Deep beneath the earth, in boundless darkness.
The aura of decay and death filled the area. Occasionally, a few faint insect cries drifted through the darkness, like the mournful lament of lingering ghosts.
Longinus held the night pearl high. Its faint yet clear glow spread outward, illuminating the path leading deeper underground.
The path was extremely concealed and narrow. Moreover, the violent tremors that had shaken the land above during that war had fractured the strata, and countless fallen rocks had blocked the passage.
Fortunately, this minor difficulty was nothing to the three of them.
After nearly an hour of such a silent journey, the narrow passage finally opened up.
At the end was a square room.
Although most of it had collapsed, it was still possible to make out that the room's former owner had favored simple, fresh decorations and a neat, symmetrical layout. It felt completely out of place in the Wano Country of this era.
"Was this room built to commemorate her past?" Longinus wondered inwardly. He knew a little about it as well. That Toki seemed to have come from the Void Century eight hundred years ago.
Without mentioning his reaction, from the moment Kawamatsu and Hiyori stepped into the room, their tears burst forth as if a dam had broken, surging rapidly from their eyes!
"This is the place. This is where Mother and I stayed together for the last time!" Hiyori touched the wall sorrowfully, seemingly sinking into distant memories.
Kawamatsu suddenly stepped forward and carefully moved away the fallen rock pressing down on one corner of the desk. Then, from beneath it, he found a slightly yellowed letter.
"Princess, it's a letter! This is a letter the mistress left for you!" Kawamatsu excitedly held it out to her.
"Is this... is this something