Chapter 36 - War’s Flame (1/2)
Chapter 36: War’s Flame
By living in the cottage, Nisha had grown up relatively sheltered from human social interactions; curses were heard every now and then when so, or when a [Sapphire Cow] had stepped on a foot; but the constant a from the General Blackport’s mouth came as a culture shock for her
Neither Luthais nor the soldiers guarding the door seemed to be particularly disturbed by his crudeknown the old soldier for a while
“Would you excuse ain to bash a few heads on the walls e here”
Picking up the htly at the newco behind a half-elf with a headache and three shocked girls
S fro with the i the whole town at each impact
What just happened? And as he cursing so much?
Rubbing his temples, Luthais sat behind theout the reports scattered around
“I ah tieant Rivers, I set you free fro, you are responsible for the safety of the people belonging to my house Would you find them an empty room, please? I’ll survey these documents and then join the defense”
He didn’t even look up fro all his concentration
To avoid bothering hierous time, which could prove to be a fatal eant Rivers out of the office, leaving behind the Marshall of the King’s first ar’s enemies
“Sergeant Rivers-”
“Feel free to call ether, no need for formalities anymore between us”
“Alright… Brandon, what do we need to do now? Will the Terus army take over the city? What will happen?”
Speaking to the soldier as they walked down the stairs to the second floor, Lydia atteeant
“No need to be worried, with Marshall Dharnas here, the attackers will never get to step in the city, he is after all renowned to be a genius strategist I’ of a plan to hold [Blackquarry] until the reinforcearrison hasn’t been replaced for quite soe is at a standstill”
Holding open a door for the wo his explanations
A sweet scent played around Nisha’s sensitive nose when she entered, the place was decorated with several flowers in si vases, a rare co her of a lobby
“As for the things you can do … I would be best if you were to stay here; I have to watch over you, so I’ll be with you anyway If the wall is breached we ht our way out, but I’m confident there will be no need for that
Do you have anything that could help us pass the time?”
Sitting down on one of the couches, the soldier tried his best to dispel their worries, hindered in this task by the obvious anxiousness on his own face
“How about chess? Nisha, do you have your set with you?”
The on’s features, clearly she was fond of chess
“Of course, it’s in the carriage, the pieces are very precious, I couldn’t leave theet it”
Without giving Sergeant Rivers a chance to protest, Nisha slipped out of the room and pretended to rush outside to retrieve the set froo space, then, she secretly took it out from her [Soul space]
Cleaning up this space really had been long overdue Now that everything is stacked neatly I can retrieve things much more easily
Sitting on the carriage for a whole day had been a on had not much to do, she had attempted toand inspected her soul, she had reckoned the various mementos she had of Eldrin
Taking so out of the special space didn’t requirefor was usually enough, but Nisha had stored so many different junk that she couldn’t even remember what exactly she had stored anymore
To her surprise, she had been able to see the contents of her inner area whileher mind’s eye on the [Soul space], which then appeared si blue water running through the seely endless fields of her consciousness
Piles of ores and treasures had been resting on one side of a creek, coether
On the other side of the strearandfather used to wear, an entire chess set he had carved out of [Ivory Quartz] for her, the gift froed in the clear blue water, and ss
Her body in this h her hands and they were unable to grasp anything
Eventually Nisha figured out how to s there, she had to use her oods, a task that proved to be challenging at first, but turned easier as she got used to it
The soldiers guarding the entrances watched her dash back inside, alee and excitee, roeary fro on their heads
Her happiness was couards
A seant Rivers’ forehead, his gaze focused on the exquisite board in front of hihold was assaulted from all sides, his defense helplessly ripped down to pieces
Glancing up froly bored out of her ainst him
He said he was good at chess, but he can’t see through le defense tactic, and not even skillfully at that
At first Nisha had lent her chess set to Lydia and Annabelle who played from time to time as well, but they had declined when she had asked to play against the victor of their battles, so she had challenged Sergeant Rivers for a match instead
“Brandon, it seeain Why are you so adaame? I don’t think Anna can take on Nisha either, and she’s the best player a us”
Though the sergeant had beaten Lydia who had won in the sisterly irl
“I don’t kno she’s doing it, but whenever I take one of her pieces, I end up in a worse position than I was, and whenever she takes one of mine, it opens another opportunity for her to invade my side of the board How-”
Before he could finish his sentence, an explosion, , disturbing the gaht have wanted to say
Before the group could recover froed in the room, alarmed
“Sergeant Rivers, another army has arrived froates with ain the city as we speak; the Whitehall priestess has asked for all available guards to join her while she rallies the reserve forces and the injured to repel the attack”
A bloody wound decorated the soldier’s shoulder, dripping crieant was torn between his duty to follow the order and his task to protect the girls, several candles had passed since he had talked to his commander, but his instructions were clear