Chapter 57: Gold and Scheme That night was very quiet. In the guardsmen quarters’ private room, Helot Stanley stared at the city’s lights through the windows with his golden eyes. The lights were lively, but somewhat noisy. It was the indication that his homeland, Garoua Maria, was a prosperous city-state. […]
Chapter 56: The Gospel War The upper part of the main gate from the city-state of Garoua Maria was usually padlocked at night. No one dared to open it until the next morning’s bell. It was both Robust and unbreakable, no one dared to open it by force. There was […]
Chapter 55: Laughing Voices “…They’re laughing at you”. A voice was heard among the crowd of people. It resembled that of a rat. At the backside of the crowd, stood Wood, whose thick lips quivered faintly. His sister Sereal grabbed her brother’s left hand because it was quivering as well. […]
Chapter 54: Three Choices 「Thought-inducing magic? I can’t use that type of magic. I never seen it in any book nor did I heard it from someone else’s mouth.」 Filaret spoke the harsh truth while she crossed her arms. I knew that my face turned pale blue when I heard […]
Chapter 53: An Emotion of the Rainy Season A few days later after Largud Ann received the report, a messenger finally arrived at the gates of Garoua Maria. At first, the gagging law* prevented the chaos within the city-state. But, it was impossible to prevent the leakage of the information […]
Chapter 52: A Desired Wish 「I have a message from Saint Matia…On the night of the full moon, which is today, the first beacon will be set on…」 Upon hearing Largud Ann’s words, I realized that tonight their schemes would be put into action. Somehow, I felt that I had […]
Chapter 51: Brother, Sister and the Fate of Calamity 「Wood, you don’t have to thank me nor Filaret. That’s what says the contract, right? 」 I thought for a brief moment before I chose to speak those words. I knew why he felt that way, but I tried to have […]
Chapter 50: A woman named Filaret I opened my eyes and realized that my body was resting at the second floor of the night tavern, I could easily recognize this place because I had been here previously. I wondered what time of the day it was. Perhaps, it was the […]
Chapter 49: The Lowly Ones and the Arrogant Ones Her shoulders quivered so much as if her whole body was frightened about something. Her strong breath reached her ears. And, her eyes moistened with tears. An endless storm of emotions crawled out of her chest. Filaret La Volgograd was put […]
Chapter 48: A Duel in Broad Daylight My thoughts were unbelievably clear. The man, who I once thought wasn’t approachable, was standing right in front of me. Cold air filled my lungs. A brief moment of silent covered the entire space. I could hear the sound of the air being […]