Part 2
---Ancient Vampire Citadel, Outer Walls
*Sssh* A gust of moist wind blew across the crumbling city while the skies surrounding the City were thickly covered with storm clouds that flickered with lightning.
Having heard the history of the Vampires from Garol, Yō nodded her head a few times, seeming to start thinking about it seriously with the look of one who was doing a meticulous sampling of food. At the end of his recount, Garol slapped his knee as he asked Yō:
“So how was it, Yō Ojou-chan? Were my words useful?”
“……Nn, Garol-san. Thank you.”
Yō expressed her thanks and Garol gave a wide smile in reply.
However, Ayesha who was sitting beside them was looking at the Geass Roll contents and having heard the story as well, she tilted her head quizzically as she spoke up:
“Why is it that I couldn’t get it, one bit?! What part of that story is related to the solving of the mystery? Isn’t the [Leader of the Revolution] a key phrase?”
“Nope, it doesn’t have any connection to that phrase…… In fact, the topic just now was totally unrelated to the solving of the riddle.”
“Hah?” Ayesha questioned in surprise.
Yō unfurled her Geass Roll before the others.
“As I’ve said earlier, I believe that the phrase [Revolution] may be there to mislead the Participants of that time and should have another meaning or way to explain it. What I wanted to confirm from the history was something much earlier than that. And that is whether this Sky Citadel was [Something created from another world] or not.”
“……What does that mean?”
“It’s in relation to the title of the game. For the direct translation of [SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT] is the Ecliptic route taken by the Sun---Hmm, How should I put it. In other words, this phrase refers to the man-made satellite’s orbit that maintains a special angle of its route in accordance to the Sun.”[24]
“Eh? Did you say satellite?”
Jack’s voice suddenly broke in with much excitement in his voice. Yō was also amazed by his reaction.
“……Jack–san also knows about satellites?”
“Hm……Yep. When I came over to Little Garden, it was already during the 1960s……No. Wait, that’s not the point. The point should be what Kasukabe-san just mentioned. When you talked about satellites, was it this Citadel that you meant……”
“Nn. But calling it a [God-made Satellite] in Little Garden should be a more accurate description right? If the name of the game referred to the orbit that was in synch with the Sun’s ecliptic path……then the whole game would have hints found from the connections between [Sun] and [Orbit].”
*Wow~*Jack exclaimed in admiration. “Yahoho…… Then the Vampire race might actually come from the far off future.”
“Nn. That’s what I think as well.”
After all, Little Garden was connected to many other timelines. The descendants of the Vampires being a little different would then be understandable.
If it were to be looked at from the reasons of [Due to environmental changes that led to Sunlight becoming a threat to their race] and or [The act of giving up on their world(Planet)], it would give people the impression that the Vampires of Little Garden were an existence that originated from the distant future .
Although Garol did not have any knowledge about satellites, Yō’s last line had sparked something in his mind.
“A game that revolves around the terms of [Sun] and [Orbit]……right? Then it means that, Yō ojou-chan, you have solved the phrase [Circle of Animals] to be [Zodiac]?”[25]
“Zodiac?”
Ayesha and Kirino glanced at each other in puzzlement.
Jack turned his Pumpkin head towards them as he explained it to them:
“[Circle of Animals] is the alternate name of [Zodiac] or [Twelve Signs of the Zodiac].”
“Hm…[The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac]… is it the twelve constellations that includes Leo, Cancer and the others?”
“Yahoho, that’s correct! The twelve constellations is the Ecliptic route that the Sun travels along with a shift of the constellation with every 30 degrees covered. It is a way to divide the skies by the celestial bodies---“
---Reaching that point, Jack’s words suddenly stopped in mid-sentence.
Jack who was full of smiles when he was replying earlier was not in deep thought as he seemed to have caught onto something.
“Celestial bodies…Division? Could it be……”
“That’s right. The third winning condition [Gather the broken fragments of the constellations, and bring the Circle of Animals to present to the throne.] the implied meaning should be [Gather Twelve constellations divided by the Circle of Animals to present to the throne.]……right?”
As Yō spoke her conjecture, the last portion of her words started to drift into the winds as she lowered her voice due to the lack of self-confidence. Perhaps she wasn’t too sure about her own conjecture. But everyone around her had loudly drawn in a sharp intake of breath at the same time.
“Yahohoho…… GOOD! Kasukabe-san! That conjecture fits in with many of the key phrases!”
“Bu….But… I’ve not figured out what it meant by [Gather the constellations]……”
“No No! Even so, regarding the direction of our future actions from now on, your conjecture was really very helpful already! Let’s hurry and get the other people to help as well!”
Garol slapped his knee as he gave a loud hearty laugh for with that, there finally was a ray of hope found for them all.
And so the search for the Zodiacs---a trace of anything that may relate to the Twelve constellations within the Ancient Citadel started for those who were trapped in the Sky Citadel.
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