Chapter 31: Ch. 30 – Profrontation

POV: Darius

"Say, have you heard", I hear some of the nurses gossipping, "there's supposedly an elf 'talking' with the 'Lord's Mansion', can you believe it?"
"What, again? I only heard that it happened a few days ago."
"No, I mean right now."

The rumor mill is scary. Somehow it manages to defy all logic but rumors always arrive faster than your feet can carry you. The mansion is easily an hour away, so how can anyone be certain that they are still talking, assuming that it even happened.

"Sir!", one of my men addresses me, "we are here to deliver your requested reports for the day."
Three of my soldiers are here just to deliver some paper. Goddamnit, people, you don't have to plan a whole excursion just for that bit of outdated news.
"Put them on the table, I'll read them later."
"Understood, sir."
"Can you do me a favor? I'm getting stiff from just lying in bed all the time. Would you mind accompanying me a bit through town?"
"If you so order, sir."

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"Hmpf, if that's the only way then yes, I order you to."
"Understood", the three salute and help me get up and out.

I go to the lady at the front desk, "I'll be out for a bit. These three will make sure nothing bad happens, alright?"
"B-but doctor's orders...!"
"No buts. These are MY orders! Don't worry, I'll be back in an hour or two. You even confiscated my weapon so I couldn't even do anything stupid if I wanted to", with that said my legs carry me out of here.
"H-hey, stop!"
I can feel the doctor coming into the room and staring at me but I've already left. He's certainly shaking his head in frustration but he should be used to my antics by now.

I make my way through town with my three unwilling companions in tow. Not much seems to have changed while I was out cold, it wasn't long but it is good to confirm anyway. While I'm out here I might as well check about those rumors. Usually, I don't give a crap about gossip but this time I have a good feeling about it.

On my way to the mansion I meet a few people I know, everyone's worried about my health and tells me to go home. They are good people but this is something I have to check for myself. At least I'm not a catfolk so I should be safe.

After a while, we arrive at our destination and indeed it seems like someone is chatting with the house. Not just speaking in its direction and not understanding the response but actually discussing things. Well, I can't understand what they are saying, "I̶t̸ ̴s̵e̶e̶m̷s̵ ̴s̸o̶m̶e̷ ̷f̶r̴i̵e̸n̷d̴s̶ ̶o̴f̵ ̵y̸o̵u̵r̴s̸ ̶h̶a̵v̸e̴ ̴a̸r̵r̷i̴v̸e̸d̷.̵"
The person speaking looks to be an elf just as the gossipping ladies said. Silver hair... didn't I just read about that earlier? Wasn't that... crap! Now I remember, the silver-haired elf is a vampire!

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