>>5940607>>5940626>>5941104>>5941178>>5941225>>5941358You began by a small bit of explaining.
-Elana... Yes.. I wanted to say that I am before a very delicate situation where your skills are needed.
She took a worried expression, and said in a tone full of touching naivety, for someone who had passed all her short life training to kill people efficiently.
-Please my lord, no murders. I cannot kill someone...
You raised an eyebrow at her concern, she looked at you with these big green eyes while you sat on a chair near her bed and told.
-Kill someone ? What a strange idea, why would I ask you this ?
What were you ? An Italian dealing with poison who would ask a frail maiden to kill his enemies ? No, you were an honourable man, if you wanted to kill someone you would do it yourself with an axe, in battle, or one of your knights would kill the culprit, if he caught him first. Or, if you really needed to do it discreetely you had Ancel. She seemed stunned.
-I mean, my ancient life... I am still so ashamed my lord. To tell that I could have poisoned you, or killed you, I would still be a slave, without a soul, outside of the light. Father François told me a lot about the importance of the soul and that murder was a capital sin that would send me in hell. I... Do not want to go there. I do not want to murder people anymore, I want to live a virtuous life, as he said.
She was cute, you had to admit, and sincere, you saw it in her tone. You answered her, kindly.
-Do not worry, I shall not ask you to kill someone, and it is admirable to want to live as the Church tells. No, I need your other skills, once you will be back on your feet. I need you for a delicate matter. As you know, Lady Rose Takable, that you saw some times, has been freed from the baron by myself, but her handmaiden, a your lady by the name of Becky, is still imprisoned, and subject to mistreatment, in someplace. I thought about a good way of freeing her but a catastrophe happened.
She looked at you with curious eyes, hearing each part of your story. You then continued.
-My brave feal, my loyal knight, Bohémond, whom I sent to deliver a message, was always in love with Becky, and she loved him back. In a courteous and quite sweet love, and he had to pass by someplace when delivering it... He... Tried to free her in the castle and almost managed to do it, but two of my men were killed in the attempt, and two were arrested, Bohémond was thrown into the dungeons too. And now both of them are imprisoned. I have a friend imprisoned, Rose still has a friend imprisoned, I would not have asked anything of you in a normal time, these dangerous missions are not for young maidens, but I know of nobody else who could sneak into a castle like you did...
