ch 21

Looking through all the sultan's daughters so I interviewed them each one on one in order to determine which of his daughters could benefit me the most most were beautiful and smart but ultimately served no purpose for my future ambitions that was until I encountered Savita daughter of the deposed sultana after she tried to usurp the the throne she was saved by the fact she was his favorite while her mother was executed this put strain on their relationship and left them estranged from one another while outwardly she is isolated but in reality she secretly has her supporters and connections to sacred families.

This information wasn't overtly obvious but instead very subtle such as one of sultan's vizier introduced like she was one of the princesses instead of just a daughter of the sultan with no rights to inherit the throne, her own personal guards and even her maids are secretly assassins all which I missed at first until the tea her maids served was rather strange good but different same with the pastries each harmless but didn't fit if I didn't catch on before the maids started lighting the the incense to tie it all together as Savita talked about seemingly nothing while flirting I would slowly start to be in her control.

Savita:"So why are you marrying a Lernea household member?" faux innocence

Me:"Because a deal with my patron" pretending to be sluggish & dazed the sultan said this information was top secret

Savita:"Why does the sultan want you so much?" she is fishing for an exact answer but appears to have an idea which she shouldn't have

Me:"D..did you drug m..me?" pretending to resist

Savita:"Yes, you won't remember it though" dropping pretense

Me:"W..w..why?" I feel like a retarded stutter too stupid to put the pieces together even though its clear as to why but while I'm thinking about this her ham fisted guard approaches most likely to hit me for wasting their time she signaled him to stay put.

Savita:"You can stop pretending its clear your lineage makes you very resistant to such tactics" this causes her staff to become on guard and move closer to her but she waved them away

Me:"Where did I slip up I was sure I did a pretty good act?"

Savita:"You did but you were too eager for information which caused me to doubt and you confirmed it just now"

Me:"Well what happens now?"

Savita:"That depends why does the sultan want you?"

Me:"Most likely to create a pantheon that backs the royal family but why are you here surely your father didn't want you here?"

Savita:"I don't know what you mean"

Me:"Don't mistake me for a dumb cunt you referr to him as the sultan even the daughters from his harem wives referr to him as royal father and your intrest in why instead of dutifully fulfilling your role like the others" she lets out sigh as I finish

Savita:"I'm here on the behalf Stheno family to determine if you are a threat" one her maids looks pissed

unnamed maid:"Stop answering questions and just get the information out of him!" as she lunged at me grabbing me the throat

Me:"Well now you won't get the antidote" everyone's eyes go wide "I been generating an odorless poisonous gas that while slow acting has no known cure other than the one I create but I wouldn't have mentioned it and secretly cured you had you all had I not been attacked" realizing the tables have turned the others immediately pull the maid off me but I activate the poison in her system causing her to have convolutions before she died

Savita:"So patron controls poison please excuse her behavior as it doesn't reflect what we represent. What can I do for you to release us?"

Me:"Simple become my wife it will look like a power move to the sultan but as he was planning on marrying me to a daughter of one his harem wives he won't take immediate action and judging by fact he doesn't seemed threatened by you he has no idea your working for a sacred family as my goal is to have freedom to move and build a power base for my patron its better work against a mutual enemy with you it doesn't hurt that your the best looking out of all his daughters"

My words leave the whole group in stunned silence they can't believe that I blatantly said I wanted to betray the sultan in his palace with clear disregard for the fact that she is his daughter while also casually pointing out facts that are supposed be secret but in the end she agrees to the deal as it highly benefits her and her faction yet she manages to dismiss what I said at the end.