Memoire admired the view as a beautiful elven princess leaned over him.
"I'm honored by your attentions, princess." His smile faded as he looked up at her.
"You know, there are some rumors being spread about us in court..."

Lavina straightened herself up
"oh, and what would those rumors be?"
She looked over at the cup that was still in his hand and raised a brow
"If you want to heal faster drink that, it will help speed things along"

"The most prominent being I have seduced you and made you my pregnant love slave, to be honest."
Memoire took a long drink, eyes closed, not seeing the look on Lavina's face as a result.

Lavina was shocked to hear of these rumors she took a step back bumping into the end stand next to her bed
"W-who would say such things, t-they don't even know me, I haven't even met or seen many of the people there"
she slowly sat at then end of the table she looked slightly dazed
"I-Is that the only one?"
she braced herself for the impact of these rumors

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H landed on the same stand as Xia did, getting both girls tangled up in a hot sweaty bundle.
Two old men watching grinned and highfived.

Xia groaned slightly, as she looked around. Her vision was blurry, so she had to squint to see properly. She looked to her right, and saw the girl that had came with her and Riastrad to the citadel. She then looked ahead of her, and saw two older men in front of them. She tried to move, but found that her movements were somewhat restrained. She looked down, and found that she and the girl beside her, were both wrapped in not only a tarp that covered the carpet stall, but also a carpet.
"Uh..." Xia groaned in frustration. "How'd I get down here?"

Memoire shrugged.
"Us humans tend to gossip. We've got stories that I'm actually your long-lost brother, you're secretly my real mother, we're plotting to invade the kingdom, yada yada yada... but by far my favorite is the one where you've secretly seduced me using elf magic and you plan to use me as breeding stock to create a half-elf half-human army that can fly. That one's hilarious!"

There was a crash as a vase fell on the floor. Lavina had bumped into it in shock of what was being said
"B-but I would never do such things."
she quickly moved to clean up the broken glass wondering something
"Does your family believe any of it?"


H looked at Xia still half groggy from the blast
"I don't know"
she tried to move to grab her dagger but her arms were wrapped to tight
"Can you reach my dagger?"

Xia looked at H, and nodded her head. "I can try." She said. "Where is it?" She asked in a hushed tone, hoping that the growing crowd around them didn't hear.

Memoire shrugged once more.
"Does it bother you if they do? Rumors are rumors, by themselves they are harmless. They can be used against us IF something happens to prompt suspicions, but I do not plan on letting that happen."

"But wouldn't the rumors actually do that?, raise suspicion"
Lavina gathered most of the glass and accidentally cut her finger on a sharp piece. She inhaled sharply at the pain, blood dripping from her finger

H tried to turn her body to the side
"Its attached to my belt"

Xia moved her hand towards H's belt, and pulled out her dagger, being careful not to cut either herself or H. "Got it." She exhaled slowly, as she tried to hand the dagger to H.

Memoire winced in sympathy.
"Owch... and everyone's suspicious of everyone else in our courts. Honesty is a joke and decency is a form of weakness."

H took the dagger and slid the blade under a piece of the rope tied to Xia
"Brace yourself"
a second later the dagger sliced through the rope loosing Xia from its grip


Lavina quickly placed her finger in her mouth sucking on the cut lightly, wincing at the sting at first but the sting slowly went away. She removed her finger from her mouth and continued picking up the rest of the glass disposing of it
"So then it wont affect your plan?"
she walked over checking his wounds again which were practically all healed aside from the more deeper ones which were taking a little longer to heal
"How are you feeling?"

Xia looked at H and said: "Thank you." She pulled the rope from her, and untied the rope from H. She then pulled herself to her feet, looking at the crowd that had formed, particularly the men that had been drooling over two beautiful girls, tied up. "Keep your lecherous thoughts and hands to yourself." Xia ordered sternly, as she picked up her bag, and grabbed her own dagger. She then looked at H. "Let's get out of here." She said, then dashed towards the inn that Riastrad told her to meet him at.

Memoire grunted.
"Feelings starting to return... not pleasant but all things concerned I will live."
He looked up at Lavina.
"Thank you," he said softly. Then he seemed to focus. "My plan runs on law, not on wild guesses. I would never allow for such an unpredictable element to affect your safety."

"You should be fully healed by the time the feeling is completely back"
she stood up straightening her clothes
"and your welcome, its the least I can do for you taking my punishment for not participating in the execution"
she walked over towards the balcony looking out she placed her hand on the wall
"Thank you for being so concerned about my safety"
she looked back
"I really do hope things work out and you get what you want in the end"
she smiled at him


H sheathed her dagger and decided to follow pursuit. Following behind Xia
"So where is it that we are going?"

Memoire grinned back.
"Sometimes not being the only asshole is tiring and painful. Then someone like you makes it all worth it."
He got up, shaking himself.
"Is there anything to eat here, may I ask?"

Lavina blushed and quickly turned away she that he couldn't see the light pink on her cheeks
"I didn't do anything"
her cheeks were no longer flushed when she turned back to face him
"I can take you to the dining area and have the cooks make you something to eat if you like"
she smiled
"Are you ok to make it there or would you like me to bring you something?"

"Back to the Inn." Xia replied, as she turned a corner. "That's where Riastrad told me to meet him." She added. "I'm guess you found who you were looking for back there."

Memoire chuckled.
"Lavina, I've seen enough ladies blush and try to hide it to know when someone's trying to. It's okay, there's no need to hide it."
He winked.
"And if it's not too much trouble, I wouldn't mind you bringing me something. Naked, preferably."

Lavina blushed again when he winked at her, but this time she didn't try to hide it
"I'm sorry"
she turned to face him
"I would be more then happy to get you some food and bring it to you...."
she paused a moment when she realized he said he wanted her to bring it naked. She took a step back as fear and shock struck her
"B-But I can't do that, I'm not like that"


H nodded
"Yes I did find him and I took care of what I needed to "
she started thinking about what he said to her 'after he' what was it he was trying to say to her? she continued to follow Xia, she might just stick with them for a night and move on the next morning

Memoire raised his hands, trying to calm her down.
"I WAS JOKING! It never hurts to try."
He smiled.
"Anything you can get would be fine, thank you. Meat, if possible if you don't mind pretty please..."

Lavina didn't move she just stood frozen for a moment. When he said what he wanted to eat she nodded and quickly left the room not saying a word to him. She hurried down to the kitchen and told the cooks what to make. She sat at the table as she waited for the food
"Why would he say that?"
She sighed and was deep in thought for a while until she felt a tap on her shoulders which startled her. She turned to see the chef standing there with the tray
"Oh..."
she stood up and took the tray from the chef and gave him a slight bow
"Thank you for making this on such short notice, I will tell my father to make sure to award you for it"
she smiled and then headed to her room. As she neared her door she slowly approached it wondering what he was doing while she was gone, she peeked in the room

Xia paused for a moment before entering the inn. She looked around, and found that the 'rude' waitress was still working. Xia sighed heavily, as she walked up to the room that she and Riastrad had rented. She looked over her shoulder to H, and whispered: "Try not to get roped into a nosy conversation with the waitress....she's always fishing for information, or personal details."

Memoire was sitting up on the bed, facing the wall, his eyes closed and his body shaking.
His breathing was coming in fast, harsh pants, like he was struggling to shift something...