The Manor (2)

Dike was now off the ceiling of the room and searching the room for anything that may be useful to him to utilize. He found nothing as this was an empty guest room but you never know what there could be so Dike cracked open the door to the room to see what was around nearby.

All he could see was an open hallway from which there seemed to be no one nearby or guards patrolling the place. Most of the servants and maids were asleep as of now and the guards were usually tasked with patrolling the outside of the manor and that was it so the inside of this big house was especially quiet and barren now.

Dike snuck out of the room and closed the door behind him as he moved throughout the hall checking the doors on the third floor for any room that he should take a look at. Any of the locked doors Dike left alone for now as he was just doing a quick search in the other rooms and would get a look at the locked rooms after he is done with the other unlocked rooms on the third floor.

After a while Dike was done with his search of the third floor and was now going to check the locked rooms that he had left alone for now. Dike used a simple lockpicking spell against the door to open it and enter the rooms. The locked rooms on the third floor were just used as storage for items that were used in social gatherings, parties, and other items that were deemed as storage to be taken out on certain occasions.

Moving to the second floor Dike was able to see that more of the doors were locked this time on this floor as he moved around doing a quick check while there also was an ornately carved door that was locked as well which Dike decided to leave for last. He searched through these rooms but they were of no importance to Dike as one side of the house was just a big empty ballroom that was dead quiet with all the doors on the wall leading there. So Dike had one less place to look while the other rooms just held some financial records that he skimmed in the other rooms that had nothing suspicious on them written.

Now, this was real life and Dike was not going to find some sort of incriminating evidence so easily like a convenient piece of paper that holds the answers to all the evil deeds done and this paper was out in the open. No that was not possible as this was real life and the devil would be hidden in the details or be burned to a crisp to cover up anything on paper. Now the mayor may have kept some papers as insurance is good to have no matter what kind, but if he did have it then it would probably be very well hidden away in the manor to make sure no one stumbles on it.

After skimming through the papers and seeing nothing out of the ordinary Dike goes in front of the well-oriented door that Dike left for last. Dike cast the lockpicking magic once more and without any problems the door swings wide open and can enter the room now. The room was the Mayors study which had various cabinets and drawers lining the walls to the side which lead to a mahogany wood desk at the end of the room with some curtains behind it that were covering a massive glass window.

Dike moves through the room after closing the door behind him and he starts looking through the drawers and everything else for anything that would be useful to him through quickly skimming everything. Once done with the drawers and cabinets Dike moves to the desk to see that there is a report on the desk from the captain of the guard's report of the slow increase of the slums within the city. Dike does not pay particular attention to this that much as he moves on to the rest of the documents on the table to find anything.

"Find anything you like?" A voice rings out

Dike's head whips up to see a man in a butler suit standing in front of the door at the end of the room. Dike moves away from the desk and goes for the wand at his hip.

"Please sir I don't wish for you to think of me as a threat," The butler says with a straight face

Dike's hand hesitates slightly as he sees that this man in front of him is of no threat to him but he still has to be careful that he does not do anything too sudden so he still draws his wand and points it at the man.

"If you are looking for anything to use against Master McDonald I recommend that you look in the hidden drawer in the desk," The man says

"..." Dike does not say anything but still keeps his wand pointed at the man in case he did anything

Sure enough, there is a hidden drawer embedded into the desk that looked like it was just decoration. Dike pulls on it to see that the drawer was locked.

"The key is-"

Dike cast his lockpicking spell and pulls the drawer out revealing a stack of papers. Dike reached out to grab the first piece of paper but as his hand was about to make contact with the paper it passed through as if it was not even there.

"Wha-" Dike lets out unintentionally before he suddenly senses danger approaching him and as he looks up the last thing he sees is the man in the butler suit smiling at him with a wide toothy grin before everything turns black.

...

Morning came and Mike woke up at the break of dawn to find that Orion was lying on his chest which would be quite painful but Mike decided that this would also be good for training his body to withstand heavier weight plus he also wanted to sleep with Orion as he was very fluffy like a husky on Earth. Still, Mike gets Orion off of him and Mike starts his early morning exercises as he moves through them Orion gets off the bed and takes his position on lying on Mike when needed.

By the time Mike was exhausted to the point where he could barely move he finally left his room and went downstairs to order breakfast for the both of them. Mike and Orion ate before someone enters the tavern prompting Mike to look over dumbfounded. It was Synthia.

She was wearing the same gear as before and just like last time she was wearing her helmet to prevent people from finding out that she was a half-elf.

"Synthia? Hey there!" Mike says as he waves over for her to come over to his table

Over the past week, Mike had not seen Synthia as he had not really found the time to go over to the brothel as he had to complete his quests, get into the workout routine, and other stuff that took up his time. He had very little free time to go and see her plus she knew where he was so if she needed to find him she knew where to go.

Synthia who was looking around the first floor looks at Mike and then walks with slightly quick steps as she moves over to his table and takes a seat.

"Aroow?" Orion says seeing Synthia coming over

Orion was slightly intimidated to see a hulking figure in full-on metal armor moving towards their table, but he was more afraid that this person was going to take his food so he moved his meal as far away from where Synthia was sitting.

"You hungry?" Mike asks as she sits down at the table

"No thank you I already ate," Synthia said

'Growl!'

"..."

"..."

*Gnaing* *Chewing noises*

Synthia was actually hungry as she had not been able to eat anything as of yet and her stomach grumbling was a testament to that so Mike quickly orders something for her to eat.

Soon a plate of hot fresh food is placed in front of her. She starts eating as soon as the food is placed in front of her and she does so with her helmet still on as she eats through the opening at the bottom of the helmet which she eats from. Mike does not say anything at this and just finishes his own meal and waits for her in silence to finish.

When she is done she places her plate off to the side and looks at Mike.

"So the food was good?" Mike asks

"Yes it was good"

"So to what do I owe this pleasure then Synthia?" Mike asks as he takes a drink of water from his mug

"Dorthia has given me my final task to redemption," Synthia says

Mike freezes up at this and places his cup down and looks at her for a moment.

"So what do we have to do then?" He asks