Seeing this, the mother slightly curved her lips imperceptibly.
"Since you don't want to talk, that's fine.
"I will tell you what happened on the White Moon, but I don't expect you to take any action.
"Originally, I thought the prophecy in the ballad referred to your brother, but it turned out you were the first to contact our homeland.
"In any case, the meeting between your father and me was not a mistake..."
The woman with mottled purple hair sighed softly.
"If you truly are the hero foretold in the ballad, then my mission is complete, and when you have enough capability, destiny will naturally guide you to the high heavens."
The mother paused and lowered her eyes.
"...If you're not, then at least my descendants will know that she once had another homeland."
After saying this, a faint light flashed in the mother's eyes.
She gently clapped her hands, and the light in the room dimmed, while the barrier that blocked outside interference unfolded.
Then, the mother began her narrative in the Moon Language.
The mystery conveyed by the high-level language transformed into pure moonlight, rippling through the room.
[White Moon Disaster]
10. Great Success/Great Failure
In the taboo legacy handed down by the grandfather to the hero, although there were the dictionary and pronunciation of the Moon Language, and some objective descriptions of the Moon City, when it came to the crucial parts, the language was often vague and unclear. It was more like a heavily edited fantasy novel than a complete journal of experiences.
In past casual conversations with close friends, she would occasionally discuss with the hero the popular stories narrated by wandering poets.
Those widely circulated romantic legends might indeed have historical prototypes, but after repeated embellishments, they've become almost unrelated to reality. With careful tasting, one can notice a flavor of exaggeration or falsehood in the stories.
And from the beginning of deciphering the legacy memory about the Moon Phase Mark, the hero instinctively felt that processed sense of façade, as if the ancestors who left this legacy intentionally concealed some core information.
It wasn't about embellishing to make the story more exciting, but about burying some kind of secret.
So although the hero learned the Moon Language through the legacy and read most of the content aside from the Forbidden Curse, even after parsing more than half, her impression of the Moon City remained hazy and unclear.
If not for receiving the sea map of the Siren Princess from the Lake Holy Sword, the hero might not have realized that the essence of this taboo knowledge is actually the ancestors' maritime log.
And now, after synthesizing various pieces of information, she can roughly guess what the missing parts of the legacy refer to.
For example, the missing information at the start about the lunar landing clearly pertains to the Moon Bridge Transmission Array of the far sea.
The hidden fragments in the subsequent records likely point to the true disaster encountered by Moon City.
And at this moment, the mother's narration becomes the key to unlocking the enigma, leading to a complete past.
The mother's words are like a gentle stream, calmly recounting her celestial homeland, that unbridled madness, and the collapsed past.
These words flow into the hero's mind like a catalyst in alchemy, resonating strangely with her inherited taboo knowledge and certain factors deep within her lineage and the abyss.
An indescribable feeling surged in her heart, as if a door within her slowly opened. The hero's pupils widened, and her emerald eyes faded, resembling a hazy Emerald Moon.
At the same time, the Moon Phase Mark on her brow began to slowly shift, gradually transforming from a crescent moon to a full moon.
The moon, gentler than the sun and closer than the stars. To all living beings on the earth, the twin moons high in the sky are often the most intimate celestial bodies.
Though equally out of reach, their glow is gentle, unlike the sun that scorches the eyes, dries the earth, bringing death; and compared to the distant and tiny stars, their presence is so vast, clear, and bright.
Yet within this intimacy lies a mystery. Despite countless astronomers in the kingdom deeply infatuated with them, their unrequited love has yet to unveil their veils.
Whether it's the most noticeable Pure White Moon or the relatively obscure yet unignorable Ashen Moon, their nature, composition, and magical environment only exist as hypotheses; the truth remains an enigma.
In this land, countless pairs of eyes gaze upon them, swooned by their radiance, yet never able to see their true faces.
However, amidst the waves of destiny stirred by the magic tide, some will fatefully touch upon secrets that shouldn't be known at this time, emitting a fragrance that unrelenting Knowledge Hunters pursue.
And now, the mother's words transform into a key in the hero's mind, gently unlocking a certain door, awakening more secrets hidden within the taboo legacy.
The forbidden knowledge begins to complete itself, and the fragmented legacy memory starts to piece together a complete picture.
As the Moon Phase Mark progresses toward completeness, the hero begins to touch upon that distant, buried past.
[The specific imagery of the disaster]