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Adrien smiled, taken by a feeling of inner warmth. He re-read the letter several times - and each time, his smile grew bigger.

"How are things at home?", Val asked.

"Good", Adrien said, still beaming. "My mom sends you her best regards".

After that, Adrien didn't speak for a while; he continued to eat his cutlet as he thought about his mother's words. When he had first told her that he wanted to become a sorcerer's apprentice, she had expressed concern about his idea - not out of disapproval, but out of worry that he had made a rushed, impractical decision that was unlikely to lead anywhere; and Adrien had much feared she had been right. Now, almost two months into his apprenticeship, Adrien felt confident that this had been a good idea; and his mother's words gave him a pleasant reminder that, in spite of everything, she was nothing but supportive about his choices, and wished for nothing but his best - for nothing but for him to gain fortune and happiness, no matter how far he'd have to go.

"I'll need to write back later", Adrien said. "When I wrote the first letter, I hadn't even succeeded at my first spell yet. She'll be happy to hear about my progress".

"I'm sure she will be", Val smiled.

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Posted on March 15th 2020.

The Gifts of Darkness - Chapter 9 - Page 29

That's all for Chapter 9!

As for what concerns a little preview of the next... my wife Denise thought that if we ever wanted someone to review The Gifts of Darkness, it wouldn't be fair to show this story until at least Chapter 10 is out. It's a small chapter revolving around a cute scene in which some important questions start reaching the foreground of the plot.

I also have two announcements. One is sad: Sac-Con, which would have been this upcoming weekend, has been postponed to June. With all this situation, I can't tell for sure if any of the things I had lined up are happening still, or when, or how.

The second announcement is that, in light of all of this, preorders for Volume 2 are still open, and I suppose at this point they can be open for longer than I originally intended. In these tough times, it might be worth mentioning that preordering the book and/or getting whatever from my store are good ways to support me and this project, and that I have both a Ko-fi and a Patreon.

If you're looking to waste some time and are interested to see what else I make beyond this comic, there's my tumblr artblog with 10 whole years of artwork in there, my twitter for also artwork, general updates, and my occasional yell into the void... and, if you want to read stuff until your eyes fall out, try Staircase Spirit, which I write together with Denise.

But most of all, I hope everyone is well. See you later with more comic.

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