>>5393509>>5393515Placing a dispersion spell on the guards, you forget that putting them to sleep is not ideal when the front door is locked. Do you have enough skill at lockpicking to bust this open? Your soul double doesn't seem to be able to grab it...
Well, you have enough time to bust it wide open while putting any other guards who hear it under their best naps.
Contacting your friend at the Inn first, you tell them of what happened with Frederico and Farnese.
<span class="mu-i">"And you're just going to sit there and let Farnese be taken away?"</span> Serpico is the first to chastise you.
<span class="mu-i"> It is very unlike her to simply sit idly by, especially after hitting her brother."</span> Zhafira questions why she would go to the ball if she wasn't interested in betraying her friends."
<span class="mu-i">"I'll follow her Od flow to reach this social gathering, try to contact Serpico so he can buy you time.</span>
<span class="mu-i">"On it."</span> You end your calling, sneaking around the palace as they are all mysteriously put to sleep. Being unable to run, you find your body reacting quite well to careful, stealthier movements.
<span class="mu-i">"I'm sorry to say, Vlad, but I am already on my way there myself.</span>" Serpico explains, leading the carriage with Farnese inside.
<span class="mu-i">"Isn't there anything you can do to stall them? You have free access to the palace!"</span>
<span class="mu-i">"Yes, but only as a servant. I cannot grant you access to our palace or forgive your mishaps as I am. Even if I do not agree with Sir Roderick and Sir Magnifico's decision, I have no right to disavow them."</span>
<span class="mu-i">"Perhaps not as a servant, but we both know of your true origin."</span>
<span class="mu-i">"Exposing Sir Frederico's secret could compromise the entire family's reputation, especially now that Lady Vandimion will be in my presence for the first time in 10 years..."</span>
<span class="mu-i">"...Yet I can't deny that our journey has inspired me in searching for freedom for myself. The one that perhaps was stolen from me due to conditions outside of my control... Maybe I will finally see where the spirits of the wind will guide me."</span>
Serpico's answer is a hard maybe, neither a yes or a no, still pondering on whether or not to reveal himself as a Vandimion to protect Farnese from political marriages, whatever shock he may cause will be minuscule compared to the ones caused by the imminent Kushan invasion.
