Edmund was again in a shop eating an afternoon snack while writhing on his tablet. His surroundings were full of cheerful families having lunch. Letting out a small smile, the young man remembered how far he got; now he even had money to buy things.

A female chatzi sat on the chair across his table and called for one of the staff, He recognized Leah but sighed because one of the reasons he was there instead of in the duchess was that nobody would be talking to him about things about which he didn’t care.

The moment one of the staff got her cake slice and tea, Edmund really didn’t understand why some times Leah did that; it was like she had no friends or nothing better to do, but it was not like that; she was just fulfilling the duchess orders to make sure he was working.

‘Edmund, her highness wants to talk to you about what you are going to do with the crystals you got on the fortress and your opinion on the current situation.’ She took a bite out of a cake.

‘I’m working right now, but so that you know, i want make a new weapon for the transports and maybe later for the troops after we conquer the dungeon.’ He looked at her while writing on his tablet.

‘Really? Interesting; you should show your ideas to her, and she can even give you more resources like she does for my projects.’ Leah took a sip of her tea.

‘Wait… what? I need to beg for pocket money and you get resources? Is not that i care; i bet your things are much more important than mine.’ Edmund sigh.

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‘No, majority are things from your notes; i just make it so they get to see the light of day with the help of the new and old students, She gives me money too because the duchy needs more sources of revenue, which is an investment for her.’ She continued to eat her cake.

‘I understand that everything around us wouldn't be possible without those investments she made and the companies made. Well, the break is over; i’m going there now.’ He gets up and quickly walks out of the shop.

She continued to eat but a staff member stopped right next to her table and dropped a tablet with the amount she should pay. She was in shock because of how expensive it was and there was a hole in it.

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‘I’m sorry, i only asked for a cake and tea.’ Leah looked at the staff member, a Shafran with blue eyes wearing a blue outfit with the name of the shop on the jacket.

‘He left and you are here. This is the third time he does this to someone.’ The staff member sighed.

‘Fine, i will pay this time; now i know why the duchess gives him such a hard time.’ She gets some coins out of her purse.

‘There is no way he will prove his love for the goddess with an attitude like that, is a lost cause.’ The staff member got the coins and walked back to the counter.

‘More and more people are seeing the duchess as divinity; i kind of understand but she is no god... just our duchess.’ Leah murmured to herself.

Edmund ran to the mansion; his speed made everyone in the way there dazzled. Kids were used to him coming and going around the city from time to time; he didn’t notice it as he was always in a hurry but they were looking up to him. The boys were pretending to be him and the girls were pretending to be Ariadne. The parents always laugh at the kids playing; to him, nothing of this existed; he was just running towards another task.

At the door of Ariadne’s office, the door opened by itself. Eliza was the one he saw; she gave him a smile and a nod before walking away. Edmund entered and stood in front of the duchess desk like many times before. He waited for her words with his hands behind his back and a serious expression.

‘I received the report from Alon and wanted to confirm with Eliza, It's interesting that her magic worked better on the ones that saw me as a god; it needs more confirmation, What do you have to say about that peasant?’ She began to tap her desk with her index finger.

‘Alon wants to transform your army into a bunch of religious zelots. That is what I have to say about that. Before, I thought that it was a good idea, but as i was walking back with them, i felt that some of them were completely different people from before.’ His eyes fixated on hers.

‘How different? You are not a bar for normality; why are they seeing me as a god a bad thing? Like i said before to you, i can feel the contection even if it is weak, like those on the fortress; even now i can feel a weak presence in a Velvent’s direction.’ She continued to tap her desk.

‘Do you know if they are good people? From what you said, you know their feelings towards you; it doesn’t mean they are good; i’m just saying, maybe writing a book of your godly teachings would be a good idea.' Edmund shrugs his shoulders.

‘Humm… i understand what you are saying; i will give it some thought.' Ariadne lay back on her chair, crossing her arms.

‘Wow, you really embraced all of this god thing, hum? Again, is good but be careful; last thing you know, this people will start a war in your name.’ Edmund sat on the chair to his side.

His words made sense, it was something she had thought about before, the connection she had with people sometimes acted like a drug she was never too high on to stop, in fact, the more she has of it the more she wants, but there are no drawbacks for her, but Edmund put a missing piece on the puzzle; it doesn’t have for her. What about those on the other side, the worshipers? That was a question populating her mind at the moment, to the point of she forgetting completely that she had another person in the room.