Explicandum

Time feels kinda frozen in the place when people is in the Library. No one notice anything in the middle of reading activity. Calm and quiet feeling when sit while reading a book. That is what Bellarus feel everytime she's in the Library. She always like to sit in the end of the last isle of history book collection. Reading and reading and reading more about history. Until....

"Hello my lovely elderly sister. So is there any good book you reading today?" Udi ask her about her activity while taking a seat.

"NOT AT ALL, because I still trying to find any good clue about this necklace and DO NOT CALL ME AS AN ELDER CITIZEN." Bellarus furiously got irritated. After she receive the artifact that day, she seems focused on solving the hidden history.

"So what do you want this time... My sweet little devil?" Even feels irritated but she still try to be friendly person to Udi.

"I want to introduce you this person..." Udi got cut out by Bellarus.

"Yeah I know him already, he's from Liberatain village. Reigneer, right?" Bellarus knowing about him while try to remember his name.

"Well you still remember me, I thought you will easily forget my name. Even though I'm the one who had amnesia." Reigneer said while joking about his amnesia.

"Hahaha I already knew it that you have amnesia." Udi got the confirmation about Reigneer amnesia.

"So you do notice it from beginning don't you Udi?" Reigneer ask Udi about it because he think his amnesia is easily got figured out.

"No, not from beginning but when I met you in the middle of the park. I do notice you are dodging my question about the amnesia." Udi explain it to Reigneer.

"But I feel kinda like an awkward bystander after hearing this in my ear... HOW DID YOU GUYS KNOW EACH OTHER?" Udi feels mad about this and yells a bit.

Some second later Maye came in a rush because of the yells.

"Udi... I already warn you about keep it calm and quiet in the library." Miss Maye come and tell Udi while bringing some book for Bellarus.

"Oops... My apology then, I forgot about it." Udi says with a low tone.

After all of that conversation everything turned awkwardly. Miss Maye just put all the book in the desk where they are sitting. There is 6 books that Maye bring to Bellarus desk. One of the book containing an information about Outer Limiter Time and another book containing about Warridge War. Bellarus checking if the book that brought by Maye, may contain about jewelry and artifact.

And so, Bellarus told Udi about yesterday's experience. Bellarus adding that Reigneer is not just a collector but he is a Historian just like herself and also, Reigneer is one of the militia who survive Warridge War. She knows about it because of the connection between Liberatain Chief and her. But Udi don't know about it on the first place. Udi still believe it about all the event that happen yesterday, Udi is really shock about this big information about Reigneer. Even Reigneer is shock that she knows about that. Udi ask to Reigneer himself about that and Reigneer confirms it. Udi feels happy and joy after hearing that he become an acquaintance with one of the militia whom survive the Warridge War. Some minute pass and Bellarus leaving them both for a cup of tea without them noticing.

*1 Hour later*

Bellarus still trying to find any clue about the necklace, even she know that it might be a dangerous task because she already knew the necklace is full of curses. While sitting and pouring some tea for Udi and Reigneer, Bellarus opens up to speak about the necklace and what she found in the book.

"So Udi, I need to ask you something before we start talking about this necklace. Where is the exact location you found this weirdly broken wooden box?" Bellarus start the conversation, pointing at the broken box while figuring where this artifacts is coming from.

"I found it the outskirt of the village sis. The box seems really weathered, maybe because the box got showered by the rain." Udi explain in detail.

"That kinda explain why the dirt got stuck in the necklace when we first saw it." Bellarus adding a bit.

"Didn't I told you already? Its obvious that this necklace have something to do with the queen?" Reigneer tell Bellarus to remind her.

"So this item belongs to the queen? Oh we gonna be rich if we sell this into the public market." Udi says while joking about money again.

"I thought you are a humble, young man." Reigneer disbelieve with Udi sentence.

"It was all the joke, we don't really need gold for a moment." Udi explain the sentence.

"Guys, please be serious about this artifact. This is a dangerous artifact and you already know it Reigneer. I don't believe you guys don't take this artifact seriously." Bellarus disappointed with both of their behavior.

"Alright... alright, lets take care this case more seriously. Udi do you with me on this?" Reigneer try to cheer Bellarus while asking Udi to not joking around.

"Okie Dokie." Udi says with a promising look.

"This necklace is estimated as old as 15 - 20 years ago, which is close to the real date for this necklace which is 21 years old. This necklace have some specific diamond shape with rare gems in the middle of the necklace." Bellarus explain it with a total no doubt.

"The gems in the middle called zirconium isn't it?" Reigneer adding his own opinion.

"I guess so because of the colour which is almost a total shiny black in the middle." Bellarus doesn't really understand about gems but she seems to know this specific gems.

