The Book Of Anonymous Chapter 23: Chapter 20: Anonymous

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If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. -Wayne Dyer “The Gods from the sky ?” “You are one of the non-believers, aren’t you ?” Felix was even more confused now; she was severely offended at his “non-belief” when even he could not give a clear account of what she meant. He had been going through different layers of shock. Did the people of this aeon not know the orthodox Gods? Or maybe they referred to them as something else? He did not dare think of the last possibility. The possibility that they did not exist. “I sincerely don’t know what you mean by the Gods from the sky” Ida looked appalled, mulling quietly over his answer as she adjusted herself comfortably on the wagon. The arduous journey was about to continue, and the guards were returning to the wagon. Suddenly, she broke the peaceful silence between them as she continued. “Sometimes I forget that you are human, but ever so often you remind me with your strange questions” “You made a promise, you will tell me all you know, remember”, Felix replied, ignoring her snarky remark. She rolled her eyes in annoyance as she added, “You humans and your obsession with trivialities like promises, you have been marked to die, and yet it is all you care about is this” Felix did not bother to answer for one thing: if he didn’t make a good plan out, he was very sure Ida had one. He wasn’t too sure about it before, but now he was more than sure. Throughout the duration of the journey, she did seem to be too worried at all, occasionally throwing mocking glances at the brutish guards when they were not paying attention. He was not one bit fooled by her current messy appearance; underneath her ‘feebleness’’ she was naturally poised and graceful. The captors of this wagon might not have noticed the obvious fact of her importance, but he immediately did. She had more arrogance than some noble ladies he met at Arcanum University! But if she could read Sumerian, how did she wander into the strange village? Was she just stupid? The previous owner of his body might have unknowingly stumbled into the strange village, not understanding the strange symbols at all, leading to his kidnapping. In fact, if it were not Felix here, he would have probably died without even knowing why . What an Unlucky Guy, if he even existed. “Well, the first of my ancestors left detailed records of the birth of the elven race,” she said proudly. “It is the first truth an elfling learns when they begin training as an oracle’s apprentice. There is much you still do not understand.” Oracle’s apprentice! F elix’s eyelids squinted at the mere mention of this . Felix’s eyes narrowed slightly. So this world also had structured forms of magic, or at least institutional prophecy, or was this something that was strictly for elves ? Ida, however, did not seem to have noticed her slip-up as she continued. “In the beginning, there was only one people,” she said. “Then the Gods of the Sky descended upon the world and gifted us the elves.” Felix had an urge to roll his eyes at her account, but decided against it to not annoy the elf. There are only a few orthodox gods that reside in the sky; in all the text, there was no mention of any separate races, not to mention that in all the orthodox religions, all beings were made by their Gods. As someone more inclined to believe the factual, he was highly doubtful of the elf’s account. In his aeon, there weren't even any elves at all! Such a bad fall for the gifts of the so-called ‘gods from the sky’ She looked at his non-responsive face as she snapped, bellowing in anger “You don’t believe me?” Felix stood in amazement. This elf surely had a bad temper; he hadn’t even said anything, and she had already flared into anger. If she actually believed the elves were a gift from the ‘Gods’ in the sky, it was no wonder she looked down on humans. “So if elves are Gods or creations of Gods, what are humans?” Her expression faltered, then flushed with frustration, h