Chapter 394 - Erased History

The six landed in the middle of the clearing near the portal. They all dismounted as they eyed a specific spot on the air where it started to ripple and distort until revealed a gaping hole. Ryuu and Ivan called back their elementals, and the dragon and vermillion birds vanished.

"Are you okay?"Alinea asked Yuuka gently.

The lady was quiet and was spacing out, and she gave her a sympathetic look and a pat on the arm. It was obvious that she was bewildered by the experience even if she had already been briefed as to what to expect in their journey. But it's normal to still feel shocked and surprised. For humans, what Yuuka had experienced so far was quite magical. It would take time before she could absorb everything it seemed.

Alinea could understand that. It's because when she first woke up as Suzuki Ara, even if she had all the memories of that part of her intact, everything she saw still seemed new to her. She glanced at her father and saw that he too wore a complicated expression— well at least that's what she thought as he had a poker face on.

Urgh…

"Aren't you supposed to be ȧssuring your wife?" Alinea mumbled disapprovingly at her father who turned away from her.

With a sigh, she gave Ryuu an apologetic look, and her husband nodded in understanding. Alinea would be staying with her mother when they're traveling on land.

"Let's go," Gin said as he ushered them towards the portal.

All six of them stepped into the gateway. As soon as they were all inside, Gin raised his hand the end of the portal where they entered closed. He would not let anyone else come through from the other side.

The tunnel was long and they had to walk a while. It was too narrow for their elementals to come out so they had to travel on foot. For the deities and demigods, this passageway was something normal. Alinea, even if she had not used this as herself, she had memories of this as Alencica as Stribog made one for her to be able to sneak out of the palace to meet with Kresnik. Also, she had memories of this very same portal since her third piece, the spawn used this gateway a lot to cause chaos.  

"Is this the only way to go to the other world?" she asked curiously and the men smiled.

"No. This is just a special passageway for us," Gin answered. "The real doorway to Ged is a nasty gate," he said blandly.

Alinea who had no idea about this was surprised too. "There's another gateway?"

If so, she'd never heard of it.

"Of course. How do you think ships, planes, cities, and people suddenly vanish from Earth?" Gin answered his niece with a mischievous grin.

Alinea was stumped. Yuukas as well.

"Vanish from Earth?"Alinea murmured until it dawned on her. "You mean like Atlantis and Bermuda Triangle?"

It sounded like a joke though, but she couldn't think of anything else for comparison. Nonetheless, there was no need for comparison in the first place.

"We are talking exactly about the Bermuda Triangle and the Atlantis," Ryuu answered.

"Seriously?" Yuuka asked, and all the men nodded.

"Ged originated from Earth," Perun stated, shocking Alinea and Yuuka. "It's why when you look at the map of Ged, you can see its similar shape to the missing continents."

"Why haven't I heard about this?" She grew up in Ritz and she'd never encountered this information in any of the books.

"It's because of Gedian pride," Ivan answered. "Nobody wanted to be related to the pure mortal world anymore in the new world. It makes the existence of Gedians more special as the chosen ones."

Alinea blanched. "It's still not a good excuse to remove it from history," she grumbled making Ivan laugh.

"I was just jesting Ali," the Kres Emperor said. "It's actually to protect the people of Earth. The information about the other world was removed on purpose. Gedians are far stronger and highly enhanced overall compared to the people of the Earth. What do you think would happen if Gedians suddenly start coming to Earth?"

"Oh…"

The women finally realized the reason. To prevent chaos, the other world was separated permanently and the connection erased.

"Only the royalties who are direct descendants of deities knew about it. Technically coming here was highly discouraged to maintain the balance," Ivan said.

"That's right," Gin agreed sheepishly. "It's why my brother asked Vladimir to send the strongest demigods to the other side to protect the humans and keep the secret when I accidentally opened the portal."

"I see…" Alinea nodded.

That last tidbit, she already knew, but she didn't know that they had all been aware of the existence of Earth before the portal was created. She just ȧssumed that the discovery of Earth was accidental as well. In any case…

"When we reach the other side, don't' be surprised," Alinea told Yuuka gently as she anchored her arm on hers. "Elementals, like the dragon and vermillion birds are common sights there. People use them for transport, battle, and business as well. The most common one we use for a long travel is the Chanleya. It looks like a white tiger with wings."

Upon hearing her say the word "common," Ryuu's lips twitched. It's because all the elementals they have were rare – only for them. But he understood what his wife meant so he stayed quiet.

Gin, on the other hand, leaned towards Ryuu to whisper in his ear. "I think your wife will have to deal with a crying Mavara later. She just called him common," he snickered, and Ryuu sighed.

Mavara, after all, was one moody dragon.