Episode 76-Stable Minds

"They will be here in a few minutes are you sure about this?" Maximus asked me worriedly.

Having too many secrets can often paint a target on a person especially when one of the secrets is really not that important. So, it is devisable to sometimes get rid of those secrets, so you seem much more pleasing to the eyes of others.

"Once we are done with this we can make sure those guys won't ever team up again in the foreseeable future. That itself is worth the risk." I replied.

"Again, I am not sure your plan will succeed. We don't even know if they were fighting over her in that restaurant at that time. If they were sure your plan will succeed but what if they weren't fighting over her?" Titus asked

"The primary reward from this is getting their claws from my back. I have to let them know and see that I am capable of overfeeding the grey zone. The splitting of their alliance is only a secondary reward. Even if they weren't fighting over her in the restaurant I am pretty sure they will be once they see what happens today." I smiled as I clarified the plan to Titus.

"You guys relax. Either way, we win today. If they read his memory, it will prove our innocence. If they can't read his memory then we just need to watch from the side-lines as they fight amongst themselves." Dexter calmly explained while smiling.

"Hmm, that's true. We got nothing to lose here. Hahaha" Titus started laughing while Maximus just smirked from the side.

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"Remember Jerry leave no memories unturned. His highness wants you to scourge through every single memory of him even if it leaves him dead. We will stop them if they interfere with your reading." Butler Smith instructed me for the 5th time, while Lord Cason and Lord Thorn moved ahead.

Seriously I get it. Why are they so concerned?

This is not my first memory reading not to mention this one is apparently being done out of self-voluntarily. Doing reading on a guarded person is hard but manageable for someone as experienced as I am in this field, so doing it to a person who is willingly opening his mind for me is like opening the gates to bandits and robbers, they leave no stone unturned.

We arrived at the residence of Lord Dexter. Butler Smith went forward to knock on the door. We waited out in silence for only a few seconds before the butler of the household opened the door and welcomed us in.

He kept looking at me as he guided us in.

Is there something wrong with me? I checked myself over to see if there was anything on my clothes. Hmm, nothing then what's wrong?

We soon entered what seemed to be a visiting room.

4 people were sat on the couch on the left side as they observed us.

I spotted his highness sat at the far end of left-hand side casually sleeping.

"Why are you two here? I can understand Smith being here due to looking after the situation as the representative of his highness" Questioned Titus towards Lord Steven and Lord Albert.

"I am here to make sure to provide support in case any mishaps happen. Hahaha. Also, I heard food was provided after everything is over is that true?" Albert asked while looking at the sleeping his highness John, who seemed pretty relaxed as if it wasn't his memory which was going to be read.

"I was asked to provide protection as the roads aren't safe." Steven replied.

These seemed to be the excuse Lord Thorn and Cason seemed to have prepared. They came here under the order of his majesty along with butler Smith to stop Lord Dexter and co, in case they wanted to stop the memory reading.

Although not adequate enough Lord Bloodfist seemed satisfied by the answer.

Seriously why do they not even question this lame excuse? Suddenly the room turned very quiet as everyone seemed to be having a staring contest. The tension in the room rose as I observed the silent war going on.

I think I prefer being in the dark grim torture room obtaining memories from prisoners than being here.

"Yawn... Oh, you guys are here. Let's start, I need to sleep after this." Said his highness without a care as he stood up and walked towards me while breaking the tension in the room.

"I am ready. What should I do?" His highness asked me as he stood in front of me.

His thin frame along with his strange overgrown afro hair kept distracting me for a while before I started explaining.

"Your highness I suggest you getting in the most comfortable position possible while letting your mind open for me."

"Can you access my memories in sleep as I am most comfortable in my sleep?"

"..." I was speechless for a few seconds. This is the first time I have ever seen anyone so relaxed at getting their memories read. Every person would show some kind of reluctance to let a person enter inside your mind and read your memories, but here was a person who didn't give a damn.

"Your highness I need you to be awake while I access your memories." I answered after a while.

His highness nodded before walking back to the couch he was sat at. "Can you move? I need to lie down to be comfortable." His highness asked Lord Bloodfist who seemed to be sat on the same couch as his highness.

"Get lost. I am not moving." Lord Bloodfist answered back.

"Fine." His highness answered before grabbing the cushion on the couch. He threw the cushion on the floor before placing his head on the cushion and lying on the floor on his stomach as if he was sleeping.

"I am ready." He mumbled.

"This.." I turned towards butler Smith who just nodded along with Lord Cason. While Lord Thorn seemed too focused on glaring at Lord Maximus.

I went towards his highness and was about to place my hand on his forehead when suddenly his highness got up. "Wait a second."

Suddenly I could feel everyone's gaze on us as his highness got few papers out his pocket. "Can one of you pass me a pen?"

Lord Thorn suddenly threw a pen towards his highness who caught it.

"Right I need you to sign these few papers along with the rest of you before we proceed." His highness explained while passing me few papers.

"What is this, your highness?" I asked.

"It's a statement disclosure from you saying that if anything happens to you because of you reading my memory then I or anyone here will not be held responsible and is not responsible. Everyone here will sign it as being witness to this agreement and keep a copy including you and me. Along with you not objecting to the whole event here being recorded. This is just in case something happens and you all decide to sue me inside the royal courts." I suddenly felt not so confident at reading his highness' memory. But I remembered the oath I took when I was offered the chance of awakening my award.

Reluctantly I signed the many papers along with everyone else. "Here is your copy." His highness said as he passed a paper to each one of us.

Lord Cason and butler Smith didn't seem to happy at what his highness was doing as well as delaying the inevitable.

"Ok, let's carry on." His highness said as he lied back like he did before.

Without wasting any more time I placed my hand on his highness' forehead. I activated my award as I slowly felt myself entering into his highness' mind.

"Hmm, strange." I thought out loud as I observed very dark room with the only thing giving out brightness in here being a white door.

This was one of the most stable minds I have ever seen. Usually when I enter a person's mind what I first see is a very chaotic world. The more stable a person is the less chaotic it is in their mind.

I walked towards the bright door. Everyone no matter how willing they are will always try and guard their memory subconsciously. Their mind does this automatically and most people guard it in different forms. The more willingly a person was when conscious when doing this, the less obstacle a reader like me have to face against the subconscious mind.

His highness seemed to be very willing in the outside but part of his subconscious still guarded his mind in the form of a closed bright door.

I walked towards the door but was surprised to see the door was not locked and easily opened when I pushed the handle down.

I could feel something wet on my arm as I was slowly opening the door. I looked towards my naked arm to see it was droplets clear liquid.

It seemed to be coming from my face. I touched my face to notice that I was crying. 'But why am I crying' I thought as I fully opened the door.

I opened the bright door and entered to see a shining person across me standing awaiting me in his glorious smile. Seeing him I wept and I cried but...

Why?