[At Exchange Land]

"Sir Ceanu Reaves..." [Elise]

"I...I still can't believe it..." [Kara]

"He was there all this time for us... For us all... And yet... We can't be there for him" [Charlotte]

"I'm sure he would understand why we couldn't go back to Estel... Even still..." [Aries]

"It's heavy... He's my mentor to begin with" [Diana]

"He was nice, even toward his enemies. A respectable figure by many. I guess The Fake Prince Doppelganger targeted him since he's an influential figure that supports Princess Diana" [Qis]

"Smart... But idiotic at the same time. He literally bestowed upon himself the hatred from us all" [Alaric]

"I swear to god, should I find that bastard right now...!" [Ash]

"Ash... Princess Diana is..." [Linda]

"It's fine. Even though The First Prince is my brother, you know of our relationships right. If anything, he made it easier for me to enact any act to dethroned him, that's if father somehow still choose him as a successor of Estel's throne" [Diana]

"I can't see how King Estel will give the throne so easily to him, not when he murdered Sir Ceanu Reaves when we are conferencing through the phone" [Singa]

"But, what if... This is part of his plan... Maybe his next target is..." [Savel]

"That's enough for now. We are all sad due to sudden death of Sir Ceanu Reaves, but I'm sure he wouldn't want us to grieve us for so long, hindering our mission to save Sis Rafiah and the other" [Karon]

"That's true. Best we can do now, as previously me, is to go towards Lyrue" [Rean]

"Faris, Faizi and you two. If there's anything else you wanted to say regarding the current situation at Holy Palace?" [Zerolith]

"Knowing what happen there will definitely help us in the long run" [Farhah]

"Apart from the sudden appearance of the previous demon king, no. Nothing else" [Faris]

"Though unrelated, we were just informed regarding the current situation at the Mountain dungeon alpha... Apparently, not only devilish monsters... But usual monsters activities increase by ten folds... Could it be..." [Faizi]

"They couldn't possibly summon a Doppelganger for those monsters!?" [Mara]

""No evidence to deny nor support it"" [Lara, Nara]

"But the increase monsters activities is alarming without a doubt" [Sachmis]

"I can scout ahead by using the power gifted by mother earth" [Farhah]

"Please do so, that will be helpful" [Ash]

It's a long conversation between us all...

Seriously. All of us here, including Singa's mother Sachmis who just "woke up" from her long slumber deeply affected by the sudden death of Sir Ceanu Reaves. Such a gentleman figure, even among the finest of noble, suddenly getting pierce by the spear of the first prince doppelganger... It's too sudden, and we wanted to mourn him more... I can tell each one of us think of the same thing, and yet, we have to move on, both literally and figuratively now itself as wasting time isn't something any of us can afford

But...

"Farhah... Before you scout the mountain dungeon alpha, can you sprout me any flowers. White flowers will be the best" [Ash]

"For me as well, if you don't mind" [Rean]

"Same!" [Charlotte]

"Maybe you should do it for all of us" [Elise]

"Is that fine with you?" [Diana]

"I see. What's some flowers as compared to giving the right and proper grief for him" [Farhah]

And Farhah did just that. The flowers that she make from her plant magic sprouts one after another, filling the entire VIP room. It's pretty, lush white with faint smell of rose mix with aloe Vera. It's soothing, and without even me asking, the ex butler of the Holy Palace show us all the nearest river.

One by one, starting with Diana, we pray for the man himself, with Zerolith leading one final prayer after all of us have given our proper respect, and finally

"Thank you, for all you have done" [Diana]

"Representing the heroes, we pray for your good journey in the after life" [Rean]

"Meow" [Behe]

"Yes, as with the Valkyrie" [Elise]

From twenty of us, I guess I am the second least affected, but damn it still hurt. By figure, I should only know him max of one year, but during the six to seven years duration where I was controlled by the parasite implanted by the fallen god, he keep looking after my siblings, as well as the orphanage, while still praying everyday for my return. He considers me as on of his good friend despite our difference in status. Honestly, it damn hurt that this is the best that we can do now

"..." [Sachmis]

"What's wrong? Mother" [Singa]

"I guess the people here still expecting something from us" [Sachmis]

"Quite persistent" [Alaric]

"I can't help but to pity them. If the monster and devils are literally wrecking havoc, they don't have much to do here" [Mara]

"They're basically stuck" [Lara]

"Maybe doom until we defeat the fallen god itself" [Nara]

"That, or we save Rafiah, Seraph and Druser" [Ash]

Farhah, after giving her final prayer to Sir Ceanu Reaves, start scanning ahead, and just like the report, she describe the havoc happening in the mountain dungeon alpha

"Should we use the ancient tunnel?" [Farhah]

"The one created by the Traveler King? That's a good idea" [Karon]

"It's at time like this that the traveler king created for mother, father and other ten heroes" [Ash]

"If that's the case, then we should definitely utilize it" [Linda]

"I guess, not counting the time with Mahsuri, this will be the first time we are using the ancient tunnel by our own" [Charlotte]

"Karon" [Farhah]

"Got it. I'll scan any entrance to the ancient tunnel" [Karon]

"I'll try buying any maps related to it" [Faris]

"I'll help. Can buy some food and drink as well. As for the rest of you, better just rest inside the camper van golem" [Ash]

"Right" [All]

And just like that, we decided to use different route to go to Lyrue. At the end of the day, the ancient tunnel we are using still pass through the mountain dungeon alpha