(Set before the sword session, just backtracking)
Okay! So I found this damn journal stuck between bed sheets, knew I hid it somewhere, just forgot. So get this, Maria and Petra, girls you are kind of nice.... but I'm not sure about either of you. You two are great and all, but I don't trust you two for squat yet. No one comes into my life from that jaded past and just suddenly everything's peachy. I.... I just don't know. I'm probably just worrying about a betrayal, but I'm just jaded. Novia, don't strike me down for personal feelings please.
The noble here, Thorn, I firmly believe we are kindred spirits, he's clearly a womanizer, good sense of style and hella charismatic! Though he also seems to get blasted into oblivion by those around him. I think it brings him comfort that there's others like him to lessen the blow perhaps? There's probably a bit I can learn from the man. He and Umbra told me of a few adventures he had in the past we're pretty fun, and I might sit down every so often with him to listen to them.
Joryth, we may get... on wrong terms a lot man, but even I want to see him happy. So I finally decided to grab his incorporeal ass to the Feywilds to the great foothills of the Jangling Duchy where his family lives now. Him finally seeing someone in his life he got to go home to... it was touching. Though I'm a little jealous of it. What do I have to go back to once this is all over? I'll see I suppose.
Right before I got to do Xozgoral's letter delivering, I decided to take a risk, and visit Ichihara Suzu, absolutely one of the most wise men I have ever met. I went to his home and.... humbled myself before him, I admit here I did fail him and his teachings. I let pride and my vulnerabilities eat away at me and give in to temptation with the demon himself. I gave him one of the letters for Xozgoral's future ambitions for Onijima, and... he was surprisingly interested, to bring the oni back to the ways before the demonic influences. He's also agreed to coming to Desert Rose to continue our lessons in my downtime, he promises to be more fierce in the lessons for my failures, I do understand. And he's allowing me to bring others due to his love for teaching others the ancient ways.
Last but certainly not least, I talked to Duchess Oppia about letters for Auntie, and she's... surprisingly understanding, given how hesitant she is around Oni. She agreed to get her husband the Duke to talk to me about any future help that they might offer.
That's the end of this entry. Go away now Novia.