Ch.72 The Kings yer
<span style="font-weight:400">She continued to follow Rya''s trail until she reached the red lighted district of the city. The area had many bars and establishments that offered entertainment for their clients. There were also many performers walking around doing tricks for patrons.
<span style="font-weight:400">When she followed the trail all the way until she arrived at Be''s ce.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Huh? She went into a female brothel? Do dark elves'' bed the same team? Or does she not like men? But she looked so cute with that Quin guy?'' Nieren thought to herself as she stopped in front of the door and cracked it open to see Rya standing in the reception area. ''She''s here!'' Nieren said as she slowly closed the door.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Okay she''s hanging in there and I will wait for her toe out. Now where is the best ce to find and observe her from?'' Nieren thought as she walked around the area looking for a good spot.
<span style="font-weight:400">As the sun set, Nieren decided to sit outside the building and rx while waiting for Rya.
<span style="font-weight:400">''If she''sing up with an evil plot and I stop it, would I be a legend? Hehe. That would be great!'' Nieren thought to herself as she sat down at the bench and leaned back against the wall.
<span style="font-weight:400">***
<span style="font-weight:400">And then darkness fell over the city, but Nieren wasn''t worried about that. She knew Rya wouldn''t do anything stupid in the dark. But that''s when she noticed four cloaked figures sneaking around the back of the building.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Who are these guys? Must be more dark elvesing to join up with Rya. You''re not getting away with whatever you''re doing!'' Nieren said to herself as she got up to go check what they were up to.
<span style="font-weight:400">As she was going around to the back of the building, she noticed a spell of silence was cast surrounding the area.
<span style="font-weight:400">''What is this? A magical artifact?'' Nieren thought to herself as she approached the group.
<span style="font-weight:400">That''s when the four figures went through the back door.
<span style="font-weight:400">''What the hell is going on." Nieren cast her cloaking and hind in the alley waiting to see who would being out. The artifact seemed to only work for 10 minutes as Nieren was still hiding in the shadows of the dark alleyway. And what seemed like another 10 minutes had passed when her ears picked up a quick battle was happening inside the brothel.
<span style="font-weight:400">''A-Are they killing someone? What the hell are they doing?'' Nieren said to herself as she waited to see who came out.
<span style="font-weight:400">***
<span style="font-weight:400">The door opened up as a man in a hood was looking around the alley to see if the coast was clear.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Huh? Is that guy a human? So, he''s a spy for her?'' Nieren thought to herself as she saw the hooded figure going back into the brothel.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Are we clear to move out!" He said as he grabbed the arm of a woman.
<span style="font-weight:400">''W-Wait that''s the dark elf? Why are there tears in her ey~'' Nieren''s thoughts stopped when she saw the ve cor around Rya''s neck. ''W-WHAT!? She got cored! What do I do! Do I help her? Help her escape?'' Nieren thought to herself while subconsciously rubbing her neck as stood there trying to make heads or tails of what was going on until she saw thest figureing out of the brothel.
<span style="font-weight:400">The hair on the back of her neck stood on end, ''T-The Kings yer! The ck Roses enved her. Oh GODS!'' Nieren was scared stiff when she saw Jeremiah. She''s heard of the stories of the Kings yer iming the lives of nine Royals in his time with the ck Roses. She''s seen him in action before during the war with the wood elves when he killed the Elven King causing the wood elves tribes to separate and run. Since then, the wood elves standing in the world have fallen on the continent.
<span style="font-weight:400">The Wood Elven King was her uncle. She was there to witness his death that day of the copse of her kingdom and knew that many of her people became enved by the human Kingdom of Marn which were the ones to hire the ck Roses. Her and her friends fled to the neighboring human kingdom of Fiafyr because they knew that very wasn''t allowed in their territory and there was the dwarven city with a dwarven Lord that they thought they could seek refuge.
<span style="font-weight:400">They knew it would be a hard journey but somehow Nieren and her mother were the only ones that made it to the city of Ironside 30 years ago. She may not have been living her old noble life anymore, but she was living in peace as best as she and her mother could.
<span style="font-weight:400">Nieren didn''t know why the Kings yer was here, but it can''t be a good thing.
<span style="font-weight:400">With the memories of her uncle''s death, she didn''t move nor took a breath as the four figures walked down the alleyway, away from her.
<span style="font-weight:400">She hid in her cloaked state for a few minutes even after the Kings yer was out of sight. After a while the cloaking spell wore off as she was crouched there in the shadows. Releasing her clenched fists that were making her palms hurt after when her fingernails started digging into her skin for gods knows how long.
