So the day has come when the entire light of Regulus Prime society gathers in one place. A masquerade ball in honor of Lilia Farhart, daughter of High Inquisitor Rank Eight Regulus. Parents decided to celebrate her coming of age with chic and brilliance, which actually happened a couple of months ago. But who cares? You were invited by influential people, above whom only the governor of the planet - my "father", and then nominally. The Inquisition, if it wants to, can safely bypass the supreme power of the planet and enlist the order of the emperor. They resorted to this very rarely, because no one wanted to argue with them and spoil relations. There is no need to guess here to understand that an organization with such political power can easily remove the governor and send him to some remote colonies."Landed soon, Creel," Atria reported.Meanwhile, I nervously squeezed the glass of alcohol between my fingers. Sitting in the luxurious easy chair of the Governor's private shuttle, I w

- Everything is ready, your daughter performed the first dance with the winner of the competition.Okay, now we can start...Then the video ended, and I involuntarily grinned at what I saw. Here such behind-the-scenes games are held, and no one knows. Wouldn't anyone be able to find this video? Were they that confident in their own security system?How did you manage to hack them?- I had to use the cleaner's drone. There were no cameras inside this room.“Clever, the local people are so used to them that they don’t even pay attention,” I said, pushing back from the tree in the direction of the east wing of the building.I need to meet Lily. The video I received turned out to be so valuable that by showing it to her, I can immediately convince the girl to leave the planet as quickly as possible. Because you have to hurry. If Frimius wants to blame me for everything, then I will be hunted. I'm sure the murder of the planet's governor is punished very harshly. Didn't think it would be p

A huge sword hilt appeared in his hands, but without a blade. Judging by the length of the handle, which easily fit into his two large paws, the weapon is two-handed. Something like Claymore.I tried to move. Hands and feet obeyed me perfectly. The pain spread throughout the body, but was somehow distant. It was as if they were only lightly pressing on my back, causing barely perceptible discomfort, at most it can only cause irritation, and not an attack of full-fledged pain.“You won’t get rid of me so easily,” I rise from the rubble of stones and some utensils, or rather clothes.It turns out that he threw me into an expensive clothing boutique built of marble bricks. Regulus is very fond of marble.- Living! I like! - Alexander shouted contentedly, increasing the speed of his step.Here he already broke into an easy run and with each meter he only picked up speed. I immediately knew that he was going to deliver a crushing blow with his two-handed sword. But there was no blade, and

Elena showed up just in time to protect her daughter, but much later than she could have helped me defeat Alexander. Although maybe I'm such an idiot myself, since I believed a woman that she would help me kill my husband and save my daughter. It is more profitable for her to come at the moment when I weaken Alexander enough to destroy two at once with one explosion. So she will get rid of the inquisitor and save her daughter and from me, a person whose goals and motives are not clear to her. Hell, I can’t even blame her for this, I would have done the same myself in her place.Alexander, wary of the flames, stepped aside, giving Lily a chance to look around. The girl looked at me with a look of primal horror and panic, her lips trembling, and her face twisted from rolling tears. She wanted to shout something, but instead of this she ran in the other direction, closer to her own mother.Elena, coming out of the alley, hugged her daughter, began to whisper something to her soothingly,

- That's right, let her become free and live as she wishes, not hiding from anyone. Don't be like me.- I hope it will be so only externally - I could not resist commenting.Elena laughed a ringing laugh without a shadow of sadness and sadness.“Oh, if I had met you earlier and under different circumstances,” she said with a gentle smile, and then added, “Take care of her, Creel!”- I will try.Elena nodded to me, and approaching me kissed gently on the lips, and then dissolved into a soft golden glow. I felt a heaviness in my hand, I stared at the witch's heart with a look of doom, it was still beating, waiting for its moment.Looking at it in front of my eyes, a notification appeared:Heart of the High Witch Elena FarhartDo you wish to absorb its power?Not really…Consuming the heart of the High Witch will strengthen your connection to the aether.Consuming the heart of the High Witch will heal all your wounds.Your physical abilities will increase many times over.Your ethereal s