Summoning the King's Emissary

Sighing, Ni'Lim began to explain the differences in the wyvern family, and the more she talked, the more I found strangeness in the wyvern's behavior.

- Judging by your surprised look, you didn't think that she might not just be a wyvern, right? - Ni'Lim asked, watching my lost gaze. - Now you know the truth about your wyvern, I'm very interested in how you managed to win, but that will wait. We need to return to the city. Can we fly it?

Nodding to the professor, I ordered the wyvern to land next to us, the wyvern let out a roar and rose into the air and began to descend next to us.

I expected to feel the dust that would rise from the ground, but it wasn't there, lowering myself to the ground and running my fingers over it, I felt nothing but the ground, even the sun's rays no longer warmed the ground where the darkness touched. Observing my actions, Ni'Lim approached the lying wyvern and ran her hand over its muzzle.

Looking at the scales that stuck out on her back, the dark elf shook her head and climbed up, trying not to touch the places where her scales showed more.

Rising from the ground and looking at the ruined castle of the dead baron, I walked up to the wyvern and climbed up to sit behind the dark elf.

Feeling that I had settled down, the wyvern began to rise into the air, flapping its wings; to my surprise, once in the air, I felt my hands squeezing the waist of the professor sitting in front of me.

- Stufon Trey, you have two wives and a servant, but do you want to take possession of me too? - Ni'Lim asked in a joking voice. - Especially considering that after a battle you always want to throw out your emotions.

I wanted to explain to the professor that everything happened by accident, the dark elf laughed listening to the silence.

- I'm kidding stufon, order your wyvern to follow the road. - Ni'Lim said in a cheerful voice. - Let's hope we are lucky and we meet either a caravan or, like you and the girls, a cart that is heading to the city. - We don't want to scare the residents of Midgen by the appearance of a wyvern over the city, do we?

Remembering what the reaction was among the residents where the avels once lived, I understood that the dark elf was right. Calling off the rest of the tormentors, I ordered the wyvern to move above the road, rising higher to make it harder to notice us, we flew.

Flying along the road and peering around, expecting to see a caravan or a lonely cart, we flew towards the city.

Seeing in the distance a lonely carriage heading towards the city, I shouted to the dark elf, who turned her gaze to where I was trying to point with my hand.

Because of the wind that did not allow me to remove my hands from the dark elf's waist, I tried not to remember her joke said earlier.

Looking at the carriage, I could not see any escort and ordered the wyvern to fly further and land not far from the road, allowing us to get out in front of the carriage that was supposed to pass nearby.

Having descended from the wyvern and calling it off, I again felt a headache; the dark elf noticed a change on my face but decided not to say anything.

Going out onto the road and peering in the direction where the carriage was supposed to appear, I was wondering how we planned to stop it.

- Professor, how do we plan to get them to stop the carriage? - I asked Ni'Lim who smiled at my question. - You and I are both stained with blood and we look like robbers than Stufon and the academy professor.

The dark elf just shook her head and saw a carriage that appeared in the distance and was heading towards us.

Ni'Lim came out onto the road and stood facing the carriage and looked at the carriage with a bored expression on her face.

- Stufon, fluctuations of magic are felt not only by representatives of races, but also by monsters and animals. - Ni'Lim turned to me while watching the carriage get closer.

Having waited for the moment when the carriage was already nearby, I felt fluctuations of magic emanating from the professor towards the carriage.

The animals that were pulling it began to slow down until they stopped completely. The coachman who was trying to get the animals to move froze with fear in his eyes when the carriage completely stopped.

- What you need?! I don't have any valuables with me. - The coachman said with fear in his voice, glancing from me to the professor.

The dark elf laughed at the words of the coachman, who began to beat even harder in fear. He wanted to try to get off the carriage, but fear shackled his body.

- Don't worry, we're not robbers, we just need to get to Midgen. - Ni'Lim addressed the coachman in a gentle voice. - You are heading there right?

Surprised by the behavior of the dark elf, I looked from the coachman to her, waiting for a nod and asking permission for us to climb into the carriage, the coachman silently nodded.

The coachman waited for us to climb inside the carriage. Ni'Lim sighed and leaned back, closing her eyes.

- After we arrive in the city, we need to talk to the city guard so that they follow my instructions. - The dark elf said in a quiet voice. - In the meantime, rest, stufon, we will have a lot to do when we return to the city.

Watching how Ni'Lim sat relaxed with her eyes closed, I felt how fatigue began to become more noticeable after the battle in the baron's castle.

