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Chapter 30
In March, at Kutsukuranto South Highway Road at Vieza Kamino, medicine and fruit are being handed out. Belca and Tenko are there. Belca talks to a doctor who thanks for letting him operate without reporting The Plague, saying doing so would have doomed every person there. Belca says that the doctor is doing the real legwork and the doctor brushes it off, saying he didn't believe he would see the day where The Plague would finally be cured. If only they weren't racist towards the Hokulea...the day would have come sooner.
Eco then forces the medicine on Belca, saying if he dies, everyone in Kamino will be upset. The medicine tastes awful but hey: everything can't be fruit gummies and Flintstone Vitamins. Speaking of, you're probably wondering why they're in Kamino and not in the Sacred Land, considering it has not been established that they have had their X-gene activated and developed teleportation powers. Well...
At the Heavenly Spire, they heard the song. The Song of The Men Who Came Up From Beyond The Waterfalls. The song that describes Rovisco's and Reitz's story. However, that story had a missing part: there was a woman named Konalia who informed the Hokulea and the people on their side of Reitz's betrayal, causing them to take up arms to fight against him for themselves and the Hokulea. They lost. Bad. The Hokulea were forced to go into seclusion, Konalia's son Muruko being advised to leave and go to the Stone Capital. Muruko says he will leave...but he will never forget the lives that were taken and the vengeance that they're owed. The Hokulea elder tells him to forget it, saying time heals everything but Muruko refuses, disappearing after being given the names of "Robeena", "Kirie" and "Balbareous". These names are only remembered through the song.
Belca says that means that Captain Rovisco's descendant is still alive somewhere. Eco reveals that's how the Lagen family chooses their names; he's only surprised that the tradition stretches that far back. Belca, remembering that Eco's real name is Francesco and that Francie is Azapurade's main port, starts to piece something together...but Eco continues, saying the current head of the Lagen family is Balbaresko who adopted the child of his lover, the only child of Adien, who had his name changed to Kiliko. Belca finally points out that the family that abandoned Eco was the Lagen family, which Eco confirms. Eco says that the family was born from hatred.
Eco says he wrote down all the songs in his poem book so if anyone looks at it, he can just say it's material for his songs. Then he says that all he wanted to do was see if the legend that his family believes was true and, having found that out, he's fine with ending his journey right here. Then Subaru comes up and calls Eco Suisei (comet) and Belca Akatsuki (Red Moon), telling Belca those are their names that she and Renjou came up with yesterday. She then reminds them that besides the Hokulea, no one is allowed to leave from the Sacred Lands before saying those are their new names because THEY CAN NEVER LEAVE.
Neither Belca nor Eco are bothered by that, Belca instead trying to take the opportunity to ask if Hector got a name like that before Tenko interrupts, saying he checked with the pharmacist and a few of the soldiers have been recovering.
In the present, the doctor says he can't believe the soldiers were just going to watch an entire town die and he's grateful to Renjou and Belca for helping them. Belca notes that the crown prince's territories belong to Orcelito but they are still loyal to Hector. Belca then prepares to head to the Western Clinic, hoping to make the people's day by showing up like John Cena does for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Everyone does like seeing him, even letting Shingetsu beat up Eco for being annoying.
Two weeks earlier in the same place, in front of the city gate, the gate guards were ready to shoot anyone to keep them from leaving quarantine. Then Belca arrived on horseback, showing off Prince Hector's flag. He then orders them to let him in. The guards, while horrified, note he did not say let anyone out and he's a royal so...they obey. The people see Belca coming, thinking he's there to kill them. He assures them he's not, the opposite in fact: he's there to declare The Plague was no longer incurable. The people are like, "Okay...but why are The Hokulea with you? Are they going to use black magic on us?". But they recognize Hector's flag so they let him speak, Belca saying he's there to continue his older brother's work.
They did all they could but they only managed to save half the population. Still, the people regard them as heroes. But The Plague has been fought, at least...still, Spring is coming and the snow on the mountains will melt. The Stone Capital will most likely launch an attack on the Hokulea. Tenko says that even though they can't leave Kamino whenever they like, they can still communicate with birds. He also reports that there has been no headway on the investigation on the relationship between Lord Lagen and Lord Ruebelli and the Succession Ceremony has yet to be performed. Eco says it serves them right. Belca ends the chapter wondering what exactly is going on in the palace...