>>6292707Hours later, Marie is finally forced to leave to settle some affairs with the Inquisition. Through your conversation with her, you managed to learn quite a bit. Such as the fact your father has seized the entirety of the Bloodgraves' lands, normally a move tyrannical enough to result in multiple noble families raising their banners in revolt, but since the Bloodgraves were proven to be contributors to a Stranger conspiracy, revolting against this would be tantamount to heresy. But in order to calm the fears of royal overreach from the nobility, much of this land will be broken up and redistributed, much of which as prizes that can be achieved in a grand tournament that your father is organizing to take minds off the recent riots. Lindan can be a rather martially inclined kingdom, so such an event is not unheard of, though it is also not quite common. Then there’s Lady Bloodgrave and Percival himself, the former is being held in house arrest in accommodations close to the palace, and so far, interrogations have only revealed her ignorance in this manner, while Percy is being held by the Inquisition. It will be a while until you hear from him again, but you will likely hear many answers after the interrogators are done with him. Otherwise, she said she would drag Asher here later once she learns what transpired during his mission.
But other than that, Marie leaves with her parting gift being some of those books from her homeland with strangely stylized pictures. It seems to be about a rather large and disgusting man from Marie’s realm who gets reincarnated as a boy in another world. It is quite an interesting read and gives you a slight bit more context into what life must be like for her, though more specifically for Asher. You do hope, however, that he is much unlike the protagonist of this story.
Though as you're reading into the late afternoon, two visitors make their way into your room without so much as a knock. You would reprimand them, but that would require both you yelling (with a headache soon to follow) and you yelling at the ruler of Lindan and his heir, so you hold your tongue and settle on glaring at them for their rude behavior. Once they pull up chairs to your bedside, your father is the first to speak.
“Are you well?”
“Yes,” You say with a nod, your eyes focused intently on your lap, “I am.”
“I see.”
Then the silence settles in as neither of you wishes to say the first words. The question is, will you?
>Yes [Write-in]>No 