Dances with the Dragons

Gayus and Gigina are two Jushikiists struggling to make ends meet amidst cuts to their pay and Gigina's spending. They learn of a string of murders, where the victims are always Jushikiists.

Gayus and Gigina are tasked with protecting Cardinal Mouldeen, who is in town as a "tourist" - but something doesn't quite add up.

Gigina and Gayus are tasked with serving as bodyguards for His Eminence Mouldeen.

Gayus is visited at the hospital by Mouldeen and Helodel in what appears to be a gesture of friendship, but the mood changes quite abruptly.

Gayus and Gigina are locked in a battle against Mouldeen's men before another familiar, but even more formidable, foe emerges.

A string of attacks by Magatsushiki raises concerns within the city. Gayus and Gigina are dragged into the escalating situation.

A man named Zhuo Lu appears at the hostage exchange where Remedius was to be brought home.

Largonkin and the Jushikiist agency vow to avenge the people slain by Great Magatsushikis Amupura and Janahn Ghalan.

Amupura and Janahn Ghalan's evening party draws near. They pay the agency a visit.

The battle against Amupura and Janahn Ghalan begins. Even with the entire might of the agency, things look grim.

Gayus, Gigina and the gang engage in a drinking game. Things get out of hand.

Gayus thinks back to the old days, when he was a still rash, inexperienced Jushikiist who hadn't yet let learned to trust others.