Suddenly Brian gets a weird blank expression, his smile fading, “I’m working on a plan to kill the heir to the throne and take over the kingdom,” he says in a dreamy tone.
‘Oh, shit,’ both Finn and Jess think to themselves.
“H-how… how are you planning on accomplishing that,” Jess asks.
“There will be the annual royal parade in a few days,” Brian mumbles, “I’m going to have a servant drenching the heir’s parade robes in poison. The poison will cause the prince to fall ill, unable to be saved, everyone will assume he died from an unknown disease”.
‘What a monster,’ Jess thinks to himself, “I need proof that you are truly planning this,” he then says.
Brian nods and suddenly gets to his feet, he then walks over to a large framed portrait and once removing it from the wall, Jess notices a hidden vault behind it which Brian opens, taking out some parchments. The Tiger-man then turns and walks back to Jess, simply handing him the parchments.
When Jess unrolls the parchments, his eyes widen, the whole plan listed: what time the prince awakes, when he gets changed into the parade robes, the start and end of the parade and when the poison takes effect, which will be, according to the notes, 24 hours after the parade. Each parchment has the crest of lord Brian on it, which means that, when Quentin and Jess give this evidence to Quentin’s boss, that lord Brian will be in serious trouble, or not, depending on who Quentin’s boss is.
Jess looks at Brian who is sitting back on his chair motionless and not uttering a word, “Brian, I want you to forget all about ever have met me,” he says, “I also want you to forget that you have shown me the plan. You will notice them missing, but you’ll simply assume you have misplaced them”.
Brian nods, “yes, ma’am,” he says.
Jess gets to his feet, “I’m going to leave,” he says, hiding the parchments in his robes, “I want you to go into a deep sleep,” he then watches as Brian slumps in his seat, his eyes closing and starting to snore. Taking a deep breath, Jess makes his way towards the secret door, ‘time to get the hell out of here and return to Quentin,’ he thinks to himself.
The “girl” manages to sneak back to Quentin, “did you get information,” the Fox-man asks in a whisper.
“Not here,” Jess whispers back, “first, let’s get the hell out of here!”
Quentin nods, the two then walk out the mansion and through the main gates, after walking for a while, the two enter a dark alleyway and Jess hands Quentin the parchments. The Fox-man takes a look at them and his eyes widen in shock, “that… that is what my boss has feared,” he says, “finally he has proof to go against the corrupt lord”.
“So, I guess my job is done,” Jess asks.
Quentin looks at Jess and nods, “you have completed the task better than I thought,” he says, “I guess you deserve to be rewarded, without your help, I could have never managed to complete it myself”. The Fox-man then reaches into his leather bag, “here, you’ve earned it,” he says and on Finn’s screen a message appears, “received 500.000 gold coins”.
Both Finn’s and Jess’s 2D eyes widen in shock, “so much money,” Finn says to himself, then he grins, “cool! Now I can afford a place to stay and buy “Jess” some nice outfits, a knife, a sword and other stuff I’ll need!”
Jess himself feels overwhelmed, “wow, I mean, thanks,” he says.
Quentin chuckles, “there is one thing I’d like to say before we separate,” he says, “you have earned my trust,” he then says with a smile, “if you ever need my help, you can count on it”.
“Th-thanks, Quentin,” Jess replies, “I’m glad I could convince you that I am trustworthy”.
Quentin smiles, “do you have a place to stay,” he then asks.
Jess shakes her head, “no, I haven’t been able to find a place to stay,” he says.
“Well, I have a place, though we would need to share the room,” Quentin says, “every possible place that offer vacancy are full. It is only an offer, if you decline, that’ll be fine with me, though I’d be rather restless knowing that such a defenseless female is spending the night alone outside. It’s not safe to stay outside, especially for a female like you”.
Finn taps his screen and receives the following options:
- Accept Quentin’s offer
- Decline Quentin’s offer