- She and her parents are busy preparing, now the days have come when you need to follow every smallest detail, - Senoria explained. She beckoned to the maid who was standing outside the door, and she instantly brought a new jug of juice, which for some reason I liked so much. He really was delicious. Some kind of mixture of apple and peach with hints of banana. I can’t even imagine what kind of fruit this is from which such juice is obtained. - And what? Do you miss her? she asked after a short silence.Still, it is tempting to ask me about such details. I suppose you just want to listen to how her own younger brother dries for her friend. - Training, - I said a terrible word for her, - I wanted to show you more complex techniques, and teach you how to handle weapons. - Weapons?! - Senoria asked in surprise, - But why? - Then, with bare hands against the enemy, you will only remain if you lose everything else, and your opponent does the same, - I remembered Russian folk wisdom,
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
- Crillius! A familiar voice reached my ears.I turned abruptly and saw a girl in a green dress waving at me. It was closed, but so tight that I immediately recognized Senoria. She swayed gracefully towards me. On her face was a mask similar to mine, but only white, with a red face.Her presence made me smile. It's nice to meet strangers in a crowd, a person who does not cause dislike in you, but rather the opposite.- Are you here too?“Here, and not even alone,” she cooed in a cheerful voice.The girl reached out her hand somewhere in the crowd of guests and pulled out a red-haired girl in a white long dress with the same red inserts of neon panels as mine.Seeing each other and noticing the color of the outfits, we were dumbfounded. Lilia wore the same scarlet mask to match her hair.- Hmm, yes, you just agreed, - my “sister” drawled, pushing her friend closer to me so that we would stand side by side."It wasn't me who chose the color, it was my stylist," I grumbled, turning off h
- 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
I ran forward as fast as I could. Behind me, the screams of the inquisitors and the explosions created by the angry Elena were heard. And now I'm running into the remains of a destroyed building.There are ruins everywhere you look. It is hard to believe that just a couple of minutes ago there was a huge crowd of people here. Aristocrats of all stripes have gathered for a masquerade ball, and they are all now crushed under rubble.I hear the groans of the wounded, their cries for help, the quiet cry of dying people who do not believe that someone will save them. And I just keep running. I ignore them, do not pay attention, and do not even reproach myself for it. I don't care about other people's lives. I have a goal, and I do not intend to be distracted.Jumping up in the air, I cut the falling stone fragment with a blow of the sharp blade of the sword. Its parts dispersed to the sides, one of which I managed to use as a springboard and jump higher. I need to find Alexander and my "br
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
This time I flew through the building and into the square. Having driven on smooth asphalt, my back crashed into the side of the fountain. Cold water, pouring over a broken edge, poured onto my head, giving some respite and giving strength. I was terribly thirsty, my throat was dry, and the metallic taste of blood made me sick. I don’t even want to imagine how many liters of my own blood I have already drunk during the short battle.It would seem that my opponent is an invincible inquisitor. The strongest on this planet, the eighth rank of which everyone on Regulus fears. Yes, I myself was afraid of him ... But this is in the past. Now I see that my crazy actions have paid off. Blood oozed from small wounds and cuts, there was a mark on my cheek from my teeth, which I left trying to tear out a piece of his skin.I got to my feet. My arms and legs could hardly obey me, somewhere behind me came the frightened moaning of the girls and the angry whisper of Frimius. I would look at his muz
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,