FVN Chapter 52: Chapter XXV: Servants
Chapter 52: Chapter XXV: Servants
Chapter 52: Chapter XXV: Servants
The Archmage teleports the two of us to his chambers and takes a seat while pointing me to another one.
As he sits down he takes out a bottle of mead and takes a long swig.
We sit in silence for a minute before I decide to ask, half-joking "Alright, how fucked am I?"
Savos stares at me for a bit and shakes his head, running his hand through his hair "Honestly, I am not sure what to do with you right now Reyvin. On the one hand, I would have done the same, or worse in your position." Understandable "On another, you did torture and force into service a fellow student of yours."
I let out a long sigh and say "I would have preferred to keep her as a friend to this."
I shake my head "Unfortunately, reality is often disappointing... the moment her father decided to try and enslave me was the moment that he died, inevitably ruining said friendship. If she warned me I would have been far more lenient, but she didn't care one bit, so I have decided that I will give her the same treatment."
He takes another swig of his drink and is silent for a time.
Finally, he says "Well, at the end of the day you didn't permanently harm her, just ruined her life probably." He snorts self-deprecatingly.
I suddenly get the feeling that he is saying this more because he has to than him really caring about Edrasa's fate... that is rather odd. Why would I know that?
I take a suspicious look at my system and there sits the answer.
[Trait gained: Mephala's blessing: You are able to sense the motivations of others and have an easier time hiding your own.] Yup, that'd do it.
Deciding to shelve those thoughts for later I explain with fake compassion "I wouldn't go so far as saying I ruined her life, she will still own the tower and possibly have some servants, and while I did force her into my service it doesn't mean I plan on torturing her as some form of sick revenge."
Savos slowly nods "Fine, while I don't like the way you went about your business with her you were technically within your right..... I will leave this alone for now, gods know I have tolerated far worse from my students before, just try and keep any future drama to a minimum, please?"
I snort "We both know I didn't choose this Archmage."
"Just please try and not make any more work for me Reyvin" he grumbles.
Ah, so that is the actual issue here. I almost laugh when I realize this.
"Sure sure, wouldn't want to take time from your experiments eh old man?"
He rolls his eyes "Off you go, you have a mess to clean up"
That I do, I stand up and turn to leave.
Just as I am about to leave the room I hear behind me "And I want my ring back by tomorrow at the latest!"
walk off.
The heir of Dagoth turns toward the servants, coughs to get their attention and speaks up imperiously "I regret to inform you all that your master has offended someone he shouldn't have, and has thusly received his due punishment."
He sees a mix of relief and disbelief on their faces.
His gaze then turns compassionate "Now since this might cause turmoil in your lives I have decided to offer employment to all of you." before they can answer he continues with a stern look "Before you give your answer I want to know who among you was involved in your previous master's eating habits, know that if you hide anything the punishment will not be
light"
One of the coherent servants fearfully stands in front of them all and says "It was the one you impaled Serjo, he was the only one that was ever allowed into ma-" he goes to say master but corrects himself "Dyrren's private rooms, even the young Lady Edrasa wasn't allowed there." Reyvin senses no lies and nods "Very well, so who among you is interested in following me?" The same servant asks with surprise "You are giving us a choice?"
Reyvin raises an eyebrow "While my robes are inspired by Telvanni fashion, I assure you I am not a member of that house. So yes you do have a choice in following me or remaining in miss
Moabain's service"
They mutter among each other before the spokesman turns back to him "And what would we be doing for you? if you don't mind me asking Serjo"
"I plan on opening a rather sizeable inn with a bathhouse" He responds, and quickly adds "Before someone asks no it will not be a disguised whorehouse. I am also building a mansion for myself and will need someone to keep the place clean. naturally you will be given fair compensation for your work."
The servants go back to talking among each other again, and after a good five minutes of debate, with even the broken ones nodding absently. The lead servant returns "While two of the maids would like to remain in Lady Edrassa's service, the rest of us are willing to follow
you"
Reyvin nods, satisfied "Good, you may pack up and come to the north-western part of town. A part of the inn has already been built, so you can stay there. We will discuss payment and other conditions in more detail when I am done here."
The servants quickly get to packing up, showing a great amount of eagerness to get out of
there.
Reyvin senses that all of them just want to get out of this 'cursed' place, and from what he overhears from the two maids and Edrasa, they seem to have practically raised her so they
-chose to stay.
After he confirms that they are all getting busy, he turns toward the tower.
'Time to loot this place for all it is worth'
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