3133 Recruitment Speech (Part 1)
"You have to thank Rena and Ryssa for this. When our Dryad friend brings Manohar the Second here for playdates and your sister her friends from Zelex, Ryssa uses our park to teach the reverted ogres how to use their powers.
"She knows you are a cheapskate and the ogre kids love playing under the sun. With the excuse of developing finer control over their abilities, Ryssa has them tending to the plants. They have test subjects and we have a well-kept garden. Everybody wins."
"Indeed." Lith nodded. "Remind me to thank Rena. I really appreciate her looking out for my wallet."
"You bought that?" Kamila laughed. "They don't do it for you, silly, but for themselves. Having gardeners would mean the presence of strangers walking around the park and making our guests uncomfortable.
"By the way, is there any news from Strider?"
"Yes, there is." Lith replied. "Erslan's information was accurate. Strider had no trouble finding the village of the blabbermouth with Menadion's grimoire. His name is Vidun Phorr, a rogue Awakened."
"And?" Kamila asked.
"And that's it." Lith shrugged. "He never attended an academy, never showed enough talent to draw the attention of a Council Elder, and he never joined the Mage Association. Aside from being a self-Awakened, this Vidun is a nobody."
"Strider has already gone to Vidun's last known position and is looking for something he used recently so that I can sample his energy signature with the Eyes of Menadion.
"I told Strider to take his time and perform a thorough investigation. There's no rush since he can store whatever he finds inside a dimensional amulet and I'm not going to move until I fully recover."
"Are the burns on your life force still hurting?" Kamila clenched his hand, scared that Valtak's experiments on the blue flames might have long-term consequences.
"No, I was talking about what you did to me yesterday." He managed to blush on cue, using a hushed voice and a mockingly maiden-ish demeanor.
"Idiot!" She playfully slapped his shoulder while blushing, in her case for real. "You scared me to death and made me feel like a pervert!"
"Feel like? Tell me another." He snorted.
"Fine. I'll burn all the dresses in the kinky closet, then." She retorted in kind.
"Don't you dare!" Lith said with such a serious tone that it made her burst out laughing. "Jokes aside, I'm mostly fine but some of the cracks in my life force are still cauterized by Valtak's Immortal Flames.
"On the one hand, they spare me from Death Vision and allow me to use my full strength without any risk. In fact, I've gone to Grandma to have her dismantle my best artifacts and then Solus and I reforged everything."
"I feel like there's a 'but' incoming." She hugged his arm tight as they walked.
"But at the same time, I can't use abilities like Call of the Void or the black chains. Or rather, I can but it feels awkward and their effects are weaker than normal. I could power my way through, but it would be like ripping stitches open or scratching away a scab."
"You want them to heal naturally." Kamila nodded. "Excellent, thinking. I agree. How long do you think you need for a full recovery?"
"Not much longer." Lith shrugged. "A week tops. Why?"
"Because for once, I'm the one with a plan!" She said with a dazzling smile.
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The stable boy was still the same and this time he was utterly terrified. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
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