AR∀GO 50

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Arago
-City of London Police’s Special Crimes Investigator-
Text: Make full use of your powers and intelligence
Or you’ll lose the search for the treasures…!!
Celebrate!! Fifty chapters of serialization!!!
Arai Takahiro
Chapter 50: The Great Search
Side Text: Breaking the boundaries of the supernatural battle, volumes 1~4 are now on sale in stores!!

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Nurse: You’re causing a commotion, he’s not well enough yet!!
Please come back tomorrow!!
Joe: This is important, we need to speak with him!!
Hamm: So you’re police…..
Let them in.
Side Text: The professor that the White Horseman attack, just what did he tell him about “Lia Fáil”!?
Nurse: But……
Joe: Thank you Professor Hamilton, we’re from MPS.
Hamm: What do you want to ask me, is it about my case…?
Joe: It is, the man who attacked you asked about the “treasures of Erinn,” didn’t he…
Hamm: That’s right, he asked about one of the them in particular…
The coronation stone, Lia Fáil…

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Box: Lia Fáil
Hamm: It first emerged in Celtic mythology as one of the “Patron God’s four treasures”…
Brought from the castle city of Falias,
It was said that it would roar when the rightful king would placed his feet on it.
After the age of myths, it was historically proven to actually exist,
Around 500 AD in Scotland.
For generations Lia Fáil was used for coronation by the royal family of Scotland, until 1296 when it was stolen by Edward I of England,
Afterwards, it was fitted into the bottom of the coronation throne in Westminster Abbey, in order to bless notable British kings.
Lia Fáil now resides in Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
In 1996, exactly 700 years after it had been stolen, Prime Minister Tony Blair had it returned to Scotland…
But that’s just the commonly known history of Lia Fáil…

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For the sake of argument, what if there is another Lia Fáil aside from the one currently residing in Edinburgh Castle…?
During my research of documents related to Lia Fáil, I found a new description of it…
It described is as a deep crimson 3m cubic stone!
The one open to the public in Edinburgh Castle is a chipped stone that’s 66x41x28 cm.
And, this mysterious cube, the so-called other Lia Fáil…
Was brought to London, England in 1296 and was stored in a highly secured place…
Here’s the most important part…!!
Something from reliable secret government materials concerning a national treasure.

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“In 1972 a “large object” suddenly vanished from the basement of the Westminster Abbey.”
I believe that this “object” that vanished was none other than the real Lia Fáil.
The proof of this, the number of police officials in the investigation was strictly limited, government agencies didn’t want them involved…
I did manage to get my hands on one report related to the investigation, they found numerous small human-like footprints at the scene…
And there was one other strange thing, all of the wine for mass that was stored in the cellar, had completely oxidized…
Galley: ……
Hamm: That’s all.
That’s everything that I told the man who attacked me…

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What happened just makes me believe even more strongly that this other Lia Fáil really does exist!!
And, I believe that it holds some sort of otherworldly power…
If that’s true…if this other Lia Fáil falls into the wrong hands there’s not telling how they’ll misuse it’s power…
That…
Can never be allowed to happen…!!
Seth: The White Horseman has already started his search for Lia Fáil.
Joe: Then we need to hurry as well!!
Seth: So you’ll be working with us too, Chief Inspector Sullivan?
Joe: Ah…of course.
Arago: The White Horseman, Lia Fáil…
Patchman!!

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Galley: Um, master, uncle…
I have an idea……
Arago: You think the one who stole Lia Fáil,
Was a fairy!?
Galley: Yeah, what the professor said before,
The small footprints and the oxidized wine…
Thos are the kinds of traces that fairies leave behind when they appear.
Seth: I see…by the hands of someone from another world, it disappeared from history…
I never considered that…
Arago: A fairy…
Then I know where we can get some information!!
Joe: I’ll head back to the station to see if I can find anything else!
Everyone keep in touch with each other!!
Arago Gat cha!

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We’ll ask every fairy we see for information!!
Seth: Right, but let’s focus on the case from the 1970s!!
Fairy: Lia Fáil? I thought that was just a fairy tail…
Arago: So you don’t know anything about the 1970s case?
Fairy: Yep, don’t know a thing……

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Arago: Alright, thanks anyway, sorry for bothering you!!
Fairy: What a bunch of strange guys…that one Galley’s following around…
And that black haired guy too…
Sorry about that, didn’t see you there.
White Horseman: So you’re a fairy.
I have some questions about Lia Fáil.

