Omen: 6, 17

  Adam wondered what he should do. It was a det enough Omen for enting, but the problem was that he wouldn’t reach the threshold he wahere was also the fact he was running out of time, and also o ent the Ban’s ons still.

  “Yo,” Adam called, approag Zijin while he was w.

  The Elder closed his book so Adam couldn’t read what was written within. “Have you e to cause more trouble.”

  “Yeah.”

  Elder Zijin smiled, raising his brow. “Just how much trouble have you e to cause.”

  “I’ve e to tell you that I may not feel too lucky for some time, so I might have to wait on enting your on. I’ve done pretty well yesterday, I need one more day of focused enting, and then I should be able to casually ent it when I’m not feeling too lucky.”

  Elder Zijin sighed. Adam was like an open book, he’d always tell someone what he was feeling, and would inform them of even the smallest things. However, he uood that Adam was the kind of person who people started trouble with for the slightest invenience, due to his pointed ears, and his ridiculousness.

  “I trust you more than you think, Adam,” Zijin said. “If it is a small matter like that, you do not o mention it.”

  “Well, you know,” Adam said.

  “Yes,” Zijin replied. “I do.”

  “One day the other Iyrmen will accept me like you do.” Adam could feel the awkwardness in the air. Zijin had always been so o him, and Adam had put some distaween them retly. It was something he had done defensively, but having thought about it for a while, he realised he had reacted too firmly.

  “Perhaps, but does that matter?” Zijin asked. “You have a special retionship with the Iyr. A Nephew who is so close to his family, and so close to the Great Elders. While you are in the Iyr, you should not worry.”

  “It’s precisely because I’m in the Iyr that I worry,” Adam said.

  “There is no need for that,” Zijin stated.

  “That’s not something I expected an Elder to say, sidering how hardcore you guys get when the Iyr is in danger.”

  “That is a matter for us Elders to worry about. It is why we are given so much power to deal with matters.” Zijin grinned wider.

  “You seem far more cheerful nowadays,” Adam said.

  “I was stressed out before, but things have calmed down now.”

  “I was w why you were so ky.”

  Zijin raised his brows, and Adam bowed his head and excused himself. ‘ky? Was I really ky?’

  Mana: 18 -> 15Enting CheckD20 + 7 = 20 (13)Omen: 13, 17 -> 1317 + 7 = 24

  Adam plucked a Thread of Fate.

  He was heavily armoured, adorned in pte mail, and at his back was a giant maul. The maul itself was carved out of a dark gem, bck as night, and was no doubt ented sidering how there were specks of light within the gem which shifted about like fireflies.

  Sir Royce had been making his way to the capital for a short while, after assisting with defending the vilge from all the beasts during Twilight Month. He had heard news from the capital that a meeting had been called by the King, bringing all the representatives from the greatest families, those which held the title of Duke.

  He was a few days away still, though he’d mao make it on time, barely, wanting to appear fashionably te. What would they say to the previous Knight of Death? He had assumed that the Duke from North Aldnd would have made it by now, taking the river down, but there was suddenly a chill which fell down his spine.

  He stopped.

  He turned.

  There he saw it.

  Even from this distance, he reised the carriage. Made of dark grey, as though it was made out of steel. It held the symbol of the Bow family, which was directly desded from the Bckwater family many, mauries ago.

  Sir Royce had expected that he would e, and if not him, the other little shit, but he hadn’t expected it to be that person. There was only one person whose carriage was dark grey, as the rest of the family used a carriage which was bck, or white, but not grey.

  ‘Should I run?’ Sir Royce thought, certain he’d be able to keep some dista least, for a short while. He thought against it, not wanting to be beaten by the e. ‘Why have I been so unlucky retly?’

  Thus Fate was forever ged.

  Adam wiped his brow. Even though he was trying to ent something much simpler than a greater entment, he was being drained of more Mana. He carried the maul back to the shared family estate. He pced it in one of the upper rooms, not wanting Lanarot to hurt herself.

  She stumbled his way towards him once he had returned from the house, and Adam lifted her up, kissing her cheek.

  “Did you miss me, smelly girl?” Adam asked, brushing her hair. “You’re always so needy, aren’t you? We pyed all day yesterday, but you still want to py with me?”

  Lanarot cpped her hands and giggled, before leaning in to kiss his cheek, g her hands wildly as she squealed.

  Adam smiled. “Okay, okay.” He kissed her nose.

  Omen: 6, 7

  ‘Damn.’

  Adam went through the motions of his m routine. He caught his sight in the river. “Yo!” He couldn’t help but smile, flexing his muscles. “Damn. I look so good.” He tio admire his form. He was finally lean again, though that was to be expected due to the fey blood within him.

  “Stop being so weird,” Jaygak said from nearby. “Obvious you’d look good when you’re always training with us.”

  Kitool caught Adam’s form with her eyes, admiring it for how chiselled it was.

  Jurot stared at Adam’s forearm, which was quite thick. He wondered how Adam had mao make them protrude out so much wheoo used an axe and his forearms weren’t quite as thibsp;

  Adam felt the eyes of the Iyrmen against him, like he ieeat. “I’m nowhere near as big as Nobby, still.”

