'Regarding the mentioned indivial of interest: They have not responded to any of the triggers known to me at the time of the interview, and although they blatantly ussed magic to accelerate their thought speed, they did not try to attack or manipulate those in the room as no use of mana outside a body was detected from any individual bar the truth seer. The subject shows peculiarities that indicate a level above six in either corrupt or grotesque mind. All signs and movements lead the presiding interrogator and investigator to both point that it is likely the later. They show characteristics of noble or sheltered birth from their high knowledge and magical prowess while maintaining a naivety in personality that escapes from their calculative attitude when talking and interacting with others. Estimated high levels in etiquette and court skills as well as the presence of the calming presence skill to an underterminable level. Appears to have a distorted image of love and honor, though not to a point considered 'inhuman'. Recent purchases suggest they intent to build a reputation and base, though the final goal remains unknown. It was confirmed that the subject believed themselves capable of having produced all the enchanted equipment currently in their team's possesion, which would indicate either a high level of crude crafting and enchanting coupled with a deep mana pool or the participation of another mind mage, with capabilities far above the subject in question, altering their perspective and a hidden chanel transporting all the known and unkown items that have not yet been spotted at all. When asked about their wife, the subject expressed love and indirectly threatened the interrogator with expletives that suggest high leveles of the torture and anatomy (, intimidation and spiritual pressure) skills. Estimated combat power: B+. Estimated threath level: B+/A- (A-/A+). Contingency plans highly (Extremely) recomended. Cooperation (Highly) unlickely to be succesful.
Addendum: As the individual seems to be highly confident while maintaining caution, the best way of dealing with them would probably be to make a request through the guild, which their party has no reason to refuse or suspect so they can be ambushed by unexpected circunstances tailored against their strenghts.
The following refer to the collected information on party menbers and estimated status from...' Stopping his piggyback around there, Aki went to his knees and retched, his stomach emptying in the toilet seat as he tried to get ussed to being entirely himself again.
Mind magic was a wonderful thing, and although the countries had already noticed that simply prohibithing the thing would let them defenseless when someone learned well enough alone, said kingdoms had aparrently not been able to do a good enough job in guarding against the finer usses of the art. Aki could think of ten to twenty scenarios that would lead to such development himself, but ussing his brain like normal really hurt at the moment, reason for him standing there completly expecting to vomit blood or the like before he began.
Truth be told, he expected the voices to be louder, to have a minor seizure, something of the like, but instead his head simply hurt, he felt dizy from the change in perspectives and craving the feeling of choking on dick. He'd not experienced it personally, but if the truth teller was anything to go by... There was just no way he was going to use that backdoor a second time, too risky.
"What the fuck was that guy doing when you got in his head?" Asked Mari, looking at the conflicting expressions his body did while he sweated and Xera made the vomit go away.
"Pleasuring a bull-kin with his mouth." He said, summoning a ball of water, washing his mouth and spitting before repeating that and swallowing the second ball.
"Oh, that must have been hard on you." She said, suddenly pitying the man as she patted his back. Growing into her sexuality was something that greatly confused her for a while and...
"Besides the feeling that i need to get in a brothel and give head till my tongue gets sore, i'll be fine." He smiled, trying to think about other ways he could take the taste of vomit out of his mouth since his mouth washing magic wasn't advanced enough to do that without drowning him.
"I know you may feel a bit... wait, what? Seriously?" She stated. She'd been surprised by Xera, but they were both that way? She'd traveled quite a bit, but most people with exoteric tastes were ussualy nobles, most of which she'd simply categorize as 'overly sexual' rather than anything. Good coin really, but not exactly the safest enviroment she'd found as an adventurer.
"Yup, and i really can't think of anything else. Gods, that man needs to retire and find a husband. Anyone up for a competition? It's my first time, so maybe you will win." He pointed out, fully intending on taking some more 'demerits' to balance the game.
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"No, they're actually pretty tame. No torture devices, test slaves, illegal concoctions, Aki is even strict on my drinking habit, says i need to train my poison and mental resistances if i want to keep drinking like i do." Said the third place.
"Seriously? That guy just ignored me and his wife was only a little better, so i don't really know much, but that sounds pretty strange." Pointed out Sieg before stuffing a bit of dried fruit in his mouth.
"I'm just happy you are happy Mari, you sound like you really like them." Said Sara, a small smile shining on her face as she turned to her partially feline friend.
"And if you stay around you will even be able to visit us on the village." Brandom pointed out.
