The Granger Family worshiped the Old Man with the Lantern, the God of Sun and Earth. Thus, this little chapel from a century ago was also a Sun Church. Generally speaking, churches in graveyards differed in scale from proper churches, and this was Shade's first time seeing a Sun Church in a graveyard.
Although it had been abandoned for over three hundred years, and the cathedral in Randall River Valley City had long since stopped sending fathers here, perhaps the lumberjack working here had restored it out of respect, or perhaps for some other reason. The church in the abandoned graveyard seemed to have been maintained; at first glance, it did not look like it had been destroyed three centuries ago.
The great earthquake of Common Calendar 1498 had destroyed the most important Underground Tomb Area in the Granger Family graveyard. According to Earl Granger, they had tried to reopen the passage to the sealed Underground Tomb Area after the earthquake, but gave up when they found it too difficult.
The underground bedrock in this region was extremely thick. Digging into the ground meant digging through great stones rather than soil. Therefore, there was no need to worry about anyone easily stealing from those dust-sealed tombs. By the time the Outlander arrived in 1854, the only place worth exploring was the little chapel before him.
"If the memoir had not mentioned that Mr. Lehmann had left one of the four gemstone keys in the care of his descendants, I would really doubt whether today was a waste of time."
Shade muttered. Butterfly Family: My Life devoted only a small portion of its chapters to how Mr. Lehmann had arranged his affairs. The book did not mention the location of the graveyard, but it did mention the whereabouts of the four