Though before the woman could take a breath of relief, I returned for a bit. "Also, stop your friends from attacking so soon, don’t die so early, wait for a bit." Such words coming from the mouth of a small monkey might sound odd generally, but the woman just nodded to him, appearing subservient to so extent.
’Such a good act.’ I could see it, she was a snake hiding her fangs, there were already so of her clones converging eying from a distance, including the one in front of .
’A good clone.’ I thought before disappearing from the site.
The true one is hiding beneath her bed, acting like luggage, while her clones act in place of her. Though it’s not like her real body is any stronger, she is even weaker than her clones. There is a reason she was never at the core of her family.
’Yezhwa’s Centi family... there was a survivor of their still in existence.’ What happened to the Centi family was a mystery to many, but such mysteries were not far from my reach and I had been aware of who among the royals ended that family as well as the reason.
’It’s sad knowing what happened to her family.’ Sand Dragon Vaishal was the na of the totem of the Centi family.
A totemic being who was considered the peak of the mortal world and the closest to a "true" god that existed on this land. But due to certain circumstances, fell before he could truly join the ranks.
Well, there is still a descendant left, so he can’t be considered to have died completely. ’Her family had been in decline, otherwise, it’s impossible for the Royal family to ever touch them.’
The girl I t just now lacked any talent and her bloodline was wasted on her. But so was the case with most of her family, where none of them were able to master the true strength of their bloodline besides creating a bunch of mud sand clones. ’Well, her children might show so potential.’
Ignoring the short eting I had, I reached the top of the city and walked through so familiar streets. "It really slled bad here." Before, I was rely a wraith, hiding in the shadows and living in the sewer, to sll or taste mattered not.
But now the case was much different. I had a body, and I could sll the sa old slls that I had forgotten about all those years of living as a wraith.
"Reminds of my ho."
I jumped about, going unnoticed by the majority of soldiers, as for the floating eyes that seed to be a mage creation, none of them seed that interested in such a small monkey like , no matter how odd it appeared.
It might be the distance, which made appear as a giant rat. But it would seem that things were going my way a bit too smoothly.
Which is a sign that there might be eyes on already.
’No reaction at all.’ The current city of Durum was under Martial Law, none could walk out of their ho, and those that did like the soldiers were also under the surveillance of mage eyes. ’They’re either letting go my way in order to assess my intention, or they don’t know I am here.’ With the limited number of eyes that were here in the city, I can’t say for certain. The control in this city was not as strong as it used to be, nor did I have any eyes or ears left in the mage institute in any way or form.
’This is why I didn’t want to be exposed.’ My lovely daughter ssed up my thods, the city had learned to adapt and doesn’t let crows or even rats enter their important compounds.
So, though I don’t like to say this, but half of this mission depended on my luck.
But it would seem I was thinking too much.
"I reached here so easily?" A bit surprised over my own luck, I don’t know if I should praise the city for its laxness or truly my luck.
Well whatever it was, I needed to find a way to enter this place, which had a magic circle of its own.
’Even mages are not so rich enough to do this.’ A protection do inside a protection do, no wonder none of my rats succeeded in infiltrating this place.
’No one cos in and no one goes out.’ The more I saw the state of things here, the more it seed that it would be impossible for to kill my target.
Well, that was if I was just a normal Master Ranked Knight.
I was a wraith that had turned himself into a Nightmare. To , such defenses were nothing to at all. "Cheating feels a bit sad though." One should be aware of their limits and so was the case with .
The current is not capable of breaking this magic shield in any way or form, nor would I be able to clear all the experts that are hiding in this little palace of theirs.
’A total of four Master Class, such richness, such inefficiency.’ I can say for certain, that the Prince was definitely here, even if I can’t feel his existence at all.
Even the Mayor of this "quaint little town" is not important enough to gain the protection of multiple Master Ranked knights. Which ant a Royal was present there, with so added security to boot.
’Wasting such force to protect soone so useless.’ With so closed eyes, I saw a couple of people dreaming.
Their dreams were filled with fear and dread of the future. So were worried over the death of their loved ones, with so facing death itself in their dreams.
It was easy to see the effect that this war had on the minds of these simple workers who just earned a bit of ti to shut their eyes.
Becoming a gateway for .
A piece of broke off from my body, entering the world of dreams and then exiting the nightmare of a maid who slept on the chair in the kitchen hiding from her superiors.
"I thank thee." Although I said such words, the truth was, that my body felt so restrictions in this place.
’Ho, if it was the old , I might have been caught.’ I guess not all was bad by turning into a Totem, the restrictions that were placed in this place were for a wraith or similar existences. Was this all built for ? Or just a default protection for soone of a Prince’s background?
Well, whatever it was, I was inside, and the little restriction could only make my movents a bit of a chore, it couldn’t detect at all.
Which is good, which was perfect in so ways, as this gave a lot more ti to enjoy the beauty of this mansion.
’So much space.’ The servants moved in and out, always under the scrutinizing eyes of Knights who road the hallways at a higher rate than the streets. The importance and protection in this place was on another level.
"Hmm?" Before I entered a room, I ca to a halt due to a blind beautiful woman sitting in a chair, in the accompany of a Master Ranked Knight.
’Ho... a Mystic." Although she didn’t excuse any magical energies as the Mages did, I could still tell at a glance who or what she was.
’A powerful one, if I were to compare, she is reaching the level of Magistars from Radiance Order.’ The palpitations in the realm of dreams were obvious to ; although blind in the real world, her focus was elsewhere, making it much harder to move any further.
’This is troubleso.’
*****
The na was Kirie the Dream Watcher, a Mystic belonging to the Cynark military and currently on duty to protect a certain prince who is not well-liked in the military, but she had to sit here just due to the orders of her superiors.
’Such bland dreams.’ She said, looking at the bubbles that had appeared around her.
All of these dreams belonged to mortals, all of them filled with fear.
’Don’t they know, this is the safest place in Wortham at the mont?’ Obviously, she is not talking about the Capital of Wortham where Duke Wortham lived. But specifically this border area.
Though, while having such random thoughts sothing appeared in her dream.
A figure of a young child approached her with a bright smile on his face. "Don’t panic, I don’t wish to kill you.’ The child said, causing Kirie to stop her actions.
"You, what are you?" This was the first ti she saw sothing like this child.
A sentient being that was neither a creation from a dream nor another spiritual being like her current body.
No, the boy in front of her felt a bit too "real". Like he was there in flesh and blood.
Or in a way, this feeling also ant that the boy in front of her was more real than the current her. ’A higher level existence.’
"I am here to kill a price, but then I found you in the way, a kind of person that I would hate to kill." At the boy’s words, the eyes of Kirie flinched in fear for a bit, feeling the air around her get heavy, and her ability to return to the real world blocked. "See, how easy it is for to do this?"
The boy showed her his cards and then threatened her with her life. But she didn’t speak.
’Kill a prince?’ No, she can’t let that happen. As with the prince’s death, sothing much worse might befall her, who had the responsibility to protect the prince from the spiritual world.
"You are a talented little girl, you are smart, and I don’t want people of your caliber, who sacrificed her legs and eyes to gain this power, to die so easily."
"..."
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