"If i do then it will be the longest i live in one place. Four years with you guys and whatever more they can chain me to that heavenly bed. Seriously, Aki tried to explain how he'd enchanted the thing, but all i got was that it tries to shape the floof to whoever's laying on it, and it is damn good." She pointed out, already wishing she could be hugging a pillow to her head and just laze around.
"Okay, i know you guys have no vision so you might not know this, but that's the kind of thing only high nobility and royalty get to sleep in." Explained a wide eyed Sieg, who got the stares of everyone around him. "That one time we talked to count whathisname personaly? Remenber how i went away and didn't look back after deciding we wouldn't be getting on a contract with the guy? He tried to get me to his bed." He shivered. "I couldn't get the bed itself out of my mind though, it was like nothing i'd ever felt, so i asked around. Turns out it's easier to buy something like this equipment i'm wearing. Enchanters wouldn't even give you a price for something like that."
The revelation hit the financelly chalenged people hard. It also remenbered Mari of her payment in the contract she'd first signed and the clauses related to it. She may or may not end up earning more in this year than in her whole life if they were going to fight monsters with that kind of enchanting at hand. Was that why Xera's spear could cut stone ogres so easily?
"Maybe you should all try and get a contract too? I mean, you three are definetly not going to your knees for it, but we're still all B-rank, working for someone like that doesn't sound that bad either. If you can pass the legase in his written contracts." She pointed out, already thinking on how to get the man to forgive the eunuch in front of her. He was still an ass, but had become much better after his pride got battered by whatever Aki did to his brain.
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"Seriously that easy? And their contracts are so much simpler too, were you bullying me with that paper nightmare or something?" She complained, her tension completly defeated.
"Technically yes, actually. A good part was a test. For some reason you're better than me at paperwork even after I passed my mother's lessons on being a responsible adult, so if there's nothing you think is worth adding I won't fuss about it, while Xera..."
"I don't want to talk about it." She interrupted.
"That. So yes, even spear idiot can get in if you plan his employment well enough. He is not as trustworthy, but he can still be useful after the seeds I sowed have bloomed." He pointed out.
"I do want to ask though, what did you do to him? I thought he didn't mention his new condition because he was embarrassed, but he seems to be working out more and more, he is so calm it's kind of creepy." The cat-kin pointed out.
"That? I gave him a new perspective over fear and worry, which together with the new chemical unbalanced in his body should make him turn into a diligent and focused man with more chances of..."
"Back up a bit, what's a chemical imbalance?" Interrupted the blonde lady, causing Aki to stop and think of how to explain it so someone that was not well versed in said area.
"Some substances are produced inside the human body, like blood and the liquids inside the stomach, liver and brain, you know that, right?" Both women nodded, Xera putting down her book to listen. "Well, there's actually a lot more of those that are generaly invisible unless you separate them from the blood through nerdy stuff. Without all of it working together the human body starts having some problems and starts to adapt to the new condition, which will cause several problems. It is generally a person's diet that causes this tipe of problem, lack of one or the other nutrient, but damage to one's organs can also cause that. While not the same as if i'd popped one of his kidneys or the like, becoming an eunuch isn't a painless process for more than a reason. Did that make sense?" He asked at the end, getting a nod from both, who could relate what he said to their own experiences.
"Doesn't that mean you were always going to get him to work for you?"
"Definetly. He's relatively young for a B rank, and though he does not understand the world right now it does not mean i can't mold him into something useful. I was planing on enslaving him with debt at the beggining, but since he came to work for me of his own free will then i will just pass some prescription medicines after doing an analises. Truly, magic is the most convinient tool." He sighed, very happy he was never drilled on how to use all the fancy equipment usable in hospitals or he'd just be wasting his time, it really wasn't that hard to determine which was the problem in a person's body when you had both the basic knowledge and the experience. The latter of which he was acruing quite easily.
"Why does that not surprise or disgust me?" Asked the adventurer lady as she massaged her temples.
"Because you know i would treat him better than a lot of slavers would. I'm quite soft as far as crazy people go. And you also quite love the bed." He pointed out with a smirk by the end, thowing a bit of poison at the distracted woman from inside the greater poison slime on his lap. It was evolving into a house cat really.
"My hair!" She screamed, quickly taking the solvent out with her bare hands. Because that was the correct choice. "Don't do that!" She bellowed at the chuckling man, shooting a glare to the handsome Xera, who hid her face with a book.
"Relax, i'm just messing with you." He said through his laughter. "Look." Putting a hand in his head, a green glow shone and suddenly Aki's hair started growing, not taking more than a minute to start covering his face and reaching the small of his back. "I can get you whatever hair stile you want!" He pointed out, while taking the curtain of hair out of his face, making change through blonde, deep green, red, pink, blue and then back to his original dark brown.