Two towering statues stood outside the viscounts castle, the eyes tracked even Elise as the guard carried her through the gate, with a long stride the guard glided across the courtyard towards the entrance of the castle, the doors opening as she approached showing an escort of guards on the other side. "I see you've brought the child with you, good, the viscount is looking forward to your..... idea." an elderly man in a clean black and white checkered suit that clashed with his near neon purple eyes and neatly combed hair. extending his right hand gloved in black he seemingly dug his hand into space itself, reaching with his left hand to assist his other he pried an opening in air revealing a door, the man started to visibly sweat at this point "hurry along now." with a swift motion the guard opened the door carrying Elise through, upon crossing through the door disappeared from behind them.
"ahhh finally, Charlotte you've come and with the child you advertised" a towering man with muscles that would rival a bear said as she appeared. "you've grown bigger than last time Henry, what the hell have you been doing?" Elise just stared vacantly at the man as she mourned the loss of her knife and complete inability to do anything, to her surprise she felt the iron grasp around her neck release. instantly she snapped to her feet and bounced away from the woman of steel with a quick appropriation of a nearby lamp she smashed the bulb on the counter it sat upon. with a makeshift knife in and she regained some prior confidence.
"she went instantly for a weapon, a little girl, Christ charlotte where did you find her" the man said approaching Elise without a care in the world, with a single step into effective range and in the middle of a step Elise arm snake out with the broken lamp aiming to split his neck open. the man stepped confidently into it, as the broken glass shards still embedded in the lamp scrapped across his throat he spoke again "and with no" Elise drew back and threw the lamp as he was still speaking "hesitation to kill either," she instantly withdrew into the corner "the question is why offer her as an assassin," swiftly climbing up the wall using the walls as leverage "you know i don't like that." directing his gaze at Charlotte as he finished not even acknowledging Elise tucked away in the corner of the roof.
"simple really, you should've already noticed your eyes slipping away from her even with nearly no one here, struggling to remember her face even after looking at her" Charlotte said looking to the corner Elise inhabited. "that'd make an incredibly valuable assassin even more than you could pass on, remembering i was even holding her was a challenge. finding her was a miracle, she stole some of my food right as i got it"
after hearing her piece the viscount stared at her in thought " i suppose so but not an assassin maybe espionage instead" he stared longer at charlotte as she started rhythmically tapping the hilt of her sword only to realise it wasn't there "what in th- ARGH" Charlotte grunted in pain as her own sword was driven through her armpit disabling her arm, with a swift kick behind her she clipped Elise as she drew back sending Elise into the small hallway that had held the door "Fuck, you stop watching her for a second and she stabs you, WITH YOUR OWN DAMN SWORD!" at this point Henry had snapped back and was currently holding the unconscious near dead Elise "your half assed kick that barely hit nearly killed her and her sneak attack did nothing substantial" he said as he came behind Charlotte and with a swift motion pulled the sword out having her flesh knit back together in a second, "it only pierced you because it's meant to break defense, it barely scratched your health pool" he finished off by handing her the sword back as Elise was slung over his shoulder, with a grumble of it still being painful.
she shuffled to his table and rung a small bell on it and returned to the entrance way as the viscount handed her the girl, as the door appeared "good day viscount, i hope that you will think further about my proposal even after this mishaps." she said as she was stepping through the door. the old man stood not far dabbing at his forehead with a blue handkerchief. seeing the viscount through the open door he bowed to his lord. the door snapped shut without a sound once she stepped away, "now i have to deal with this one" she said looking down at Elise in a princess carry.
with a few minutes travel she reached the infirmary of the castle, a row of 6 white surgical beds lined the left and right of the room with simple curtains to divide each bed, 2 of which were full, one of a young boy with yellow, long flowing hair and bright green eyes, some plants wrapped around the bolted legs of the bed extending to him with a glimmering pulse sent to the boy every few seconds, in the next bed there was another boy this time with brown messy hair and dirt brown eyes, the all looked at Charlotte as she carried Elise in.
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"m-may i ask who tha-that is ma'am?" the brown haired kid asked as she was laying Elise on a bed and tying her to the bed with rope " a bloodthirsty little girl, never forget she's there, always pay attention to her" she said as she finished tying all four limbs to the bed. with a sigh she spoke again "christ, that won't even work, the slightest distraction and you'd lose her, you don't have the levels to handle her or to even watch her" the boy with plants slowly crawled out of the bed and approached Elise, the guard stayed silent watching him.
as he walked the plants that were attached to him fell away showing his emaciated form and broad array of scars, he progressed slowly towards her. "something is wrong with her" he said with a surprising vitality in his voice. he reaches out to brush some of her abyssal hair from her face, "there's nothing i can do for her yet" he says before he gives an apologetic look to her as if he failed her.
turning to one of the nurses on staff Charlotte said "do not look away from this girl if she moves get word to me in the fastest way possible, scream if you have to, christ, if i didn't have other matters to tend to i'd do this myself." after confirmation of order by the nurse she left muttering about never getting to finish her lunch and ending with more work than ever before.
Charlotte strode out of the building and headed to the upper district of the city intent on finding a slave collar of some description to intending to keep the violent girl in check. as she walked she received many stares of admiration and respect from the low leveled citizens. 'it's been a long time since i've made any progress' she thought to her self pulling up her status panel
Title: Unbreakable Name: Charlotte Anteres Level:178 Race: Human 20% Golem:80% Class: Elysian Juggernaut Age: 104 HP: 10000/10000 MP: 700/700 SP: 10000/10000 Defense: 1000 Magic Defense: 100 EXP: 3545/42720 Strength:100 Constitution: 500 Dexterity:150 Wisdom:50 Intelligence: 70 Charisma: 20 Innate Trait(s): Elysian Made Skills: [Hidden]
'it's been a while since my flesh was pierced' she thinks to herself as she rubs where her own sword passed through. she walked through the city just observing the rewards of her hard work, especially pleased with the even numbers she obtained, intelligence was one that bugged her, a last second investment in a crisis to save some lives, a poor sight to her eyes but worth it in the end. upon arriving at the only shop she abhors, Teren's slave emporium. 'a terrible name for a terrible person' she thought walking through the door. "oh ho ho, i never thought i'd see you here Charlotte, i see you've come around to the.... better side of the trade, got a few urges you need to fill? we've got a wide selection of young virile men in the back, they'd breed you like a rabbit if you let 'em" with a withering glare at the man he stepped back slightly with a cough he spoke again "maybe not then... ahhh, right what are you here for then? "
"I'm here for something similar to a slave collar without the branding or permanent servitude and by Elysia I will burn down your entire business one day, with you in it." Charlotte said her voice dripping with venom for the latter half. "make it quick Teren!" she observed the rather gangly man shuffle to the storage room he came back a minute later with a silver necklace that slightly glowed. "this will have to do, it was meant for another client one more.... amicable, but how am i meant to say no to the head guard of the viscount himself, quite a title you hold" he spoke as Charlotte dropped a sack of gold coins on the counter and was already halfway out the door.
trotting back to the viscounts castle Charlotte was hoping everything went well at the infirmary, though no happy about binding to commands by force, it was her only chance for them to use the vicious girl for any good.