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Chapter 25
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Head back to the mansion as dawn breaks
The two of you head back up the main street away from the port as you start to notice that your surroundings are getting more readily visible. Turning your head behind you, you confirm the key markings of dawn: towards the horizon, gone are the night stars as the blue of day greets you, whereas the stars fade into existence moving your eyes up, becoming bright as ever in the night sky above that, all three moons visible. By the time you get to the mansion, the sky behind you is starting to flush with orange at the horizon, while the stars have all but disappeared, moons pale compared to the daylight dawning. The two of you stand for a moment to watch the sunrise break as the sun starts peaking above the horizon. Then, exhausted from the previous day and night's activities, you head back into the mansion to get some sleep.
You see Giovanni sitting in the living room, and he looks up at you two, both of you in a rather horrid shape, you with some blood on your clothes. "One question: do either of you need me to get Qilen to cast Modify Memory on you?" You both shake your head: no, you don't. "Very well, then. The rest of the questions can wait until after the two of you have had some sleep, then." The two of you then head to your rooms{if marbles cast < 7} (albeit yours only a temporary one){endif}, where you crash hard after taking your bloodied clothes off.
After waking up, you find your clothes washed next on a table across from the bed. Shrugging, as you have no clue who to thank, you put them on and head out to the living room, where Giovanni and Aaron are both waiting, Irina already sitting across from them. "Ah, you're finally awake. Why don't we have a seat and talk about what happened?" You start to protest, but Giovanni stops you. "You can't just say nothing happened when you walk into the mansion with blood on your clothes, looking like the cat dragged you in from the ninth hell." You hang your head, defeated by Giovanni's point.
"First question: someone else's or your own?" "Mine." "Very well then, what exactly happened?" You and Irina take turns sharing what happened, starting with your date in the market. Then you go into details on the woman you saw, and how she looked panicked and beaten; then launching into how you tracked the thugs to their headquarters, attempted to cause a scene so you could get the guard, and then got captured. This is the part where you hear something you didn't witness: after you got knocked out, Irina started throwing weapons at the bodyguards from the air. "Wait how many weapons do you have in your bag?" "Yes." The story continues: after a minute in the air, Irina was **** to land, at which point she got captured in short order. The rest of the story continues with you exchanging, about your escape and subsequent return.
Upon hearing this, both Giovanni and Qilen take out parchment and ink, and start writing down. You inquire as to what they're doing, at which they respond almost in unison, "writing spell scrolls for Violet." Qilen continues, "she never leaves the house outside of shopping, so we're gonna send her in with the proper support." Huh, you didn't even think about that as an option. Wait, why is never leaving the house relevant? You inquire as to such. "Because no one's going to recognize her as having connection to the two of you," Giovanni replies. You suppose that's pretty fair; you and Irina spend the rest of the day relaxing, and definitively having a bath to wash the dirt and blood of of you.
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Adventures in the Eternal Empire
And also Other Kingdoms on Gaea
Take the role of one of six individuals in a time of turbulence in and around the Eternal Empire. A rising threat seeks dominance and devastation against those they choose. Will you rise to become the hero the world needs? Or will you succumb to lusts, following your own desires and not even paying attention to the threats which conspire?
Updated on Aug 29, 2025
by OccasionalReader
Created on Nov 1, 2024
by OccasionalReader
With every decision at the end of a chapter your game state can change. Here are your current variables.
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