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"Yes, my king, she did. I imagine she will use that, as well as the prospect of healing his broken bones, to convince him to accept her Evil Piece."
At the mention of Evil Pieces, I grinned as I summoned my unused bishop. While it wasn't the same as the one I'd possessed before, the bishop before me was a mutation bishop.
The agreement signed between Seekvaira and I stated our bishops would trade once the Red Dragon Emperor was hers. I'd delivered the Red Dragon Emperor and been rewarded with a mutation bishop.
"What now, Riser?" Yubelluna asked, seeing the expectant grin on my face.
"Now? Now we make some plans. I won't lose this piece like I did my last one. We need to use it as soon as possible."
"Of course, my king. What do you require of me?"
"Nothing right now, Yubelluna. In fact, I have something for you."
Yubelluna's head tilted curiously as I teleported us back to the manor. I motioned her after me; she followed along as I walked through the manor. We reached my lab and I picked up three bundles of cloth.
"I saw you eye-balling these when we were in the craft store. I'm not sure if you actually wanted them or not, but I figured why not?" I held the bolts out to Yubelluna, but she didn't take them – she didn't so much as move.
"Yube?" I asked, beginning to think I might have made a mistake.
Yubelluna looked up past the bolts to meet my eyes. "My king, may I act inappropriately?"
Raising an eyebrow, I said, "I'm not sure what you mean by that. But you are always free to act however you–" I couldn't continue. My lips had been captured by Yubelluna's own. Her arms snaked around me to pull me closer.
I was shocked, but not so shocked as to be unable to return her affection. I pulled her close and titled my head into the kiss.
When she pulled back, Yubelluna's smile was as bright as if she'd just walked across the surface of the sun.
"Thank you, Riser. You didn't need…Thank you." she finished, pulling me into another hug.
I held her close, leaning towards her ear to whisper, "You know, if that's what happens when you act inappropriately, you should do it more often."
Yubelluna pulled back, a playful smirk on her face. "I will keep that under advisement, my king." She bundled up the cloth and held it close to her chest. "Thank you, Riser. I will see you at dinner."
"You're welcome." I said as she left the room, a warm smile lighting up her face.
I watched her leave, then set about outlining some plans. I had a mutation bishop to take advantage of, and I was not going to lose this chance.
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I clenched a magical stone in a death grip as I walked towards the iron gate barring my way closer to the Victorian manor in the distance.
The sun had risen just an hour ago; the morning light angled down towards the manor like thousands of spears holding a prowling wolf at bay.
This was the best time to attempt what I was trying, but that didn't make it easy.
Trusting Clarissa's assurance that the stone would work as intended, I leapt over the ten foot gate, passing seamlessly through the wards as if I didn't exist.
Landing on the other side of the fence, I let out a relieved breath, letting the now-ordinary stone slip from my hand. Clarissa did good work.
I'd gotten in. That was the easiest part.
Slinking my way over to the gate, I crouched in the shelter of a hedge and assessed the current guard.
Two, bored-looking human males stood on either side of the gate. Each of the four men held a rifle. I needed to take care of them quickly. Our window was closing.
I placed my hands on the ground, cutting into it with my Wind and sending Hellfire into hole created in the soil.
My fire split into eight strands once it was beneath the surface, each tunneling underground towards an unsuspecting guard.
I waited until two of my strands were positioned directly below each guard before acting.
Eight tendrils of flame rocketed out of the ground. Four tendrils ripped rifles away from shocked hands while the rest shot towards the guard's heads.
These were basic humans. They didn't possess the toughness the majority of the supernatural did.
The moment my tendrils made contact, they scorched holes through each of the guards heads.
My tendrils wrapped around the bodies, catching them before they could make too much noise, then gently tugged them into the nearby brush.
The bodies wouldn't stay hidden for long, especially here, but pulling them out of sight would buy us enough time.
Emerging from my hiding space, I dashed towards the gate, unbarring it and sliding it wide enough for a person to slip through.
Two cloaked figures quickly slid through the gate then helped me close and bar it behind them.
The wards of the estate did not stop people from entering through the gate, a design flaw that would prove costly for the manor's denizens.
Clarissa removed her hood, kneeling down where the guards had stood not a moment ago.
She pulled four silver disks from her cloak, placing one in the space each guard had fallen.
A small spell circle shattered in her hand as she activated her trinkets, and the silver disks glowed.
Suddenly, it was as if the guards had not been killed. Four identical men stood in their place. The illusions wouldn't stand up to any close inspection, but they would quell the doubts of anyone who took a quick glance out of a window.
Once the disks were in place, Clarissa dropped a small, glowing, green stone on the ground.
Moving silently, the three of us rushed towards the western side of the estate. We didn't know exactly where our target was, but we knew it was underground.
The easiest way to get to the manor's lower level was to break through the outer wall.
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