The confirmation sent a crazed smile to Alice’s lips. The first person she’d felt those feelings for and they were going to move forward! What incredible luck she’d been blessed with.

But then Melissa reminded her of the gloomy clouds coming in on the horizon of fate. Yggdrasil! That was it. And the Ultimatum! That’s what the Jester had been speaking of. Yet there was hope. The white-haired girl had been a part of their organization. Yes, this was a unique advantage.

“Alright. Then we must move quickly, because the Jester seemed cross, and he doesn’t seem the type to forgive quickly or easily.”

The blonde rushed to her desk, inking her quill and scrawling quickly the rest of the oath record. Melissa, having previously been a knight, probably already knew it, but Alice was in the habit of keeping extensive records. It was easier to prove things and remember them if proper records were taken and kept. She finished swiftly and signed the paper at the bottom to mark her approval of it’s officiality.

“Quick, let’s do the oath now, then I’ll write up another document appointing you my personal guard. That will give you more liberties of action than most, and you will serve directly under me, instead of under other knights doing trivial tasks. Then we will have to go right to work mapping and strategizing. You’ll be key in this whole thing, but it’ll still be a lot of work between the two of us.” By the end of the spiel, she had trailed off into merely thinking out loud. Looking back up at Melissa, her eyes were alive.

“We can do this. Ready?”

Alice fetched a book of the holy teachings of the Dytenziextity and held it out for Melissa to put her hand on so the oath would be presided over by Him.