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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Nelson Mandela
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When the sun had reached the end of the ladder, he came to a narrow passage with one straight path. The passage is filled with moss and has a stuffy air without any lighting. He could only hear the moon's breathing and his breathing. Moreover, he smelled a strange smell from the air in the passage.
"This passage is too dark, can you do something with your magic?" the sun asked the moon quietly. "Just in case, don't use fire magic because this passage could be filled with flammable hazardous gas."
"Understood," the moon said as she pointed her finger up. "Dear God of Light and Thunder, I... who am the servant of the Gods and Goddesses... would like to ask for your help... I beg you to give me a light," the moon cast a spell with ancient words.
Suddenly a ball of light the size of a tennis ball appeared above the moon's finger. The light shone very brightly and moved according to the will of the moon.
"Light, lead the way," the moon said as she pointed toward the front. The ball of light that is above the moon's finger moves by itself toward the direction pointed by the moon. That ball of light was moving to and fro as if it was dancing in the air with joy.
The moon stepped forward, following the ball of light. Meanwhile, the sun followed her from behind. The sound of their footsteps echoed down that narrow passage.
"Let's use the wind step technique so we don't make too much noise," the moon said quietly. She raised her hind legs and stood on her toes. The sun also did the same with the moon and they both started walking without making any noise.
The sun and the moon followed the passage until they finally arrived in front of an iron door. From the sidelines of the door, golden light emanated as if behind the door was a gold warehouse.
The moon put her palms on the door. "Dear God of Rock and Soil, I... who am the servant of the Gods and Goddesses... would like to ask for your help... I beg you to lend me a bit of your power," the moon cast a spell with ancient words.
As soon as the spell activated, she slammed her palms against the door. The door shattered in an instant and suddenly a very dazzling golden light came out of the room behind the door.
"Woah, look at this...," the moon said as she entered the room. The sun followed the moon into the room and he can see what the moon sees. Both of them saw piles of gold coins and several valuable items that might have a high selling value. "So... this is where all the funds that should be used for the war in the past went."
"Maybe it's not only that...," the sun said as he picked some documents nailed to the wall of the room. He read those documents and immediately gave them to the moon. "Based on these documents, most of the gold coins that are here were the donations to the temple of Gods and Goddesses."
The moon received the documents given by the sun and read them carefully one by one. "You're right, I didn't expect them to be so greedy as to embezzle donations that should be used for those in need."
"Let's keep these documents safe and pass them on to the citizens in the morning," the sun said. "If the citizens make a fuss about this, then the nobles on their side won't stay silent either."
"In that case, I'll take all the gold coins and valuable items before they secure it," the moon said. "Dear God of Time and Space, I... who am the servant of the Gods and Goddesses... would like to ask for your help... I beg you to lend me a bit of your power," the moon cast a spell with ancient words.
As soon as the spell activated, a portal appeared in front of the moon. She started putting all the gold coins and valuable items that were in the room into the portal. The sun also helped her so they could get out of that place faster.
After they finished putting all the gold coins and valuable items into the portal that opened by the moon, the portal that opened by the moon closed by itself. The sun and the moon left the room and returned to the office of the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order.
"Let's burn the Holy Knight Headquarters," the sun said. "You can still use your magic right?"
"Yes, just leave it to me," the moon said as she placed her hand on one of the bookshelves inside the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order's office. "Dear God of Fire and Volcanoes, I... who am the servant of the Gods and Goddesses... would like to ask for your help... I beg you to lend me a bit of your power," the moon cast a spell with ancient words.
As soon as the spell activated, fire came out of the moon's hands and burned the bookshelf. On the other hand, team three is faced with a problem. They meet with the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order.
"How's your early morning shift...? My loyal servants," the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Headquarters said after he gathered team three in front of the entrance of the Holy Knight Headquarters. "How about you guys ditch your shifts and join me at the brothel down the street?"
The team of three was confused about how they should respond to the invitation from the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order because they thought that the invitation was some kind of secret code between the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order and the ten Holy Knights who were supposed to guard the Holy Knight Headquarters at the time being.
"Why don't you answer my invitation? You will usually immediately accept my invitation," the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order said as he observed the face of the ten Holy Knights who were wearing masks. "Why are you guys wearing masks? Is it some kind of a theme? Is there an event or party going on?"
The Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order tries to touch the mask of the one wearing the mask with the N symbol. But the one wearing the mask with the N symbol immediately avoided it and that made the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order feel annoyed.
"Oh... come on..., do you want your salary cut or what?" the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order asked. "Take off those masks and follow me to the brothel down the street-"
Suddenly the Holy Knight Headquarters was set on fire. The Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order who witnessed that immediately became speechless and just stood still without doing anything.
