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When Astrid collapsed back in the chair, gasping and smiling, we all looked at her left leg. The burns and blisters were gone, the flesh healed. The skin was as firm and complete as it had been before.
Astrid lifted her leg and wiggled her foot experimentally. โItโs completely healed!โ she exclaimed, jumping up and hugging Kyrine.
Kyrine laughed, and the other agents laughed too, clapping Astrid on the back and congratulating Kyrine. I smiled. It felt good to see the agents and the dungeon getting comfortable with each other.
Suddenly, Astridโs face fell. โA shame about my boot and my jumpsuit. I loved these clothes and itโll be difficult to get another set the same.โ
Kyrine tilted her head and gave Astrid a considering look. โBring them to me tomorrow,โ she said, โand Iโll see what I can do.โ
โOh, would you?โ Astrid asked, delighted.
โOf course,โ Kyrine replied, sounding solemn but smiling a little as she spoke.
โWell,โ Selena said, โIโm beat. If you donโt mind, Iโm going to turn in.โ
Belinda and Astrid yawned and agreed, and Kyrine turned to me. โWould you like to see your new room?โ
โNew room? Oh, right. That would be amazing!โ I said. I hadnโt had a chance to view my new chambers yet, but I knew Kyrine had been working on them. She had the ability to change the internal spaces of the mansion at will and had created custom rooms for each of the agents. I was looking forward to seeing what my room would be like.
Kyrine smiled. โIโll take you there.โ
We all went up the broad carpeted stairway, but at the top of the stair, the agents turned to the right. โOur bedrooms are this way,โ Astrid explained.
โBut the Keeperโs suite is this way,โ said Kyrine. โCome on, Jeremy, Iโm excited to show you what Iโve made for you.โ
โWeโll leave you to it,โ chuckled Astrid, and the three agents made their way away from us down the corridor.
Kyrine and I turned left and walked down the long corridor. It was lit, like the hallway, with candelabras hanging from the ceiling, though these were smaller than those in the entrance hall.
As we walked, Kyrine slipped her arm through mine. โI can feel the monster core that you have in your coat pocket, Jeremy. Iโm keen to be able to absorb it.โ
I could feel the core, too. It bumped against my hip where it sat in the pocket of my leather jacket.
Since Iโd known Kyrine, she had absorbed a few cores already, but those were gifts from Astrid, cores that had been brought to the mansion by the agent. Kyrine had absorbed those cores in much the same way as she had absorbed Astridโs clothing earlier.
But the one that I carried in my pocket now had been harvested from the Putrefied Cobra I had just fought and defeated. It was my first monster kill since becoming the Keeper, and the first core I had brought back to the mansion myself. It felt special, and I didnโt want to just have Kyrine absorb it without ceremony.
Also, this core was a bit different. The Cobra cultivated according to its own instincts and turned itself into a horrifying zombie version of itself. When I had first retrieved the core from inside its chest, the core had been a terrifying blank black. Iโd held the core in my hand and connected with it, and the blackness had sloughed off, leaving the core a beautiful dark brown, like a block of highly polished oak wood.
This cleansing process was newโIโd never heard of it before, nor had the agentsโand so I wanted to think about this and explain it to Kyrine before she absorbed it.
When Kyrine absorbed a creature core, it added a summonable version of that monster to the database of creatures which the mansion could summon. As the Keeper, the powers of the mansion passed to me, making me a powerful summoner. I now had a few different monsters that I could summon at will. When I allowed Kyrine to absorb the Cobra core, I would gain the ability to summon a monstrous Cobra.
But not tonight.
โI think Iโd rather wait until the morning, if you donโt mind too much,โ I said to Kyrine gently, looking to see her reaction.
She pouted prettily but did not object. Then she gave a theatrical sigh and stopped, gesturing toward a beautiful door of dark wood, inlaid with carved wooden panels.
โVery well, my Keeper, if thatโs what you decide, that is what we will do.โ
I nodded, pleased. I had known that Kyrine would be open to following my will now, but I had expected a bit more pushback than that. โThanks,โ I said. โI appreciate it.โ
She smiled. โThis is your new suite of rooms,โ she said, gesturing to the door.
I put my hand on the brass doorknob and turned it. The door felt heavy as it opened with a smooth, noiseless motion before I stepped inside.
Chapter 2
The room beyond was dimly lit, with a heavily curtained window on one side. An opulently blanketed and massive bed sat on the other side. A fireplace was nestled in the wall opposite the main door. A side door led off into another chamber in one corner.
Most of the light in the room came from the small, well-tended fire that crackled and chuckled merrily in the grate. A candle in an old-fashioned glass lamp burned steadily on the bedside table.
I stood in the doorway, taking in the cozy scene.
โDo you
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