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It had been a few days since I'd returned from the Night Clime

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It had been a few days since I'd returned from the Night Clime. Training for the Royal Trials had been intense, but I enjoyed every second of it. With every hour spent sparring or reading through history textbooks was another hour I was free from the thoughts that threatened to plague my being. I scoured through the rules of the trials, making sure I knew exactly what I would be getting myself into.

"𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔡𝔢, 𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔵𝔱𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℜ𝔬𝔶𝔞𝔩 𝔗𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔗𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔤 𝔯𝔬𝔶𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰, 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔲𝔯 ℭ𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰, 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥'𝔰 𝔬𝔴𝔫 ℭ𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔡𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢, 𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔰, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪𝔢. 𝔄𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔟𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔩𝔶, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔠𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡'𝔰 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔲𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔠 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔲𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 ℭ𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔢.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔲𝔫 ℭ𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔢, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥'𝔰 𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔱𝔥 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔡. 𝔉𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱, 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔰 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔲𝔰𝔨 ℭ𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔢, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔭𝔥𝔶𝔰𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔱𝔥 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔡. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯 ℭ𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔢, 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔑𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 ℭ𝔩𝔦𝔪𝔢, 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔟𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔤𝔶. 𝔇𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔲𝔞𝔩 𝔄𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔡, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔪𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯𝔰, 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔦𝔭𝔩𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔠𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔩𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔣𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔲𝔰𝔢.

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