Rover nodded slightly: "We still need to restore the stained-glass windows..."
Carlotta explained: "Generally speaking, ancient objects powerful enough to give birth to Remnants all possess special frequencies, and these frequencies can serve as clues to guide us in restoring them."
After that, Rover used her terminal to reconstruct the frequencies of all the fragments.
Then, she matched and pieced together each fragment with the stained-glass windows above, one by one.
The first image depicted a scene of two forces—one light, one dark—fighting each other.
The second image showed a golden-haired maiden, the same girl Rover had seen in the earlier hint from the Vitreum Dancer.
The third image portrayed a man holding a lantern-shaped object driving away the darkness.
Carlotta stared intently at the contents of the stained-glass windows: "It worked. Let me see..."
"These stained-glass windows seem to record a legend about the gods... Hmm?"
Lucian asked curiously: "Did you discover something?"
"There seems to be more text on them. Could you explain it to us?"
The text on the stained-glass windows was also in the ancient script of Rinascita.
Carlotta nodded slightly: "The content above is a bit strange. Let me translate it for you first."
"Combining it with the inscription on the nearby stone tablet..."
"When Rinascita was first established, there were two gods."
"They each ruled over the sky and the sea, constantly fighting one another."
"Rinascita continued to advance amidst the turmoil they created."
"In that era which has now become legend..."
"People once fought because of divisions in their faith."
"This war was ultimately ended by an unprecedented wave of Tacet Discords."
"The Black Tide—people called that disaster by this name. It destroyed most of Rinascita's land."
"After the Black Tide, the first Laureate, Napoli II, rebuilt order from the ruins and ashes. He founded the original Order to guide the shattered Ragunna."
"But not long after, he returned to the embrace of the gods."
"On his deathbed, he told the followers around him: The gods were originally one, torn apart because of the divisions in our faith."
"The blood flowing from Their wounds formed that nightmarish Black Tide."
"Rinascita's suffering has not yet fully ended, but the torn god has already chosen Their future spokesperson."
"That maiden shall, on Rinascita's grandest day, resonate with the god and don the golden crown."
"She will become the prophesied Enlightened One, leading the people to completely end Rinascita's suffering."
"At that time, the god will return to Their original form."
"Rinascita will also, under Their glory, become a paradise free of suffering forever."
Everyone fell into thought after hearing this. Zani scratched her cheek: "That's a lot of information..."
"Now that I think about it, should I have covered my ears just now? This already involves confidential matters..."
Lucian shook his head slightly: "Don't worry. As the future son-in-law of the Montelli family, I permit you to listen in."
Zani: "...Has that already been decided?"
Carlotta had no time to care about this right now; her mind was completely occupied with what the stained-glass windows revealed.
"Rinascita has two gods? This is the. first time I've heard such a claim."
"The Montelli family has collected a lot of historical records about Rinascita's past, but there has never been any record of two gods."
"At least in Ragunna, the common understanding is... Sentinel Imperator is the only god of Rinascita."
"But if what is recorded in these stained-glass windows is just fabricated lies, why would the Order deliberately destroy them and designate this tower as a forbidden area...?"
Lucian pondered for a moment before saying: "Actually, the reason we accepted the invitation to Ragunna this time, aside from wanting to attend Carnevale and meet the Sentinel, is also to investigate clues about Rinascita's Threnodian."
Carlotta was stunned and somewhat surprised: "...Threnodian?"
Rover nodded slightly and explained: "As the Second Miss of the Montelli family, you should have heard that not long ago, a Threnodian erupted in Jinzhou."
"That was the Threnodian of war—Ovathrax."
"And in this era where Threnodians are erupting everywhere, Rinascita alone has shown no frequency fluctuations of a Threnodian."
"So that's another reason we came this time."
Lucian reached out and stroked Phrolova's beautiful face—she was listening to the crosstalk, completely oblivious to the outside world: "That's right, and we've already obtained some intelligence about the Threnodian."
"Unlike Jinzhou's war Threnodian, Rinascita's Threnodian represents 'plague'."
Carlotta's delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly. Of course she knew about Threnodians.
The Montelli family had been opening sea routes, so they were quite well-informed about news from outside Rinascita.
The Threnodian incident in Jinzhou had caused an uproar earlier, so they naturally knew about it long ago.
But she never expected Lucian and Rover to now say that Rinascita also has a Threnodian?
"But... I've lived in Rinascita for so many years and have never heard anything about a Threnodian..."
"And..." Carlotta glanced at the stained-glass windows, then speculated: "Do you mean Sentinel Imperator split because of the Threnodian...?"
"...No, Sentinel Imperator is the only god of Rinascita..."
Carlotta's mind was in chaos; she didn't know what was really going on.
She had taken in too much information at once and couldn't process it.
Lucian rubbed his chin thoughtfully: "The clue about the Threnodian came from Phrolova."
"Though I used some small tricks, the fact that she was willing to tell me means she wants us to know this."
"Just like back then on Mt. Firmament, she guided us step by step to meet Jué and proved the hypothesis of secondary resonance."
"So now, it's probably because they want us to know about the Threnodian's existence and search for more clues."
Rover said with a cold expression: "So they're just using us as pathfinders?"
Lucian smiled: "You could say that. But either way, we're going to meet the Sentinel, right?"
Rover nodded slightly: "I just don't like their methods."
"Otherwise, shall we let Phrolova watch another live broadcast tonight?"
Lucian: "..."
"About the matter of two gods..."
"Combining the fact that the Threnodian represents plague with what the stained-glass windows say about divisions in faith."
"I suspect that Sentinel Imperator rarely appears in public, and Rinascita's Threnodian took this opportunity to secretly tamper with people's faith."
"This led those who once saw the Threnodian to mistakenly believe the Threnodian was also a god."
"The description of ruling over sky and sea further confirms this."
"Imperator's form is a pegasus, yet it has a fish tail."
Carlotta furrowed her delicate brows: "So you're saying Imperator is now being controlled by the Threnodian?"