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Chapter 66
When Arthur was about to take the front row, he noticed armed guards coming, and from the other corner, two guards were also approaching. So he summoned the invisibility spell. The familiar tingle of magic spread across his skin as the world around him shifted into a muted haze. The guards walked past him without even looking in his direction. Their boots thudded heavily against the cold stone floor, and their voices carried snippets of gruff complaints about the endless shifts and the damp chill that never left the walls. Arthur held his breath for a moment longer than necessary, his heart pounding in his chest. Seeing this success, he decided to follow the path he had taken earlier. Following the other way could allow the rain to expose him - that's if started raining.As he passed through the rows of prison wards again, the guards were busy talking among themselves without seeing him at all. Their conversations droned on about recent arrivals and the tightening of security pro
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The very next moment, Arthur was being chased along the very path he had taken earlier. When he dared a slight glance over his shoulder, he saw a host of furious maids pursuing him with whatever they could lay their hands on, many of the objects looking more than capable of inflicting genuine harm. It was already a blessing that he had dropped the basket behind. Had he still been carrying it, it would only have slowed his escape.He never took the central entrance guarded by the soldiers. Following that route would have landed him in even greater trouble than he was already courting.Instead, Arthur veered sharply toward a narrow entrance at the extreme edge of the ship. The instant he crossed into it, the floor disappeared beneath him, and he went tumbling violently over a series of uneven objects.As he continued rolling over the jagged surfaces, his body striking wood, barrels and whatever else littered the passage, he could still make out the angry voices of the maids echoing af
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It became immediately clear to Arthur what had just happened.The last words Deff had spoken were that he was a sorcerer. And the very instant those words left the old man's lips, that familiar foul stench struck Arthur's senses.It was a lie. Deff was never a sorcerer. He had lied.Whenever a creature deliberately utters a falsehood, a White Wizard perceives that unmistakable foul odour. That was a strong trait of the White Wizards, and Arthur had never once found it to be wrong. Deff had lied with complete confidence.Even after the old man stepped out of the room, Arthur remained standing where he was, pondering what Deff could possibly be if he was not truly a sorcerer. That lingering smell still seemed to cling to the air, refusing to leave his thoughts. Deff had lied all along.Yet the contradictions refused to settle. The old sailor had manipulated metal directly before Arthur's eyes, bending it to his will as though it obeyed him naturally. At the same time, he had failed to
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It became increasingly clear that Asuka truly was not in the infirmary, regardless of how suspicious the grumpy nurse's behaviour had seemed.That alone proved Deff had been genuinely furious with the lady for allowing the mermaid to escape. And... they intended to starve her to death. Arthur could hardly imagine a punishment more merciless than waiting for someone to die one hungry day after another.The thought reminded him of Ysolde. She had been starved for three long years, yet the little witch somehow survived. But Asuka was not a witch. If she had been, Arthur was certain he would have perceived something unusual about her by now.Truthfully, Arthur ought to have been thinking less about Asuka and more about recovering his spellbook from whoever had taken it. As for Deff himself, the old sorcerer was mistaken in many regards.Arthur remained convinced that if he could retrieve a sheet of metal and reclaim his spellbook, he would eventually escape this place. Whatever mystical s
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It did not end well for Asuka.Deff seethed with such terrible anger that he struck her repeatedly with the very axe she had failed to use. Everyone could only watch as streaks of Asuka's blood spread across the rain-soaked deck.What surprised Arthur most was how agile Deff appeared now. Back at Sysia, the old sailor had struggled to lift his own load, yet here he was beating a woman with such relentless force that one would have thought he still stood in the strength of his youth.Then again, perhaps it should have been expected. The old man was a sorcerer after all. Everything Arthur had witnessed at the border of Sysia had merely been an act. Deff had pretended to be frail, pretending that even lifting a sack exhausted him. Now the disguise had fallen away completely.That realization reminded Arthur of something far more important. He had been searching for his burnt spellbook when fate delivered him aboard the sorcerer's vessel. Somehow, amidst everything that had happened sin
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The old nurse in an armless ragged gown with a dirty scarf wrapped around her head eventually returned when the cries echoed once more. She looked at Arthur and handed him a mug of something warm.Although he received it, his attention remained on the lady who looked utterly terrified. She seemed deeply frightened, or perhaps simply agitated."Asuka, you need to return to your post. You've already done your part by bringing the boy," the old nurse said to the lady.Asuka nodded and gave Arthur one more glance before rushing out. The aged nurse then looked at Arthur and, for the first time, glared at him."You should take some rest, young one. I'm quite certain you just started working here, so rest while the others take care of the mermaids. This is not the first time they have attacked." The old nurse turned and disappeared into the other room of the infirmary."This is not the first time?" Arthur muttered quietly, but the old nurse still heard him."That's right. Now get some rest w
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