Closing my eyes, I tried to listen to the carriage moving; I didn't want to fall asleep.

Feeling that I was starting to fall asleep, I opened my eyes, the fatigue was still there, but it was less, looking at the dark elf who was looking out the window, seeing that I had come to my senses, she turned her gaze to me.

Her look reminded me of when I first saw her in class. Were these changes related to what she said earlier?

- It's good that you came to your senses, we are approaching the city. - Ni'Lim addressed me in a stern voice.

Looking out the window, I saw the already familiar gate and the queue that stretched towards the city, gradually we were all approaching the guards who collected the toll.

Having reached the gate, I could hear a guard approaching the carriage, collecting fares for travel to the city. I had hope that the guard would not dare to check the carriage for the presence of someone else; I could hear the retreating steps of the guard.

Feeling how the carriage began to move again, driving past the guards, we could hear some of their conversations, since they were not yet aware of the incident in the baron's castle.

When the guards were behind us and we passed the gate and stopped near one of the houses, the dark elf looked out the window.

- Take us to the city guard. - She turned to the coachman Ni'Lim, you could hear how he was dissatisfied with the driver of the carriage.

The carriage began moving again; we could hear the conversations of passing residents who were walking around the city.

Feeling how the carriage began to stop again, we heard the voices of the guards and the sounds that their armor made.

We looked at each other, we were both stained with blood, a slight smile appeared on Ni'Lim's face and, opening the doors to the carriage, she went out into the street.

Coming out of the carriage, I could see how the guards, seeing us, looked from me to Ni'Lim. The coachman, making sure that I left the carriage, immediately directed it away from us, and the professor began to walk toward the guards with a calm step.

- I need to talk to your major what's his name Stufon Trey? - The dark elf asked me in a calm voice.

I still didn't understand why we needed to come to the city guard after what happened at Baron Falo's castle.

- Her name is Veliona, I'm Stufon Trey, yesterday I brought the girls from the bandit camp they had. - I turned to the guards who tensed when they heard the name of their major. - You should have already heard about how I deprived the hands of a guard who thought they were being imported for sale.

From the tense gaze of the guards I could see that they had already heard about what had happened.

One of the guards looked at the others who reluctantly nodded to him and he ran in armor into the building. The remaining guards, not knowing what to do with fear, began to try to surround us.

- You are well trained, but this is your problem. - Ni'Lim addressed them in an instructive tone, observing their behavior. - You are trying first to surround the magicians who, as you think, have noticed that they have passed the battle

Raising her hand with the sword, the dark elf began to smile at the guard, which is why they froze, wanting to hear the continuation of their mistakes.

- The second and your main mistake is that you are not confident in your abilities. - Ni'Lim continued to speak in an instructive voice while examining the guards standing in front of us. - I advise you to stop and not reach the place where you will die making your third mistake.

Saying the last words, the dark elf struck down with a quick wave of her hand, forming a large stripe that stretched between us and the frozen guards.

They looked at each other, one of them shook his head, to which the second guard sighed, as I understood with joy.

Footsteps and noise made by armor were heard; the guards who were standing also heard them and looked expectantly at the doors to the buildings.

When the door opened, the guard came out first, who apparently went to look for either the major or reinforcements. Previously, he was wearing a helmet and I couldn't see his face, only his eyes.

It was clear from his frozen face that he felt fear, his moving gaze looked over us and the guards, his short golden hair stuck to his head giving a strange look.

Other guards came out behind him and immediately pointed their weapons at us, the professor sighed when she was ready to attack I heard even faster footsteps from the guards, but to my surprise there was no sound of armor.

- Stop it! Sheathe your swords and head to your posts immediately! - An angry, familiar female voice was heard. - The guards will quickly carry out the order!

Trying to find where the voice was coming from, I, like the others, had to raise my head up where a dark elf was looking out from one of the windows. 

Her black eyes continuously looked at the guards who, to my surprise, began to tremble even more and with quick movements, putting away their weapons, they began to disperse with apprehension, looking at the second floor where Velion continued to look at them.

Having made sure that the guards had dispersed and only those who had been there before the arrival of reinforcements remained, the major turned her gaze to them, who, as their comrades, began to worry even more.

- Escort stufon Trey and Professor Ni'Lim to my room. - She turned in a cold voice to the already drooping guards. - I hope you can hear me well enough downstairs?!

