Chapter 27: Demon Revealed

Koray could just barely hear the bells tolling the first mark of the morning as he sifted through still more papers, pouring through the archive records, searching in vain for some clue as to why the sword had been sealed away.

He really wished the Goddess would lead him to something useful, like a nice, tidy explanation—that he could read. For all he knew, he could be missing it, though he was trying his best. Whenever he worked alongside Sorin, who read the archaic writing so easily, Koray was painfully aware of his feeble abilities and the vast differences between them.

Shoulders tightening with further tension, he turned the page and started on the next one. He was still struggling through the second paragraph when he heard the sound of footsteps trying not to be heard. It was a sound with which he was entirely too familiar. Koray drew his dagger and stood up, slipping away from the table and snuffing the lamp by which he had been working.