Simple man with his overpowered army Chapter 51: What shall they witness?

Perkele sees Samael and he knows instantly that he isn’t just your run of the mill priest. But even though getting closer to Samael would be an interesting thing for Perkele, he felt like he didn’t know enough about becoming a priest. Sothing in Perkele made him act cautiously when it ca to that seemingly regular angel priest.

Perkele looks at other gods who have shown up and sees that most of them have people talking with them. So even have bent their knees to pray for them.

Perkele makes a marble-like thing appear and looks at all the guests through it. He oddly enough gets a sad look on his face, sothing that Harlotte notices and feels creeped out, but also a bit worried.

Harlotte decides to go and talk to Perkele against her better judgnt. She asks him "What are you looking so sad for? I thought that you’d revel in events like these."

Perkele makes the marble-like thing disappear and smiles at Harlotte. Then he says "I was just reminded of sothing. No big deal. I still have a few people I could ss with, so maybe I’ll go do just that."

Harlotte gets excited and says "Uuh uuh. Let join. I want to see what chaos you bring to the table."

Perkele taps Harlotte’s head a bit and Harlotte says as she now is protecting her head "But if you start acting creepy again on , I’ll leave and make sure you’ll regret it."

Perkele gets a little perplexed look on his face for a mont, then he gets an evil smile and puts his hand that patted Harlotte’s head just a mont ago closer to his nose, little by little. The closer his hand gets to his nose, the more smile gets on his face.

Harlotte gets creeped out and kicks Perkele’s leg so that he loses balance for a second. Perkele doesn’t fall fully, but he stumbled a bit.

Harlotte says "I told you. Drop that act at least for and I’ll stick by you for a while."

Perkele gets a perplexed look on his face again and he asks straight out "Are you worried about or sothing?"

Harlotte gets flustered and says "N-No! Of course not! What made you think that? You looked gloomy for a mont just now and it is not like you to be like that. Now get up and let’s go ss with soone, okay?"

Perkele gets up and he has a soft smile on his face for a change. He then says to Harlotte "Spotted any targets yet?"

To which Harlotte says in excitent "Yes! Look at that guy over there."

And so Perkele and Harlotte started ssing with people together a bit.

After so ti had passed, rcy and Lud ca to the party as well and started chatting with the guests. It didn’t last that long since the mont of the announcent had co.

rcy raised her voice as she said "Greetings, dear guests. Today marks the start of the 164th grand Cruxbel banquet in the history of Lutah. With honour, I welco all of you to this grand event."

No one dares to speak as rcy pauses for a mont.

Then rcy continues "It has been over ten thousand years since the last banquet, and I’ve sorely missed it. I do hope that the ghosts of the 163rd grand Cruxbel banquet’s ghosts won’t haunt us this ti, for we are all races of Lutah. Races, created by our dear gods that now have the chance to join us thanks to the founding of Turris Sepulcrorum."

People are handed a glass of drink during the second phase.

Then the third phase starts as rcy says "It is with honour that I greet you all. Old friends and new. For we have been blessed to have a chance to drink the most divine of drinks from de facto god of alcohol Perkele himself."

rcy is handed a glass as well and grabs it. Then she raises the glass and says "As for this mont, let us rejoice for the unity of..."

But then soone cos clapping their hands prematurely. They say "Excellent. Excellent! I expect nothing less from rcy of Absolution. It is great to be here today to witness all of this. Ahh, yes. My dear Lud boy, you really did it now."

In walks an odd looking person.

Soone with eight angel wings, of which three on the left are black and three on the right are white. They have a devilish looking tail and a single horn protrudes from their head that circles their head as if it was a halo of an angel.

Their hair is mainly pink, with long black strands at the back of the neck.

Their left eye is pink, right eye green and their right hand has so golden markings on it showing, since their right sleeve is short on purpose.

They have a silver ornant on their left index finger that makes it look like a sharp nail.

