>>6134528"Please ask Lady Kizaemon to honor me with a visit. She's never around when our Roman guests are in the Great Hall. I want to hear from her and know why."
With that done, it is time to experiment with your new boots!
You check the boots over with care and see they are too large. A bit disappointing but you can still wear them, so you put them on. The moment you do so, the boots magically resize to perfectly fit your feet. It occurs to you that <span class="mu-s">The Black Prince</span> is perfectly sized for your body despite being a belonging of the hated Ser Rodomonte. It seems Relics will change dimensions to fit the user. Good to know.
You have decent footwear at long last. Better yet, it has strange magical powers. You feel like a little kid about to use her super secret magic. First, is to test how high you can jump! You're not a very athletic girl, so the highest jump you have done is about 32 centimetres. How much higher will your jump be with the <span class="mu-r">Springheel boots</span>?
*CRASH*
It turns out, multitude times greater. A single casual jump is enough to crash the top of your head into the stone ceiling of your office! The pain forces you to clasp the top of your head and wait for it to go away.
"What in the name of the Gods are you doing?" A familiar voice sounding like something from a Showa-era samurai series cuts through the pain. Lady Kizaemon the cat pads her way into the office, her personal valet promptly closes the door to give you privacy.
"Ah, just the feline I wanted to see. You have not met our new guests, the Romans. It's rather obvious you are avoiding them. Care to explain as I go outside to properly test these boots."
It is an enlightening conversation, as Lady Kizaemon insists on riding your shoulders. Her claws dig deep into the black cloak as she complains about how unnatural the Romans are. They don't sleep, so the ever curious cat can't invade their dream and look around.
"If they don't sleep, what do they do?"
You make an incredible leap, two and a half meters across just from standing position. Earlier running jumps showed a length almost double that. Leg exercises are in order, it seems the stronger the legs are, the longer you can jump. Ugh, you hate the idea of exercise but this is critical to your survival.
"They stare at this box with many eyes! Don't worry, they didn't catch me spying on them, but I was waiting for them to sleep. They never did, they just stared at that revolting box. I got bored, so I went to explore more of the island. I must say, tis patent misrule if your island is unsafe. I demand you burn down Birnam Woods when the opportunity arises."
The description of the box of eyes is unnerving. All sides have glaring eyes, which loll and roll about; the Romans have been keeping it hidden under a velvet cloth when it is not in use. As to what purpose it has, that is completely unknown. You guess it is a Relic of some sort.
