Abasdarhon's Castle

And how much do I have on hand, including my own funds?

— Oh, here you all are! — Maylin greeted the future participants of the experiment with a smile. — I’m glad to see you. I hope you haven’t all become close friends while I was away.
With her last words, the girl giggled slightly and blushed, as if she had imagined some unnecessary picture of everyone getting to know each other, although that was not actually the case.
— Well, are we ready to start the science?
I’m leading them to Cristol. If any paperwork needs to be completed beforehand, we’ll do it.

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Wow! I just realized I’m rich!

720 axots
+ what I wrote earlier

After completing all the necessary paperwork, Maylin led the volunteers to Cristol.
— Wow! Four subjects at once! Sorry, volunteers…
The girls laughed.
— Hey, man! — the blonde offered his hand to Cristol. — I’m Scough, this is my friend Svan, and these are Irgid and Vanteli.
— Hi! — the girls said in unison. — Hello! My assistant told you about the experiment. If you have any questions, we can start right now.
— But…
— Don’t worry, Svan! Everything will be okay! They don’t accept just anyone in these academies. Remember how hard we worked to get into ours?
— Yes… but…
— It’s okay, don’t worry!
— Don’t worry, ginger, — said Irgid and hugged the guy. — You’re already in love with me, the potion won’t make it worse, hee-hee!
Svan blushed and fell silent.
— Maylin, are you ready? — Cristol asked the Sorceress.

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Quint nodded briefly, pointing to the guy. Decimus, taking off his mask and handing the musket to his father, casually approaches him.
— What, man, are you feeling bad?

— Huh? Yeah, not really…