They have rings on their left thumb and right middle finger.

They have a pretty face and they wear an outfit that looks like a nobleman’s on everything else but the pants and the right hand.

In fact, their right leg is covered by cloth, like a long skirt or a robe and the left leg has so pant leg covering up to the knee, but no further.

They speak in a voice that can be interpreted as man’s or woman’s. They say "Greetings dear audience and guests. My na is Godfreya On Dog, and I... hold a mont here... am the singular god of chaos and madness."

People start to jap a bit and Freya says "Now I know what you may be thinking. ’Godfreya! You can’t be the god of chaos! We have one right here!’ as you point at the sweet Harlotte. True, true. But as you may know, when a god falls to the abyss, they rge with every version of themselves that end up there, which is, and I think this is obvious, is quite a few of them bundled up in one mind.

And as the brightest of you might have guessed, I am the one that crawled back from the abyss and beca a singular being like Toki there." They point at Toki.

Freya then exclaid "And for your information, I have experienced this even as Harlotte, but since this didn’t appear there as well, this will be a different experience for my dear Harlotte. Love your look Harlotte! You show those anies how to rock it!"

Harlotte is a bit confused, but then Perkele just pats her head a bit and she feels oddly more confused.

Freya continues as they look at Lud "Now, my dear Lud boy, I do feel a BIT angry that it ended this way again even after ALL that I did for you. But relax. I’m a kind soul and I let this be as long as you promise to fulfill your destiny as the next host of the abyss."

This caused quite a stir among the guests as this was sothing that they never thought could be achieved. Most felt hostility for Lud after this and rcy says "Now excuse , dear Godfreya, I don’t recall sending you an invitation. I’m willing to let go of this little faux pas if you clear a little question I have for you. Were you the one who was behind the deification of my future husband?"

Freya started laughing for a mont and said "Yeah. Yeah yeah. That was alright. It was all for the preparation for the eventuality that is Lud boy’s future."

rcy gets a little angry and says "You almost killed him."

Freya shrugs and says "Big deal. That isn’t even a spec of what he has to endure in the future. Little torntation is needed for people every now and then."

Perkele cheers and shouts "I’ll drink to that!" Then he drinks his glass before anyone else.

Freya says "That is what I’m talking about! No care in the world. Let us rejoice in this event where false gods dare to present themselves for once."

rcy doesn’t understand and asks "What are you talking about?"

Freya laughs and says "Ignorance? Please. As a TRUE vampire, you should know that there are TRUE gods as well. These ’gods’ that you have invited here are re fakes that work more like batteries to a machine than actual enforcers of this world’s laws."

Perkele cheers again and says "I’ll drink to that" as he drinks another glass he filled after the last one.

Li asks from the audience "And who are these ’true’ gods you speak of?"

Freya laughs and says "I’m glad you asked. Well those are of course our dear old Maumar and the chaos gods like ."

Perkele begins to laugh heavily and Freya says "See?! Soone gets it! I always like Perkele the best out of these fake gods since he at least didn’t hide his pervertness."

Perkele catches his breath and says "You... you think this little tweety here is more god than ?... hehe... that is hilarious. But I’ll dig it." Then he drinks another glass that he got from who knows where.

rcy says "The gods of this world might not be all powerful, but people who have gathered here do pray for their blessings every day. If that is not godhood, then I don’t know what is."

Freya says "You keep thinking that little rcy Bersy. Even your protection can’t keep from having my fun molding my dear Lud boy to his destined perfection."

rcy says "So we are hopping on this topic how you tortured Faust now, huh? Okay. I’ll play. If you think that I can’t protect him, then you have another thing coming."

Freya laughs heavily and once she catches breath, she says "You think you can stop ? Sure, now that my Lud boy is one of the bones of this world, I can’t just pull him to the abyss all willy nilly. I’ll just have to have a few workarounds to make sure I get to mold him the way I like."

