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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

– Do you mean that this knight did not know what terrible harm he did to others?

Sever nodded.
– No, my friend, he did not know to the last moment of his life. He died piously
believing that he had lived a good and worthy life. He never understood why his friends
turned their backs on him and outcast him from Occitania, no matter how hard they
tried to explain it to him... Do you wish to hear how this treachery happened, my friend?

I nodded and Sever patiently continued the breathtaking story...
– When the church knew through the same knight that Magdalena was also the
Keeper of the Clever Crystal, the "holy fathers" had an insuperable desire to get this
amazing force in their hands. And, naturally, their desire to eliminate Golden Maria
increased by thousands of times.
According to the plan perfectly designed by the "holy fathers", on the day when
Magdalena must die an envoy of the church handed a letter allegedly written by
Magdalena to the knight- betrayer. In this ill-fated "message" Magdalena "adjured"
the first Knights Templar (her nearest friends) never more to use a weapon (even in
defence!), as well as other methods known to them that would take away somebody's
life. Otherwise, – the letter stated, – the Knights Templar will lose the Key of Gods...
because they will be unworthy of it.

It was absurd!!! It was the most lying message they ever heard! But Magdalena
was not with them... and nobody could ask her about anything anymore.
– But could not they talk to her after her death, Sever? – I was surprised. – As far
as I know many Magicians can talk to the dead?

– Not many, Isidora... Many can see the spirits of the dead, but not many can hear
them accurately. Only one of Magdalena’s friends could freely communicate with her.
But exactly he died within a few days of her death. She came to them in her spirit,
hoping that they would see her and understand... She brought a sword to them, trying
to show that they must fight.
The Perfecti were at a loss, adhering to one and then to another opinion. Their
number now grew considerably, and although the new Perfecti never heard about the
Key of Gods, the "letter of Magdalena" was announced to them to, except for lines not
intended for their ears. Some of the new Perfecti wanted to lead a calmer life and
preferred to believe the "letter". Those who were devoted to her and Radomir with their
heart and soul could not believe that wild lie... But they also were afraid that should
they make a mistake in their decision the Key of Gods, about which they knew very
little, could disappear. The weight of the Duty lay heavy on their opinion and heart,
creating shaky uncertainty and doubts…

The Knights Templar sincerely, but very reluctantly, tried somehow to accept this
strange "message", especially because it allegedly was the last message and the last
request of their Golden Maria. And no matter how strange this request seemed to them,
they felt they probably should submit to it, at least those Templars closest to her... just
like they submitted once to the last request of Radomir. The Key of Gods now remained
with them and they were responsible for its safety with their lives...
But it was exactly they, the first Knights Templar, who found it most difficult. They

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