Moving the pieces

Anger, anxiety and killer instinct mixed with Konstantine and Nikita's emotions. In just over half an hour they learned that it had been a plan by Bubblegum and his enemy Sugar Kube to get his guild to approach the church and King Espin. They fell into the enemy's hands without realizing it and were still dancing on his palm. Florence ended up in Espin's bed and from there she was taken by the church to the underground laboratories below the Vatican. Whatever they did to her all these years ended up killing her a few months ago. The remains were still in the laboratory and were due to be disposed of within a month at the latest.

Darius had accepted Bubblegum's invitation. And the months that he was working with them, he dedicated himself to sneaking Meraki into the guild leader's personal file room. Meraki had access to unique and detailed information on slave sales matters, names, dates, times, and undercover investigation programs. Meraki had the firm intention of finding the whereabouts of that person out of all the abducted individuals.

He found many helpful characters and also the person on his priority list. Unfortunately this person had died a few months ago but that would not prevent him from raising his target. The church had scheduled the Semi-Annual Cleaning and Disinfection or by calling it correctly; Dispose of the bodies and evidence with the help of Bubblegum and Sugar Kube.

Red Sugar promised to retrieve Florence's body so that her family could say a final goodbye as appropriate at her mother's side. The group gave them the team guidelines and made an appointment for the end of the month, where they will be informed of the rest and where they would deliver the young woman's body for her eternal rest.

The group withdrew and left the rest at the disposal of the Leviten family. Konstantine drew his dice for the first time in many years and asked his son if the fate of some rubbish was worth playing with. Nikita only replied that he already knew the result and would support his father. Konstantine kissed the dice and asked the god's blessing on him. The dice were thrown and a couple of ones had come out, now they just had to act on the orders of the master of ceremonies and wait to stab them in the back.

-Apparently someone had bad luck and it was not us this time. My negligence was my biggest mistake, but not anymore. Let's prepare everything for our trip, we will advance the summer holidays and do not take off your hood until then-

-Yes father. Let's pretend it never happened- a disturbing smile rose from both men who were waiting for the set date.

**

The brotherhood had returned to Orsys and went directly to meet Espin. They angrily went to inform him that they had been looted and that someone had infiltrated his premises. They presented evidence that only he would understand. A blue malt cross pin with gold accents and a pair of jeweled flower-shaped keys. Espin was angry about the evidence but he was also angry about the statement received from the men. The Brotherhood would change positions to avoid further interference with their city but not neglect their duty to the king.

They were making Espin believe that Sophia was sticking her nose where she shouldn't. The brooch was undoubtedly an object of the Bathory duchy granted by the duke to certain members or vassals close to his family and was stolen from Karoline, while the pair of keys were from the queen's private room, which was given to her lovers. favorites, gift from Emily. Sophia was playing dirty and had messed with Espin's people.

Espin had no choice but to let them go to an unknown location but with the same usual communication system. He knew that he would become more wary of his queen since she annoyed his amusement. The brotherhood only mocked internally because the man in front of them no longer represented danger and he was seen as a mere insect. They retreated to the Black Sugar base to pursue their plan.

**

Since the Nest was unable to get results with the blessings issue, the Ursinis cut off their relationship with them and replied that they would work with Bubblegum in the future. Bubblegum had offered to find the blessings faster than the Nest and granted them a home. During the winter, the family claimed that Bubblegum was more than willing to help them while the nest stood idly by.

The lieutenant was in chaos and did not come out of his amazement. They lost his best collaborator in assault and infiltration matters. The Ursini were no longer their toys and they had chosen to ally themselves with the enemy. Jia and Edrielle said their goodbyes and asked that they no longer be bothered as they were no longer needed in the search.

Jia managed to wink at Darius before getting lost in the sewers, he instead saved the inner laugh for later.

Darius knew that with this low blow they had received from the Ursini, it would be worth Victor to make an appearance. His uncle would force him more than sure, to inquire about the whereabouts of the Ursini and the blessings to use the information in his favor. Darius had already prepared false reports in advance to hand-deliver when the occasion presented itself, he was just waiting quietly for Victor's arrival.

**

Ramona was finishing the plans for the underground road between Orsys and San Angeles. They would be opening in a little less than two years if they put all of them.

Her people had to emigrate together with the bird people to one of the southern islands. She had started a fire that ended up consuming everything around her kingdom and spread to the lands of King Leto. This fire served both nations as an excuse to get out of the public eye. Within a week of ending the fire, newspaper tabloids in neighboring countries had titled the blaze catastrophic and fatal to two towns in one week. They called it divine punishment, others called it a failed coup that ended in arson with the intention of destroying the now extinct countries.

Whatever it is, the ant people and the bird people now coexist as neighbors and help each other to achieve their goals. Railey granted them one of the many lands that he had at his disposal and urged them to collaborate with each other to obtain benefits such as construction or courier and transportation.

While all this was going on, Leto had sent Amcata lookouts to check on the situation of his benefactor. What he received from the report on Ray and his children puzzled him as much or more as his men.

Ray and his sons were always killing leyhams as if it were paper in front of the flames. Total annihilation and despair were all that could be seen in the attacks. Although the twins were dangerous attacking, the worst of all were their father, who showed no signs of sanity and was followed by his first-born son who, rather than killing Leyhams, seemed to be having fun with the disaster left around him.

It was clear to them that if these individuals had become his enemies it was more than certain that they would no longer exist. Now they looked with fear and respect at the family of 4 members and were left to embark on the task of informing their allies how the harvest had progressed in the desert.