The wind rushed into the valley, embracing the trees, caressing the flowers and cradling the flora and fauna with its sweet melody. The kiss came to touch his cheek as if to pull him out of his meditation. He opened his eyes, flashing a saddened smile.

 

Every day he had spent here was a day when he had noticed that the singing was becoming more melancholic. She was in pain and it affected her deeply. So he came to listen to her every day, as if to find an answer to her contact.

 

“Find the virgin at the scale… »

He startled. He swore that he had distinctly heard these words, carried by the wind. He concentrated, closed his eyes, as if to be more attentive.

“Find the virgin in the scale and rewrite the code… »

 

He hadn’t dreamed. Yet he had no idea what it meant, he only had the certainty that he had to act; It was as if his mind had had a profound revelation.

He went to the nearby town and went to meet some friends. He asked them about who could be this famous “virgin on the scales”.

 

It was Luke who replied:

“Astrée.

– Astrée?

– The daughter of Astreos, the Star and Eos, the Dawn. In Greek mythology, she is considered a warrior virgin fighting for justice.

– Represented by a scale.

– When Humanity was corrupted, it joined Heaven and became the constellation of Virgo and Libra… Well, you know.

– I don’t understand the meaning of this message either… »

 

He now knew that the Virgin on Libra was Astrée but what was the code?

Marion seemed to read his mind…

“What if it was the code of chivalry?

– It’s not silly, she was a warrior virgin, exiled in the Iron Age, so at the birth of the first knights.

– This time, I’m the one who’s lost with this idea… »

But in his mind, everything had cleared up. He grabbed a sheet of paper, a few pens and surrendered for a few moments to writing. When he had finished, he handed the paper to his friends.

It was entitled “The Code of the Chevalier de l’Astrée”.

 

The Code of the Chevalier de l’Astrée

1. You shall believe in all that Nature tells you and keep all her commandments;

2. Thou shalt protect Nature;

3. Thou shalt have respect for the weakest living beings and be their defender;

4. Thou shalt love the Nature that saw thy birth;

5. Thou shalt not shrink before the industrial enemy;

6. You will educate the ignorant and convince the skeptics;

7. Thou shalt perform every duty to preserve Nature;

8. Thou shalt not lie, and shall be faithful to the word given to Nature;

9. You will be loyal and you will make the sustainable and the local your top priorities;

10. You will be everywhere and always the champion of Nature and Life against Pollution and Industrialization.

 

“Here it is, the solution I have sought so hard to preserve what is most dear to us: to return to chivalry.

Today the first Chevalier de l’Astrée is born! Who’s with me? »

 

They nodded, the time had come for conservationists to take a new form to protect the one to whom all humanity owed allegiance.

 

Thus were born the Knights of the Astrée.

 

 

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