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"What do you mean?"
The Duchess's slender index finger tapped the armrest of the single sofa, apparently showing her inner restlessness:
"A certain grand prophecy, I cannot speak of it, not a single word. It concerns the future of this world, and you can consider it some sort of ritual, or an epic from a knight's tale about to begin. That's why I've returned to Tobesk. The True God Church, the Academy, the Council, and many ancient organizations are all bustling for it, yet the common Circle Sorcerers know nothing..."
Shard looked at her, not saying a word, about Miss Beyas's matter, he would not divulge it to others. And Miss Galina took Shard's expression for confusion:
"The Council has sent word that there's a new direction in the interpretation of the prophecy, the first one... is about to appear... Do you understand?"
She asked hesitantly.
"Not at all."
Miss Galina covered her forehead:
