The Chronicle of Heroes ~ Of Fiends and Shadows

[The Midgard Times]

Day 7

"That was completely reckless! You shouldn't have taken him to Melot!"

"He insisted... If I didn't take him, he would have gone by himself!"

"You could have said no!"

"Why do I have to take care of him anyway? this was all your idea!"

Ostellos kept quiet as he eavesdropped on the hushed argument between Rajnish and Lord Matthew in one of rooms of the latter's office. Their exchange of words came to an abrupt end as Ostellos walked into the office. "I was told you wanted to talk to me?" the professor asked, smiling quite nonchallantly.

"Yes, 'Orpheus'. How goes your training?" Rajnish inquired.

The scholar nodded. "I'm doing well. The armors provided to me allow this body to take more hits than it normally can handle."

"Good, good. You'll be our strongest weapon against Kushiel..."

Ostellos looked away from the two, hiding a faint smile. "Yes yes, since you couldn't handle him, pit me against him."

Rajnish looked at Ostellos straight in the eye. "That is correct. Your resurrection was for that sole purpose."

Spared of one of the Stalker's sugar-coated replies, the scholar looked back at at him, smiling devilishly. "Very well. I'll need more time to be in tip-top shape."

All the while Lord Matthew looked down, lost in thought.