Perkele grabs a spare glass of his drink and starts to walk towards Freya. anwhile rcy says "I’ll make sure you’ll regret it."

Freya answers "I’d like to see you try, you thieving bitchface."

Then Perkele grabs Freya by the waist and says "Now then my new friend. Take this drink and join us for this grand banquet. I’m sure it has been quite a chore to get where you are now, so why not loosen up a little tonight, no? Here, I got you a drink."

Freya is bit confused for a mont, but then says "Why the fuck not! I knew I could count on you brother!" They grab the drink Perkele offered and walk away.

Perkele, who is partnering up with Freya, mutters to himself while smiling "Haha. Don’t you fucking call that, you fucking~ bitch."

Before Perkele leaves the spotlight, he ntions to everyone "Just so you know, make sure when you drink that drink that you take a small sip first. After that, drink to your heart’s content."

When Perkele and Freya got out of the spotlight, rcy continued "Well... While that was a bit of a distraction, let us not be bothered by those two in this grand event. For all of us here, cheers!"

And everyone else also shouts "Cheers" and drinks their drinks. Those who didn’t heed Perkele’s word and took more than just a sip in their first taste spurted out the contents of their mouth when they tried to swallow. When people try any of Perkele’s drinks, the first drop always stings a bit as per the special ingredient. After the first sip though, the drinks don’t sting the way they did before.

The party continued with everyone bit under the influence of the alcohol provided by Perkele. After drinking their glass, Freya went to the balcony with Perkele to chat.

Freya asks Perkele "Why did you bring here? I would like to personally chat with anyone else but you at the mont, so make it quick.

Perkele says as he walks towards the railing "What? Is my company not enough for you? Where did all that talk of friendliness go?"

Freya says "I did say that I liked you the most, but that does not an I want to spend all my ti with you."

Perkele says as he looks at the distance "Harsh. As expected of a chaos god. Not making any sense."

Then Perkele leans his back to the railing and looks up to the sky in a mont of reminiscence.

Freya finds it odd that Perkele seems to be strangely calm. They ask him "What is really going on? As a god of chaos, I find your mood now quite unsettling."

Perkele then says as he looks at the stars above "This world. It allows anything and everything to happen as a consequence of a single action, correct?"

Freya answers with hesitation "Yes. Where are you going with this?"

Perkele then looks at the ground with little sadness in his eyes "Then why do you think we are still here?"

Freya answers "I don’t understand. You an that we shouldn’t exist because everything is possible in Lutah’s system?"

Perkele says "Yes. That is exactly what I’m saying. If a boy throws a rock at a house, why won’t the world end?"

Freya scoffs, starts to leave as they say "I don’t have ti for your stupid questions. I honestly expected more from you since you were more fun during the party."

Perkele says "No... You won’t leave just yet."

Freya stops walking and sighs "Look... You are fun to be around in my honest opinion, but this is sohow giving the creeps. What are you getting at anyways."

Perkele smiles then looks at Freya’s direction and says "What I’m getting at is that the world can, has, and will end with such a small action. It is just that you can’t see it with the eyes you have now."

Freya gives a sigh and turns around. They ask "Again. Get to the point. You start to bore . You an to say that I, who have witnessed this era’s end uncountable tis, aren’t able to perceive these possible outcos? And what? You an to say that you can?"

Perkele stares at Freya’s eyes for a mont before giving the answer "Yes. In fact, I am the only one who witnessed those countless ends of Lutah’s very self. I pocket them and place them in my domain."

Freya had enough of Perkele’s nonsense and started to leave. They say as they go "I don’t know what trick you are trying to pull, but I’m done listening to you now. I’ll look at what you do during this banquet with interest."

And so, Freya gets back to the party and Perkele is left alone for a mont. He looks at the moon and makes sothing resembling a marble appear in his hand. He then looks through the marble like thing and gazes at the moon.

