Chapter 6

The diary was sealed with a ward of staggering power.

I tried every spell I had learned against it. None left so much as a scratch.

'Host, you are wasting your strength.' The system's voice was grim. 'This is a spirit lock set at His Royal Highness's own level. Unless he chooses to unseal it himself, no other hand can open it.'

Disappointment settled over me, but I slipped the diary carefully back into its hiding place. This might be my sole path to uncovering the truth behind Nyx's designs.

In the days that followed, I bent myself deeper into…