YOU RUN MORE

YOU FEEL FASTER

LIKE YOU GOT A MOVEMENT UPGRADE

HINT HINT

3 KILOMETERS COVERED

THERE APPEARS TO BE A PERSON CHASING AFTER YOU


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Elizabeth: "Very well, he should be here soon."

After a few minutes of waiting, the ex-Magister enters the office.

Byrnolf: "Heeeey, long time no see. So, where we headed? Your house? My house? Baltir's house? A workshop? Hey Linna, can I get a coffee?"

Linna?: "Right away, sir."

The maid quickly pours some coffee into a new mug and hands it to Byrnolf.

Byrnolf: "The night is young and so are you! Not me though, that's why I get coffee. Let's get started!"


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You exit the carriage and offer your hand to Adele, who takes it with the grace of a noblewoman.

Adele: "You certainly are quite the gentleman, John."

The two of you walk hand-in-hand into the mansion. The inside is decorated with broad carpets, armor and weapons made of steel and AM, tens of paintings, and...

Hundreds of witch heads, limbs, and fragments, mounted on boards or suspended by thin wires in various poses.

The two of you stop in a room with a fireplace, a pair of cushioned sofas in front of it with a coffee table in between. The two of you sit across from each other on separate sofas while a maid sets a pair of teacups with saucers on the table, filling both with a kettle.

Adele takes hers first, taking a small sip.

Adele: "So, now that we have some privacy.



Do you possess any unique abilities, that you inherited from your bloodline?"

YOU KEEP RUNNING

CAN'T LET THESE NEW KIDS ON THE FIELD BEAT YOU AT YOUR OWN GAME

♥♥♥♥ THAT OTHER PERSON IS FAST

BUT SO ARE YOU

THREE KILOMETERS COVERED

THAT OTHER PERSON IS CATCHING UP


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It's a nice tea. Not strong and earthy like a wise man in a mountain shrine would drink, but a lightly sweet peach flavour.

Adele: "I see.

Are you familiar with how magic inheritance works?"

YOU ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY MOVEMENT

OPTIMIZE RUNNING PATTERNS

MAXIMUM SPEED

DIRECTING 10 STAMINA INTO YOUR RUNNING

5 KILOMETERS CLEARED

YOU MAINTAIN THE LEAD

BUT OTHER PERSON IS KEEPING UP


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He stands there sipping coffee while you stand there following him standing there.

Byrnolf: "So where are we going?"


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Adele: "There's been a bit of research into how the father's side is passed down, and trying to increase the chances of it happening. The current odds are freak occurrences, miracles, slim-to-nothing.

Someone, supposedly found a way to increase it to about a six percent chance."

She takes another sip of tea, watching the flames dance about.

YOU RUN BACK AND PICK UP NEWCOMER

IT'S A LEAN YOUNG WOMAN

IT'S MONK

YOU DO MONK-LIFTS WHILE RUNNING AS FAST AS YOU CAN, REACHING 100 MONK-LIFTS

MONK IS GOOD FOR LIFTING


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Adele: "It's a secret, for now, but requires some complex machinery. Nothing hooked up to you, and the effect is temporary.

You wouldn't happen to have any, relationships, at the moment, would you?"


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Byrnolf: "Yeah, I've got a few constructs we can experiment on back at my shop, in Mead. Bit late to be fiddling but hey I do that all the time! Ready to go? You need a drink? It's a bit of a walk."