Perkele gets a little sad looking at the moon through it and mumbles "Oh chaos god. So much do you think you know, yet so little do you really know."

Back at the party, Trix explains to Pere "And that is why she has a hard ti talking to you."

Pere says "As expected. Perkele tried to make do sothing irrational."

Trix says "I an, he is that kind of person. I bet that he expected you to cause a scene or sothing. Too bad for him, huh."

Pere then sighs and Tifa asks "What’s wrong? The story got to you?"

Pere scoffs and says "You wish. I just..."

Trix says "Don’t try to hide it. Just tell mama trix how things are in your fragile hard..."

Pere raises her fist and says "With all due respect, great Trixtitkitus, I feel like punching you is a valid response."

Trix gets a cheeky smile on her face as she says "Oh? So you do feel that way? That is interesting. You getting all worked up for little ol . We haven’t even experienced the tournant part yet, and I already feel like you changed as a person."

Pere says "I just... At first I was angry that another version of got pregnant in the first place. Then seeing that child’s father made feel more furry. Then I saw the child and I didn’t feel as bad, but still annoyed all the sa."

Tifa says "And then Perkele ca and stirred the pot again and you felt like exploding."

Pere says "Yeah. I hate that you know that well already."

Tifa says "It isn’t that hard to know you."

Trix says "Yeah. She is kind of simple like that. Perfect for a simple man. Albeit, soone who has beat every man who has approached her with that sort of intent. I wonder if that lad beat you in battle in that tiline to get your approval?"

Pere says "He damn well better have. Although seeing him now, I don’t see that happening easily. It was probably thanks to the joint effort from both Zolotifa’s and Faust’s part."

Tifa says "I don’t think that there was any major battle there."

Trix gets intrigued and says in suspicion "Oh? So you do know sothing now, huh?"

Tifa says in a bit of irritation "No dumbass. I... I just feel like it wasn’t power that convinced that Peretasha."

Pere asks "Then what was it?"

Tifa thinks for a mont and then says "I think... given what I do know, she saw the potential of the exchange."

Pere asks "Potential? What potential?"

Tifa replies "I do not know. I’m frustrated that I’m being told to stay here and to know nothing important. Like I’m just a bystander in all of this."

Lud cos to talk to Tifa and says "What are you guys talking abo..." And then sees Pere there. He awkwardly then says "Hi... I... Think I’ll..."

Tifa grabs Lud by the hand and says "Oh you are not going anywhere. We are dealing with sothing that you should know as well."

Lud gets intrigued and asks "What about?"

Then the three explain the relationship between Toki and Pere.

Lud says as he thinks "I see. And now you wonder why would Peretasha from that world agree in the first place."

Trix says "Yeah. Any opinions."

Lud thinks for a mont and then says "I think that... it was a conclusion that Peretasha ca to when... she got to know Elysium better."

Tifa says "So that is what you think" and closes her eyes.

Then, from out of nowhere, Perkele grabs both Tifa and Lud by the shoulder and asks "Whatcha talking about?"

Lud actually jumps in surprise, but Tifa isn’t phased as she knew Perkele was coming towards them earlier.

Tifa said to him "Talking about why would Peretasha agree to mother Lud’s child in the first place. Now scram."

Perkele let go of Tifa and said casually "Probably cause she was dying and wanted to leave sothing behind."

Trix and Pere ask in unison "What?" But then Perkele changes the topic and says "In any case, can we chat a bit? , niece and brother in arms?"

Tifa says "Not before you explain how you got to that conclusion?"

Perkele says as if he is in a hurry "Just a hunch or sothing. So, you two are coming or..."

Trix says "We all know that you like to trick people into things and that was sothing you tried to do earlier. Care to go into detail why you are so sure of what you just said?"

Perkele asks "Do we have to do it now? And since you know I like to trick people, why not just brush it over trying to misdirect you again or sothing? Now, niece and brother in arms. Go or no?"

rcy now joins in and says "I think he is just ssing with you again."

