Character Information - Who is who?
Because I have created quite a variety of characters, I will now create little cheat sheets before a chapter for the characters who will appear in the chapter, but not for those who haven't. Please open the spoiler if you need some reminders. (Be careful, it can be a spoiler for the chapter!)
Marisia S. Leonandra (Wolf-kin)
* Lady of the Leonandra household
* A user of the wild-demon energy
* Mother of the MC
* Golden eyes
* Crimson red fur and hair color
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From Marisia S. Leonandra to Cecilia H. Cold-Snout
My dear friend of the north, I am writing you a short letter to inform you about something important.
My son, Alexander, was training with one of your anti-mana collars you sold to us long ago, which was made by one of your affiliated artificer families, to increase his mana skills. While doing so, he found out that the collar had what he called a master code.
This so-called master code is a predefined sequence with which one could open the collar without the previously predefined sequence while ignoring the energy imprint.
We further tested it on other collars, like the anti-energy and general ones. Every artificer under you was putting a specific master code into them.
I sincerely hope it is only the case with ours, so I will give you the description of their labels with the master code, so you can test it out, too.
Pentagon with a hammer with little ant-like feelers on top (All general collars): ...Master code...
A crude engraving of the sentence Sundown will come from least (All anti-mana collars): ...Master code...
A flowery pattern with vines (All anti-energy collars): ...Master code...
I hope that it doesn't seem like an accusation since it is the last thing I would do to a friend like you, so please be at ease, and I hope to hear that it is only ours that have this problem.
With greetings,
Marisia S. Leonandra
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From Cecilia H. Cold-Snout to Marisia S. Leonandra
Dear Mari, no need for formalities under us, and I am greatly thankful for your and your son's information about such a grave problem!
After investigating the problem, you are absolutely right! We imprisoned the craftsman and their families without further notice and want now to examine the issue of defects and dangerous equipment. I hope that your son can help us in this endeavor?
Of course, I know of your situation from previous exchanges and will not ask you to come to us up north, but I will send other items to you for inspection if it is okay.
We could compensate him by acquainting him with one of our daughters, roughly the same age.
Vanessa is a lovely and sensitive girl who is eight and very interested in everything in terms of etiquette. She is elegant and perfectly fits Alexander, a brilliant young pup. There would never be a situation that she couldn't handle in future noble circles.
Or does he like more feisty ones like your other lovely daughters? Then how about Matilda, who loves nothing more than to sword fight. She is only nine but already learned the art of our house to an intermediate degree!
Alexander will indeed have an excellent bodyguard when he goes to war since mages are a little feebly. Not to say that you don't train him right, but at some point, he will surely stop his physical training and continue his research into magic-related topics. So, I would absolutely recommend Matilda!
In our previous exchanges, you once asked for a magic teacher for him. From my knowledge, all mages are a little stoic and analytical in nature, like one of my other daughters, Emma, who is five and started her education. She is showing incredible talent in mathematics, reading, and writing, a perfect administrator in the makings, which could fit your Alexander excellently.
I hope you think about them and present their descriptions to Alexander in the most favorable light!
Cheers, Cecilia
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From Marisia S. Leonandra to Cecilia H. Cold-Snout
Greetings, Cecilia.
I would appreciate it if you only send me the equipment since my mother has already arranged a meeting between some of the daughters of the Nine-Fire household and my sons Narsiz and Alexander.
However, don't worry about compensation or anything of the sort. You are a truly great friend who always helped our household in grave times, so us helping you for nothing in return would only be the right thing to do.
Please also be at ease for Alexander and his reward since he is very interested in the art of artificing and told me he would love to help your household for free.
On that note, I presented your dearest daughters to him, like you asked me, most favorably. However, I think that Alexander hasn't developed any meaningful attraction toward the opposite sex, as he was perplexed while I talked with him about your wonderful and talented daughters.
However, I would appreciate it if you could send me more anti-mana collars with different restraining strengths for his training in mana handling.
Cheers Marisia
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From Cecilia H. Cold-Snout to Marisia S. Leonandra
Greetings Marisia!
They are on the way, and how about we make a little ball for our children then? It is surely very different to meet them firsthand than to read the descriptions I sent you.
Furthermore, I didn't forget Narsiz and have four other excellent daughters that would fit his age and interest! He is a young boy and, at most, two years away from his mating season, so he should be very interested in the opposite sex.
