>>5805278Unfortunately it was not foreseen in time, but you could still save the day with some negociation skills.
>>5805284Or to serfs, only oaths given between Christian noblemen are biding.
>>5805338True, true it was probably the best tactic in this case in terms of probabilities but the majority decided against your learned words. One more proof of the foolishness of this so called "democracy".
>>5805445>>5805589>>5805676>>5805832>>5806136You decided to try to defuse the situation, unfortunately it was hard against people that you had just tried to kill.
-There is no need to go into extremes. If you kill Lady Takable you will be killed painfully, if you let her leave I have no reason to hurt you at all.
You said it in a calm voice, as to appease the man. Unfortunately it had little effect, he snapped back.
-We will not release Lady Rose, but she will be safe with us, we must move her somewhere, not kill her. So you will leave this ship now, and give us horses, good horses, palfreys, one for each of our men, then we will leave and you will be safe from prosecution for having attacked your liege lord's men.
The audacity of this scoundrel almost made you lunge at him, but the fearful look in your lady's eyes stopped you from doing something stupid. It was unfortunate, you were not a specialist in negociations, since you were a third son you were educated as a knight and were generally expected to kill those that your liege lord pointed as hostile. You were not formed to negociate when you could not use the threat of violence at your advantage, or you were not with other fellow noblemen that you could trust because of their noble blood and good manners. You didn't knew if this man was honest and if he had the guts to slice the throat of your beloved, and you did not want to take the risk to find out. Ah, you were really half a man in these kinds of negociations without Oldfossil. You made sign to your men to leave slowly but fortunately your brave Captain Crumbling intervened.
-You cannot expect our lord to comply with your demands ! What guarantees you that you will not send us another ice curse when we will be far away ?
The man answered.
-My goodwill !