Pere says "I think so too. But what do you have to talk about with those two anyways, Perkele?"

Perkele answers "I want to have a nice chat with them. Two of them together. Is that a bad thing?"

Lud says "I’m fine hearing what you have to say, but I’m still weary of you."

Perkele says "As you should be. You never know which one of these fuckers want to backstab you in this banquet."

rcy says "Like you aren’t one of the pri suspects."

Perkele says "Hey! That is offensive! I promised not to cause too much trouble and you bet my ass that is what I’m gonna do to the borderline of that promise."

Tifa says "Fine. Let’s go Lud. Let’s hear what he has to say."

Perkele says "Excellent! It won’t take too long."

And so the three go to the balcony.

Perkele asked Lud and Tifa "Have you ever heard the story of ’The Mirror of Evil’?"

Tifa answered "Never heard of that one during my stay here."

Perkele smiled and said "Well then, let tell you a tale of the Mirror of Evil."

Once upon a ti, when the world was still just a seed, ca along a mirror. A mirror that once viewed, would fill the one who gazed upon it with the darkest of emotions that one could fathom. Making those who gazed upon it cultivate the world with their dark emotions bleeding on to it.

Before anyone could gaze upon it, the gardener — eyes closed — covered it with a cloth so dense, no image could ever reflect.

The mirror stood silent on that garden, hearing the gardener gather their friends to further cultivate the sprouting world. Alone, the mirror would hear the cheers and laughter of the gardener’s friend. Growing lonelier and lonelier each passing mont.

The mirror could not just stand on that garden covered in cloth forever, but no one would ever want to bring darkness upon that beautiful world that was forming. The mirror then hatched a plan. A plan that had no surefire way of succeeding, but it would bring out the possibility of soone fully gazing upon that mirror.

In order to do that, the mirror turned into drastic asures and shattered itself. The first shatter would cut the cloth that was covering the mirror. Realizing it was working, the mirror would shatter itself even further, cutting the cloth that was covering it into pieces.

But in the process, the mirror would turn into shards. Shards that were now scattered all around the garden.

The mirror would not be able to fully do what it wanted when it was in a shattered state, so the mirror vowed that one day, all the shards would gather together upon a fra they once belonged to and fulfill their long awaited dream.

The shards tainted so of the gardener’ friends and even were enveloped by the roots of the world that was still forming. Soon, so of the friends that the gardener had started to change and so new friends ford from the shards themselves.

Not every shard or the tainted friend knew of the mirror’s goals, but each one was now forever tainted by the mirror, one way or another.

The mirror would watch the world now that it was finally open to spread its evil reflections and wait for the day the shards of the mirror would gather back to it and reflect the world that was now fully ford in front of it.

Perkele asks "So, what do you think?"

Tifa answers "It sounds like an interesting part of the creation myth, but what is the point of telling it to us?"

Perkele shrugs, smiles and says "No real reason, but don’t you think there are three fun little secrets in the story?"

Tifa asks "Like what?"

And Lud quesses "Like why won’t the gardener or any of their friends just cover the mirror again?"

Perkele clapped once, sharp and sudden. "Exactly! As expected of a simple man — my brother in arms — you see what others can’t."

Tifa says "Isn’t it an obvious question though? By the sound of the story, the cloth was sothing special and/or unique. If we assud that it was so regular ass cloth, then everyone would just ask that when hearing the story."

Lud says "Or why didn’t the gardener just get rid of the mirror?"

Perkele says "Exactly! You are onto it again! Hahaa! The smart one can’t see the fun secrets of the story, but the dumb one can!"

Lud says "I would get mad about that, but I can’t argue that against being dumb. Can’t even get the anatomy of humans correctly."

Tifa says "If we are going with this kind of logic, assuming that the mirror can turn anything that views it to evil like the title suggests, since the world is described as a plant of so kind that doesn’t have a mind of its own, the mirror can’t corrupt the world as is."

