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[Haspen]

The whole group was escorted upstairs by two soldiers - except Olison, who was allowed to stay downstairs and take care of his horse. And of course Henry, who was resting gods know where.

When upstairs, Aaron came out of the Prixima's study and opened the door.

"Lady Prixima will see Adrien now." He announced in a brief speech.

[Taricus]

: "Right, let's get this over with..."

Adrien strode through the doorway into Prixima's study, wary of the woman. He made his way into the room before stopping, standing straight in order to look as formal as possible.

: "Lady Prixima, I trust you have our payment ready?"

[Haspen]

"But of course!" Prixima said, enthusiastically clapping her hands. Then she nodded at small wooden box at her table.

"The reward for Arinne's head is there. Now that the test mission was a success, I believe we can proceed with original mission of Sarius' group that I had for him and you?"

[Taricus]

: "Regardless of whether the previous mission was a test, payment must still be rendered for those services. If you are unwilling or unable to pay us for them, we will discontinue our current service with you and take our leave of this place."

[Haspen]

Prixima furrowed her eyebrow.

"Well, if you don't want all those golden coins hidden safely in that box, how about a magical tome from my collection? Also, you sound as if I'm some kind of terrible, crafty witch, my dear Adrien."

[Taricus]

: "At most, that box would only be able to contain around 500 gold coins, and somehow, I doubt it contains that. Now, if you were willing to show me the contents of the box before I accepted it as payment, then maybe I could agree to take it as payment.

As for what I think of you, I will be honest and say that you summed it up perfectly. You have not demonstrated any incompetence that I have had the opportunity to witness, thus I am taking the caution of assuming you are perfectly compentent. Don't exactly care about the morals though, but that's coming from a mercenary."

[Haspen]

Prixima laughed and clapped her hands together.

"You're definitely more interesting than Sterling. As in, more mature, that's for sure. Wiser, too. I wonder if more... experienced as well." Prixima grinned, before letting out a chuckle. Her hands then reached for the box's lid and lifted it. Glittering coins filled the inside's to the brim and beyond, actually forming a small pile on top of the other coins.

"One thousand six hundred coins are in the box. That's the exact prize for Arinne's head that was on the posters we issued few weeks ago. No one decided to try and kill her, so all that gold is yours for taking."

[Taricus]

Adrien looked over the coins, before turning back to Prixima

: "Well, the payment looks acceptable to me. Now, tell me more about that job you were going to give to Sarius."

[Haspen]

"Did you ever heard of the Dragonstones? I doubt that, so let me explain a bit." Prixima sat down on the chair and crossed her arms.

"Back in the days of demons and heroes, Dragons, which still roamed the world, gave the Humans a set of seventy seven magical stones, each with different names, and all of the Dragonstone wielders then fought against the Demon Gor-Tah. My family had one of the Dragonstones since we became a barony, and then, a county in Deynastia, and then, in Menelea. I will spare you the political nuances. During the last five centuries, though, many of those Dragonstones were lost, either destroyed, stolen, and few are possibly resting in some old crypt or ruin, forgotten by everyone. Nowadays only historians and eccentric arcane researchers bother themselves with the knowledge of Dragonstones. My family Dragonstone was called 'Lapis Lazuli'." She let out an annoyed sigh.

"Unfortunately, over the last fify years, the Dragonstone changed the owner in the family, and ultimately fell into hands of my cousin, Eor Kesselring. That stubborn old fool isn't going to give it back, and in the last year, he moved from his manor, along with his rag-tag band of vagabonds, to the hills in the western part of Kesselring county. Now, make a guess why you're involved in this family matter."

[Taricus]

: "No need to guess when the answer is obvious. Any other objectives aside from the acquisition of the Dragonstone?"

[Haspen]

Wide grin appeared on Prixima's face.

"Not at all. Just bring me the Dragonstone. At any cost. I've actually allowed myself to arrange something - one of my other diplomats, Taki, went with our new pegasus rider to Eor's village to snoop around, try to find some details about him you could exploit and even try to hire some help. I have my doubts about the latter part, but you will see that for yourself. Christopher, Gregor and Olison will go with you as well - Eor is a skilled tactician."

"Anyway - just bring me Lapis Lazuli, and the contract is fulfilled."

[Taricus]

: "Very well, now may I ask you something?"

[Haspen]

Prixima glared at Adrien, but only briefly, before she waved her hand at him.

"What is it?"

[Taricus]

: "I think our cleric is possesed, or something like that. Considering that horse of hers, along with the behavorial and voice changes when closely exposed to violence. You know anyone that can do anything about it? Preferably without killing her, or affecting her ability to do her job."

[Haspen]

"Hmph, I'm neither a priest nor someone from the now-defunct Inquisition. You will have to deal with her on your own. Of course, I can always confine her to my castle's jail until you find someone who can deal with her."