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The boy was at the church and dug in the morning. He shouted to the sky, saying the alchemist left gold at the monastery knowing he would be back, & why he didnt save him from that. Then he heard s voice in the wind say, because then you would never have seen the pyramids. Then he kept digging and…The chest was there, full of gold coins.

He said he wont die, but learn a man shouldnt be so stupid. He said 2 years ago where the boy was, he also had a recurrent dream. He dreamed to travel the fields of spain for a ruined church where shepherds & their sheep slept. He was told if he dug at the roots of a sycamore in a sacristy he would find treasure. They laughed at him & he laughed too since he now knew where his treasure was.

He remembered the alchemist told him what good is money if you will die? So he told the refugees he is digging for treasure. (Btw this happened all the way as the sun was rising) the refugees beat him up, & the leader of the group said to leave him alone since he had no gold & prob stole it. Before they left, the leader said something.

They searched his bags & found the piece of gold (the alchemist told the boy the reason he gave another piece of gold to the monk incase the boy gets robbed again, was bc if he believed if it happens twice itll happen again) They told the boy to keep digging since they thought he might have more gold hidden in the ground.

Then again before they departed the alchemist said where he is bought to tears is the treasure. Soon enough, the boy reached the pyramids and wept. He saw a scarab beetle, which he knew from the desert was a symbol of God. In the dark, there were figures who approached the boy. They were refugees from the tribal wars, & wanted to know what the boy had

The son in the military, who was a centurion, wanted to cure one of his servants illnesses, so he seeked a man who could cure illnesses, who he later found out was the Son of God. He told him “My Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. But only speak a word & my servant will be healed.” The lesson was, every person has a central role in history & normally they dont know.

He saw in the future his sons poems were famous. But however, when the reign of Tiberius ended, the poet who was the fathers sons poems were forgotten, & it came from his son in the military.

There was a father with a son in the military faraway, & another who was a poet and told the town his stories at the time Tiberius reign was in ancient rome. The father died later on saving a child who almost died from a chariot. He met an angel, who said he was a good man & would grant him any wish. He wished to see his sons words.

The alchemist gave one to the monk for his generosity, to the boy, and another to the monk incase the boy might ever need it. The alchemist kept one piece got himself since he had to return to the desert where there were tribal wars. Before he left, he told the boy something.

The monk at the monastery spoke to the alchemist, who said that they can use the kitchen. The alchemist had a piece of lead in the pan and put a small sliver of the philosophers stone, & it became gold. The alchemist told the boy it was his personal legend, & did it to show it was possible. He split the gold into four parts.