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Text: -Dawn, the next day-
Arago: Hey!!
Old man Lepre, it’s been a while!!
Leprechaun: Oh, Mr. Hunt.
Arago: Thanks for helping out the old man before.
Leprechaun: The coronation stone, Lia Fáil…
Ah, of course I know about it. It originally belonged to the fairies…
I heard that a group of them stole it back from the humans in the 1970s…
Arago: Th, that’s it! Do you know where it is now!?
Leprechaun: I’m sorry. I’ve only heard rumors.
Seth: You don’t even know who stole it?
Leprechaun: Unfortunately, I don’t…

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I’m sorry that I couldn’t help you…..
Arago: Don’t worry about it, we’ll look around somewhere else. Thanks for the help.
Leprechaun: I remember now, Mr. Hunt.
There is one other rumor I heard…
Arago: “The great stone has been hidden, the great stone has been hidden.”
“Hidden where there is no wood, hidden where there is no iron, hidden where there is no gold or silver.”
“Hidden where humans can’t watch.”
What the hell is that supposed to mean!? Do you know Beggar!?
Seth: It’s a code…some kind of riddle?
Arago: I give up, this doesn’t make any sense to me…
Was it ever even stolen? Maybe it was never in London in the first place…
SFX: VVVV
Arago: Old man?
Joe: Yeah, it’s me Arago.

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How’s it going on your end?
Arago: No luck, how about you?
Joe: I’ve been digging through the archives and databases, but so far nothing worth mentioning.
But I’ve been thinking about some things.
Arago: Thinking about some things?
Joe: Yeah, Erinn’s Treasures are said to be very valuable.
Suppose they were stolen and sold on the black market, there would be one or two rumors about them. That would mean that it’s likely out of the county at this point.
But, none of my sources that I contacted had heard any stories like that.
Arago: What the heck are you trying to say, old man!?
Joe: Ah, well I’m not completely convinced,
But I believe that the stolen Lia Fáil,
Is still in London.

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Hey, the suns almost up.
We’ve been running around for two whole nights…
SFX: *Pant*
*Pant*
We’ve run into ten fairies since we started,
And the only information we’ve gotten was from Old man Lepre…
Well, let’s try something else.
It’ll be easier if we split up.
Seth: Hang on, it’s dangerous to go off on your own.

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The White Horseman is strong enough on his own, but if another horseman joins in order to back him up, we won’t stand a chance separately.
I’d rather pick safety over efficiency.
Arago: We don’t have time to say things like that!!
Seth: I don’t care if you want to run off and get yourself killed…
But, in this situation, I can’t allow you to die.
I’m not about to let the Brionac fragment fall into their hands right underneath my nose.
Arago: Huh!?
You want to fight?
Seth: If you don’t listen to me, Mr. Detective.
Galley: Eeeek!!

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SFX: *Step*
*Step*
Galley: Tiny footprints…
!!
Master!! Seth!!
Goblins!! It was goblins!!
Arago: Huh!?
Box: Goblins
Legendary small fairies only about 60cm tall from the British Isles.
They love to play nasty pranks, and like to settle in unorganized houses.
It’s said that all the milk in a house a goblin has entered will spoil.
Galley: The goblins were the ones who stole Lia Fáil!
SFX: *Gya*
*Gya*
Galley: Hey you!! The small footprints, the wine,
We’ve got plenty of evidence against you, so confess!!

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Goblin: I’ll kill youuuuuu!!
Galley: Eeek!
Arago: What do you want to kill us for, we’re just searching for Lia Fáil.
Goblin: Lia Fa…!!
I knew it! You’re the one who’ve been going around searching for Lia Fáil and killing all the fairies!!
It was you!!!
Arago: The White Horseman…..!!
Goblin: I don’t know nothin’ about Lia Fáil, it was Granny Nic!!
Arago: Granny!?
Goblin: It’s a famous goblin story!!
She stole Lia Fáil back from the humans!!
Goblin2: That’s what they call granny!!
Please don’t kill me!! It’s the name of the place she put it too!!
Goblin: It’s really close to here!!
It’s what all the guys around here call granny!!

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Goblin & White Horseman: My Fair Lady
Side Text: Arago’s group and the White Horseman both arrive at a name at the same time!? Just where is the gigantic Lia Fáil hidden!? Find out next time!!!