A:n- 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝗼 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭... 𝐌𝗼𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝗼𝐟 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝗼𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝗼𝐫 𝐅𝐲𝗼𝐝𝗼𝐫 𝗼𝐟 𝐡𝗼𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲... 𝐌𝐞𝐭... 𝐒𝗼 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲... 𝐈 𝐚𝗺 𝐬𝐢𝗺𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝗼𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝗼... 𝐌𝐢𝐱 𝐮𝐩 𝗼𝐟 𝐬𝗼𝐫𝐟 (𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝗼 𝐡𝗼𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝗼𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝗺𝐩𝐭𝐢𝗼𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝗼𝗺 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗼𝐧𝐞 𝗼𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝗼𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭)

@hodgehead . Thank you for helping me to make this chapter!

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"𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩!"

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𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏... 𝙸𝚗𝚊𝚣𝚞𝚖𝚊... 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚢 𝙽𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝙾𝚐𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚘...  𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑.  𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍... 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜... 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜... 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢... 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍... 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚊𝚛-

The Purple Stroll with your emblem falls to the ground from your hand and rolls to the person's feet.

He picked it up the stroll and bowed to you in greeting with one of his hands on his chest.

"Greetings Your Excellency"

"Oh... It's you, Dostoyevsky have you found out anything about Karui?" You asked as you stood up from the chair.

"I'm afraid it is not... A pinpoint location but... Perhaps he may be with the human trafficking basepoint..."

"Basepoint?"

"It is not exactly confirmed but perhaps he may have taken there... But many enemies may block our way"

"...Do not worry about taking care of the enemy, I will strike them down the only thing I fret about is if... The people who are captured are to be injured" you said as Fyodor stared at you for a moment and then at the stroll in his hand.

"Your Excellency, pardon my intrusion... But has your power been dulled or... Has your ambition... Wavered..." Asked Fyodor as you glanced up at him with a confused face.

"What do you mean?"

"...We should not worry about those that are captured when you used your power... They are just unlucky... Had they not? Maybe precautions towards Karui to be slight to no injuries..."

Your eyes widen a bit as a frown forms on your face.

"Are you implying I should not... Be worried if the other people get caught by my power?"

"If I said wrong... I apologize... But... Aren't they just unlucky if they... Got caught up by your attack after all... They just played the role of a mere... Sacrifice for you"

"...Am afraid... I don't know what you are exactly implying but... "

"If we care too much about the other safety we might... Lose your companion... My grace" said Fyodor who smiled a bit sadly while he kept the stroll onto the bookshelf.

He then approaches your form that was in deep thought as he is hesitant but he gently holds your hand making you snap out of your thoughts to look up.

His violet eyes stare at yours with fondness as his hand doesn't leave yours, It is cold which you assume is due to his temperament being off... Colder side...

"My grace... You are a goddess that I worship soon... Will the others too, But if you are too lenient toward the others... You may lose your companion too, As the lore of your says... You already lost a lot... I do not want... You... To be saddened again" said Fyodor who gently caressed your face with one of his gloved hands.

Oh, how he wishes he could remove his glove to touch you... But he knows he will taint you by the filth of those bloodshed... As he still needs to cleanse his hands with ceremonial cleansing to officially touch you... Or perhaps... You will allow him to do so... As you... Seems unbothered by his touch... Your beautiful face.

"I appreciate your thoughts, Dostoyevsky," you said as you gently removed his hand on your face.

He almost shivers at your touch on his wrist as he gently smiles.

"As your loyal acolytes, I only want you my grace," he said as he watched you walk to your chair.

With the dress he gave you, there was no denying that he has good taste... But the problem is you can't fight well with this extravagant outfit.

(Here is the outfit)

(Or)

(Or your wish)

"So, When can we depart to fight them?"

"H-huh? You... Wanted to accompany me there?" Asked Fyodor a bit alarmed yet, you nodded.

"What kind of... god will I be if, I let someone loyal to me... Fight alone in enemy territory... And besides" you eyed him head to toe making his smile stiffen at your judging eye.

"M-my grace?"

"And looking at you, pardon my accusation but... I get the feeling that you are not physically strong"

"..." Fyodor flinch slightly at your word as you gently smile at him.

"But... I get the feeling you are strong mentally... Perhaps in mind games, which is reassuring"

"...my grace... I'm not... That praiseworthy of-"

"Don't deny my praises, a strong mind like you is hard to find... In every era perhaps I may not know you much but I can tell that... You think more than your heart" you simply said as you approached him.

"My grace... You are praising me too much... I might not be able to withstand your praises"

"Is it? Either way... We should hurry there... As I want to be reunited with Karui" you said with a serious face.

You almost notice the dark swirl of Fyodor's eyes that stroke within when you mention Karui.

Oh, how he wishes he could be that companion of yours that you are searching for.

But perhaps through time, he will gain that favor too... After all... He has been worshipping you since the day he found out about you...

And... You wouldn't just abandon him, would you? If so... He just needs to find the book to erase that person from your life... As he can't let your goal to eternity and his... To erase ability... To differ By some mere worms.

"By the way... my grace?"

"Yes?"

"Do you perhaps know about ability users?"

"Am afraid not... I only heard from people told around when we arrived" you said as Fyodor smiled a bit.

"Are you interested in learning about... It my grace?"

"If, it means to know why am I here for... Then do tell me about it, Dostoyevsky"

"Perfect... I mean... It would be an honor for me, My grace, I will tell you every bit of what... I know"

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--𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘺, 𝘠/𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘱!! 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺... 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳... 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦---

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"Are these some of the people... Who are victims?" You asked as you approached Fyodor who bowed a bit.

"My grace, Are you alright?"