Like the cuddly Alice, who is 13 and ready to mingle, she is very interested in the descriptions of Narsiz and how good-looking he is. She is empathetic and would take the load off of Narsiz after a very stressful day administrating whatever office he would lead. I remembered that Narsiz was a very sensitive youth, so having someone similar would be a recipe for a beautiful relationship, don't you think?
Or what about Margaret, who is 15? She is into crafts and arts and could be a great contrast to the bureaucratic talent which is Narsiz. She is also beautiful and developed into a fine lady which he would probably fall in love immediately.
Their interests in art and culture would surely make for interesting discussions and bring a bit of harmless friction into a relationship. You should know best that a little bit of spice is always welcome.
I can also offer Mabel, who is 12. She would fit perfectly as she shares the same interests as Narsiz and looks like the perfect little administrator. Even their hair and fur color seems to match excellently. Imagine how lovely they would look together walking down your colorful garden?
They could work together and share their misery while trying to balance the books out. Wouldn't that be a funny scene to imagine?
However, I also have a stepdaughter from one of my husband's concubines, a brilliant and timid girl. Her name is Amelia, and she is 14 years of age. She is terrific and very talented in all things considered food. One bite of her strawberry cake and Narsiz would instantly fall in love with her!
I bet he never ate something as delicious as she made, and we know the saying: Love goes through the stomach is, to some extent, true.
Not to criticize you, my dear, but every time I remember how you tried to make some tea for Kairo while we visited you, and he got poisoned was one of the funniest things that happened. It always brings a smile thinking about it.
Back to the topic, maybe Narsiz likes all of them? The more, the merrier! Considering your family's history, I know of your household's dislike for harems, but as you can see, it can work with a little spit and arm grease, like in our household.
So, please be a sweetheart and at least tell Narsiz about them. I already talked with the girls, and they are already in love with the description of such a fine young man.
I hope for your quick answer,
Cheers Cecilia
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From Marisia S. Leonandra to Cecilia H. Cold-Snout
Dear Cecilia, I would appreciate it if you didn't bargain for my sons like we are at the fish market in Wolfsteeth.
I write to you as a friend and will tell you directly that it was not my idea to invite the Nine-Fire daughters to us for a rendezvous with my sons. You should also know my mother well since she was at your estate a couple of years ago and how she acts. You also know me long enough to assume that I dislike such things and that these things were more or less forced onto me.
Also, you know how I educate my children, and if they are interested in having a harem, I will not stand in their way but warn them of the negatives of having one.
So please stop writing about your daughters, which I assume are lovely, but I would prefer my sons to go through their first mating season before introducing potential brides to them.
However, since I know you wrote this all in good faith, I also acted the same and told Narsiz all about them. He rejected them since he knew we would get a visit from the Nine-Fire household, and he wanted to act fairly and first see them before considering other potential brides.
Maybe if that doesn't work out, we can consider a meeting in the future.
Cheers Marisia
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From Cecilia H. Cold-Snout to Marisia S. Leonandra
Greetings Marisia.
I will take you by your word and send my daughters to you after Narsiz goes through his first mating season in probably a year! I also didn't forget the puppy, as I will send my younger daughters too!
The boys will surely fall in love with them!
Cheers Cecilia
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Inside Marisia's Office, after she read the last letter
An eerie aura spread through the office, "This conniving little bitch..."
She hated the exchange with the Cold-Snout family, especially since they copulated and bred like there was no tomorrow. This wasn't the actual problem, though. The problem was that Cecilia, the lady of the house, tried to barter off all her daughters to an insane degree.
Since the lord had a harem of possibly half a dozen women and was active to an unimaginable degree, she couldn't imagine how many more daughters their household had.
The worst was that the daughters were not much better and loved the arrangement since they didn't know better.
With this thought, Marisia imagined herself, and that she had to deal with another female who was a concubine, she would instead poison her than accommodate her. Maybe it was her jealous side speaking, but she would like to believe it wasn't the case. Yet, if she found her husband with another one, she would be ready to drag him out of any temple and do worse things than death, 'I need to stop these thoughts... the mating season is getting the better of me. He is too honest to even do something like this or think.'
However, the Cold-Snout family was very loyal and helped the Leonandra household a lot, so she would suck it up and hope that the ball Cecilia planned wouldn't be something too overwhelming for her sons.
She leaned back in her chair and sighed, "I hate this."