Chapter 20

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"The only thing I know for real is that there will be bloodshed."

- Socrates

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Town of Halenir, Dranhir Province

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𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦? 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘥̷𝘰̷𝘯̷𝘵̷ 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥̷𝘰̷𝘵̷ 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘢̶̷̶𝘫̷𝘶̷𝘴̷𝘵̷ 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦?

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴? 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺̷-𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢̶𝘮̶𝘰̶𝘯̶𝘴̶𝘨̶ 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴?

𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘈 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪̷̴̷𝘦̷̴̷𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩̶𝘢̶𝘱̶𝘦̶𝘯̶𝘪̶𝘯̶𝘨̶ 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨

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Slam. Yuri placed his head on top of the small notebook after staring at it for a few minutes now.

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