Begrudgingly, I Joined My Family's Reunion ملاحظة قصصية · الجزء 3 من 4

Such a trivial pursuit, now that I've tasted eternity... but I did not go without a plan, nor a convincing argument.

Just one drop of the Elixir to sweeten the wine. That was all it took for Gormander, old fool, to call forth his advisers and engineers. They may caution him against building the Elixir Wells at first, but their words will wither soon enough.

Jezmina, however, could only be silenced through a swift backhand. The brat still believes the Ancients may have good reason to hide such power... A private contractor will build the Wells in her stead, should she not oblige. Once her yammering faded into weeping, I forced her eyes open and told her the truth amongst lies.

The Ancients HID this from us!

They're sleeping snakes, and all but me are too fearful to wake them! Cowards, I say! Rats before Dragons in disguise, I tell you!

We are right to defend ourselves. Dig just a little deeper — What else lies hidden below?

Will Earth spill her secrets if we split her tongue, crack her open, leave her bleeding?

I trust only the mist under the wanderer's hood, the twitch of his shadow, the gaping of his hundred mouths

He can make us rise

Can make us levitate

Can change the mice to men

— Lord Vorgoth, Guard of the North, Ruler of Rimgard