The Viper’s Resurrection (2)

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A misunderstanding is like a tangled skein of thread: once it starts to twist, it can be hard to make sense of it.

Duke was no exception.

‘Then why did she come?’

That one question kept circling through Duke’s mind.

But after acting like he knew everything until now, he couldn’t very well ask her about it at this point.

Even as a blue screen formed in Duke’s mind, time continued to pass.

And so, the day came when the Holy King was to receive an oracle.

‘I’ll hear the oracle first, then naturally ask her why she came.’

As always, Duke planned to deal with things as they came...