Death Frost | Deathsworn #2

Chapter 83 ❆ Appointed

The reason for Elion sending a message was because Viron apparently wanted to talk with me. I was supposed to come by earlier—but that was like three or five days ago. I had been way too busy with training as well as the shop that I often forgot about dropping by the mistresses' house. That, or I felt too tired to.

After classes ended for the day, I went out to the camp to find Elion, and was invited by its residents to join for dinner. I had to refuse since I already ate, but I was a little reluctant because it would seem Elion and Viron still had to eat.

"Evy, you're here." Elion came over with a smile.

I nodded with a smile. "You're going to eat, right? I'm sorry to disturb you."

"Come join us for dinner?"

"No, thank you. I actually just ate. I dropped by because you sent me a message, but I can't stay long because there are a few things I have to go over for the exams."

The finals decided whether we could continue with training or be expelled. Therefore, I really could not neglect this affair.

I looked to the side and found that Viron's eyes had found their way over. Seeing me, he dropped what he was doing—chopping vegetables—and went over to me in a fluster. He nearly tripped over the pots stacked on the ground by his feet, but managed to find his balance in time and jogged over to where we stood.

"You're Miss Evyionne, right? I'm so sorry for troubling you," he said.

"It's alright. I wasn't helping you entirely for free," I told him. "To be honest, I actually need your help with something, so you don't need to be so grateful."

"No...It was a lot of money you had to pay," he replied. "I was very desperate to earn something that I nearly killed myself in the process. Elion has already explained to me what you sought me out for. I'm willing to promise my service to you for life...if you can please help me with finding my little brother."

"You don't have to be so stiff," I said with a reassuring smile. "I'll naturally pay you for your services, and the money spent towards the contract bought off of that merchant from the docks will be deducted from your salary. As for your little brother..." I cast a look about and lowered my voice. "I heard from my mistresses that the situation may not be too easy for me to solve, either. However, we already talked, and they told me they will prepare to seek out information on where he is. I can't go out right now since I'm too busy, but you can rest assured we will help you thoroughly and get him back soon."

"Thank you...I've already talked with Lady Veronika as well. She did say the same thing. However, she mentioned that I ought to thank you instead, because she would have not taken the initiative to help me if you hadn't."

"You're welcome," I said. "Well, then...I'm still tied up for the next three days. Elion should know what kind of job you ought to do, so I'll leave it to him to give you a look around, and then we'll meet to talk over the specificities of how you'll be working for River End. Will that be okay?"

"Yes. Yes, of course."

"Then I'll leave you because I have to rush back."

They both nodded, and I nodded back.

I then turned around and left to leave, and was followed by greetings of good night and goodbye all around as I left. I could also vaguely hear Viron telling Elion, "It's really no wonder our people like her so much."

"Didn't you know?" Elion replied with a smile. "The matriarch mentioned she might be Astorian royalty."

"She—what?!"

"Shh. It's a badly kept secret, but don't doubt and ask too much."

Oh...so it's a badly kept secret, isn't it? Although my relationship with the Nemerian Duchy was still not confirmed, I already knew for a fact that my family might not be so ordinary. With my earliest memories of this world involved around the reverence of vassals towards my father as well as the eight-legged spider emblem scattered around the mansion.