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After this morning’s encounter with Adair, I spend the remainder of the day leading battle training. The autumn tourney ground is getting reseeded with grass, so our practice has moved to a nearby clearing.
Right now, four young lords stand before me: Acton from Acca, Husani from Horus, Francesco from Striga, and Birju from Kamal. Of all these houses, it’s Acca that still needs the most help. The Dissolus outbreak in their territory is skyrocketing. Sure, Dissolus are invisible to the human eye. But if enough of them merge, that might change … And humans don’t react well when confronted with proof of the demonic world.
Which brings me back to battle training. These lords need to learn how to hold a sword before they can master the nuances of fighting a goop monster.
I hold a wooden
