Dozzrine

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Thirty-Five
(Jelnaya)

I did have my desire for who would win, but I knew it was not my place to set the fate of this world. All I could do was watch. As long as Doris and the future of all who used a certain summoning spell were resolved, I would have to accept that whoever won the fight was the right person to determine the future of the world.

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Thirty-Four
(Jelnaya)

Pechend tried to brag as he said, “This fight has now gone beyond you, Ubremander. Jelnaya might have to be called in to actually do battle.”

I replied, “I did not come here to wage holy war, Pechend. If you have a god speaking for you, I guess you won the day.”

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Thirty-Three
(Jelnaya)

It upset me to hear an explosion. As I took off to find the cause, I heard the powerful voice of Ubremander signal his soldiers to respond. I lost track of the castle leader and his military as I rushed through back passages while they surely stormed through the main hallways. As expected, I came out a doorway from a servant’s corridor to hear the voice of Ubremander challenge Pechend.

“It is childish to act as a vandal when faced with a problem.”

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Thirty-Two
(Doris)

We had the furniture moved and a magic circle etched into the floor when Pishau returned. I am sure that she saw our concern, although I tried to smile at her to let her know that her arrival was not what bothered us. She set down a sack containing the items we had requested. With a smile showing on her face she then brought out some bottles of wine and some light pastries. As she looked over what we had done, Pishau informed us of her journey.

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Thirty-One
(Jelnaya)

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Thirty
(Doris)

I believe Steve cursed Jelnaya for almost thirty minutes. He then began flipping through his notebook, and I saw him stop. His eyes met mine not to look at me, but to stare. As I started to feel uncomfortable, he mumbled a curse before letting me know his thoughts.

“Jelnaya was not being evasive at all. She actually answered my question.” Before I could say anything, much less form a question, he asked, “How much of that summons do you remember?”

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Twenty-Nine
(Jelnaya)

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Twenty-Eight
(Doris)

Steve moved to the side of the window while spewing a long, loud curse word before saying, “I wish I knew something of the religion of Fergush, because I really would like for the god to relay an apology to Jelnaya before she kills me. She is going to grab my still breathing body and drag it to the deepest, slimiest underworld imaginable and leave me there to rot.” He looked to me then yelled, “MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!”

Maney asked, “Back to the previous room?”

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Twenty-Seven
(Jelnaya)

Being someone that worked with words, Steve understood that I had figured something out. The problem with most solutions during a battle however was that revealing the strategy could have the enemy change his own tactics. I thus did not want to explain things, but Steve did his best to get me to say what I had figured out.

He finally blurted out, “All right, Jelnaya, why won’t you tell me?”

To Bless Those Deserving
Chapter Twenty-Six
(Doris)