Interlude
The Adagium watched as the vehicles disappeared into the distance, and did so with a smile before casting attention toward the empty castle and moving toward it, curious to see how things had played out.
He stepped within the castle, passing the corpses with a smirk. Amused to see the aftermath of his progeny's handiwork.
"He and his friends certainly made a mess of things." he said to himself whilst making his way to the office of Celenike.
Once within his smirk vanished. Replaced, instead, with disappointment. Expecting to find the Russian was still present or her corpse at the very least. The blow atleast lessened when he saw the keystone destroyed.
Attaboy.
One less loose end for him to worry about.
Upon seeing the parchment was gone as well, the smile returned to Adagium. Pulling out a small ceremonial dagger he cut his palm. Creating a small symbol on the nearby wall he called out to his allies.
Once the other end picked up, Adagium said "They took it." before the contact could say a word. "Seems the ball is back in the boy's court."
"The Acolytes won't be happy about this."
"Let the mental midgets stew on this." Adagium said as he loomed over Argosax's carcass. "I fail to see the problem here." Examining the wound which finally ended the life of his old rival, of which he was grateful for. "Belmont has the parchment, he should be on his way back to Clock Tower, and we know where to find the parchment when the time is ready."
"We question your fondness for that half-breed, sometimes."
"He's proven useful from time to time." the Adagium retorted. Pacing toward the empty vault with a perplexed empression "Trust me, he's the one we'll be needing."
AN: Was planning on waiting a few months before releasing another chapter or interlude to finish up the remainder of the Romania arc but decide to post this one for now. I'm hopeful to finish up what remains of the arc within the next few months (or at the very least before the years is concluded), though I should warn that there will be some things that may annoy you in terms of the relationships going forward (especially how things go between Elric, Trish and Luvia in the next chapter), please try and bare with me. Still trying to get back into the groove of writing while making original stories as well but I want to continue this all the same. That's all I wanted to warn you of, beyond that I hope you stick with me and that I don't displease you (as without those of you who have stuck around I probably would've given up on this story by now). Thank you for your time and hope you have a great day.
