Re:War (Discontinued)

Chapter 27: More Work

"Hey, how's your day?"

"Oh, Faye. Eh, could've been better."

"Come on, smile a bit more, your friends will be sad just looking at your sorry face."

"Did you come all the way to my room just to insult me?"

"Almost. Came here for a favour."

"Interesting way of asking...," I yawned. "What's up?"

She walked into my room.

"This place is a mess..."

"My bad, hadn't had the time to clean up since I got back. Best not talk so loudly, the rest are still asleep."

"Alright," she dropped her hood, ruffling her hair. "Reading something?"

"Just some notes. Defenses along the border and that stuff."

"Hmm."

"So, what did you want from me?"

"Well, Archer and Duke are out doing some work or whatever, and I gotta get some stuff. Thought you might wanna tag along."

"Why's that?"

"I have with me some information about someone interesting. Come on, let's talk along the way. I'll treat you to some coffee."

"..." I looked outside. "Yeah I could use some coffee."
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A simple note explaining my absence was left as I followed Faye on whatever errands she was running.

"What did you wanna talk about?"

"Always in a hurry, aren't you? Relax a little."

"Hard to do that with a revolution around the corner," I sighed, sipping at the coffee. "Hey, this is pretty nice."

"Isn't it?" she grinned. "Well, let's not take up too much time. Heard of the Blade Dancer?"

"Who?"

"Apparently not. The name's Claire An'en, top of the elite defense force for Nexus. Recently got some intel on her. Apparently, she's a conjurer or sorts. Makes blades. Lots of em."

"Sounds straightforward enough."

"You surely aren't an interesting fellow..." she complained.

"Apologies for my lack of sleep."

"Sheesh, anyways. Heard the prince is coming around to the streets of Anima, guess who's coming along?"

"Claire?"

"Spot on. He'll be hanging around the big parts and well guarded. No doubt his guards will be with him."

"So... what?" I asked curiously.

"Hello? Prince of the tyrant is coming to 'visit'? It's a great opportunity to kill the bastard."

"We're killing him?!"

"Not specifically 'we', but you can bet lots of us here want him dead, more or less just as much as they want Nexus's head on a stick."

"Right. Well, I'm against that idea. Killing him may satiate the anger of many, but it's gonna cause the royal forces to seek us out."

"I agree. I'm going to be working with the spies next week along with my friends. Need your help."

"Again?! I just got back..."

"Nothing we can do about it, kid. Our work isn't going to be done anytime soon."

"Right... what do we need to do this time anyways?"