Lin Chu showed his cruelty at last. He forced me to work as a scribe for three hours straight and stopped only because I finished all the work.
Copying reports and documents wasn't physically tiring, but it took exactly enough of my concentration to be mind-numbingly boring, so I was glad to be free of it.
The rest of the day I spent resting and preparing myself and the Union for the future fight. I hoped dearly that the beast wouldn't get out of control during the battle.
***
The usual routine of the army sucked me back in quickly. Two days passed in a blink of an eye. The only major difference was that Fen Kuang only spoke to me when he couldn't avoid it.
Now I was standing on my flying sword, hovering over the even lines of our cavalry, watching the gathered army of the Crystal Phoenix Sect together with my teacher.
