“𝙸𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠.“

↪︎ He’d release and begin his way toward the door.

“𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚞𝚙.“

↪︎ He snugs the edges of his jacket closed. A brief approach. A hand gliding under her chin and cupping it.
⇅

“𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜.“

↪︎ He sighs and gently shrugs. His eyes catch the watch and in surprise instantly starts putting on his coat once more.

“𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠.“
⇅

“𝚂𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢,“

↪︎ Makimoto fumbled with a cuff of his jacket once more taking it off.

“𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎.“

“𝙸𝚏 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝙸𝚖 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜.“

“𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 ’𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕’ 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝.“
⇅

↪︎ Both were beneficial in their small time travel time. Even if he’d heard parts, it’s best to get it directly from the source.

“𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜.“

↪︎ He returns his gaze toward Yingzi. Meeting one’s eyes with her own.

“𝚂𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝? 𝙰𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜? 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚈𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚣𝚒?“

↪︎ More information gathering.

↪︎ More killing time.
⇅

“𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.“

↪︎ He hummed in reference of wanting to see the specimen from inferno or even paradiso. What would needed to be given to this world to be able to take?

“𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜.“
⇅

“𝚂𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜. 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜. 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚘’𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚘’𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚘 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎. 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚍𝚘.“

↪︎ This in the future could always be an interesting contract.
⇅

↪︎ If he took damage. It would no longer reflect on him. So many possibilities are flooding into his mind.

↪︎ His eyes dilating at the thoughts. Only to fall flat once more. He stepped back, a hum of amusement as he pressed past Inrin.

“𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜..“

↪︎ He’d mutter to himself.

↪︎ Hands slowly pulled themselves from his trench coat and dormantly remain at his sides.

“𝙸𝚏 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞.“

↪︎ It meant most if not all of his contracts were on the table.
⇅

↪︎ Makimoto remained silent for the most part. Curious as to how the two even know one another on deeper terms but seeing that defeated look on the champions face was internally satisfying.

“𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢.“
⇅

“𝙸𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞.“

“𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎.“

“𝚂𝚘,“

↪︎ His foot shifted under the broken ground the snake once laid upon.
⇅

“𝙸𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘.“

“𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕.“

“𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.“
⇅

“𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕-..“

↪︎ Due to the fact she was an unidentified entity in this world to him. He’d originally planned to deny her. One way or another, Inrin is his main focus. In being a guide and simply wanting to protect her.

“𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚒𝚗.“

↪︎ He called upon her with curiosity in his voice.
⇅

“𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎.“

“𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎.“

“𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠(𝚜) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜.“

↪︎ The fact one could grow so disgraceful in her eyes enough to be taken out of power. She seemed like that type of woman to be smart enough to do such things.

“𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞.“

“𝙳𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢.“

“𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞.“
⇅

“𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢?“

↪︎ He’d softly sigh. A leg folding over the other to casually lean on the lifted leg while eyeing her.

“𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎.“

↪︎ And she continued. The selling of assets and all.
⇅

↪︎ It’s a surprisingly calm ride. Usually, one would have to worry about a plethora of things. Devils, hits, etc. The birds chirped from nearby trees and though the path was not laid in a concrete path. It still carried some form of serenity with it.

“𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎.“
⇅

↪︎ The day awaits them. Progress will soon be had. What an interesting turn of events this has become between this connection of threads.

↪︎ It was a casual follow. Heels casually click against the ground and eventually flow into the carriage as well.

↪︎ A peek back toward the building they’d exited.

“𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔?“

↪︎ He eventually shifts back into his seat awaiting an answer.
⇅

“𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚘. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢.“

“𝙰𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍.“

↪︎ Eyes begin to slowly roll back to the edge of his eyelids, staring back at the one he’d placed behind him.

“𝙸𝚗𝚛𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚝, 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜.“
⇅

“𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙴𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜.“

↪︎ He sidestepped the groove the snake had dug. Purposely placing himself between the unknown figure and Inrin herself.
⇅

“𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑.“

↪︎ He motioned towards the door. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 is afoot. Whether than be for the sake of the empresses land of his own devilish schemes will soon be found out..

“𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛.“

↪︎ He’d state sharply while rising from his seat. A motion to grab the item that would let him travel worlds along with his hunters.

↪︎ A lone breath taken. A gaze turned back to the general. She was a key piece of this game it seemed.
⇅

“𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞.“

“𝙸𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢.“

↪︎ And in a soft puff of smoke, like it never even existed. The only remnants being the deformed earth left behind.

↪︎ With the devil dealt with. And one devil stronger. He felt apt. In this he smiled turning to the towering large figure.

“𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.“
⇅

↪︎ There was a hand put back towards Inrin. Not in request, but of silencing one.

↪︎ A hand dances on the many hands of the snake. What would be its soul seemed to grow goosebumps with each inch of his fingers moved.

“𝚂𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎, 𝚐𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎.“
⇅

“𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 #𝖉𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑𝖍𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍.“

“𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚒. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎. ’𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕’ 𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛.“