Chapter 70

"In an age when fiction could not reach the dystopian heights of reality, one could only but dream to be delivered of the pangs of impending dangers.

But if you imagine that such perilous calamities owed their origin to natural circumstances, my dear friend, let me tell you this: one of the most menacing things about nature is its humans."

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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

Imogen nodded slowly, when Jaycob had placed forth his contentions of wherefore her dream may not see fruit in reality, but may be a potential reflection of her fictional imaginations.

"That is true. I had assumed it was foraging for the Sceptre of Erdengaur, but it appears absurd to consider", said she.

Just then, Jaycob's realisation felt a chilling dawn of events.