- It does sound silly. But you see, trade is important to the dwarves. They may not like outsiders, but they depend on us. Not by much, but it is what it is. That's why there was such a simple treaty in the old days. This was before the One Empire. Basically, the dwarves set up a trade mission to exchange their goods for human goods. And since it was profitable for the humans, they demanded in return... to establish a representative office on a permanent basis! In those days it was customary to make unbreakable contracts with divine beings as witnesses and this simple contract, where a simple word was enough, was concluded in this way. I don't know what gods were called as witnesses, but there are no fools to break an unbreakable contract. By the way, that's the main version of what happened on the Night of Moor. The mages broke an unbreakable pact. The elves do not even consider it as a version, and are absolutely sure that people broke the contract, which was witnessed by the Creator. But they have no proof. I'm telling you this as the head of the archive. And their version doesn't explain why mages of other races died.
- And how many other such unbreakable treaties exist? - Valentine was amazed by what he heard, and wanted more and more to get to the blood of his casual acquaintance, but he was sitting too far away, and despite the constant infusion of alcohol into himself, he was quite sober.
- Who knows," the mage shrugged nonchalantly, "In the old days, they were made almost every day and for any reason. Even marriages were made through unbreakable contracts.
- And what happens if someone accidentally breaks one.
- Nobody knows. There are no idiots to check," Relius chuckled.
- And accidentally?
- It's impossible to accidentally break an inviolable treaty. Every letter of it is very clearly stipulated. I told you about the form. You can't specify general concepts in a contract. Every possible detail must be specified. That's why the theory that Moore Night was the result of a breach of an unbreakable contract is just a theory. And although the consequences are very similar to the violation, but no one has yet been able to formulate how the inviolable treaty should sound, so that as a result of its violation, all mages, of all races, suffered at all. And on the Night of Mur, not only elves, dwarves, and humans died. but all the races of Odia. Except for goblins and trolls, of course. They just don't have mages. In short, it is impossible to formulate such an unbreakable pact, it would be too general, no deity would witness it.
- Could the Night of Moore and its events be connected to the lands beyond the ocean? I've heard it all started the moment the humans crossed the ocean.
- Nonsense! The oceanic lands, or rather the whole continent, were discovered twenty years before the Night of Moore, not at the same time. Settlements were even established there, despite the difficulties of crossing the ocean. I'm sure these events are unrelated!
- That's interesting," the vampire didn't mean it, for he found the world in which they'd found themselves by chance fascinating.
- In that case, I demand a favor in return. Tell me about Elur. We in the south know so little about the north!
He had to keep the conversation going, pouring over dozens of facts he had gleaned from the memories of others. Valentine hoped to placate him and eventually bring the conversation back to the topics that interested him, but suddenly Rulius simply cut the conversation short and, saying it was time for bed, left the dining room and went up to his room. The bewildered vampire was left sitting alone at the table, twirling a mug of cold water in his hands.
Lida, who had returned in the middle of the night, quietly snuck in through the window of their room and crawled into bed, hugging Valentine.
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