Book 3: Chapter 69: The Baroness

Book 3: Chapter 69: The Baroness

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The moment we step inside of the building, were greeted by the Baroness who is kneeling down to greet me, shocking the hell out of the guard with us as she declares, I welcome you to my home, Your Highness.

That shocks the guard even more.

Poor guy.

I ignore the hastily kneeling guard as I frown and state, I wouldve preferred to have gone incognito.

The Baroness looks surprised at that, only for the surprise to shift to worry before she hastily issues a bunch of orders out loud seemingly to no one. Then she bows her head again to me, but all the way to the ground this time as she declares, Please forgive me, Your Highness! I wasnt aware!

Well, duh. And shouldnt my attire have already hinted to my desire to stay out of sight?

Then again, shes a Sloth demon. Theyre not exactly the most observant of demons.

The demons are smart, sure. Just that they dont often bother using their intelligence. Generally only the highest level Sloth demons like the Lady of Devouring actually think things all the way through.

I sigh at that thought and pull my hood back. Then I free my hair that is tucked down the collar of my cloak rather uncomfortably, letting it flow down my back again.

Much better.

Do you happen to have a better way out of the city than the front gate? I ask while glancing to the side when I see one of my bodyguards suddenly appear. But I subsequently ignore them to refocus on the Baroness again.

She quickly nods, answering, I have a private tunnel leading out of the city thats meant for emergencies, but you can use it whenever you wish to enter the city, Your Highness!Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

Of course, mistress, the shadow weaver says before answering, I sold her a months worth of food and supplies for an amount just a single copper over market value after Her Highness negotiated it down. And when the Baronesss eyes narrow, the shadow weaver asks, Would you like me to go find her and give the Princess her coin back?

Selene shakes her head, No, that would likely just insult Her Highness. And from what I could tell by how she was acting, quite possibly irritate her as well. Her brows furrow slightly. She seemed to be in a rush to hunt.

The shadow weavers eyes widen, and she quickly bows her head and states, As you wish it, then, mistress. I will treat Her Highness as well as our store can manage the next time she arrives at the shop.

No, Selene says, her voice hardening as she glares at her child. She appeared to want to go incognito during her trip, so treat her as a regular VIP when in public, and only as the Princess in private.

Her child doesnt appear surprised by that, instead looking up with a look of determination in her eyes as she says, Your will be done.

Selene begins to step towards the stairs, only to pause before looking at a seemingly empty location in the center of the room. Then a vortex of blood appears there, following which a blood lycan one of the Princesss guards no doubt steps out into the room.

The Baroness immediately kneels down as she says, Greetings, Your Grace. How may I serve you?

The man Selene immediately recognizes as Duke Nickolai Valtar de Argus glances at her with his eyes narrowed before ordering, Send word to all the nearby cities that should the Princess arrive at their city, she is not to be bothered.

Right away, Your Grace, Selene declares. She then glances at her child, finding her already nodding her head and vanishing in a mist of shadows to fulfill his order. Selene then turns back to him again and asks, Is there anything else, Your Grace?

Nickolai seems to think for a moment before he answers, Please have intel on the closest nests brought to me at once.

Of course, Selene says with a bow of her head as she orders some of her clones to go do just that. And when the clone makes it into the room with the intel, she immediately hands it to the Duke and returns to her kneeling position.

That will be all then, the Duke declares before vanishing in another vortex of blood, leaving Selene to let out a sigh of relief.

Too many important people arriving today maybe I can get back to my nap now