The Archduke's Handwash Water

Larkin was about to put down the report when his hand stopped in midair. He then flicked his gaze at Miel's face, and the seneschal only took a look at the archduke like he wasn't lying. The archduke then placed his hand down and got up from his seat. "Lead me."

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Actually, Artie didn't really want to go this far. She just wanted to prove that the ring existed, and so the matron must produce it. Else, she would be punished by the small court. However, she was already so deep that she couldn't help but not skip on it anymore.

[Familiarity Quest's sub-task is commencing! Within the darkness that stained the immaculate rested a piece of eternal token of a broken promise. Search for the diamond ring in its own ocean of mud and dust.]