SECRET N° 351 Les Lames du Dragon Éclipse CHAPITRE 13

Chapitre 13 – Les Ombres des Archives

La fuite de la Citadelle se fit dans un silence oppressant. Aucun mot ne fut échangé. Les visions restaient accrochées à leurs esprits comme une seconde peau. Ils chevauchèrent à travers la forêt embrumée, chacun prisonnier du poids de sa propre vérité.

Leur prochaine destination semblait presque trop évidente : les Grandes Archives d’Ervastia. Un sanctuaire de savoir, neutre en apparence, échappant encore au contrôle total des Ordres. C’était là, selon les révélations de la Citadelle, qu’un des derniers fragments restait enfoui. Non sous la forme d’un artefact magique, mais inscrit – dissimulé dans les plis du langage ancien, codé dans un manuscrit oublié.

Gabriel et Li-Mei se firent passer pour des érudits itinérants. Théo, drapé dans sa cape et l’ombre, se glissa dans les entrailles d’Ervastia pour contacter un ancien informateur : Lorné, un bibliothécaire déchu devenu passeur de savoirs interdits.

À l’intérieur des immenses tours de pierre des Archives, tout respirait autant la sagesse que le danger. Les murs semblaient écouter. Car même ici, les ordres secrets avaient leurs yeux, notamment l’Ordre des Cendres Hautes, qui avait entrepris de réécrire l’Histoire, supprimant toute trace de ce qu’ils ne pouvaient contrôler.

C’est Li-Mei qui découvrit le manuscrit.

Un rouleau si ancien qu’il s’effritait sous les doigts. Caché dans un coffre dissimulé derrière un mur illusoire. Il contenait la Chanson des Cinq Sceaux – un poème mythique censé précéder la fondation même des royaumes. Mais dans les marges, des glyphes oubliés s’y entremêlaient. Et dans ces glyphes, se trouvait la clé vers un lieu effacé de toutes les cartes : La Flamme Creuse.

Mais avant qu’ils ne puissent s’échapper, le piège se referma.

Des archivistes, en apparence neutres, révélèrent leur allégeance. Des lames surgirent de sous leurs robes. L’Ordre des Cendres Hautes avait anticipé leur venue.

Mais Lorné n’avait pas menti. Des renforts jaillirent d’un passage scellé : des rebelles, d’anciens mages, des savants bannis… Tous unis par un seul serment : préserver la vérité.

Le combat fut bref mais brutal. Le feu dévora les étagères. Le sang coula sur les dalles sacrées. Et dans la fumée, le rouleau sacré serré contre la poitrine de Li-Mei, le trio s’enfuit à travers les canaux d’eaux pluviales sous la cité.

Gabriel, en dernier, se retourna.

Une archiviste ne s’était pas battue.

Elle l’avait observé, longtemps, comme si elle le connaissait depuis toujours. Juste avant que les flammes ne l’engloutissent, elle lui murmura :

— Tu n’es pas celui que tu crois. Et Théo non plus.

Les ombres s’étaient mises en marche.

Et ils n’avaient presque plus d’endroits où se cacher.

Chapter 13 – Shadows in the Archives

The escape from the Citadel was steeped in oppressive silence. No words were exchanged. The visions clung to their minds like a second skin. They rode through the mist-laden forest, each one burdened by the weight of their own truth.

Their next destination seemed almost too obvious: the Grand Archives of Ervastia. A sanctuary of knowledge, seemingly neutral, and still beyond the total control of the Orders. According to the Citadel’s revelations, one of the last fragments remained hidden there—not in the form of a magical artifact, but inscribed—woven into the folds of ancient language, encoded within a forgotten manuscript.

Gabriel and Li-Mei posed as wandering scholars. Théo, wrapped in his cloak and shadows, slipped into the depths of Ervastia to contact an old informant: Lorné, a disgraced librarian turned smuggler of forbidden knowledge.

Within the towering stone halls of the Archives, everything exuded both wisdom and danger. The walls seemed to listen. For even here, the secret Orders had eyes—especially the Order of the High Ashes, who had begun rewriting history itself, erasing all that they could not control.

It was Li-Mei who found the manuscript.

A scroll so ancient it crumbled at the edges. Hidden in a chest concealed behind an illusory wall. It contained the Song of the Five Seals—a mythical poem said to predate the very founding of the kingdoms. But in the margins, forgotten glyphs were woven in. And in those glyphs lay the key to a place erased from every map: The Hollow Flame.

But before they could escape, the trap was sprung.

Archivists who had seemed neutral revealed their allegiance. Blades flashed from beneath their robes. The Order of the High Ashes had anticipated their arrival.

But Lorné had not lied. Reinforcements burst from a sealed passage: rebels, exiled mages, outlawed scholars… all bound by one oath—to protect the truth.

The battle was short, but brutal. Fire consumed the shelves. Blood flowed across sacred tiles. And in the smoke, with the sacred scroll clutched to her chest, Li-Mei fled through the stormwater canals beneath the city, Gabriel and Théo close behind.

Gabriel was the last to turn back.

One archivist had not fought.

She had only watched him, long and intently, as if she had known him forever. Just before the flames engulfed her, she whispered:

— “You are not who you think you are. And neither is Théo.”

The shadows had begun to move.

And they were running out of places to hide.


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