"President Lily-------"
That was the last thing I heard and everything returned back to darkness which was very soon replaced by the rainbow pathway. I thought I heard something so I tried hard to remember, but I couldn't recall anything.
Death: He seems to be getting disconnected very often.
The cold thought entered my mind but unlike the previous times, this was different. I was able to form words and characters from the thought, just like the ones I saw every time. The ones which every other person used to communicate.
Life: We can't understand the machinations of the Lord. Don't dwell too deeply on it, Lord wouldn't like it.
Unlike the other times, the meaning of this sound was not conveyed directly to my mind. Then I remembered that there were times when I could only listen to the sounds from these thoughts but could not understand the meaning, but this time I could.
The thoughts mentioned some 'Lord'. This was new for me and then I realized that there was something that the entities whose voices I could hear knew about me. I kept quiet, only time would tell the actual reason.
The rainbow pathway ended and I found myself again in a strange place. The place was covered in weird rocks filled with holes and there was a pathway to walk on. Different trees and plants covered the area. At a distance I could hear the sound of waves, indicating there existed an ocean somewhere close by. I wandered around the place and found a stone sign inscribed with some characters. And this time I could read the meaning behind those characters. It said--
'Adm. 10c Drop Below.'
I was trying to think of what this meant, but then the sounds from the entities caught my attention.
Death: Hmm, so this time he was brought here. I remember the man who built this auspicious place. Poor fellow, Leedska, his name was something like this.
Life: Leedskalnin Edward. Yes, the man was blessed by the Lord. Poor fellow destroyed himself for love.
Death: Aren't we again in the same situation?
Life: Keep quiet, matters related to the Lord are not to be discussed upon.
I was able to understand what they were saying. So this place was built by a person for the so-called 'Love'. I wonder who this 'Love' was, to convince a person to build such a grand place. But then they said they were in the same situation, was this about me? This thought flashed past my mind very quickly.
[Author: The Traveler was unaware of the feeling of curiosity, thus he didn't know it was curiosity.]
There were chairs and tables placed on a pedestal surrounded by celestial entities like the moon and stars. As my gaze landed on it, the book by my waist trembled, a weird sensation was telling me to sit on that chair placed behind the table. The sensation was quite strong and thus I moved my feet toward the chair.
Death: He seems to be moving there.
Life: Did he notice something?
The weird thoughts entered my mind, this time along with their meaning.
Thus I firmed my steps and let my sensations guide me. I neared the seat and sat down on it. A few seconds passed by and nothing happened.
Life: Something feels weird?
The warm thought conveyed this meaning. I placed my hands subconsciously on the table and suddenly--
[ ᚺᛖᚱᛗĪᚾᛖ ᛚŪᛊᛁᛊ ]
A few golden letters appeared on the table, the golden letters detached themselves from the table and floated above it. The golden hue started getting more intense and a small wave covered the entire area. The stone structures seemed to be coming to life as each one had different letters engraved on them. The letters from the different structures floated and they started linking to each other forming a weird link between them.
After every letter was connected it formed a maple-shaped leaf.
Life: This! Isn't this the -------- Language?
Death: Did he lea---
The thoughts of those entities were soon cut short and my surroundings started warping. I could feel the space bending in front of me. Golden pulses were being emitted from the maple-shaped leaf which covered me and soon a white rectangular opening appeared in front of me.
The book on my waist once again floated and entered the opening. I felt a strong tug of sensation and I knew that whatever happens, I could not lose that book. I followed after it, hurriedly moving my steps. As I moved inside, I found myself standing in a white room. I moved my gaze looking for the book and found it floating in front of a huge stone that seemed similar to the one outside. Streams of golden letters similar to the one I had seen outside were floating around it in a circular manner.
I moved closer to it, but no matter how I tried the distance between us remained the same. As if it had sensed me, the book trembled for a moment and I could sense the distance shortening. Very soon I stood in front of the book. I stretched my right arm and it went past the strange golden letters as it landed on the book.
[Hmm, at last somebody was able to enter this realm. Young one, I have no idea who you are. My name is Edward Leedskalnin and I created the Rock Gate Realm you are probably my first and last visit to this realm. It's been ages since I lost contact with my original self and now this copy might be the only thing that is left of me.]
This voice reverberated in the room. I understood the words being said and the meaning they were conveying, though I was clueless about the deeper construct called the feelings behind them. After the voice, the few strange letters detached from the book as they scattered into fine grains which covered the huge tablet.
These grains then converged to form a silhouette of a man. The facial features were a bit vague but one could see that he had hair growth under his nose. He seemed to be dressed in a coat along with a hat on his head.