He was a middle aged man with his hunter gear on , he looked like he had just left a mission or maybe he had ,but it was hard to speculate under that ; after all what would be a B+ ranker possibly do ? There weren't much any strong dungeons to challenge in Voz , infact there weren't any at all. most dungeons nowadays only hanged in the D and E rank , higher dungeons had been eliminated by hunters already.
This was the only C-rank dungeon which showed up in 16 years , which is why Violet was keen to get her hands on the magic core of whatever monster hosted it , the B ranked hunters she had assigned into the C ranked dungeon were 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 , insurance that if the dungeon turned out to be C+ and not actually just C and to top it off , the man infront of her was a monster of his own , no monster in the dungeon could stand him.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒐 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.
Violet thought to herself , really excited.
on other side of the table sat her and on the other side 𝙃𝙞𝙢.
he was one of the strongest and few Hunters in the country of Voz she ruled under , one of the 4.
this meant that he had a really large Ego, most of the strongest 4 did. It was the Ego built up that nobody could stop them , that they were invincible and that they could do whatever they wanted.
"Greetings ,Hindriad.. "
"Greetings , Lady V.. "
" I am sure you're wondering why I called you here ? "
" hehe, le old woman wants to get laid hey ? "
Hindriad said in a teasing manner , Violet couldn't let her temper rise and kill this man , after all - she was used to idiots like him who had a stinking attitude.
so she smiled , a smile with a lot of unsaid words.
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 , 𝒊𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏.
" I want you to protect a particular boy I have entrusted a job. "
Violet said , not even bothering to answer his idiotic question before.
his relaxed posture stiffened up , maybe realising what this meant.
before he could utter a word , Violet signalled one of her maids to teleport the perfect drawing of the boy to him , at first he looked startled when the picture appeared out of thin air , but immediately regained his expression after.
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" that's him , I had one of my maids draw him."
" your maids are really talented. . maybe I'll get one of those too. "
he replied , and then followed a grin..a grin Violet had seen in many people , a 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗻 which meant that the one before her was about to exploit her.
" give me 200 stellar coins and you got yourself a deal. "
His grin widened and Violet immediately knew what that meant , he was trying to make an impossible request and if she couldn't make it, he instead would bring his actual request , most likely sinister and 80% benefitting him and not Violet ,it was the typical strategy most people she negotiated with had tried. But she had experience , so there was no tricking her.
" so , what do you say Ms. Violet ?"
he continued without even letting her make out an answer , now she was sure he was after her , but what he didn't know was that she wasn't just an ordinary king's right hand man , her king and friend King Trion was the most powerful king in the entire planet of Trifulgo , as a politician. This meant that the world's currency , direction and everything else was under him and fortunately enough , Violet happened to be the King's friend , meaning she was factored in the King's riches and power , even though 200 stellar coins were pratically 20 000 gold coins under the rule that a single stellar coin was equivalent to 100 gold coins.
regardless , Violet could hand out 200 stellar coins per hour a day and she still she wouldn't even be close to losing 5% of her riches she shared with her King , if anything - handing out 200 stellar coins and getting co-operation from hindriad was a sweet deal.
𝑴𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 , 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 5000 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒔 , 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔...𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 2% 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔.
" Deal.. "
She said , eyeing him.
There was shock spelt out over his face - probably because he had dropped his glass which had that champagne she loved, the glass broke into fragments. His eyes all around the room as if looking for a response.
𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒅.
" What ! "
Hindriad broke out in a loud voice.
but this only made Violet smile in pleasure , he looked so surprised , so out of his character , she had enjoyed using his offer against himself
Perhaps reading what her smile meant , he calmed down and glared at her.
" Yes , I am to offer you 200 stellar coins in return for your services..this is what you agreed on , yes ? "
" Yes..... "
He said in a low tone , he probably had something in plan for her but she had crushed his foolish plan and also managed to have an upper hand on this negotiation.
" Lovely , you'll get your payment after you've done the job , the maids will guide you on your way out. "
her voice had kindness in it while also warm and comforting , it was one of the keys why she could manipulate people.
Hindriad stood up , his grin and teasing earlier had been gone and there only thing left on his face was confusion and determination , Violet was sure he would do his Job perfectly to see if her she would actually give him the 200 coins , maybe deep inside he thought that she was bluffing and didn't actually have any stellar coins.
The large door with a rose engravement opened up and Hindriad disappeared behind it , as it closed by itself.
Violet ran her hands over her long , black hair pulling it behind to her back
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝙀𝙧𝙖 , 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲.