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Chapter 24 - Smile

In a room illuminated by a faint light 

A woman played on her bed she had a bored expression on her face she had long black hair with two pairs of deep blue eyes 

Her skin was clear she had facial features which made one feel heartache 

Her eyes looked at her ceiling her pupils would move left and right purely out of boredom 

'When is the day going to arrive I wonder' 

She abruptly stood up then walked towards her window she pushed her curtains aside and looked outside her window 

It was currently daytime tye sound of carriages could be heard as well as people's talking to each other looking at all this it filled the girl with boredom 

'Will the stalemate truly be broken this year' 

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In a room a youth with long blonde hair and enchanting golden eyes could be seen lying on the bed he looked at the other side of his bed but the was no one there 

'Melissa said she'll show me her research' 

Leonard got off the bed after some internal conflict 

Letting out a yawn he went to his table there he saw an exquisite and luxurious green necklace looking at it made him experience heartache 

He felt heartache due to how costly the necklace was and to add to his heartache it wasn't even something he would be seeing if Melissa was the one whom it belonged to he wouldn't mind but it wasn't meant for her it was Leonard's gift to lady Beatrice

Her banquet was in a week's time, after Leonard's 'spar' with Leonard not much happened he had lost consciousness so he didn't see the aftereffects of his actions and was only told by Melissa 

Leonard was injured for about three days with the help of some enhanced medication he healed fast 

Leonard had frequently gone to visit the church were he would frequently see the pope and his children Ariana was mostly there as well but the two had not interacted 

Everything was seemingly normal apart from one matter 

'The mysterious murders' 

Everyday now a body would be found dead at first it was tye bodies of people wondering the streets at night but recently even people in their homes were victim to this some murderous even happened in broad daylight 

However the killer would always vanish like a ghost 

The murders didn't just happen here but also in the slums due to this there's a wide spread even f paranoia going around 

It was a chaotic situation 

A month from now the feathers would start their offical scouting of members Leonard wasn't worried about this as he had the pope in a headlock 

Today like any other day in his new life Leonard was planning on visiting his personal study 

Leonard still didn't know how to use the mysterious power he was supposed to posses from the witch news on his old body had basically stopped even if he did receive news on the Matter he wouldn't trust it 

He was hoping that he would receive a clue of some sort reading through books in his library but this hope was slowly fading by the day 

It was like he had found a new road only for that road not to have any direction 

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