[January 1, Lost Era Year 1. The Lord Alliance was established on the eastern coast of the Forgotten Continent. The Lost Era calendar was adopted, beginning on the day the Lord Alliance was founded.]
Ashley tapped the writing on the blackboard with her chalk and addressed the bards before her, who had only just woken up. "The dates and words we write down today might vanish without a trace after a night's sleep. So we don't need to copy everything precisely. What matters is remembering—
"Even if your memories become muddled over time, until you gradually forget the details, as long as you encourage one another every day,
"Remind one another, and turn them into familiar songs, using music in place of speech and writing, there's no need to fear forgetting them!"
As she spoke, she looked at the bards beside her who were leafing through the Tang Qi Diary Excerpts, then asked, "In chronological order, what's the next recorded piece of history?"
"In Year 103, the allied forces drove the beastfolk into the Great Desert and established the Southern Great Wall. That same year, Eve Edel, the ruler of Dragon Gold City, began construction of the Road to Prison."
The missing portions of the text made searching terribly difficult. They could only work through it chapter by chapter.
Fortunately, everyone had copied Tang Qi's diary. Even though pages frequently went missing, someone else's excerpts, or their memories, could happen to fill in the gaps.
Houston nodded, copied the event onto the blackboard, then said, "We can take artistic liberties when composing the poems, but what we remember must be the true history. Later, if anyone accidentally forgets these events, report it to the club as soon as possible so we can correct your memory."
As he spoke,