Marlon, a guard in Calidia’s capital city of Astolat, had a fondness for rumors. The reason was simple: the long, dull hours of duty at the city walls were made bearable by a steady diet of gossip.
For that very reason, Marlon had been eagerly awaiting this day—or more specifically, the arrival of Count Devereux. He’d caught wind of a secret rumor that a certain troublemaker, one who ran wild under the protection of his powerful master, had
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