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Chapter 4.25 N is the twenty-sixth chapter of Volume 4 and the thirty-first chapter of Book 5.

tl;dr[]

The Titan’s School and his top students are introduced. History of how Flos was once defeated. A few mock battles take place.

Synopsis[]

  • Niers complains about Terandrian lace on his clothing and quitting as he dresses himself for his important meeting today. He keeps considering finding out who his chess partner is before realising he's late and takes the Fraer-ways of the academy. Niers has breakfast with Foliana, leader of the Forgotten Wing, who mocks him for stepping in rat poo on the way. Niers suggests that he's thinking about quitting and she ends up telling him that if he leaves they'll probably be attacked. She deduces that he's planning on finding his chess partner and she also reminds him that he has to get to the class that he's teaching.
  • Niers leaves and Foliana disappears when their [Chamberlain], Peclir Im, enters and asks her to not give him a heart attack by appearing suddenly. She reappears and asks him when the fancy people will arrive: in an hour and Niers has ordered him to tell her that her presence is mandatory. Foliana confirms that Peclir will have been working with them for four years this month. She gets him to prepare orange berries for her.
  • Niers shouts at one of his students over an incorrect opinion over how to handle an Antinium army. He lectures that the Antinium are not to be underestimated. Niers glares at his students but the 8 at the front don't flinch. His advanced students consisting of Umina, Cameral, Marian, Venaz, Wil and Yeranolla. A beautiful Sparklewing bird pecks at the window of the room and Niers asks Marian to shoot it while he continues his lecture on combatting the Antinium.
  • Niers gives his class homework about researching the Antinium Wars and goes to greet his visitors who had been observing his lesson. Niers tries to make Foliana mingle with the guests as she continues to eat more muffins. Afterwards Niers returns to his room to find that no chess game has started nor is he able to get a respnse when he moves a piece.
  • The next day Umina and Cameral are facing off with a mock battle under their commands which results in Umina's loss when a stray arrow hits her. Marian complains of how unfair the result is when Umina was on the verge of victory. The Forgotten Wing company paid [Soldiers] and [Actors] for the mock battles. Cameral explains his tactic to target Umina on purpose to which she says she'll wear plate armor next time. Marian and Venaz begin to argue over the set up of having to dodge all the arrows while commanding and Niers reminds them of the King of Destruction's recent battle and then has Venaz and Marian face off next. Marian tramples Venaz.
  • Niers complains about the rat poo being a danger to other Fraerlings. Foliana tells him that he shouldn't quit and reminds him that he's cursed. Niers refutes the myth and Foliana pokes him and tells him that he's old, or at least looks older because he's not having fun. Later that night Niers crashes his students' party and they ask him about current events. They ask about his opinion of Flos and he emphasises that his success will depend on his Seven, whether he finds replacements for them or not.
  • Umina asks if Niers will play a game of dice with them, but Niers realises that Wil and Yerranola probably put her up to it. Niers decides to throw one toss of eight dice and bets nothing, he kicks over the cup larger than him and rolls all 1s. They beg him for another game and he asks Wil to flip coins and Niers guesses wrong every time. He tells his students that there is no curse despite their whispers. Niers instead decides to get drunk and challenges Venaz to a drinking match with full cups and not a thimble for himself. Niers outdrinks everyone just past midnight and pulls out the tiny bag of holding he had hidden in his mouth. Niers sighs as he feels old once again despite pulling the same trick that he did when he was younger.
  • The next day Niers lets his students play chess during lessons and Wil shows him a newsletter he received from a Strategist in one of the Walled Cities that he corresponds to. It's Olesm's newsletter and Niers realises that one of the recorded games is from his mysterious chess partner. His students point out the instructions to the new game of Go and after playing against Cameral and losing he brightens up. He finally gets his confirmation that his partner was in Liscor and let's his students play on.
  • He asks Peclir to bring a [Diviner] to him, and requests the [Diviner] to display the room that the paired chessboard is in. But when someone steps into the image he decides to look away fearful of discovering the truth. Later in his room Niers laughs in excitement over feeling fear once again. Niers tears off his lace clothes and sees the rat droppings. He finds the huge rat den in the Fraerways and introduces himself.
  • The next day Niers is late to class for once. He's naked and covered in blood when he arrives carrying a severed rat head. He tells his class that sometimes caution is not the same as cowardice before dismissing them. He addresses his guests and asks to meet them in the banquet hall. Niers has a [Stitchmistress] craft new clothes for him, bright and eyecatching with a hat and a feather from a Sparklewing bird.
  • Niers debuts his new outfit to his guests and Umina comments that it's a bit obvious. Niers responds by saying that he'd rather die if he can't win a battle in fashion which Umina then relays to Venaz who is currently wearing plate. Foliana begins to start a speech about the King of Destruction and his Seven to introduce Niers:
  • When one of his fleets reached Baleros with Queravia she crushed the port city of Zaland and challenged all the companies of Baleros and held out against everyone. She beat the Three-Color Stalker, killed the leader of the Armored Legion Company, Grandmarshal Sorolat and broke the Flowing Wind Company. Then Niers gathered all the companies to launch an assault on her and of the two only he survived. An army of Rhir defeated Takhatres, a Minotaur fleet defeated his forces at sea and Amerys failed to take a Walled City, but it was one Fraerling who stopped him in Baleros.
  • After Niers greets everyone in the room, Niers complains to Folian that she used the same speech for the past two years. Foliana mentions that Flos is back and that she could kill him if he ate muffins, as nobody is on guard when they eat muffins. Marian asks Niers if he'd participate in a mock battle for once and Niers agrees to one against every one of his students who wants to participate.
  • Niers' students spread out and encircle his forces but Niers unleashes several of his skills and has his army charge across the field to crush their opponents. Peclir comments to Foliana that it's unfair if Niers uses his skills and she waits for him to use his big skill to win. Niers uses [Charge of the Strategist] to defeat the rest. Foliana remarks to Peclir that sometimes she has to remind Niers that they aren't old yet.

Characters[]

Locations[]

Items[]

  • Magical Chessboard
  • Firebreath Whiskey
  • Newsletter

Creatures Introduced[]

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