<span style="font-weight:400">After calming herself down she realized that Rya was captured, and the Kings yer wasn''t there anymore. ''What should I do?''
<span style="font-weight:400">Nieren couldn''t just leave her to the same fate as her people. She needed to find a way to free her. “She may be a dark elf, but she’s an elf nheless.” She said to herself out loud as she finally came out of the shadows.
<span style="font-weight:400">''I-I can''t just leave her to the ck Roses. But I can''t take on the Kings yer by myself. I must find her friends!'' Nieren thought to herself as she came up with a n.
<span style="font-weight:400">"The wolf-kin! If I find her, she''ll get that Quin guy. Then I can break her out." She said to herself as she ran to the street.
<span style="font-weight:400">Nieren was going around the city trying to find the wolf-kin because there''s no other breast-kin in the city so she thought it would be easier for her to find.
<span style="font-weight:400">''That Wolf-kin took that guy to the restaurant district. Please be there!'' She thought to herself as she jogged down the crowded streets where taverns were.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Gods, why is it so busy!'' she thought to herself as she slowed down.
<span style="font-weight:400">As she looked around all over the ce. ''If I won a lot of gold where would I go? I''d probably head to Bao''Hai to spend it?'' Nieren thought to herself while weaving through the crowds of people with ease.
<span style="font-weight:400">She saw a sign for The Bao''Hai, the best restaurant in the city.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This is her ce!" She thought to herself as she rushed towards the door.
<span style="font-weight:400">She pushed the heavy wooden doors open and walked in.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hello?" She called out hoping to see the wolf-kin.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Great! Now an elf wants to dine here. Bao''Hai must be falling on hard times," a voice said behind her.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What did you say?" Nieren asked, turning quickly to face a human male dressed in fancy attire.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Tsk! We have serviced your kind before. Just like that mutt that''s came in here making a mess of the VIP room. If she wasn''t with that young rich guy, she would have been kicked out. But you''re not allowed. Get out." He said with a sneer.
<span style="font-weight:400">''She''s here and that guy too. I think his name is Percy? Does he think that Percy is rich?''
<span style="font-weight:400">"I said get out!" The man yelled again, getting in Nieren''s face.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m with that rich guy. You know, he looks like a ranger?" Nieren said with a smirk.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You stupid elf! If you want to eat here th-" the man was interrupted by a dwarf in fancy attire from behind him.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Jacob! What are you doing berating a customer!" he yelled at his co-worker.
<span style="font-weight:400">"But she''s an elf! She shouldn''t even be allowed in here! This is a human and dwarf establishment!" Jacob argued back.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Enough! We are a GOLD establishment. And if she''s with Mr. Percival than she is wee. Hell, Mr. Percival can bring in an Ogre if he has the gold. SO SHUT IT! AND GET USED TO THE NEW BUSINESSES HERE!" the manager yelled at Jocab.
<span style="font-weight:400">Jocab straightens up after getting yelled at.
<span style="font-weight:400">''Wow! It''s like he was never rude to me.'' Nieren thought to herself.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Madam can you show us some proof that you''re with the young gentleman? Or else we''ll have to ask you to leave." The manager stated as he looked at her.
<span style="font-weight:400">Nieren panicked for a moment before realizing that she had the bag of gold she won earlier today.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Here you go. This is Mr. Percival''s gold," Nieren said as she ced the bag on the counter.
<span style="font-weight:400">The manager took the bag and counted it. "Huh... One thousand gold!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Jacob began to sweat a little when he heard this number.
<span style="font-weight:400">"One thousand gold?!" He yelled.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Yes! And there are still two more bags of gold!" Nieren said with a smile.
<span style="font-weight:400">Jacob and the manager both look at each other.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Uh um. My name''s Padera. I''m the owner and manager here. Please allow me to show you to Mr. Percival''s room," Padera said nervously.
<span style="font-weight:400">''He seems nervous. Well servers them right for yelling at me,'' Nieren thought to herself while grabbing her bag of gold.
<span style="font-weight:400">***
<span style="font-weight:400">Padera lead Nieren through the main area of the restaurant where everyone was staring at Nieren.
<span style="font-weight:400">They arrived at the end of the hall where they turned the corner to see arge door.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This is the VIP room. For now enjoy a free meal and then we''ll talk about paymentter madam," Padera said nervously.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you very much! But I came here for business. SO, I''ll take some duck to go please." Nieren said as she began walking down to the door.
<span style="font-weight:400">As she walked away Padera looked at the bags of gold. He has never seen such a high amount of gold! ''Jacob needs to stop yelling at customers with sacks of gold dammit,'' Padera thought to himself.