Edwin Lunar Chapter 86: The Opening of the Red Box

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Nobody slept that night. The revelation from the scarf had shaken Orion completely. The Observer wasn't simply an ancient cosmic entity. He wasn't merely the hidden enemy behind the Great War. According to the memory Edwin had witnessed, the Observer was connected directly to Edlin. To his mother. To his family. And if Edlin's words were true, the Observer had spent centuries preparing revenge against Wingard. The question that haunted Edwin was simple. Why? What had happened between Wingard and the Observer? What kind of event could create a hatred that lasted centuries? The answers remained hidden. For now. Early the next morning Orion gathered inside their meeting room. Iris had spent the entire night researching historical records connected to Edlin. Carl had attempted to help but mostly succeeded in falling asleep on a stack of documents. Lucien sat quietly reviewing military archives. Edwin was focused on the scarf. The blue fabric rested on the table before him. It looked completely ordinary again. No glowing symbols. No ancient visions. Just a scarf. Yet everyone in the room now understood it was far more than that. "I found something." Iris finally broke the silence. Everyone immediately looked up. She projected several holographic documents above the table. Most were heavily damaged. Others appeared partially erased. "The records about Edlin are wrong." Carl frowned. "That's not surprising anymore." "No." Iris replied. "But these aren't simply altered." She enlarged one document. "They were deliberately removed." The room became quiet. Edwin stood and examined the records. Almost every official file about Edlin ended abruptly. Entire years of her life had disappeared. Mission reports were missing. Research projects had vanished. Personal records had been erased. It was as if someone wanted history to forget she ever existed. Or forget something she knew. "Can you recover them?" Edwin asked. Iris nodded. "Some." A new document appeared. This one was older than the others. A classified academy report. The date immediately caught Edwin's attention. It had been created years before the Great War. Before Groader's betrayal. Before history changed. Before everything fell apart. The report contained a single sentence. Research Team Leader: Edlin Lunar Below it was another line. Subject: Observer Phenomenon Investigation The room froze. Even Lucien looked surprised. Edlin had been investigating the Observer years before anyone else. Years before the Great War. Years before Groader's imprisonment. Which meant she had discovered something. Something important enough for someone to erase her records. Something dangerous enough to rewrite history itself. Before anyone could continue, the academy suddenly shook. The entire room trembled. Books fell from shelves. Holographic screens flickered. Students outside began shouting in confusion. Everyone immediately stood. "What was that?" Carl asked. Then it happened again. A much stronger vibration. This time the windows rattled. Emergency alarms began echoing throughout the academy. Red warning lights illuminated every corridor. The atmosphere changed instantly. Edwin felt his heart begin racing. Because deep inside, he already knew. The Red Box. Something was happening. A communication channel suddenly activated. Humming's voice filled the room. "Edwin. Orion. Come to Vault Omega immediately." The transmission ended. No explanation. No details. Yet the urgency in his voice said everything. They ran. Students filled the corridors. Professors rushed between departments. Security drones flew overhead. Nobody knew what was happening. Only that something beneath the academy had triggered emergency protocols. Minutes later Orion reached the hidden elevator leading toward Vault Omega. Humming was already waiting. For perhaps the first time in his life, the old headmaster looked genuinely worried. "What happened?" Edwin asked. Humming didn't answer immediately. Instead he activated the eleva