TBATE Duality

Chapter 117

Jade Leywin POV

*Doom*

"So... whose idea it was?" I asked while tapping my fingers on the armrest as my pressure bored down on the members of the Council, new and old

Everyone except for Art averted their gaze, cold sweat trailing down their forehead

Yesterday's announcement had gone off without a hitch, including the subsequent parade and party, now it was time for some explanations

"Now, now, calm down a bit Jade" Mai got closer to my chair with a smile

"Okay fine it was my idea" Virion gave in

"Why?"

"Because Dicathen still needs you, I'm sorry to drop this on you after everything you did in the war but we really can't afford to keep you on the sidelines" he justified himself

"Still you could have at least warned me"

"That's my fault, I thought you would ditch the announcement if we told you" Art said raising his hand

"*sigh* alright, fine, I'll help but don't you dare hide something like this from me again, now let's move on to the main topic, Art, is there any news from Mordain?" I asked

"He contacted me through Avier a couple of days ago, so far they've managed to get the Thyestes clan and the rest of the pantheons and obviously the Avignis clan with the rest of the phoenixes, next they'll speak to the Grandus clan and try to get the titans, that said it won't be quick, the asuras have extremely long lives so they tend to plan their course of action through centuries especially for politics, between this and the fact that time flows differently in Epheotus it'll most likely take years before they can form an alliance big enough to actually stand in Kezess's way" Art explained

"Any chance that Kezess might try to make a move in the meantime?"

"According to lady Myre it's unlikely although he is planning on demanding me to send Sylvie back to Epheotus he won't make a move, in a way Kezess is a lot less dangerous than Agrona, while he is extremely powerful he's also a lot more stagnant, he won't take any action unless something drastic happens"

"Which means you'll have time to go and retrieve the last keystone and obtain Fate" I commented

"Ehm, I'm sorry but what is this Fate thing?" Olmund asked raising his hand

"It was written in the reports I gave you just reread them" Bunhd told him

"Oh, right, sorry everything is so new and..."

"Don't apologize, honestly none of us here understood what Fate is either and none of us can keep up with these two" Bunhd reassured him

"Anyway, with the compass and the mental map Sylvia left me I can go and retrieve the keystone whenever I want, although I have no idea how long it'll take" Arthur brought the conversation back to its topic

"Which means it's best to wait until after the wedding, everything will be ready in a couple of weeks so just sit tight and be patient" Virion stated

"Good, now about the student exchange program, is everything ready?" I asked

The student exchange program, following the example set by the previous Council back when they unified the three kingdoms we were planning to send a group of students from Xyrus Academy to Central Academy for a semester and then having a group of students from Central Academy come here for a semester, similarly to when Xyrus Academy was opened to all three races we hoped that this could make the future generations of leaders of both continents forge connections with each other