"This is a very rare and really valuable in the market because this gems can store many magic curses in 1 items." Reigneer added his founding for Bellarus.

"Once in the Creaster kingdom, our old kingdom that been invaded by monster have the zirconium mines. But since many kingdom know about this gems, many people including The Nobles from all over the island trying to mine it and steal it so they can make a big profit on this gems." Reigneer continues while specifically tell every shady thing that happen in the Nobles circle.

"Oh... thats why this gems is so rare and shiny." Udi says while thinking how much the worth of that gems.

"Just look at this book, in this book it explain that some necklace have some intriguing sculpture, it looks like a squarer pattern which can be used as the magic transferer. If someone use this necklace while reading the curses magic, it will drain the curses magic and give a bad curse to other people or even worse to himself. This necklace have the same sculpture as the book says, it has the same squarer pattern." Bellarus inspect while tell them about it.

"Before you continue telling your findings Bellarus, I need to tell you about this necklace. Recently I tried to learn Latinus language and I maybe could read some good or totally a bad curse." Reigneer cut Bellarus finding and tells them.

"Let me read 1 of the other curses. Intra et conteram terra mystica. It means enter and break into mystical land. If someone use the spell, it can break the land below them and below the enemies. Whoever inside of the radius will be ground pounded by the magic itself. Maybe thats why it has some dirt inside of the box." Reigneer continue to explain the curses.

"Lucky for us, Mr. Reigneer here is not the one who using the necklace or this library will be torn apart and many books will fallen into the deep ground. Just for a note Reigneer, don't you ever say any curses infront of me while using any of dangerous artifact." Bellarus start to darkly joking around a bit while warn them not to read the curses.

"I know your jokes Bellarus, but how we can do any research about if it no one tries it?" Udi denying the jokes while give Bellarus a lesson about research.

For a few moment, this NOT blood related family starts arguing about their experience and experiment but in the middle of arguing Reigneer take a seat and a sip of tea while listening to them arguing like a family. Bellarus start to throw books from the shelf and Udi trying to catch all the thrown book, put it back in the shelf while Reigneer just stand in the middle as a neutral spectator. Udi want to stop the fight but Bellarus doesn't want her argument lost by a young boy. They still fighting for a few minute until Reigneer taking the necklace and using it under his clothes. He read the curse slowly and as quiet as possible. Reigneer read one of the curse written on the back of the necklace.

"Desine tempus et debilitare contritos corde." Reigneer cast the curse to everyone inside of the library.

Reigneer feels a big rumbling in the necklace and then vintage monochrome colour coming out from the necklace and enter his eyesight. He don't know what that spell do and he doesn't know anything about it. Reigneer saw everyone stop moving and he is the only one who can moves in the library. He see Bellarus and Udi frozen in the air. Bellarus still holding the book about jewelry and Udi still hold his little bag trying to keep it up on his pocket. There is too many books on the ground because of the havoc between them. Reigneer checking for Maye but she got frozen in time too like everyone else. Everything went black for a bit when he see Maye. Maye still standing in front of her desk. He tried to reverse the curse using another curse but its not working. But luckily he still in the library, so he searching about the magic book collection and take a book called uti magicis exsecrationibusque. He reading it for a while until he found a same type of curse. The curse he has spoken called constitit tempore. Everything he read in that book page, it's the same as what he experience right now. He feel hopeless because not finding any clue how to reverse the effect back to normal. Then he searched in Special Curse Book Collection isle and find the book called pada sipeli. He read for some moment and he found how to return the curse spell. He saw a warning about not to do it in real life, or do any physical experiment about it.

...*WHOEVER TRYING TO RETURN THE CURSE SPELL, BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME SYMPTOM FROM : DIZZINESS, VOMITING, HEADACHE, CHANGING BEHAVIOR, HARD TO BREATH, COUGHING BLOOD, DISINTEGRATED BONES, LOSING YOUR LIMBS OR THE WORST ONE GOT KILLED WHILE TRYING*...

So after Reigneer read that, he hesitate to do it, but he simply start reading the next page and he found the return spell for constitit tempore, so he cast the spell.

"Tempus motus et tempus obice praevaricator." Reigneer yells while casting the spell.

Everything turned normal. Everyone is moving again but Reigneer have a headache after cast the spell. He collapse and laying on the ground. Udi and Bellarus notice Reigneer passed out. They take him and lift him up into the lounge room for resting without noticing the necklace is gone and some uncommon movement. The book who got opened by Reigneer doesn't get any noticing. Bellarus totally panicking because of it but Udi tried to calm her down and told her everything is going to be fine.

In another location...

Maye the librarian cleaning the havoc that happen because of them. Too many books is in the ground and its not in a typical order. Maye feels angry but she can't because that is her job to clean all the mess inside of the library...

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