Letter from the Dark Lord

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De Coroy,

Add a trigger for the 14^th. Power specific. Large.

C

Of course, Alina was not able to avoid looking at the letter, seeing how prominently displayed it was on de Coroy's desk. That made her pause for a second, yet the dry form of address, the coded message, and that C as a signature... Surely not standing for Cenlys? The Dark Lord, truly?
De Coroy followed her look. "Oh, that. Just a little extra crafting order I've received from an important client." He made no move to hide it and was not even pretending to be bothered by it.
She raised a dubious eyebrow. "Adding a complex trigger to an artefact after its crafting seems a little difficult in such a short time." And this had to mean a mechanism triggered by a specific power level. Large, however... Something related to the unknown artefact?
De Coroy laughed. "Yes, he likes to send me challenges to test me. It's always fun to see what he's going to ask out of me next."
Definitely the Dark Lord. And with de Coroy being so direct about it—he was finally trusting her despite the differences in their ranks! Being surrounded by disgustingly Light mages all day long had one advantage at least...
"But with the report the Lady Director has just asked of you, this is going to be a bit of a tight deadline." She paused before adding with the same casual nonchalance, "I have some experience with complex trigger mechanisms . If using all resources at your disposal is within the rules, I would be happy to assist you."
Judging by his lazy smile, this had been just what he had been angling for. Alina would have been suspicious if de Coroy had not already taken upon himself to mentor her in smaller ways. This was perfect. Finally an in directly with the Dark Lord! If everything continued as smoothly, she would have him amazed about her skills and fully seduced in no time.

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