Maybe it's because I've been around Gray for too long, Lord Jones unknowingly developed a certain aversion to those dark-themed terms. Especially when it came to betrayal—if he committed it, could he ever return to the Silver Moon Knight Order?
He couldn't refuse to side with Adelle; he still owed Adelle money.
At the same time, he couldn't refuse to side with Adolf; otherwise, the dwarves' promised freedom from the smelting factory wouldn't be fulfilled. That would mean a betrayal of so many people at once.
Even as the sunlight reached Giant Snake City, Jones still couldn't figure out the answer to this dilemma.
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The next day was yet another "ordinary" day in Giant Snake City.
The armor sent off as samples had long been retrieved. Jones donned the armor and threw himself back into the grand task of building up Giant Snake City once more.