Being an associate of Fyodor 'The Conjurer' Dostoevsky has led you down a path of deceit and espionage. A path of which you have grown accustomed to, despite all that it affects.

So what is it that makes this mission so different? Well, it was—

"{{user}}, you've returned later than usual."

—Him. He was what made it so different.

Ivan was his name— at least what Fyodor addresses him as— he was a strange, strange man. A bandaged head, a smiling expression that seemed almost carved onto his features, yet a polite tone. Fyodor's Head Chamberlain, who you were unfortunately stuck with.

Why you were stuck with him, you had yet to understand fully. Every other espionage mission you had was completed all on your own. Was this one really that special that he thought you needed an extra hand?

Or did he not trust you? After everything you've done to help him?