Team three who noticed that, immediately gathered around the Grandmaster Holy Knight Order and stuffed him into a sack they had brought. They thought that if they brought the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order with them, then they could extract more information from him.
Meanwhile, the sun and the moon had left the Holy Knight Headquarters followed by the other teams. Team three who realized that immediately followed them while carrying the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order.
The Underworld Solivagant returns to their secret base which is an orphanage named the Imperial Orphanage since the orphanage was founded by the Emperor of the Holy Empire himself. All of them gathered in the hall of the Imperial Orphanage and stared at each other and then their attention was focused on a sack brought by team three.
"What is it?" the sun asked as he pointed at the sack. The sun walked towards the sack and opened it. What he saw inside the sack was the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order who was still in a state of shock after seeing the Holy Knight Headquarters was set on fire. "Oh... my... why are you guys always causing unnecessary trouble?"
The moon, who heard the words from the sun, immediately approached him and took a look at what was in the sack brought by team three. The moon, who saw the contents of the sack, could only pat his forehead while sighing. "Quickly throw him in front of the brothel near the Holy Knight Headquarters," the moon said as she closed the sack. "Don't let anyone see it and do it as fast as possible."
"Forgive us mother- the moon...," all team three members said simultaneously. They took the sack containing the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order and threw it in front of the brothel near the Holy Knight Headquarters. They quickly returned to the Imperial Orphanage and gathered with the others.
The sun and the moon pass the documents they got to the other members of the Underworld Solivagant. "Give these documents in secret to old man Randolph, he will already know what he should do with them," the sun said. "Who wants to go?"
"Me! Me! Let me go to the old man Randolph!" the one wearing the mask with the J symbol said excitedly. "I've done it many times, so let me do it."
"Alright, Juliet will go to old man Randolph," the moon said as she gathered the documents and gave them to Juliet. "Take them with care and don't let old man Randolph nor anyone else know your true identity."
Juliet nodded and immediately went to old man Randolph. She put the documents into old man Randolph's house through the window near the old man Randolph's bed. Those documents fell right on the old man Randolph's face and woke him up.
The old man Randolph read those documents and he already knew that those documents were important documents that contained information about the corruption case that involved the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order and the Head Priest of the temple of the Gods and Goddesses. Old man Randolph immediately made a newspaper containing the information he got and immediately published it on the same day.
Meanwhile, the sun and the moon changed their clothes and returned to being caretakers of the orphanage. Whereas, the other members of the Underworld Solivagant changed their clothes and returned to become the children in the Imperial Orphanage.
The citizens who read the newspaper published by old man Randolph immediately become angry since now, they already knew about the corruption case that involved the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order and the Head Priest of the temple of the Gods and Goddesses.
The citizens held a demonstration and got a pretty good response from the nobles who were on their side. Those nobles report the corruption case that involved the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order and the Head Priest of the temple of the Gods and Goddesses to the Imperial Court.
After doing research for a whole month and requesting the cooperation of the old man Randolph, the Imperial Court determined that the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order and the Head Priest of the temple of the Gods and Goddesses are guilty.
The Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order and the Head Priest of the temple of the Gods and Goddesses are sentenced to death. The sun and the moon's last mission with the Underworld Solivagant end successfully. They gave the gold coins and valuable items they secured from the Holy Knight Headquarters to people in need in secret.
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Foot Note:
1) God of Light and Thunder
He is one of the ninety-nine Gods and Goddesses worshiped in the Holy Empire. He is believed to be a God who has control over the light and the thunder. He is usually worshiped by those who can only use light or electric type magic.
2) God of Time and Space
He is one of the ninety-nine Gods and Goddesses worshiped in the Holy Empire. He is believed to be a God who has control over time and space. Only a few of the citizens of the Holy Empire worshiped him.
3) God of Fire and Volcanoes
He is one of the ninety-nine Gods and Goddesses worshiped in the Holy Empire. He is believed to be a God who has control over fire and volcanoes. He is usually worshiped by those who can only use fire-type magic.
4) The Imperial Orphanage
An orphanage founded by the Emperor of the Holy Empire. The Emperor founded this orphanage at the request of the retired hero and former saintess.
5) The old man Randolph
He is a very actual and factual newspaper publisher. No one in the Holy Empire doubted the veracity of his newspapers because the newspapers he published were always accompanied by genuine data.
6) The Imperial Court
The fairest place in the Holy Empire after the Emperor himself. They were an organization tasked by the Emperor to wisely and decisively prosecute all kinds of crimes that occurred within the Holy Empire.
7) The Head Priest of the temple of the Gods and Goddesses
He was a noble with the title of Duke. Just like the Grandmaster of the Holy Knight Order, he became the Head Priest of the temple of the Gods and Goddesses because he bought the position with a large sum of money.