TE17 Mysterious Montenegro

Thekla Kraußeneck

stopped bleeding and the wound had healed up in front of his eyes.

“The wound has gone.” Zack looked startled. “The cupcake was some kind of cure, right?”

“That’s right,” Octavian said, handing him a cloth. At the same time he relieved him of the knife and made it disappear.

“Incredible,” muttered Zack, wiping the blood from his hand.

“Do you still feel any pain?”

“No.”

“Good,” Octavian said. “So you’ve seen what is in store for you: you can really hurt yourself here. In reality, nothing will happen to you. But your brain and your soul cannot distinguish between what is reality and what you experience in Cronos. So, now that we have clarified that, let’s get to the game. You have just learnt some of the basic rules. Here’s another rule: the book of debts.” This time, Octaviandid not conjureupsomethingoutof nowhere, but instead handed Zack the little red notebook from which he had read Zack’s name at the beginning. Zack took it.

“There’s almost nothing in Cronos that’s as important as the book of debts,” Octavian said. “The most important currency here is

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