Guevara took the dragon to the cargo room in the deepest part of the ship, where most of the storage was made of huge stone, but there were also things like old books and glass. Every item inside was stained with sand, and the room was filled with the smell of earth.

Lucy stood at the table in the corner of the room, staring at the book spread out in front of her, her mouth making a deep groan of "hmm......". When she discovered the dragon's arrival, she was startled and glared at Guevara.

"Really, Mr. Guevara! Why did you let Mr. Long come over too? “

"Mr. Long is also a partner in the same boat as us, why can't we let him come and visit?"

Guevara laughed, "Besides, these artifacts unearthed in the war zone were also only able to get them with the help of Mr. Long, didn't they?" ”

Lucy was told by Guevara in a few words, and couldn't help puffing out her cheeks: "Mr. Long is not necessarily interested in these relics, and I don't know if the interpretation will go smoothly......"

"I'm actually interested in these things, Miss Lucy,"

"But I'm also well aware that deciphering historical artifacts is definitely not an easy task, so don't put too much pressure on yourself......"

“…… Hmmm"

After glancing at the dragon, Lucy's heart began to stall again, she whispered a "hmm", her big eyes quickly looked away, and immediately took out a stone tablet from the mountains of books on the table and showed it to the dragon and Guevara.

The stone slabs are densely carved with strange symbols that seem to be paintings but not paintings, and words are not words.

"What is this? Miss Lucy. ”

The dragon asked curiously,

"Mr. Long, do you remember the ancient site where we found these artifacts under your protection?"

After entering her professional field of archaeology, Lucy's whole person seemed to have changed, not only regaining her usual generous and casual personality, but also full of energy, "I have communicated with the locals, and I have confirmed that it is the ruins of the city-state palace hundreds of years ago, and its name is Yuriga Civilization. ”

"Is Yuriga civilized......"

The dragon nodded as he listened, his fingertips running over the stone piles in the room, all covered with a thin layer of dust, "Every time I communicate with you, I think you archaeologists are amazing. ”

“…… Huh? ”

"Isn't it?"

The dragon smiled and looked at Lucy again, who was now back to his previous state of cramped and overwhelmed by the sudden gaze, "If these precious artifacts were left unattended in the warring area, they would definitely be destroyed by people who did not understand their value, and then disappeared along with the civilization and history they carried...... I don't know anything about archaeology, but I can tell how bad it must be. And ......"

The dragon looked down - the notebook on the table was full of Lucy's handwriting that he had seen occasionally over the past week, and the young female archaeologist had copied the historical documents. Although the dragon hadn't picked up a pen in years, he could read between the lines the process of Lucy's troubles, as if he had experienced it himself.

"To use a phrase I've ever heard, Lucy, you 'want to hear the voice of history that has disappeared'...... I'm very happy to be able to help you get these historical artifacts before. “

The dragon smiled at Lucy, who followed him with a shy smile. Guevara's expression on the side was also softened by the soft atmosphere present.

“…… Mr. Long, how much do you know about the Yugari civilization? ”

Like a child sharing his favorite snack, Lucy asked the dragon with a little smugness.

"I never knew that before."

The dragon shook his head gently in the face of Lucy's question.

Lucy then looked at Guevara again.

"Unfortunately, Lucy, I've only heard names."

Yugari is supposed to have existed about 600 years ago, a metropolis that was born as if it had been quietly isolated in the strife of great powers, invaded but independent for nearly a hundred years, and finally destroyed by the annexation of its neighboring powers—its legend is true, but no one knows the truth. The area where the Yugari civilization once flourished is still a zone of strife at the borders of various countries, and there is not much progress in the study of it in the world today. Few of them, even among archaeologists, know its name.

"But what I can tell you is - this is not a slate, but a burnt clay slab."

Lucy said confidently.

"Clay boards?"

The dragon looked at the board on the table with some surprise.

The words written on the soft clay, dried with the years, lost their original appearance. He tacitly assumed that the information that needed to be stored for a long time should be written on a slate, so it was a matter of course to treat it as a slate. And in fact, the writing board in front of him was as hard as stone.

"Mr. Long, you remember that I said that this is a stone slab unearthed at the ruins of the royal palace, right, the royal palace may have suffered a fire more than 600 years ago, and the clay slabs that were burned by high temperatures became as hard as pottery, so they have been preserved to this day......"

Lucy ran her slender fingers over the surface of the clay slab, which was in extremely good condition as it had been buried in the soil for a long time and had not been exposed to air.

"More than 600 years ago, the royal palace was hit by fire...... Can you archaeologists speculate on such an unexpected event in history? That's amazing! ”

Long praised sincerely.

However, Lucy shook her head: "Mr. Long, this fire is not an accident...... Based on the phonetic text on this clay tablet and the rest of the artifacts in its vicinity, I speculate that the fire that occurred in that palace was the work of a group of outsiders. ”

“…… Outsiders? Pirates? ”

The dragon subconsciously remembered his old rival in the navy - no, he was still in the navy, but he was in exile after being punished.

"No, it should be a group of slaves who rebelled against their master, the ruler of the Yuriga civilization. Eventually, they destroyed the ruling class of the Yuriga civilization and their royal palace in a fire, and these slaves called themselves the 'Revolutionary Army'......"

“……”

This time it was the dragon's turn to start stalling uncontrollably.