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Chapter 20: Inheritance Arc 4

"I think," said the Fae, putting emphasis on the word "That this is about the Atlante." seeing the shock around her she went on "From what I understand of the small bits I've managed to translate, Myrdin was one of the few survivor of Atlantis' destruction. A destruction brought upon by the Atlante themselves, if I've understood correctly. After the destruction of their civilization, the escapee were of two mind... Some wanted to start anew while the other wanted to mingle with the lesser race to help them progress."
"Two guess about what Myrdin choose!" laughed Kiba

"He decided to help the lesser species." nodded his mother figure "And by doing this, became the legendary figure of Merlin, helping to shape the magical world as a whole and even attending Hogwarts at nearly seven hundred years. Records of him disappear from our history not long after that, thought I don't know why yet..."

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"This is already a lot." stated Kazami, impressed by her friend once more "So, if you're just translating right now, why are you going back to Britain?"
"I've got a few more leads about other texts written by him. More precisely, a text about the Elementary Flames that caused the destruction of Atlantis..."
"What are the Elementary Flame?" asked Kiba, surprised at the unknown term
"No idea." shrugged Mizuki "But...Myrdin's sees to consider the same element as the Celts of old..."

"Air, Water and Earth..." breathed Kazami, eyed widening "So Flame of Air, of Water and of Earth!"
"Our Flames." understood her brother as she stated it
"That's what I think." nodded Mizuki "And in the old ways, those three elements were supposed to balance each other, while nowadays only Air Flames are known, with the Simon's as the sole small exception..."
"A broken balance... And a man probably coming from Atlantis struggling to keep a balance with the Tri-ni-siette. It can't be a coincidence." mused Hana, following the others reasoning

"So... There used to be more different Flame user, and now only the Air one remains?" wondered Tsuna idly "But how does it tie with the destruction of their civilization?"
"If the Flame powers used to be evenly balanced and these morons did something to destroy that balance, it could have destroyed the whole world, let alone Atlantis." said Kazami with a sigh "For the exact same reason that playing with Ley lines without knowing what you are doing is dangerous: Flames are a natural force, and Nature is stronger than any of us in the end."

"So they destroyed the balance between the three Flames, losing their city, or country to it, then created the Tri-ni-siette to artificially recreate the balance with only Air Flame because they nearly destroyed the Earth and Water Flame?" speculated Kiba
"That would explain why Kawahira sees it as his duty to maintain the Tri-ni-siette balance. It's his own people fault the thing has to exist, and he's the last!" exclaimed Gokudera

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"Well," commented Mizuki "Seems our theory was that good." a smile "And my work will be all that easier in Britain. I should be back home soon!"
"And you know," said slowly Kazami, reviewing what she knew about Atlantis' myth "Isn't it quite fitting that the one Flame we haven't yet encountered, and as such is quite possibly extinct, is the Water Flame... And that Atlantis is said to have been destroyed by the sea?"
"That it is." nodded Mizuki, having also made the connection between the facts "And probably directly linked. Which is why I'm going back to Britain, finding more about this will change History!"

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The rest of the week had been calmer, the Vongola X taking in stride Kazami's announcement about involving the Varia with their duties toward the Vindice – a few months earlier they wouldn't have accepted that easily, but with time, and their encounter with the alternate future Varia, they were ready to start anew with the assassination squad.