Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Last words

48 hours to Mission End

Afternoon, King’s Landing’s sewers

“Primordial Theater…”

The thin veil of smoke parted and the young Cersei walked out in her lavish red-yellow frock. Her green eyes glistened black in the candlelight. Her head bobbled, examining her surroundings, and she frowned.

Kai frowned at her frown.

“Again?” she worded out aloud, sneering. “… Blood…”

Kai could feel the revulsion within her as if she wanted nothing but to go back to wherever she had come from. He didn’t blame her, though. Any place would be a welcome sight when compared to the sewers. Especially now.

It was raining in the morning. Though it was but a drizzle, most of the rainwater had come down the drain to the sewers, bringing up the filthy water’s level to just below Kai’s knees. The girl had grime reaching above her knees as well, blackening the pure frock on her virgin body. Cersei didn’t complain outright if Kai was to ignore her condemning gaze.

I should have known better, he thought, rebuking himself. After my conversation with Petyr, I should have known.

The geyser-like protrusions on his face pulsed, and the two large white fangs jutting out of his upper jaw made it impossible for him to properly close his mouth. Kai seemed like a hideous creature from a most hideous place. Nothing else would have done justice to the transformation of Koffing.

“Don’t let me die…” said Kai, narrowing his eyes at Cersei.

The girl played with her long silky hair, ignoring the smell as hard as she could, and giggled. There was a playfulness in her smile too.

Kai dreaded it.

He cut his thumb with the saber and let her hold his wrist. She put it in her mouth, and instead of sucking on the blood, bit his thumb.

Kai gritted his teeth in anger. Hold, hold, he told himself. She is just riling me up.

He stared into her eyes, and his mouth parted, commanding the character to play her Act. “Blood Prophecy!”

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“How’s my… son?” Jon Arryn asked. “Tell…”

Kai looked at the old man as if he was nothing but a dead weight. Jon Arryn looked less like a man and more like a skeleton under the black filthy hide for a cover. There was no lack of food, water, and wine here; courtesy of Kai, as he called it.

But sometimes, the very place a man stayed in did something to him that no external factor could counter. A family full of quarrels, cheating wife, unworthy son, and disrespectful daughter all could eat a man from inside.

Something along the same lines had been eating the old man, Kai could tell. Whether it was the thought of his wife riding a younger man’s dick or his weak son, only Jon Arryn knew the truth of it. Kai didn’t reply, not bothering to repeat the same answer a hundred times. The old man had been asking the same question since yesterday.

Two times Kai had used the Blood Prophecy Act. But all he got were some incoherent scenes and nothing else. The only thing out of the ordinary he could tell was seeing a tall man in a white greatcoat. How he could tell it was white in a world full of blood, Kai couldn’t say. It was just an instinct.

It will be over in two days, Kai thought.

But Kai wasn’t happy about it. The reason was simple. He clearly remembered in his previous main mission, Kai had attempted many side missions at the behest of the Captain of Guard. But after coming to this world, the only side mission he had got was the first one from the System itself.

Side Missions didn’t reward Attribute Points, as much as Kai had figured out. Yet, the Mission Credits alone were a thing to be sought after, especially when the number of side missions would dictate his main mission’s completion rate.

But how? Kai asked himself. Last time, it was Arlen who gave me side missions. There is no captain here. With this line of thought, he couldn’t help but give the old man another look.

Perhaps… Kai’s thoughts trailed off.

“How are you faring, my lord?” Kai asked, prodding the old man. “You will have nothing to worry about in two days, I promise.”

Jon Arryn didn’t as much as glance at Kai.

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“I went to see young sweetrobin yesterday,” Kai casually mentioned. The old man snapped open his eyes and sat up. He gawked at Kai, sending him an expectant look. The torch fluttered by his side, the flame dancing, revealing the bones under his skin.

“You did…” Jon Arryn took a deep breath. “How is he?”

“He is as good as a boy can be,” Kai lied. “I secretly told him you are OK, and soon you will go back to him.”

“That’s good… that’s good…” the old man mumbled, falling back to his half-slumber.

Oh, not so fast, Kai fumed, his hand grabbing Jon Arryn’s shoulder.

“My lord,” Kai said, slightly shaking the Hand. “I was wondering if you have some tasks for me.”

“No… no… Let me sleep…” Jon Arryn whispered, and then his eyes landed on Kai’s face. It was as if a bad, hidden memory had awakened. The old man looked at Kai, and fury took over him. “You! It’s you! Because of you, I have suffered so…”

“I am so sorry that you feel so, my lord,” Kai said, holding back an itchy laugh. “You must think of young Robert. Yes, him. Don’t look at me like that. I won’t harm him. Now, is there anything I can do for you? Any task?”

Jon Arryn looked into Kai’s eyes as if he was searching for something humane within them. Alas, he failed. “Two things,” the old man begrudgingly replied. As he listed those things, two stony-gray Notifications appeared in front of Kai.

[

You have triggered a Side Mission.

Main Mission: Thwart the Assassination of Jon Arryn

Side Mission: Return the book on Royal lineages to the Hand’s solar

…

Side Mission Hint: Fire

Do you accept the side-mission?

]

[

You have triggered a Side Mission.

Main Mission: Thwart the Assassination of Jon Arryn

Side Mission: Pass on Jon Arryn’s words to the king

Side Mission Summary: Jon Arryn fears a state of intense unrest in the Seven Kingdoms if he were to reveal the secret. But he also knows his duty to his king. Jon Arryn feels he will not live to meet the king personally. So, to not let the wrong person know about the secret, you must pass the coded message to the king. The message is: “The seed is strong.”

Side Mission Objective: Let the king know Jon Arryn’s last words

Side Mission Time Limit: Not Applicable

Side Mission Hint: Spider

Do you accept the side-mission?

]

Kai accepted both. He couldn’t find any reason to not accept them. Plus, it gave him a good reason.

A reason to approach Robert Baratheon and devour the tale of a King.

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