🍁Nine Ancient Obelisks

- Well, the Crown pays. Oh, never mind, maybe we won't drown. After all, it's not our life that matters to you, but the wasted effort. If you were younger, I might have given you some fiery speech, full of silly bravado, about the victory of the power of spirit and the magic of friendship, but, you know, over time... one thing leads to another... It just doesn't work. I don't even know what I believe in anymore. All this talk and social connections are meaningless. Today you're smiling, tomorrow they're drowning, the day after tomorrow you get a punch in the face, and there you are, eating dust, while he grins, jingling a coin. And you think - if I had been stronger and more ruthless, maybe this wouldn't have happened, - he absentmindedly spins a lighter in his fingers.

—... ... ... ... Ladies, I am, of course, immensely glad to meet two attractive girls in my own bedroom upon my return, and the presence of the Black Knight's mark on at least two of those present opens up truly boundless possibilities for the imagination, however, allow me to ask... What kind of mess did you make in my apartment?!