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[ Once you enter the train, it takes off...moving for only a few moments before coming to a stop in the midst of the void Delriza's realm floats in.

There's still no sign of the echo herself, but fortunately it's at this point that the rules of the game burn themselves into your mind, like you always knew what you were supposed to be coming here for. ]

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S-So the princess and knight would be... behind that?

Well, the mage would be there, too. The idea is to stay close enough away that we can keep track of what's going on, but far enough that they don't notice us.

Oh, what if...! ... Oh, we, uh. Probably can't disguise the knight as the princess, huh? Maybe put cloaks on both?

The goal is to keep the knight safe, so having the knight placed in a sacrificial position is perhaps not the best idea. The cloaks idea is useful, though: These are bandits, they're not so much after us as they're after whatever wealth we might have. Practically speaking we're better off disguising ourselves as merchants. They're less likely to try and capture merchants than a princess, I would think. They'll still try to loot us, but lives shouldn't actually be at risk unless we fight back.

O-Oh, right... [ not used to having to save the knight, obviously. ]

You think they're just after the loot, though?

That would be my guess, yeah. Honestly speaking, capturing people is more work than it's worth for most bandits, since they have to feed the people and keep them alive if they hope to make any money on them. Actually abducting people is an expense, so they're unlikely to do it unless they have reason to believe it would be worth it.

Such as if a princess was involved.

H-Huh... So if... we make the knight and princess seem like they're unimportant, you think they might let them flee?

Well, no. If we flee, they're going to attack. But if they think we're unimportant, they're most likely going to keep themselves limited to just going after whatever valuables we're carrying.

O... Oh. I see. So... Does that mean she should or... shouldn't have valuables on her?

Well, like I said, the best idea would be to try to appear to be a merchant, so something valuable enough that it would be worth crossing the forest to sell, but not valuable enough to make them think we're a royal group. It depends on how we intend to do things, though.

It's half a plan, at least? I just want to make it through without having to wipe out everyone but the knight and princess.

I would like to avoid that too, yes. Though realistically speaking, I don't think any of my plans should result in such a complete failure...

[Then again, Fate itself is kinda sorta fighting us apparently...]

[ that part is bothering iris, too, but since she can't quite grasp what that even means she's going to try not to get obsessed with it. ]

I think you're right. A-And it seems like a... good party, so... I guess we'll just have to see.

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