The talk with Gertrude went smoothly. She was already expecting the apprenticeship to land, and her answer was just to hug Marya and congratulate her, with tears in her eyes.
They might not be related by blood, but a mother is always a mother. Sensing their need for privacy, Cecilia returned to her home.
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"But, Master. How will you take Marya with you to Drakenhof?"
While Marya was at the inn packing her things to move to Cecilia's house, Mina came and asked the crucial question.
"Well, this might not be the game anymore, but several of the game systems are still in place. But it is simple. You go there now and make a new rune in that room, then you come back."
"If you say so, it must be true."
In truth, she didn't have a hundred percent certainty that it would work, but she felt like it would.