"Ah... Yes is... Karui here?" You muttered looking at the people that were captured... Some of them have fainted.

"I didn't think Dostoy or a beautiful woman be here!" Said someone as your eyes flickered to the white-haired braided male, with his arms tied behind in a corner with the piles of People around that may been unconscious or possibly dead.

His heterochromia eyes flickered to you then at Fyodor.

"Do you perhaps know him?"

"Ah yes... He-"

"He is my bestie!"

"Oh... A friend of yours? We should help him"

"But your grace we can search Karui first he is not-"

"Dostoyevsky... he is your friend"

"..."

"Listen to her! My hands are numbed from the robe! And I can't even do magic tricks without my cloak"

"Trick?" You asked as you approached him and he nodded while grinning ear to ear.

"Yep! I will show you only after you answer my quiz!"

"We don't have time for that, also... Your excellency... Forgive his indie-"

You couldn't help but chuckle out a small giggle as the person's eyes twinkled with his smile frozen a bit.

"Hey, what's your name?" He asked leaning close to your face alarming you"

"Nikolai don't get too close to My grace"

"Your grace?" Nikolai muttered in confusion as he tilted his head slightly curiously eyeing you.

"Are you... Something of a higher authority?"

"She is indeed, We will discuss it later before someone... More likely the government pets get a whiff of it" said Fyodor eyes narrowed a bit.

"So what's your name?" He asked again you stared at him for a moment as he reminded you of a child who is very curious about everything that perks their attention.

"Y/n"

"That's a very... How to put it... Good? Name?"

"What's your name?"

"Me? Well, I can't just say my name to you! Even if Dostoy favored you, can I?" He grinned as his face was inches closer to you.

"Either way... my hands hurt from the rope, Y/n-chi!" Nikolai whines as you apologize as you cut the rope and stand up with him massaging his hand and muttering how unfair of them to capture him while he is doing a trick and how he hates being captured.

As the three of you step inside the door to see long pathways of hallways.

"I will go check that side... Of the place, can I rely on you to check the other?" You asked as Fyodor nodded and smiled a bit.

"Yes, My Grace you can rely on me"

"Hmmm... Since I don't know what's going on, and I don't have my cloak I know! I will go with you!" Said Nikolai to you as you nodded before Fyodor refused.

"We will be parting here but do return here if you cannot find anything"

"Yes my grace," said Fyodor with a stiffened smile as Nikolai was dragging your right arm cheerfully to walk.

He was either messing with Fyodor or he liked your company or perhaps both... But maybe even neither.

As the three of you parted ways.

"So, Why does Dostoy call you, his grace?" Asked Nikolai with his arms behind and curiously leaned toward you who smiled a bit.

"Well... That you have to ask him"

"Eh...? Is it a trick question?"

"No?"

"Hmm..."

"How did you get caught by the criminals? As I have seen through your... Way... I doubt you will get caught... That easily"

"Ah, how can you tell? Either way to tell you the answer I don't even myself have!"

"...oh"

"So tell me Y/n-chi! Who are you searching for?"

"...a companion of mine... He got... Kidnapped eventually"

"Oh? How does he look like perhaps I can help, but... If I do know I have to get something from you! Don't I?"

"Well, I guess... If you do know him"

As both of you approach the door.

Before anything or any bullets reach you both you unsheathed your Mitspitter Reforged that was just on your hip.

As quick as lightning, the bullets fall into two on the ground.

Nikolai clapped while grinning ear to ear as he watched you deal with the enemies more likely brutally slice them with them incapable of running away of sorts.

Well, you did kill them but perhaps dead will be too easy for them.

But in Nikolai's eyes, he couldn't help but grin in satisfaction as he watched you finish the Enemies in just mere seconds with a bloodstain on your hand and your sword.

'Seems like Dostoy got himself a bloodthirsty woman! Goody good! It will be fun!' He thought to himself.

"...There is no sign of him" you muttered as you took notice of the young girl who cried out as you approached her.

"Hey, are you alright?"

"...Please don't kill me... I-i just want to go back to my mother!" Cried the girl as you outstretched a hand yet she slapped it away.

"Now now~ that is rude!" Said Nikolai who was looking down at the girl with a smile.

"You wouldn't do that to your savior... no?"

"..." The girl cried more as you sweatdropped.

"Seems like your companion is not here! Let's get going!"

"Ah... Yes," you muttered hesitant to leave the girl alone.

"Come on Y/n-chi! She is crying because she is scared of us! Rude girl~! But let's just go! Her stubborn self is the reason that she is going to be alone here!" Said Nikolai who started dragging you which alarmed you as you noticed the girl trying to call you both back.

You can see the fear of her staying alone rather thanking around the killer.

"Abandoning the child... Is it a wise choice?" You asked as Nikolai nodded while swinging your hand with his.

"Of course! She is terrified! So it is better to let them stay alone to comprehend! And she will be more terrified if we stay, after all, you killed the men right in front of her."

"Right..."

"Also!" He stooped and leaned to your face again as you raised an eyebrow at his obvious mischievous smile.

"Also?"

"We have braided hairs! Isn't it awesome?! And also, the fact we will be together is the best moment!"

"...pardon?"

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𝘈:𝘯- 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺/𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺/𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.

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𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕘𝕦𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕤.

*𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘍𝘺𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘰𝘤...

*𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘕𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘪 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦... 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳?

*𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵.

*𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘠/𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘍𝘺𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴.

*𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘰𝘤 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳.

*𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵.

*𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺/𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘖𝘈 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯...

*𝘺/𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦... 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴.

*𝘐𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘺/𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵-

*𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.