Chapter 242 - The Pavilions Divination (1/2)

Lync's gaze darted back and forth between Olly and Kit with an expression that clearly showed how much he was exercising his restraint upon hearing their so called 'plan'.

”You want to what?”

Kit opened his mouth to explain but Olly beat him to it.

”We need you to let the Inktress in so that we can lure her to the Pavilion”.

Lync sighed, ”And why, by the gods, would I do that? We have explicit orders not to let her in”.

”Because if you don't let her in we can't kill her,” Olly said. Kit's gaze snapped to Olly, eyebrows raised.

”We're killing her?” asked Kit, clearly surprised, ”That's a little...”

”She's here to do the same to us,” Olly said. Kit sighed. So it was kill or be killed. One of these days he was going to make Olly spill the entire plan before they were on the verge of carrying it out. Of course, that was if they survived this.

”Oh? And how do you plan on killing the hybrid magician?” asked Lync, ”The last I heard, whilst Kit is a brilliant Magician for his age he is not her match”.

Kit wasn't in the least bit offended. It was true. He was also curious as to how they were going to carry this plan out now that it involved not only overpowering the Inktress, but killing her as well.

”The Mist will help,” said Olly.

”I thought you said the Mist didn't take sides,” Kit questioned, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

”It doesn't,” said Olly, not seeing the confusion. Kit dragged a hand down his face before he took a breath and spoke as calmly as he could. He'd gotten rather good at it the past few years, though this was one of Olly's more outrageous plans to be sure.

”Okay, Olly, this will not be the last time I ask this but can you please explain your plan detail by detail?” asked Kit, ”If only to convince Lync here that you're not insane”.

”This better be an extraordinary plan then,” Lync muttered, though Olly didn't seem to notice. He seemed to be in deep thought about Kit's request before he replied.

”If you know every detail, it might not work,” Olly admitted.

”Well, I'm not risking the lives of my knights and the sanctity of the Pavilion on your word,” Lync stated adamantly.

”But-”

”No,” Lync said firmly.

Olly looked dejected as Lync walked away, turning to attend to his duties. Kit hesitated before he placed a hand on Olly's arm.

”Maybe it's for the-”

Olly grabbed Kit's wrist before dragging him away, ”Wait, where are we going?”

His question was answered soon enough as Olly brought him to the Pavilion. Without an ounce of hesitation he released Kit's wrist inside the Pavilion as he went to the centre, then began looked up and around as he had done when they'd first found the Pavilion. Kit sighed, turning to take a seat on the edge of the Pavilion before Olly spoke.

”Rassa Moonshadow is on the verge of rising again,” Olly said. Kit frowned, spinning to face Olly.

”What?” asked Kit, ”Rassa's dead”.

Olly shook his head, ”I told you he wasn't”.

”You said it was like he didn't even exist,” said Kit.

Olly nodded, ”And now I can clearly see that he does, in fact he has a very, very long life ahead of him”.

Kit took out his tracking charm and held it tightly, willing it to activate. Sure enough, Rassa's line was once again visible, flickering, but visible. He hadn't died.

Kit slowly lowered the charm as he looked to Olly, ”Will he help us, is that what you saw?”

Olly shook his head, ”Not for this. But he will come to us, soon”.