Perkele crosses his arms for a mont and says "While you are close, you aren’t quite there yet."

Tifa asks in annoyed tone "How the fuck is that even close?!"

Perkele explains "Let paint the picture about the third fun secret. The mirror of evil can turn anything that it reflects to evil, but what of the other side of the reflected image? Mind can comprehend the whole body, and thus, reflect the image upon the mirror through the mind of the viewer. But the world can’t do that. The world is, in the story at least, a plant-like thing that only shows one side."

Tifa says "That is stretching things a bit, but sure. Does the three secrets have anything to do with why you asked us here?"

Perkele says "It does. So... if the mirror manages to fix itself, would what it wants be ever realized with all the factors considered? Turning the whole world into its evil self?"

Lud answers "The gardener or their friends would do sothing to the mirror and the other side of the world wouldn’t be affected, making the mirror’s wish sothing beyond its grasp."

Perkele says "Close enough. So what do you think? Should the mirror try to focus on fixing itself, making reflecting one side of the world as evil easier, or should it let the shards spread the evil all around the world in the mirror’s lesser form?"

Tifa says "Keeping the status quo is the only option that the mirror has. Going further would risk its continued existence. But why the gardener let it be in the first place is anyone’s guess."

Perkele gets closer to Lud and Tifa and says "Exactly. One of the lessons of the story is to know your place and not do anything you cannot deal with later. And with that said..."

Perkele pulls sharp knives close to Lud’s and Tifa’s throats and says "The reason why I can act civil and not defile each and every person here is precisely because I know that it will hinder my continued existence. You two would be very tasty to defile, but alas..."

The knives disappear, Perkele raises his arms and says "I know it is better to not take action when I can’t deal with the consequences. And thus, I’ll act civil during the banquet week, so rest assured, I won’t cause any harm to anyone who acts civil with ."

Perkele starts to walk back to the party, but says in passing "But let be clear, I do not care if I am the version of that gets my wish fulfilled or if it is so other . So listen and listen well. I am not above taking risks."

And with that, Perkele goes back to the party and starts to chat with other guests like nothing ever happened.

Lud asks "What was that all about?"

Tifa says "You really are one with a thick skull. Basically what he said is that when it cos to Perkele, it is not the matter if he could. It is the matter if he would."

Lud says "I see. Man do I not feel like going back to the party."

Tifa asks "Perkele and Godfreya giving you the creeps?"

Lud says "Pretty much. But I have all of you with here, so I know nothing too bad will happen."

Tifa smiles a little and says "Let’s get back. Let’s see if those three ca up with anything."

Perkele looks at the guests of the party through the marble like thing and what he sees makes him have an evil smile to his face. He says "I managed to catch a few big fishes from this little pond. One of them is a really big catch that I didn’t expect to get today, but I’m glad that they showed themselves.

I can’t wait to have them all on my dining table one day. Let’s savor this patch slowly, though..."

Perkele looks at Toki through his marble and says "Even though she ain’t the biggest, I feel like I’ll get most out of her." Perkele licks his lips in anticipation of whatever he has in mind.

Tiara goes and tries to chat with people from the middle realm, with no results. All she manages to do is get disrespected by them, which in turn, makes her inner dictator scream inside. Alas, she acts polite and doesn’t disturb others more than she needs to. Roman even says that "At least you tried."

Tiara manages to have a chat with Diane though. Diane, however, is still wary of any movents Perkele makes in the background.

Tiara and Diane manage to make a trade deal between the Nous Empire and Rusteror. However, there are few things that they have to settle before making official paperwork go around. Before the first day’s party ends, Tiara, Diane and Roman promise to et on the friday that week. The fifth day of the banquet.

Li stays clear of any gods if he can help it, but his reputation got a boost after what rcy said in the opening speech. That said, he was the most talked to person right after rcy during the first day’s party.

