Chapter 69

"She is a warrior of triumph and conquest; her battlefield is the heart, her hopes the bivouac, the war is in her soul and love, her lethal weapon."

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Princess' Residential Chambers,

Crowning and Imperial Castle,

Kingdom of Tristendyre,

The first Phrinight of the Second month,

XXI Year of Regency

"Can you not see the tread of Death as well?", asked Jaycob Oreius.

He watched as Imogen's eyes widened to accord him confirmation of the obvious. "W-what makes you imagine so?" asked she, as if dodging the prospect of rendering him an unreserved answer. Her hesitation to make a proper lie was nearly amusing, but of course, that was precisely what he had expected of her.

To the merit of his judgement and conclusion, the tall man could not help but place the pieces together:

At times when Mortality was at large, his power of Grand Sight would be nebulous, overshadowed by a heavy and dark and eerie presence that sweeps over the premise of his judgement.