Chapter 395: Seeking audience

Chapter 395: Seeking audience

Contrary to how it may seem Nick wasn't just giving out valuable gifts left and right without any protections in place. In any of his crafts that held the potential to harm him in some way he had placed hidden loyalty enchantments that rendered the rest inert should they be used on him. The deal made with Lucas was no different as he had placed a trap within it in the form of the "within reason" that meant that so long as he could rationalize an order regardless of how horrible it was Lucas could not disobey.-The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñòv€l-B1n.

In this way betrayal is impossible since Nick merely needed to command Lucas to return to his work with a bit of rationalization and he had no choice but to do so. The best part was that this protective mechanism was an incomplete enchantment blended into the others so there was no way to definitively point out that it was there at all. With the ring done Nick now needed to figure out how to get a meeting with a royal clan member. It should be mentioned that there are in fact not a lot of royals alive at the moment since the Tepes clan was very specific about who they turn.-

"Good enough I suppose , lets just hope that he isn't one of those people that use a mask while in the black market." Nick said with a sigh. He didn't waste any time transfiguring himself into an adult but different than before. This time he turned into a handsome male form with short brown hair and dark eyes. Just for the hell of it Nick had taken on the form of Voldemorts younger human self thanks to his knowledge of what that looked like. Lucas on the other hand merely put on a mask to cover his face and disguise himself.-

They had Dotty apparate them away from the island before Lucas apparated them to Knockturn alley. It was clear that the skill was rusty because Nick felt much worse than normal after they landed but he sucked it down and endured it. They got a few strange looks after they arrived but ignored them as they made their way to the black market. Nick didn't drop his guard at all though as most of those nearby had tainted souls and ill intent. Soon enough they reached the small shack that served as the entrance to the black market.-

Nick opened the way forward and walked into the bustling bazaar confidently while Lucas was clearly nervous. Humans were very visual creatures that tended to base their opinions based upon what they can see. From Nick one would see confidence bordering on arrogance and paranoia from how his hand rested on his wand at all times. This would tell those looking for easy prey that he was a bad choice and that would extend to Lucas as well since he was clearly Nicks follower. They walked forward slowly as if carefully browsing the various items being sold but in fact they were scanning each and every forehead they could see.