  “Nobby is special,” Jurot said, with Jaygak and Kitool both letting out affirmative grunts.

  “That’s right, Nobby is special,” Adam said, nodding his head too.

  Nobby tio bathe nearby, suddenly flushing red, even though he thought he had bee used to it after Lubsp;

  “Right,” Lucy said, patting Nobby’s back, befently rubbing his back. “Nobby is special.”

  Jurot pced a hand on her shoulder, his fak.

  “I was just admiring his body, that’s all,” Lucy said, nervously.

  “You may admire with your eyes, but not your hands,” Jurot stated, firmly.

  “R-right.”

  Adam spent the short while pnning for the Warriors and Wanderers game for the children, sihey had finally found the two missing characters, each pyed by Sonarot and Jurot.

  ‘I should do that,’ Adam thought, befoing to speak with his Aunt.

  After their game, the children shouted and cried, returning to their parents in quite the state. Adam smirked as the children all cried and pined about the game. He couldn’t bme them, after what had happened.

  “Nht, aunt! Nht!” Turot said, pointing at her with an accusatory finger.

  “What did I do?” Sonarot replied.

  “You ot betray us, you are an Iyrman!”

  “I did not betray you, my character did,” she replied, simply, patting his head.

  “But… but…”

  “It is just a game, Turot. Would I ever betray you?” She picked him up, brushing his hair.

  “No…”

  Sonarot kissed her nephew on his forehead. “That is right.”

  The children tio pin to their parents, expining that they had just saved their aunt when she had betrayed them for a magical on.

  “It is nht, mama!” Katool said. “We save her!”

  “Bad, aunt!” Taygak said.

  “Mother, how could she betray us for a magical on?” Saygak asked, pouting up at Kaygak.

  Damokan and Kalokan held each other’s hands, and were looking up at their parents expetly.

  “Aunt!” Raygak said. “You ot do this to us! Great Jarot helped us and you ot do this!”

  “Oh dear,” Sonarot said. “I’ve upset all my darling nieces and nephews.”

  They tio pin to their parents as Sonarot and the other Rot adults began to make food, including Jurot. Nirot had returned in the evening with the other teens, noting how upset their youth were.

  Their eyes fell to Adam, who ying with Lanarot in the er. He caught their eyes and smiled.

  When it was time to eat that evening, Sonarot made sure t the children their favourite foods before it was time to eat, fruit for Katool, peppers for the Gaks, and hot milk for the Kans. Turot nibbled on a small block of cheese.

  A thought crossed Adam’s mind, and his eyes fell to Lucy. The Demon shuddered, feeling something had gone wrong.

  “What?” Adam asked, his lips f a wicked smile.

  Lucy’s eyes met his, and she looked to the children, who were eating peacefully. “Don’t even think about it.”

  Adam tilted his head, his brows raised as he pretended not to uand.

  “It’s only retly that they stopped saying they wao kill me when they grew up.”

  “I didn’t say anything,” Adam said, shrugging his shoulders.

  “I know that look!” Luapped. “It’s the same look Jaygak gets before she takes her brother’s peppers.”

  Raygak’s head snapped up, and he clutched his half eaten pepper to his chest.

  “Not today,” Jaygak said, patting his head. She was sure that her father would noogie her if she dared to take the pepper from him today. Plus, he had been doing so well in css, she couldn’t bother the boy.

  “Would I take your peppers?” Adam asked.

  “That’s not what I mean.”

  Adam smiled even more wickedly. “Perhaps I should ask the children.”

  “Don’t,” Lucy said, raising her hand to try and stop him. “Adam, are y to kill me?”

  “Aunt mao deal with the fallout.”

  “I’m not their aunt!”

  “Don’t be like that, Lucy,” Adam whispered. “I bet Nobby could ma. Perhaps I should ask Nobby what he thinks?”

  “Wait!” Lucy huffed. “I’ll stop messing around with Nobby.”

  Adam rubbed his . “Oh?”

  “I’ll stop.”

  “Stop what?”

  “You know.”

  “What?”

  “I’ll stop being creepy around him.”

  Adam had wao include Luto the game to try and help her get closer with the children, and watg the fallout after her betrayal would have been more fun. However, her deal was too nibsp;

  Adam reached out his hand, shaking her forearm as they solidified their deal.

  Lucy cried in her heart. ‘Just you wait until I’m ruling this pce as the Demon Lord! Ah! No, not this pce.’ Her eyes snapped around, as if searg for something which could have heard her thoughts. ‘I meant everything outside the Iyr.’

  “Are you okay?” Adam asked.

  “How could I be so fih the dessert for my heart is gone?” Lucy asked.

  Adam smiled. “You have some of my dessert.” Adam lifted up his sister, who stared up at the Demon, blinking at her. Lanarot squealed and sucked on her hand shyly.

  ‘How could she…’ Lucy stopped. ‘If she grows up close to me, doesn’t that mean she’ll like me? She protect me in case something goes wrong.’

  Adam pulled his sister away.

  “What are you doing?”

  “You’re looking at her the same way Jaygak looked at Stormdrake when she found out what it could do,” Adam said.

  “Hey! Why are you two usio expin the worst things?” Jaygak cried.

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