After their decisive victory over Orinovo, Lys-Akkaria's army crosses the border to take back territory that used to be theirs. With the combined forces of a lightweaver and shadowforger, Orinovo doesn't stand a chance.
In spite of their newfound a...
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"This is...real," said Arem, studying one of the letters closely, sounding like he couldn't believe what he was reading.
To be fair, Ainreth was still shocked as well. This was evidence they could actually use to convince everyone that the Herald was a liar.
Ain had no illusions about some people still being in support of the war even after this, but maybe it would be enough to remove Varilik from his post.
Now that would be the dream.
"We need to show this everyone. Immediately," Anyri said, grabbing the letters. "Come on."
But before they could leave, someone burst in—a sixteen year old girl who Ainreth was almost sure was named Eryte.
"They put out an arrest warren for the Daybreaker!"
Ainreth groaned, looking up at the ceiling for a bit to gather his strength. "Well, we were expecting that."
"You can just stay here," Petre suggested, but Ain immediately shook his head.
"No. I'm coming with you. People will pay more attention if I'm the one telling them what has been going on. I can just be invisible until then."
Ainreth didn't wait for anyone to argue, marching out of the room and to the exit. Anyri, Petre, Aram, and a few others were following without a word.
Ainreth was still fairly tired from the prisonbreak earlier, but he managed to keep up his invisibility until they reached the main square, which was once again packed.
The captain of the guard was reading something to the crowd, most likely about Ainreth's crimes. Not that Ainreth was listening.
He just walked over to Anyri and took the letters from her before pushing past the crowd and climbing onto the podium. Only then did he drop his invisibility, much to the gasping of everyone around him.
"Always happy to be the center of attention," Ain joked to the shocked guard, though it came out more like snarking.
The captain had even dropped his decree from how surprised he was, but he recovered a moment later, pointing a finger at Ainreth.
"Arrest him!" he said to seemingly no one. Ainreth only then noticed guards rushing up the steps of the podium, making him roll his eyes as he threw blinding light at all of them.
The guards staggered and cried out, some tripping on the steps, others holding their faces. Hopefully this would keep them in check for a few minutes.
"Good people of Kyr-Toryl!" Ainreth shouted to the crowd, holding up the stack of letters. "Have I got news for you!"
"Don't listen to him!" the captain of the guard yelled, attempting to lunge blindly at Ain, who just sidestepped him, making the poor man fall. It was kind of pathetic.
