Evin listened as Endra explained the previous day's events to him, about the trial, Lyudvik's taunt, and how he found this note.
Endra replied.
An hour later, Evin found himself once again at the Viscount's manor in Jiha Town with Bella next to him. His girlfriend seed to be acting more distantly today, but she seed happy enough to fly ho with him. Evin was curious about what happened, but decided to ask later on.
Evin asked for Ssatsko, feeling anxious if they were already attacked again or sothing. Thankfully, Ssatsko only looked surprised to see Evin so soon.
Evin pulled him to a private room and told him about the note he received yesterday. He even told how Lyudvik taunted him yesterday, grinning all the while.
"You're not joking or sothing, right?" Ssatsko asked, hearing everything.
"I wish I was."
"Why would anyone even do this to you? Who would do sothing like this in the first place?"
"I don't know. I thought it was Decatur, the acting count of Greater Ankelite, but… I'm really not sure anymore. It could be the Chairman of my Academy, or it could be that old man Alvich from yesterday as well. He seed very interested in for so reason."
"What purpose do they have to do this?"
"To harass ? Since they're not asking for anything, I'm guessing they just like seeing suffer. Or maybe they're just curious what I'll do," Evin answered. "Since Lyudvik was taunting so openly, maybe they just want to discredit ; but if that was all they wanted, this whole thing's really overkill."
"…" Ssatsko nodded, lost in thought.
"Well, I'm sorry I brought you into this ss… since they're saying they'll attack you again, I'm sure they'll send soone more dangerous next ti."
"I'm not worried about myself. I'm more worried about Lora's family…" Ssatsko sighed. "The more I think about it, the more I realize they've been heading towards their room that night we got attacked. The biggest reason I was able to ambush them was because they didn't even bother to check inside my room. ans they knew our house's layout and ca for sothing specific. Empress's curses."
"What do we do?"
"We can't stay in the Viscount's manor all the ti. We feel way too out of place here, but we can't go back to our house either… Do you think they'll be safe in the 1st grade district?"
"They'll definitely be safer… but probably not entirely."
Safety was one of the advantages of being a 1st grade in the kingdom, but that wasn't sothing absolute. Evin heard many stories of 1st grades getting killed so way or another; and honestly, he had countless ways to murder soone as well.
"I'm really sorry…" Evin said again, voice straining.
It felt so terrible to be united with his mother again, just to have his own problems destroying her life.
"This isn't your fault," Ssatsko patted Evin's shoulder. "So people simply have too much power in their hands. And way too much ti. Sigh… Well, I can only think of one thing now."
"What?"
"To leave the country and escape to the North," Ssatsko replied. "Hopefully, they'll be safe with that, but I'll ask my Tendu Tribe for protection as well."
Evin thought about the idea and slowly nodded.
"Yes, that's true. If these people are the kingdom's nobility, surely they won't be able to move freely outside the country," he said. "But will Theor agree to that?"
"I'm sure he won't like it… But he'll have to agree."
"But would he even believe my story?"
"Like I said, he'll have to."
Evin nodded. Feeling anxious, he asked Endra.
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