Ultimus Thesaurus: The last Treasure (Era of Change Book 1) by Maximilian Warden Page B
Authors: Maximilian Warden
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everything imaginable. Over time his body developed enormous abilities, but his spirit was beginning to slowly be destroyed by the consumption of drugs and alcohol. He once probably was the most brilliant alchemist of the world, but now he doesn’t even know what year we have. I was afraid that you would decide against us both if you knew the truth. This is my last chance to find a means of salvation for us.”
It was strange seeing such concern for their own father in the eyes of two people, whereas I found nothing but hatred for my own. I had hidden these emotions for a very long time and nothing had ever brought me so far as to think about the man who saw me as nothing more than a mistake. But perhaps it was time to try and make him proud. To ignore him had never helped.
“Your concern was unfounded. You see this disc? Do you know what it is? We found it in the interior of the compass.”
He looked at the disc with a keen eye and although I could see that he had a presumption, it wasn’t enough to tell me about it. I took the case as it was, and accepted it as closed for the moment. I still distrusted him and if I would see that he would lie openly to me, I would take appropriate action.
“How do you both intend to enter the prison? According to all that I have heard, the city is besieged.”
“I already have an idea, no worries. We should rather think about how we get out of this place at the end,” I said and prepared for the departure.
Megura was on the way back home and even if I did not want to return yet, it was still the first time I felt real homesickness.
Chapter 10: Poor People, Rich Monster
It was the middle of the night when we prepared the carriage and the dense and strong snowfall had now already lasted for a whole day. The torches on the wagon burned bright, and as I was looking at Isaac’s face I wondered what kind of fire was burning in him. What was the real reason behind his desire to help? We both made ourselves comfortable in the driver seat, while Lucia chose to sit in the back of the carriage. I felt the cold air in my hands and when I looked around and the carriage slowly started to move, I asked myself what I wanted. This was not the way I once imagined my life to be, but looking back I have never had a real idea, of what the future might bring. My self-reproach may have been gratuitous, but I had still betrayed my father, and these thoughts haunted me every night.
“Why have you saved your father? His life could have ended on that day. But you have decided to lose your own life so that he could still be with you. And even if that would have been the reason, why do it, if he himself can’t even understand it?” I asked Isaac, who stared into the dark night and whose soul seemed to be flooded by dark thoughts.
“My true reason? When I lost my mother, I knew that I would never be whole again. My life had been about understanding life itself. If you grow up, like I did, then there remains no time to live. My decision was not easy. In the moment in which I also would lose my father, I knew that it would also be the end of me. This was the reason at that time, but today I see it differently. My only objective has always been to finish the research my father, to find the last element and to save my mother. Her death wasn’t right and if god does not understand that, then I myself have to become god.”
“Such a power does not belong to any man. This is the reason why I began this journey. If Jasper really had found the book that holds the secrets of all life, then we must find and destroy it. It was always my dream to be a writer and do you know why? Because life is not interesting to me as long as I do not write. People like my father or my classmates never understood that.
They follow a path on which I can’t join them without losing myself in the process.
But in the darkness that surrounds us, will always be a burning light, just as the torches on this carriage. If we
It was strange seeing such concern for their own father in the eyes of two people, whereas I found nothing but hatred for my own. I had hidden these emotions for a very long time and nothing had ever brought me so far as to think about the man who saw me as nothing more than a mistake. But perhaps it was time to try and make him proud. To ignore him had never helped.
“Your concern was unfounded. You see this disc? Do you know what it is? We found it in the interior of the compass.”
He looked at the disc with a keen eye and although I could see that he had a presumption, it wasn’t enough to tell me about it. I took the case as it was, and accepted it as closed for the moment. I still distrusted him and if I would see that he would lie openly to me, I would take appropriate action.
“How do you both intend to enter the prison? According to all that I have heard, the city is besieged.”
“I already have an idea, no worries. We should rather think about how we get out of this place at the end,” I said and prepared for the departure.
Megura was on the way back home and even if I did not want to return yet, it was still the first time I felt real homesickness.
Chapter 10: Poor People, Rich Monster
It was the middle of the night when we prepared the carriage and the dense and strong snowfall had now already lasted for a whole day. The torches on the wagon burned bright, and as I was looking at Isaac’s face I wondered what kind of fire was burning in him. What was the real reason behind his desire to help? We both made ourselves comfortable in the driver seat, while Lucia chose to sit in the back of the carriage. I felt the cold air in my hands and when I looked around and the carriage slowly started to move, I asked myself what I wanted. This was not the way I once imagined my life to be, but looking back I have never had a real idea, of what the future might bring. My self-reproach may have been gratuitous, but I had still betrayed my father, and these thoughts haunted me every night.
“Why have you saved your father? His life could have ended on that day. But you have decided to lose your own life so that he could still be with you. And even if that would have been the reason, why do it, if he himself can’t even understand it?” I asked Isaac, who stared into the dark night and whose soul seemed to be flooded by dark thoughts.
“My true reason? When I lost my mother, I knew that I would never be whole again. My life had been about understanding life itself. If you grow up, like I did, then there remains no time to live. My decision was not easy. In the moment in which I also would lose my father, I knew that it would also be the end of me. This was the reason at that time, but today I see it differently. My only objective has always been to finish the research my father, to find the last element and to save my mother. Her death wasn’t right and if god does not understand that, then I myself have to become god.”
“Such a power does not belong to any man. This is the reason why I began this journey. If Jasper really had found the book that holds the secrets of all life, then we must find and destroy it. It was always my dream to be a writer and do you know why? Because life is not interesting to me as long as I do not write. People like my father or my classmates never understood that.
They follow a path on which I can’t join them without losing myself in the process.
But in the darkness that surrounds us, will always be a burning light, just as the torches on this carriage. If we
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