THE GENERAL'S DISGRACED HEIR - Chapter 337: REUNIONS AND PREPARATIONS

... ed against the counter, arms folded across his chest, listening to the gradually fading sounds of alchemical threats and dignified flame-sorceress retorts. The old sweeper had vanished as mysteriously as he'd appeared, leaving only the soft bubbling of unidentifiable substances in glass containers and the occasional mechanical click from the self-operating orrery.

David had just resigned himself to a lengthy wait when footsteps approached from the corridor. Litty emerged, looking slightl ...