But just then, Ferid, as if reading Crowley’s mind, reassured him, “No need to worry. You will not be punished. The Order of the Knights Templar is dying a very unsightly death as we speak. They may want to set you up as the hero of the past Crusade and use the name of Crowley Eusford, but they do not see the need to set you up for a crime and kill you.”
“And what if we get slain despite that assurance of yours that it won’t happen?”
“Then I will apologize handsomely.”
“And will kiss goodbye to your head soon after, as it might be.”
Ferid gazed at Crowley with delight in his eyes. “You want to go see Nald Vine, too, though. You just cannot resist wanting to know for sure if what you saw in that war was a hallucination or not.”
“…”
“You want to learn what it was that killed your comrades. You want to know if it really was a dream that the weakness of your heart conjured for you. What if it was not? What if that being was a genuine vampire, through and through? What would you do then?”
“I wouldn’t get involved with it in any way,” Crowley replied to Ferid’s curiosity.
There was no way to win against that thing. Being slashed and stabbed with swords didn’t work on it. How did one fight an opponent like that?
But just then, Ferid, as if reading Crowley’s mind, reassured him, “No need to worry. You will not be punished. The Order of the Knights Templar is dying a very unsightly death as we speak. They may want to set you up as the hero of the past Crusade and use the name of Crowley Eusford, but they do not see the need to set you up for a crime and kill you.”“And what if we get slain despite that assurance of yours that it won’t happen?”“Then I will apologize handsomely.”“And will kiss goodbye to your head soon after, as it might be.”Ferid gazed at Crowley with delight in his eyes. “You want to go see Nald Vine, too, though. You just cannot resist wanting to know for sure if what you saw in that war was a hallucination or not.”“…”“You want to learn what it was that killed your comrades. You want to know if it really was a dream that the weakness of your heart conjured for you. What if it was not? What if that being was a genuine vampire, through and through? What would you do then?”“I wouldn’t get involved with it in any way,” Crowley replied to Ferid’s curiosity.There was no way to win against that thing. Being slashed and stabbed with swords didn’t work on it. How did one fight an opponent like that?
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