Fair.

Cadence stood atop the city wall, it was quite a fight that the kids put up, with a little more practice they may actually be entertaining to her.

With a shrill whistle, Cadence vanished from Koob.

–

200 miles away in the capital, surrounding the palace were a thousand warriors, behind them, sat on a throne illuminated by the torches around was the president, Polot.

He looked down at his bracelet, five of its beads glowing. He was making progress, but there were delays now, all because of her.

His assassins spent, his samurai dead, he awaited the return of his most dangerous servant.

With a high pitched whistle, the dancing beauty appeared before the throne.

“Did you have fun?”

“The little trio are promising me a lot, I’m going to give them some time so I’m sure they can deliver.”

“your games are tiresome, I expect you to collect the glows. Did you deal with Mavis?”

“I set her loose on the children.”

“It seems your fellow students and you have much in common.”

“oh?”

“Your all seem to have gone mad, but I think its a pre-disposition all banded warriors might have.”

“even the great president?”

“there’s no way I can be certain I’m not mad, in all likelihood I already am, I’m working with you after all.”

“hah, you let me have my fun and assume at the end of it when I’m done you’ll be able to beat me and take my points, and I assume the same of you. I think we are both just confident, madness isn’t something I think about these days.” Cadence looked around “speaking of which, where’s slicey? I thought he was your ace in the hole for dealing with me.”

“I’m afraid he is dead now.”

“oh really? I like the sound of that. Who did him in?”

“as it happens, it was one of your fellow students.”

“now I know you’re kidding, I saw Mavis die and I killed Ignis myself.”

“you are forgetting someone.”

Cadence fell was taken aback “that’s impossible, I saw-”

“are you absolutely sure it was her body? Because I have a shapeshifter calling herself doll who has relieved me of some of my finest warriors.”

“There’s no way, if she was alive she would have come to me! she would have-”

“I want you to kill her.”

“what? But she’s my-”

“sister? Who left you for years without a word to think she was dead? Went off and led a life without you? Left your friend Mavis when she was needed most?” Polot tilted his head, “…I want you to kill her. If you don’t, I suspect she will kill you first. And probably when your back is turned.”

Cadence stared at the floor in silence, this was too much.