Dorsay: An Isekai LitRPG (Phantasm Book 3) by Christopher Hall & Maxlex

Author:Christopher Hall & Maxlex [Hall, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Podium Publishing
Published: 2023-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

“I swear, this woman can’t go anywhere without a procession,” I muttered to myself.

I had actually missed the procession, choosing to work instead. Cutter had attended, enthusiastically, and had informed us of the highlights when we had met up back at our apartment. About the only significant difference from last time was that her troupe were all mounted on griffins—including her. She’d found an adult griffin to ride, and she and the rest of her people had done so right through the main street. It couldn’t have been that an unusual sight. The King maintained a unit of griffins in the city somewhere; you saw them flying about all the time. I guess marching them down the street was a little bit unusual, though. And there was the Champion.

Cutter had told us there were crowds, banners, and thrown flowers. Now Isidre had staged a smaller version of the march in the King’s throne room. Unlike my first audience, she wasn’t forced to stand under the oppressive inspection of every member and guest of the Court while we waited for the King to show up.

Instead, she marched down the center of the room where the King was waiting to receive her. That was the difference, I supposed, between a jumped-up commoner like myself and an acknowledged Champion.

At least I was up in the stands this time. Not down there getting stared at, or held backstage for a dramatic reveal. A dramatic reveal was still possible, if His Majesty so decreed. He could call me down from the stands just as easily. But I did think that he’d have me closer if he was planning to pull me out of his pocket, as it were.

The other procession-like aspect to this show was Isidre’s followers. Dressed up in shiny plate—no weapons visible, of course—or plain white robes with deep hoods. They followed in her wake, just as they must have followed her up the streets.

“Quite the sight, isn’t it?” Manuela nudged me as she spoke. She was back to being a giggly socialite. I wasn’t sure what to make of her now that I’d seen her envoy persona, but it wasn’t as if I could bring it up.

“I’m surprised you aren’t all over her,” I murmured. There wasn’t anyone near us, so I cast Privacy. I was pretty sure no one was listening in, but enhanced senses were a thing.

“Oh, I got the report from Tom saying that she wasn’t interested in any patronage deals and such. She has her church to back her, after all.”

She glanced at me slyly. “And he sent word that she was into men, so there was no point in trying to seduce her.”

“Didn’t he tell you that I was into men?” I asked acerbically.

“Well, yes, but I discounted it on account of his bias,” she replied smugly. I sighed.

“Even if she was into girls, she’s much more straightlaced than I am, I think,” I said. “She seems pretty strongly Catholic, and their teachings tend to be against any sex outside of marriage.

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