Elizabeth Smith
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“The real reason for this meeting?” Alice asked, trying not to show her surprise on her face. When she had learned the wanted to see her, she had thought it was related to the collapse of the System. The System breaking had introduced an avalanche of problems to the kingdom. The asking someone who understood the problem to help manage the crisis just seemed reasonable. It made so much sense to her that she hadn’t stopped to question it. Alice had been a little surprised that the had noticed her…-
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Alice spent the next three days verifying a few things. Now that she was aware of the small little gem-like clump of mana inside of her and Ethan’s brain, Alice started to check other people for the same thing. Alice wanted to see what the System had done with those clumps of mana. If she could figure out how and why the System made them, she might be able to figure out how to deal with the Alice mana in her brain. For this purpose, Alice first asked Cecilia to let her investigate Cecilia’s brain,…
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Alice very nervous when the asked her to appear in front of the . She had only met one other member of the royal family so far, and she had been an unfavored desperate to get political backing. Alice hadn’t exactly enjoyed trying to interact with her, since it felt like the was so… desperate to get Alice to help her. Ethan had told the girl off, which had rescued Alice from the awkward situation, but Alice’s reticence to interact with royalty had still increased after the event. Alice enjoyed…
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After some hesitation, Alice decided to ask Ethan what to do about the potentially unstable laws of physics. In some ways, telling anyone was a terrible idea, because it would help destabilize the laws of reality. At least, if her theory was correct. But Alice also didn’t have the information network she needed to verify her theory. She couldn’t do everything on her own, as evidenced by Cecilia’s team. She needed information to verify her theory, and she trusted Ethan. If it was possible to verify…
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For a moment, Alice wondered if she had made a horrible mistake. Perhaps the System breaking down had caused Perks above level 75 to malfunction? Was her brain about to melt down or something? Alice spent a few seconds mentally kicking herself for rushing her Perk choice. She had assumed it was safe because every other Perk so far had been safe, but with the System down, she should have double checked whether this would cause any problems. Before she had more time to worry, she felt something inside of…
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Alice found Cecilia first. Checking up on her friend came before a potentially long, in-depth discussion of her Perks and future choices. Alice wanted to make sure that Cecilia was all right. When she entered Cecilia’s cabin, Alice had honestly expected that Cecilia would look rattled, afraid, or concerned. Instead, the girl seemed… surprisingly fine. Alice couldn’t help but remember just how rattled she had been during her first fight during Illa’s expedition to the broken mana zone, and how she…
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After the battle finished, Alice took one look at the people who were still alive on the boat, and grimaced to herself. Less people had survived than she had thought. Maybe a third of the and Mages who were combat oriented had died, and as well as one of Cecilia’s . Luckily, it wasn’t one of the ones that had gained a new magic seed, but it was still a painful loss. Alice felt very guilty about it, but she was glad that the person who had died wasn’t Cecilia. That isn’t to say that she didn’t…
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Alice felt her heartbeat accelerate again as she stared at the rainbow colored blob of mana that stood upon the ship. Emilia. The woman who had come to kidnap or kill her, and hurt the people she cared about. Alice felt the knot in her stomach tighten as she thought of the fact an Immortal had come for her. And not just an Immortal. She glanced at the rest of the battlefield again, hoping against hope that the near-Immortal had somehow dropped dead, just like his companion that Ethan had turned into…
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“Ethan,” hissed Alice, as her heart hammered against her ribs. She had already been nervous when two near-Immortals had come: now that she knew there was an actual Immortal creeping around the battlefield, she felt like she was suffocating from fear. “There is an actual Immortal among the Society attackers. There are two near-Immortals and an actual Immortal.” Ethan scanned the area and frowned. “Are you sure?” he asked, as he deflected another wave of missiles from the first…
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When Alice heard that Immortals or near-Immortals from the Society had possibly come for her, she felt like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water on her. The Society had already attacked her last month, when they had thrown several agents at Ethan’s manor. However, Alice had hoped that the Society would back off after that. They had stolen several notes from various researchers in Illvaria, and if they acted again, it would only make it easier for the Illvarian government to track the Society down…
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