“I’m glad you found what you were looking for,” Cassias said. Eithan seemed to know what he meant, because he nodded. “Everything’s finally—” With a slap to his own mouth, Eithan cut himself off. The slap made such a loud explosion that Cassias shot up, cycling his madra against an attack. Eithan gave a heavy breath of relief. “I almost said ‘Everything’s finally perfect.’ Can you imagine what a mistake that would have been? I can’t afford to tempt fate like that.” Cassias was happy for him, he really was, but he still kicked Eithan off the tower. It felt just as good as the Emperor had
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