[~ chapter 23.5 ~]

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Part twenty-three and a half,

꧁ 𝘋𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘵 ꧂

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𝑇𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑛,

           𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑎𝑧𝑢𝑚𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛.

          𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝐵𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑎, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟.

𝐷𝑒𝑢𝑠 𝑣𝑢𝑙𝑡.

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Pierro placed the quill down into the ink. Deciding that was enough, he signed the signature at the bottom. It had been years since the last battle of Snezhnaya, and yet another one was about to happen before his eyes. He did not know whether to believe the shogun will back down or not upon the invitation of death. After all, those with nothing left to lose are the most feared.

But the emperor has gained something to lose.

"Jester, I assume the letter is finished?" A soft voice pierced through the gloomy atmosphere.

"Yes, your grace."

The female smiled elegantly, placing a white knight across the board. A merciless blizzard blocked the sight of the glorious city of Snezhnaya. But no matter how evolved the nation could get, no one wise enough would even compare it to a certain nation from the past.

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