Maledictus Terra Book 3: Vetitum Nemus Part 84
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Part 84
Noxus looked down at her faux arm. "Oh. You noticed."
"It was fairly subtle but I do not possess human eyes you see?" The Captain winked. "As someone who spends a lot of time travelling, I have seen all sorts. You seem to be somewhat different for more than one reason. So? If you do not mind telling me..." She let the question hang.
Noxus shook her head. "It is not a problem. It is a loss that I have grown accustomed to. I lost it during a quest. We were fighting an unsurmountable foe... I was lucky to escape with my life." Noxus hung her head. "Some of my companions did not make it."
"So you are an Adept then?" The dark skinned elf pressed.
Noxus shook her head. "I don't think I can be called that anymore. I was once..."
"An adept of the temple of Hiral Kai." The elf finished for her.
Noxus looked at the elf's face closely and said nothing.
The elf shrugged. "I have been around a long time. I learn things."
Noxus doubted that this was all the truth that came with that statement.
Tiberos neared the private suite of Adiran the Mage. The power that he could feel emanating from that place was... almost unbearable, He touched the door and its inscriptions and carvings lightly and was about to reach out with his mind and scry the door when it swung outward and nearly collided with him.
Tiberos leapt backwards and tried to look nonchalant.
Prince Adrian appeared out of the doorway and nodded at Tiberos.
Adiran was less amicable. "What are you doing here Tiberos?"
Tiberos had to bite back the retort on his lips. "Just patrolling the castle hallways your excellence." He felt no need to elaborate.
The look Adiran gave him told him that this mage did not trust that answer one bit. "I see. Well all is in hand here."
Adiran and the Prince seemed about to leave his standing where he stood. The old mage plucked up the courage to say something. "Is it though?"
Adiran whirled around, his expression a fierce scowl. "What is it that you are saying?"
"I can feel the power coming from this room from the other side of the Castle. I don't think that you would be using that much power if everything was all in hand as you say." Tiberos kept himself calm and measured. "Lord Adiran. You have always been a mystery. I was there from the beginning but I never got caught up in the schemes of Christoff and Darius. Now it becomes apparent to me that things happen in this Castle that leads to move of what happened two years ago."
Adiran smiled ruefully. "Well what do you know? A sensible magi in the court. Do you however think that I am evil and am plotting something? Is that why you are confronting me now?"
Tiberos frowned. "Once I might have held such a thought. Even recently maybe. But now I am not so sure."
"Then what is it that you want?" Adiran asked.
Tiberos had not considered this question. What did he want? Tiberos the mage? What did he want? "I... want to know more... I want to know better... and... I want to help where I can. I sense that there is trouble and disquiet. You are a dangerous man. Perhaps not evil but where you go, there is evil. You follow evil and evil follows you. That's what I think,"
Adiran stroked his beard and looked at the Prince who had been standing silently all this time. "Well, he's never said that before."
"Perhaps that is a good thing." The Prince said. "It is a sign that things have changed."
"Right." Adiran agreed. "Well, it is your call this time. What do you think?"
Prince Adrian grinned. "Yeah, I think we should."
Adiran turned to Tiberos and grinned. "Well then, Mage, you can come with us. I shall try to keep to the main subject at hand. It might be useful to have someone else on our side we can get to do some tasks."
"Yes Lord."
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