After Wolfram rescued him, he went back up to the room he and his double shared to find it empty. If he was truly awake, then he was likely working. There was no reason to expect him here at this hour ( Read more... )

Still carrying Alford's holy sword, Gwendal escorted Yozak and Alford through the castle. When they finally turned the corner of the hallway where ICGwendal's office was located, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had been fearful that a fight would break out between the two of them, but the only fights had been with words over dragon hunting. ( Read more... )

After the embarrassment of waking up squished against wolfram like his own personal teddy bear, Gunter had decided to brave a trip through the rest of the castle. It was early so there weren't that many people around to spot him, and he wanted to get to the library and do a bit of work before he went to bother Lady Anissina in her lab. He had ( Read more... )

Yozak was up damnably early. He wasn't able to sleep more than an hour or two at a time, and even then not well. Before the sun was up, he heaved a sigh, threw his blankets on the floor, and marched off to take a bath and train with dummies until the castle was up ( Read more... )

Gwendal sat dejectedly on the bench in the garden. He had yet to find Nissi even though he knew she was there. The girl could flit around like a butterfly and here he was without a net. He loosened the collar of the frilly shirt, something he had been wanting to do all evening. His gift to Anissina had been accepted well, but he had butted in where ( Read more... )

He didn't know why he had bothered coming to the dance. Yes he wanted to make people believe he liked them, but there were and awful lot of them around now, and he barely liked dealing with them one at a time ( Read more... )

The soldiers on the practice fields were thinning in numbers as they began to retire for the day. After his talk with icAnissina, Gwendal had wandered out to the fields to think about what he had gotten himself into. On one hand he was excited to think about a new theme park in this world; on the other hand, the rumors he had heard about her and ( Read more... )

Anissina spent most of the morning tinkering with odd things in her lab before heading out. She found the notice about the festival and decided, reluctantly, that she should participate. She didn't really want to but it was probably best that she did. But in order to do so, she'd have to venture out of her comfortable lab walls and go shopping ( Read more... )

Gunter had travelled straight through the night to get back to the castle. All of Josak's advance preparation was most useful, though he didn't need most of the money he was given. He did manage to secure several bottles of wine from one of the vinyards close to his family's estate, though he didn't burden his mother with his presence. Last ( Read more... )

Gwendal woke with a start. Confusion and clarity came at the same time. Where was he? Why was his room dark. It wasn't night time, more like the afternoon. As his mind searched for answers, he remembered an odd dream where he was talking to Yozak about missing muffins and ghosts. Then his mother came, tucked him in and kissed him on the head. It ( Read more... )