Chapter 79 - The Midnight Visitor (2) (1/2)

The Midnight Visitor (2)

When Lia embraced Eldric, she let the dagger slipped out of her sleeves so she could cut away the binds. She did not know it would work but that was the best she could do in that situation.

“It was a stupid and reckless thing to do.” She lamented.

Eldric chuckled. “Stupid and reckless, yes. But very brave too.”

Lia snorted. “I’m glad it worked out though. I was pretty sure Pen would catch me doing that.”

Eldric winced at the mention of Pen’s name.

“Sorry, is she a taboo topic? I won’t talk about her then.”

He waved his hand away. “No, it’s fine. Penelope and I grew up together. We used to live in the same town before it was blown into smokes.” Eldric said that Unseen gathered all the kids from their town and took them in. Once in the group, they were taught different things.

“Pickpocketing, stealing, lying, the usual stuff,” Eldric shrugged.

“Sounds fun,” Lia said without any fun in her voice.

“I did everything they told us to do to survive and that’s when he noticed me. He trained me personally and treated me as his son and heir. He told me about how to charm people and to let them be used to your advantage. He told me that I should use my good looks to charm the wealthy nobles and please them in bed. In return, I would ask for their money and support.”

But there was training, he said, to be a casanova. For the final test, the leader gave him an aphrodisiac and locked him in a room with beautiful servants. Among them was Pen.