Library System Reset: Rebound: A Magical Library LitRPG Adventure by K.T. Hanna

Author:K.T. Hanna [Hanna, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amaranthine Press
Published: 2024-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

39

DELIBERATE STEPS

Adrito’s tone of voice set off alarm bells for Quinn. For a split second, she wished she’d answered entirely differently. But then her curiosity and stubbornness got the better of her. She studied Adrito, trying her best not to insult the ruler of an entire species.

“It would have made what so much easier?” she asked. Okay, so maybe that wasn’t trying her best. It was a small attempt. The thought counted, right?

Adrito looked shocked for just a second, enough that Quinn knew he hadn’t expected her to respond in any collected way whatsoever. She felt like she’d won that point, even though she wasn’t sure what she was winning. What she did know was that fluctuations of power emanated from both Adrito and Latia. The energy flowing from both of them held neither friendliness nor goodwill.

“Tell me, please, what would it make so much easier?” she asked, already starting to lose her patience. Not that that was a difficult thing to achieve. Her patience was in tatters lately.

Adrito gave a cocky smile and said, “It would have made what comes next much easier.”

Quinn really didn’t appreciate it when people refrained from answering very simple questions. Thus, she didn’t even dignify his comment with an answer. Malakai began tapping his foot, and Quinn simply raised an eyebrow.

“Are you dense? Can you not read the room?” Adrito spat out, crossing his arms as he hovered in the air above his throne.

Quinn glanced around to see what she now realized were full-sized guards. The armor covered their entire bodies, including hands and head, and they stood almost as tall as Malakai. She couldn’t quite tell what was underneath the armor. There were approximately two dozen guards in the large room now and they all stood directly behind the group. Quinn turned from side to side, taking it all in. Two rows of twelve guards behind them.

They definitely didn’t seem like a welcoming committee.

“Are you going to explain or am I just supposed to guess?” Quinn asked.

Adrito scowled. “You need to tell us how you removed Eugea from her prison.”

Quinn paused, latching onto his wording. Prison? Did that mean they’d deliberately placed their people into a damaging mental stasis? Or simply that they’d maintained them there?

Anger threatened to take control of her better judgment for a second. She had to calm herself with a deep breath. They’d get to the bottom of that after whatever it was Adrito was cooking up for them. She shook her head and shrugged again, trying to let all the implications roll off for now.

First things first. She had to deal with this prime minister. She chose to answer the question. “It was a healing spell. Eugea was sick.” She tried to play it off, as if she’d simply done what any healer would be able to do. But she knew she wouldn’t get away with that. Adrito had already proven himself shrewder than anticipated.

“Stop the games, Librarian. We’re fully aware she’s the only one you healed,” he practically spat that last word out with disdain.

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