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Chapter 45 – The Trial of Faith
The Forge of Bomfrey boasted quite impressive architecture. For humans, at least. Above what back in Shaelith's and Benderast's old world would have been called an altar and which here took the stylized form of an anvil, sat a large round window. It was designed so that, in every season, the morning sun could be seen shining through it, falling upon the polished, blackened steel of the altar-anvil. Grimbart looked at the anvil with some displeasure. "I bet that thing has never been struck by a…-
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Chapter 44 – Coaching in Heresy
Right after getting up, Grimbart had already enthusiastically set about turning Mirrsoss' egg into an omelet. He served it well-seasoned with bread and fried bacon. Benderast accepted his plate with a beaming smile and started shoveling the food in right away. "I love Egg Night," he announced with his mouth full. "I mean, the result, that is." He glanced cautiously over at Shaelith. Mirrsoss sat next to Shaelith with her wings loosely folded, nibbling on her bread. Her antennae turned toward her.…-
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Chapter 43 – Love in Thoughts
The next morning, they sat around the cooking fire, and Grimbart handed out porridge to them. Shaelith waited until everyone had a bowl and Honor had finished commenting on the sunrise. Then she recounted what Gaudbert had told her while they were dancing. "And I guess I'm the cunning witch in the story," she concluded. "Right after that, he had to, um, make a quick exit." Mirrsoss's antennae twitched at the mere memory. "So… do you think the nice, chubby knight was telling the truth?" "All in…-
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Chapter 42 – Revealing Revelling
"Lady Shaelith?" Sir Gaudbert straightened up from his elegant bow and tilted his head. Shaelith barely heard him, as she was still staring intently at the servant carrying the poisoned wine, who was just passing behind Gaudbert and continuing straight toward Benderast. Gaudbert turned, followed her gaze, and saw the servant with the lone cup of wine on his tray. "Oh," he said cheerfully. "Wine!" And before Shaelith could even react, he had stepped into the servant's path, snatched the cup from…-
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Chapter 41 – The Court of Love
The body was found floating in the moat around dawn. Shaelith stood with the others at the edge of a large crowd of people that had already gathered despite the early hour, watching as two guards pulled the soaked body out of the moat. Meanwhile a third guard struggled to push the onlookers back, with limited success. The dead man was a stocky, middle-aged man with calloused hands and a leather apron that the water had stained almost black. "Oh, Forge Father, have mercy! That's Master Aufrey," a…-
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Chapter 40 – Surprisingly Good
The College of Heralds took its sweet time announcing the results of the first trial. The heralds stepped up to the scoreboards, compared their notes, compared them a second time, whispered, nodded, shook their heads, and compared them once more. Shaelith waited impatiently. Given how long they always take for everything they do, you'd think humans lived significantly longer. Grimbart stood beside her with his arms crossed and was already snorting contemptuously again as he watched the heralds at…-
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Chapter 39 – Lousy Fletchers
Archery, that much was clear, was not one of Benderast's strengths. Shaelith sat on a barrel at the edge of the makeshift archery range Thaelon had set up and watched the pitiful spectacle that had been unfolding for the past three days. At the other end of the clearing stood three straw targets that Grimbart had crafted under Thaelon's guidance. The targets themselves were largely intact. The ground in front of them, beside them, and a good distance behind them, however, was heavily littered with…-
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While Thaelon had already begun teaching Benderast the basics of archery at a makeshift shooting range, Shaelith made her way up to Bomfrey Castle, where she was admitted without any trouble this time. A maid led her far up to a solar where Obelaine was sitting at her embroidery frame among her ladies-in-waiting. When Shaelith was announced, Obelaine literally jumped and blushed before regaining her composure. "Lady Shaelith." A touch too quickly. "It's a pleasure… to make your acquaintance, I…
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Chapter 37 – Roles
"It has been decided," explained Tancred, leading them past the half-finished jousting arena, "that, for reasons of time and practicality, the Trial of Reclamation will be incorporated into the Concord Tourney." Shaelith would have laughed out loud if it hadn't been so exasperating. Nothing here among this ridiculous bunch of ceremony-lovers ever happened quickly. "But it basically boils down to a duel between them, doesn't it?" she asked impatiently. "Benderast against Gwilet." "Essentially, yes.…-
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There were far too many courtiers crammed into the throne room of Bomfrey Castle, and almost all of them were heavily perfumed. Which was probably a blessing in disguise, after all. Regular bathing wasn't exactly a tradition in Tulvia. At the far end of the hall, on a raised platform, stood three seats. King Gelsevier sat in the middle one. He was an old and gaunt but tall man who looked weary but must have once been an imposing figure years ago, you could tell that at first glance. To his right…
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