The Western Wall: 1-7 Previous Dynasty's Survivors

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Having found nothing, they need help. Light obtains a parchment from Gina's friend, and discover the truth...

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Rain Prayer

Dialogue Choices

If I had to choose between them, the one I'd ask would be---

• Sinbad
• Kahir

After some consideration, I think we should---

• Tell the truth
• Lie in good faith

Transcript

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• After returning to the capital, Gina and I start looking into the exiled nobles of White Rhino City.
• Light: It's impossible to find anything on them!

• Light: Adilah and her descendants couldn't have vanished without a trace. There's bound to be something here.

• Gina: We can't just ask around aimlessly. Let's get some help.

• Light: Can you think of anyone? We've already consulted the wisest scholars and the most seasoned of adventurers.

• Gina: Well, we've yet to ask Sinbad. Who knows? He may know a thing or two about the descendants of the White Rhino City nobles.

• Light: What would that flippant fellow know about this matter?

• Light: We could always put up a reward. It wouldn't take long for me to conjure something shiny.

• Gina: No, we're not doing that.

• Gina: You can't deny that he's astute and well-connected. He even has friends from other lands.

• Gina: Getting his help definitely beats what we're doing right now.

• Light: Hmm...

• Gina: Ah! There's Kahir too!

• Light: Kahir? Is that the well-mannered boy you've always talking about?

• Light: Have you forgotten that the nobles were exiled 25 years ago? I don't think he was even born yet.

• Light: What would he know about Adilah?

• Gina: You really shouldn't be underestimating him.

• Gina: He's knowledgeable, and he has access to many historical records. I know he'd love to help.

• Gina: The whereabouts of the exiled nobles might be documented in the royal library.

• Light: You seem to know an awful lot about him. Are you close to one another?

• Gina: N-Not at all! We're just friends.

• I heave an inexplicable sigh of relief.
• Light: Just friends? Hah, I'm afraid that's wishful thinking on your part.

• Light: The prince already has many things on his plate, yet he's willing to make time for you.

• Light: As for that fat man, you're just an employee of his. Why would he go to such lengths to help you?

• Gina: That's because they're kind and good-natured people.

• Gina: Unlike someone who's only willing to help me after we've formed a pact

• Light: Someone?

• Light: Hmph, everyone knows a pact is the basis of all collaborations.

• Gina: True friends help one another without the need for such rules and formalities.

• Gina: I trust Sinbad and Kahir will do everything they can to help us.

• Light: How naive.

• Light: If I had to choose between them, the one I'd ask would be"

Sinbad

• Light: I don't have high hopes but at least I know the fat man.

• Light: A worldly adventurer should fare better than a prince cooped up in the palace.

• Gina: What is it with you and Kahir?

• Gina: He's nothing like you've described. If we get the chance, you should really meet him.

• Light: Forget it. I have no interest in consorting with royals and nobles.

• Light: Enough chit-chat, it's time to put that fat man to work.

Kahir

• Light: Let's see how capable the young prince truly is.

• Gina: What is it with you and Kahir?

• Gina: He's nothing like you've described. If we get the chance, you should really meet him.

• Light: Forget it. Those royals and nobles are a pain to deal with.

• Light: I just hope we can find whatever we need in the royal library.

• Gina: Alright, let's make our way there.

• The days of searching have taken a toll on me. I retreat to the lamp and wait for Gina's news.
• Gina finally summons me in the afternoon.
• She looks moody and dejected.
• Light: No luck?

• Gina: Quite the opposite, in fact. I've learned about Adilah's whereabouts.

• Gina: But...

• Gina hesitates and frowns. Something must have gone wrong.
• Light: ...Is Adilah dead?

• Light: That is unfortunate, but as long as we can find her descendants...

• Gina: No, it's worse than we could've imagined.

• Gina hands me a yellowed parchment. The dark handwriting catches my eyes instantly.
• It's a record of natural disasters that have occurred in Full Moon Kingdom over the years.
• Light: 25 years ago would be...

• Gina: The 45th year of the Full Moon Kingdom.

• My uneasiness grows as I scan through the parchment.
• Light: During the 45th year of the Full Moon Kingdom, the border of its eastern province was hit by a sandstorm.

• Light: A group of travelers who moved there encountered the sandstorm... And there were no survivors.

• I read out the details numbly.
• Gina: 25 years ago, after the fall of the White Rhino City, most of the exiled nobles moved to other countries and were never heard from again.

• Gina: Only one family of nobles accepted the invitation of the Full Moon Kingdom and moved to its eastern province.

• Gina: They were caught in that sandstorm and none survived.

• Light: Didn't you just say that most of the exiles have moved to other countries?

• Light: For Adilah's family to be the ones who accepted the Full Moon Kingdom's invitation... That's too much of a coincidence!

• Gina: After the sandstorm, the king called for several investigations.

• Gina: The nobles found in the wreckage were of a rare nomadic bloodline.

• Gina: An ancient nomad tribe was wiped out by that unforeseen disaster.

• Light: There are no descendants of Adilah left...

• Light: And there's no way for Ghalib to get Adilah's keepsake.

• Gina lowers her head and sighs.
• I clench the parchment in my hand. Resentment fills my heart.
• Light: Adilah chose to sacrifice her own freedom so her people could have better lives.

• Light: But in the end, they still suffered through the hardships of war and lost their lives.

• Light: Her sacrifice was meaningless!

• I am overcome with grief, as though I was the one who suffered her fate.
• Gina: It wasn't meaningless. People often lament about the brevity and unpredictability of life.

• Gina: About how we make choices without knowing the outcomes.

• Gina: But not knowing the outcomes makes those sacrifices and choices meaningful.

• Light: How should we break the news to Ghalib...

• Light: Would the truth be too much for him to handle?

• After some consideration, I think we should--

Tell the truth

• Gina: Are you certain about this?

• Light: Ghalib deserves to know the entire truth. He has spent too much time dwelling on this.

• Light: We have no right to hide it from him, no matter how cruel it may seem.

• Gina: You're right. This is a matter between Ghalib and Adilah after all.

Lie in good faith

• Gina: Are you certain about this?

• Light: It would be too cruel for Ghalib's last wish to end this way.

• Light: I'll tell him Adilah's descendants are living in a different country now and we have no means of finding them.

• Gina: That might be for the best. At least he wouldn't lose all hope.

• Gina: That wasn't an easy decision to make. I'm proud of you, Light.

• Light: We'll return to Ghalib first thing in the morning.