasingly rare since thousands of years ago... Why is this?"
"Although it is not clear whether this is the universe I originally lived in, and whether the starry sky is the starry sea world I imagined, what happened in the distant universe to cause such anomalies? And such anomalies, and
What impact will it have on the world I live in today?"
Staring at the telescope in front of him, the young man was silent for a long time, and then showed a faint smile: "This is a question."
He stood up slowly, raised his head, and stared at the sky: "And I will find the answer."
"It's that simple."
Ian picked up the telescope given to him by Hilliard. The accuracy of the lenses polished by the old knight's hands was not inferior to any high-precision instrument. Although the magnification was not high, his eyes were by no means ordinary.
He looked into the distance, looking with the teacher's gift.
Then, his expression suddenly became startled.
Immediately afterwards, there was an almost incredible confusion.
"etc……"
Ian opened his eyes wide, his pupils dilated, obviously shocked to the extreme: "Because the stars disappeared, I never paid much attention to the moon before, but... how is this possible?!"
The twin moons of the Phantom Moon and the New Moon rarely appear at the same time. What all living beings often see is the Phantom Moon, which waxes and wanes constantly, making it a bright and extremely beautiful moon.
The new moon rarely appears, and every time it appears, it appears incomplete.
Originally, Ian thought that it might be the special cycle of the new moon, which caused it to be more or less obscured every time it appeared... To be honest, he didn't think about it. After all, this world has spiritual energy and source matter. God knows what the starry sky is like.
But this time, it was under rare clear skies in Harrison Harbor.
The moment when Ian picked up the telescope for the first time and pointed it at the new moon.
He then understood... why the Terran people called a clearly visible moon the 'New Moon'.
When the trajectory of the moon is between the sun and the earth, with the dark side facing the earth and the true appearance of the moon cannot be seen, it is called 'Suo'.
And at this moment, Ian saw... such a dim, obscured moon.
That was a broken moon whose surface was completely burned, leaving many traces of melting. It was completely shattered and broken into several pieces!
A ‘wreck’ that seemed to have been completely melted and then cooled down!
Just because of gravity, it did not explode and scatter. The remaining Broken Moon, which was barely gathered together, was now shrouded in a hazy mist, making it appear extra inconspicuous in the sky...
If it were thousands of years ago, when the Terra star was still shining brightly, it must have been an almost undetectable piece of 'darkness' called 'Shuo' in the sky.
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But now, because all the stars have dimmed, even the dark Shuo is now forced to reveal his true form.
"Even the moon is broken...it's a satellite..."
Staring at this scene in shock, Ian held his breath. He concentrated again and stared at the moon in the distance with his telescope, trying to find some details.
Then, he was stunned again.
Because this time, a series of dense silver characters lit up in front of the boy's left eye.
【Looking at the Moon/New Moon (broken)】
[Broken time, one thousand six hundred and sixty-five years ago]
In Ian's original speculation, the silver chip, which was a creation of the peak civilization of the previous era, faithfully displayed the relevant information belonging to the new moon above his head.
Although simple, it is clear and distinct, making your heart beat more intensely.
"One thousand six hundred and sixty-five..."
Looking at the words that appeared on the subtitles, Ian swallowed and murmured to himself: "This year is Terra year 768, November 25th... There is still a gap of 877 years."
"The Skyfall Disaster was a disaster that occurred thousands of years ago, but no one knows the exact number of years. That period was the so-called 'Lost Era'."
"Scholars speculate that the Lost Era is definitely more than three hundred years ago, with a high probability of more than four hundred years, and less than six hundred years... But now it seems that the Lost Era may be far longer than all of us imagined..."
Taking a deep breath, Ian calmed himself down.
He put down the telescope and looked up at the dim broken moon: "Interesting, the disaster of falling from the sky may be partly caused by the shattering of the new moon and the fragments falling to the earth."
"But what exactly is it, what kind of power is it, that can actually destroy the moon and cause the civilization of the previous era to perish?!"
this is a problem.
A problem that is destined to trouble one person and has troubled countless people throughout their lives.
so.
That's why Ian looked up at the moon and slowly smiled from the bottom of his heart.
"It may take a long, long time, my whole life..."
He said this, and the white-haired boy firmly swore: "But I will find the answer."
A calculation is waiting for the answer, and a question is waiting for the result.
A curious heart will find its own way to distant places.
It's all that simple.
Therefore, no matter what, those who are reborn in this world will eventually embark on a journey.
After this night, Ian seemed to have not changed at all and continued his life day after day.
Study, exercise, accumulate, gain popularity among the white people, show your talents in front of Viscount Grant, get to know more people, and get more books...
Take care of your younger brother, educate your younger brother, summarize your alchemy experience, practice your inscription skills...
The young man continued to hone his skills and improve his strength, day after day, year after year.
So, that's it, the sun rises and the moon sets, and time flows.
Four years have passed.
Today, it is April 9th, Year 773 of the Terra Calendar.