Ancient Field Logs: Part III

An expedition log found in a camp on the sunny wall of the snow mountain. The writer seems to have been a noble of the old Mondstadt aristocracy.

Is it such history that makes this scenery desolate, or such scenery that makes the history dim?

Or is it the things that happened during the survey that make me think so?

Or has blood loss and cold already affected my mind?

In any case, this is likely the last log.

Eberhart's plan failed in the end… no—perhaps it should be said it succeeded.

Actions now glaringly clear—none of us saw his true intent before. So thinking, the comrades lost on the road were likely already his victims. The collapse before the sealed chamber's round gate was in his plan too.

But only at the last, when he led Lord Ingbert and me into the southwest ruin cellar and drew a long spear, did I understand.

Whether he drummed up an "ancient kingdom sealed in ice and snow" or the "magic of things fallen from heaven," it was all to use Lord Ingbert's love of exploration and lead him to a place without aid…

In the end a bastard is a bastard.

Practicing the "long spear" in secret—a weapon lacking noble bearing—was it so he could eliminate the lord at this moment and draw closer to the head of the clan?

Thinking so, Young Master Parsifal's defiance, obsession with the "knight-errant" game, and final flight… may well have had his goading.

I can never forget the sight of Lord Ingbert lifted on his spear.

Though we grew up together, I never saw the monster lurking under his kindly, steady skin.

Lord Landrich had already prepared, after this survey's return, to formally grant him the clan's name. Had we known the lord's plan, things might not have come to this…

Or was it precisely knowing the lord's plan that he could not wait to push his succession forward…

I cannot return to Mondstadt. Forgive me, Priscilla.

Whoever reads my log, please warn Lord Landrich.

Though Eberhart is also badly hurt, he may still escape back to Mondstadt.

If he returns to Mondstadt, only one stumbling block remains on his path of rebellion…