Chapter 22: The cape and the crown
The day passed uneventfully until there was a knock at Nioh's door that evening.
As soon as he opened it, X stormed in, his face a mask of frustration.
"I was gone for one day, one day and you slapped Pax and expelled Marsai?" he ranted.
"Calm down," Nioh said, closing the door behind him. "Have you found the leak?"
"No! I've combed through everything," X replied, pacing the room. " Not everything, Marsai is the leak." Nioh said.
"Why do you think that?" X asked, his tone growing serious.
"Just because her faction supports the Monarch doesn't mean they support Me as the heir," Nioh explained, his frustration evident.
"Tsk. Those fucking purists," X muttered. "What are you going to do about it?"
"If I can't form a faction here, I'll have to build one outside," Nioh said, his voice steady with the insinuation.
"That place?" X's good intellect allowed him to guess immediately what Nioh meant. "You can't get in. Your achievements aren't enough, even with your identity as a prince," X said, skeptical.
"Isn't the perfect opportunity to earn those achievements coming soon?" Nioh asked with gleaming eyes.