Perkele did so tricks with a plethora of knives he either summoned or grabbed from the tables. This entertainnt was one of the two reasons why people tolerated his behaviour the rest of the banquet.

The tricks Perkele pulled with the knives he played with were stunning. Once he juggled five knives on the right hand’s fingertips. But when he started shifting from one set of fingertips to the other, it got people on the edge of their seats.

One would be worried that he makes a mistake or two being as drunk as he was at the ti. Alas, he managed to juggle, flip and spin those knives all around his body, including his tongue in so cases.

When Perkele began to have the audience join in with his tricks, people started to look for soone to stop that drunkard. But alas, when even other gods joined in with his tricks, the first day of the party was one to rember.

Heck, there must have been so preparation beforehand with so of the gods after what they showed. Being gods, people took for granted that they could do so of those tricks, but when Perkele was with them, people really thought so of the gods they were seeing might die any second before their eyes.

And with the drinks plenty and the music groovy, people had a good ti during the first day of the banquet week.

And as the clock hit 2 o’clock in the night, so ended the first night of revelry. There were people who had left before then of course, but that was the official ti when the first day party ended.

People left for their resting places and at 21 o’clock the official party would start again the next day. Of course, quests were encouraged to join the festivities of the city.

anwhile Thews was drinking in a bar in the afterlife along with so other souls there. Then soone ca to the bar that put most of the people’s moods down. When the person got closer to Thews, the people sitting besides him left the table. Thews knew who the person who people were avoiding was, but he wasn’t bothered by them. They were all too familiar na to Thews.

The person sat next to Thews, and they didn’t have a face. They had a mouth, but no eyes, nose, ears, brows or hair. Just a mouth on that ghostly empty face.

The faceless one says "I have a ssage from the foul one, o King of the afterlife, Mathews Witsur."

Thews motioned to the bartender for two drinks and then he drank the rest of what was in the cup he already had.

When the two cups of alcohol ca, Thews said to the faceless one "Have a drink first before you tell what that person wants from , ai pal?"

Thews slid the other cup to the faceless one and they were silent for a mont. Then they drank so of it and asked "May I tell you now, King of Death?"

Thews said "Sure, what is it, Lautturi?"

Lautturi said to Thews "The foul one wishes that you enter the tournant at the banquet."

Thews gave a chuckle, said "Fat chance. I’d destroy the competition. Wouldn’t be fun for anyone." Then he drank so of his drink.

Lautturi then leaned to Thews’ ear and said sothing that shook Thews.

With a serious look on his face, Thews asked Lautturi "Is this true?" To which Lautturi answered "My master swears on his very self."

Thews asked Lautturi "He isn’t trying to trick , is he?" To which Lautturi answered "I can only tell that he swore his very self on it. After that, I do not know what he is planning or why he is doing it. I only follow his orders."

Thews stared at his almost empty cup for a mont and then answered "When is this tournant happening?"

Lautturi answers "It will happen on thursday., but my master told that you should enter properly."

Thews continued to stare at his almost empty cup and then said "So it will be like that, is it? Very well. Anyone interesting that will be there?"

Lautturi answers "I can’t say. I was not detailed as to who will enter the tournant."

Thews asks "Can I bring so people from here to spectate or maybe even join the tournant?"

Lautturi answers " My master didn’t say anything about that, so I suppose that is up to the King of Death to decide."

Thews drinks the rest of his drink and says to Lautturi "Tell your master that I’ll be there. But if he goes back on his promise..."

Lautturi drinks his drink and says "He is well aware of what you can do, I’m sure."

Then Lautturi got off from his chair and started to leave. They touched Thews’ shoulder before they left and said "Thanks for the drink."

And with that, Lautturi left the bar.

Thews ordered another drink and said "I swear. No matter who I face in that tournant, I’ll make sure I’ll win. No matter what."