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Chapter 17 - Conspiracies Swirl in the Night I took a room at an inn facing one of the capital’s main avenues. The facility was equipped with horse stables, built for travelers and peddlers, so an additional tip would ensure food and water for my horse too. I put two silver coins in the palm of the stable hand and headed towards the main road. The sun had completely set already. Leaning against the wall of a tavern was Benamis, who waved at me with a smile. “Did I make you wait?” “It’s all right.…
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Chapter 18 - Night of Lingering Fervor The dark thoughts filling my mind ruined my appetite, so I pushed the rest of the food to Benamis and stood up. I picked up the fruit juice bottle on the table and poured its contents down my throat in one shot. “Pwah! All right then, I’ll head back to the inn.” “Oh, already? I wanted to talk with you a bit more, Sir Dyngir.” “We’ll have plenty of chances to chat in the future, assuming we’re both alive…and not on opposite sides.” “Hahaha,…
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Chapter 19 - Old Strangers, Familiar Quirks* The following day as well, I progressed as quickly as possible. I used the bracelet’s powers to boost my horse’s speed and stamina, advancing west without rest. There were too many eyes close to the capital, so I had to use the sparsely travelled roads, away from the main routes, so I arrived slightly later than expected. Even so, by the evening I had reached the checkpoint at the border between the central and western provinces. “Hmm…I thought I’d…
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Chapter 20 - The Things Young Ninjas Say… Oboro, who I was meeting for the first time in months, was fanning himself, due to the sweat caused by his disguise, and sighed. “I heard you just returned from the southern islands, and you are already off to the west! Always the busy young master! What possesses you so?” “No jokes please, I’m actually worried about it. Everyone says the same thing.” I frowned, then grabbed the meat from the plate in front of me and tossed it in my mouth. Seasoned with…
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Chapter 14 - Lap Pillow and Salvation After the first refusal, we sent several other petitions for our troops to be allowed to cross the central province, but the answer was always the same — a firm rejection. “Days of doing nothing, boredom…I didn’t expect they would be so frustrating.” I was in the Maxwell residence, lying on a sofa, mumbling to myself. I had been rather busy the last few months, so being told that I didn’t need to fight left me at a loss. Days and days of too much time, too…
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Chapter 21 - The Western Capital The following morning, after paying the toll and crossing the checkpoint, Oboro and I parted ways. “I’ll head to Thebes and meet with Margrave Sphinx, then. You continue gathering information.” “Very well, young master.” “Not only about the “Terror Armies”, but also about the nobles opposing House Sphinx.” “Hm? Is there any relation?” “There might be.” I nodded at Oboro’s question. “It really seems that this wasn’t just an invasion by a…
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Chapter 9 - A Foreboding Response While waiting for the return of the messenger sent to the royal palace, I was busy organizing our troops and securing the necessary supplies. The next expedition would leave at the request of House Sphinx, thus weaponry and rations would have to be provided by them. However, we could not depend completely on a clan on the brink of collapse due to the enemy’s invasion. The region we were heading to was largely unfamiliar to us, so over-preparation was practically a…
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Chapter 10 - Undone Reinforcements “Without access to the route through the central province, we have two ways to send reinforcements to House Sphinx.” I raised two fingers for Eliza to see. Feeling her gaze firmly on me, I then bent one. “The first is the peaceful way. We take a detour, through the south or the north. In both cases, however, we would be forced to cross over steep mountains, leading to a rather large loss of time and resources.” If we spent so much energy just to reach the western…
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