Without waiting for an answer from them, the dark elf disappeared through the window, leaving the drooping guards looking at the streak left by the sword.

The professor smiled at them, causing some of them to take a few steps back. Sighing, Ni'Lim put away her blade and we headed towards them.

The guards looked at us with apprehension as we passed through the building, which on the ground floor looked like a large armory.

Armor hung on the walls and next to them various weapons from swords to halberds and bows with crossbows.

Those who were inside did not try to stop us from passing, apparently the news about us had already reached the first floor, having gone into the courtyard, it was noticeable how the guards were looking at us and some were checking how quickly they could grab their weapons from their sheaths.

Walking into the building where the major's office was on the first floor, many froze when we went inside, accompanied by guards, and until we disappeared on the stairs, they watched us with intense gaze.

Climbing the stairs and reaching the second floor where the girls remained, I was wondering how their condition was, but realizing that now there was no time for that, we went up to the third where the major was waiting for us.

She was wearing armor that was different from what ordinary guards were wearing. Seeing us and releasing the guards who were trying to find a reason to stay, but one look from Veliona made the guards salute and begin to go down.

 Having made sure that the guards began to leave, the major's face changed to tired, turning his back to us and heading to his room, we had to follow her.

Once in the major's room, the two dark elves looked at each other with interest, a familiar smile appeared on the professor's face, causing Veliona's gaze to move to me.

- I didn't think we'd see each other again, but you're here with the professor. - Veliona addressed us with a tired voice. - Tell me why there are traces of blood on you and why do you need to meet with me?

Shifting her gaze to the professor, expecting her to start telling, but the smile did not leave her face, she continued to examine the major.

I sighed and began to tell from the very beginning with the murder of the baron's son and how I received his diary in which he wrote down everything that happened to him.

The major leaned her elbows on the table and lowered her head down, listening carefully to what was in this diary.

- If you still have this diary, show it to me. - She said in a quiet voice, raising her head and looking at me expectantly. - If what you say is true, then I will send guards to detain the baron and those who were associated with him.

Shifting her gaze to the professor, she looked thoughtfully at the major and then at me, and took out the diary and handed it to Velione.

The dark elf opened the diary and began to read the entries, gradually her face changed, I could see that she did not like what was written, but as she continued, she found what she was looking for, clutching the diary with her hands, she looked up at us.

- I will immediately send an external guard to detain the baron and his sons. - Veliona addressed us with an angry voice. - But there may be difficulties with the mercenary guild.

I heard the laughter of the professor who looked at me and from her lips that were moving I understood what she was telling me to do.

Having walked around the major who turned to me, there were different emotions on her face, choosing a place where the heads would fit, I began to take them out one by one.

The dark elf's face began to turn pale and looked at the heads that were looking at her.

- As you can see, we have dealt with the baron and his sons. And as for the mercenary guild, I will help you. - The professor turned to the major who continued to look at the heads. - Do you need them alive or not?

Shifting his gaze from their heads to Ni'Lim, the Major tried to come to her senses. During her life and service, she faced different situations, but now she found herself far from her powers as the head of the city guard.

And she didn't know what was the best thing to do, the major had heard a lot about the white death, but she always thought that there was more magic in these legends than reality.

- If possible, better alive, they should be punished according to the laws of the kingdom and not yours. - Velion turned to Ni'Lim in an uncertain voice. - I will immediately contact the capital so that they send an emissary of the king here.

The professor smiled observing the major's behavior, looking at me Ni'Lim sighed.

- Stufon Trey, your help will not be needed in the mercenary guild. - The dark elf turned to me. - Go to your servant, we will have to stay here to convey information to the kingdom's emissary.

I was surprised to hear that the professor decided to go to the mercenary guild herself and allowed me to return to Keirin.

Thinking about Ni'Lim's words, did she think that I was not yet ready for what she would face in the mercenary guild?

- Speaking of your servant stufon Trey, she is now on the second floor with the girls you saved. "The major said in a quiet voice, looking from me to the professor. - But you better clean the armor, otherwise questions will arise as to why it is in your blood.

Looking down at the armor and calling on the darkness that began to seep through the harbinger's armor, absorbing the blood and again disappearing inside the armor, leaving it clean.

Judging by the surprised face of the major, who did not expect this, all I could do was smile at her.

- You are as strange as your professor. - The major said, looking from me to Ni'Lim. - Is everyone like that at your academy?

Laughing at her question, you could see how a faint smile appeared on Veliona's face.