Chapter 75

Chapter 75

There were three places currently suspected of holding the last Core.

A red cubic stone that someone had found while sorting through their mother's belongings, a deep pink stone that someone had come across while foraging for wild greens in the mountains, and a dark crimson cube that someone had picked up from under their bed on moving day.

Based on the information we had gathered beforehand, we traveled all around the Empire in search of the unidentified red cube.

"Not this one."

A failure.

"It isn't, is it?"

And another failure.

"..."

When we finally dropped the reagent on the last cube, Aidan quietly shook his head.

"This one isn't it either?"

None of the leads we'd gathered had been a Core. This had never happened before.

"Is there any other information about a red cube?"

"No, there wasn't. Nothing more..."

Could it be that no one…