Refining (Part 1)

"Rafel, how much time has passed?" Saleen asked. Rafel was puzzled. He had his own magic clock and yet he asked her instead.

"Counting from the moment we entered the tower, 206 days," Rafel answered.

Saleen was startled and said, "What about them?"

When Saleen said "them," he was obviously referring to his followers, together with Sika and Lex.

"Sika is in charge of the Floating City. She's commanding Nailisi and Bing as no one else could. Lex is already emperor, and Ojarvis is dead. Lex sent people to request that you participate in the funeral, but I stopped them."

Ojarvis is dead?

Saleen couldn't believe it. That young dude who'd been chatting jovially around him seemed to have seen through fate. Saleen thought people like that would live forever, or at least longer than the gods.