1st person Pov:
"Yes, young master. I am all right now and I apologize for showing you such a pathetic state of mine." She said bowing her head a little. She shouldn't have done that. Damn. "It's okay. Don't worry about it." It's not like it was a waste anyway. "I should have let go of you sooner. I am very sorry for wasting your time." But she is persistent. Wait. Does she want to be punished? There's already one session pending. "It's okay Cynthia. It would not have mattered much if you had let me go sooner. it was too late anyway." Yes, it was. And now you have another activity added to our sessions.
"Pardon?" she asked me, but it was better if I don't explain it. It would only make me more pathetic. "It's nothing. You will see it later. For now, I have a task for you. You can put your clothes on now." I said to her while I walked to my desk and sat in the chair. She started putting her clothes on slowly and that was a show I would happily pay with any fortune to watch. She finally put her clothes on completely and stood attentively.
Seeing that she was focused on me now solely, I spoke, "Tell me, how good is your intelligence network?" She seemed confused by my question but said, "It's not as good as the Revstein family intelligence network, but the intelligence under my control of the Madam is competent and satisfactory enough." Hmm. I see. "Then I need you to do something for me. Spread rumors about me. Keep them slow. I want those rumors to be completely spread around the kingdom in at least a year. Try to contain them before that as much as you possibly can. Can you do that?"
She again seemed confused but said, "It can be done, young master. It will take extensive resources, but it is not entirely impossible." She had a point. It was easy to spread rumors but containing those rumors was a different story. And when the rumors were about me, a member of the Revstein family, they would spread through the kingdom like wildfire. But I need at least a year for my plans to be successful.
"What do I have to do Young master?" She asked with her trademark expression. I stared at her and after some time spoke, "Spread rumors that Michael von Revstein is mana defective and also that while training he fell off a horse and is now in a coma with no signs of waking up any soon." This time it was her who stared at me. Her face is monotone, but her eyes are no longer. I can feel she is doubting my words and her eyes are asking me, "Are you serious?"
But before she could speak her mind, I said, "There is a reason for that. I can use mana as you have witnessed but because there are some people who are after me, to make sure they slow their pace, I have to lie that I am unable to manifest mana. Since you and mother are close, you know whom I am talking about, don't you?" She seems to have understood what I was talking about as there was some astonishment in her eyes, but she didn't say anything about that. She just bowed and said, "I will try my best at the task that you have assigned me, young master."
I too nodded my head and said, "Good. Do it right and there will be a reward for you." She quivered a little with anticipation but composed herself soon enough. "It will be my honor, Young master." Use the word pleasure, Cynthia. Use the word pleasure.
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"Knock … Knock" I knocked on Carla's room\office and waited for an answer. I heard the ruffling of papers, and I knew what she was doing in there. Without waiting for an answer from her, I barged into the room and saw her sitting at her table with a mountain of papers on the desk, and currently, her appearance was something I could not bear to see. She had dark circles beneath her eyes, and she looked malnourished. How long has it been since she left this room?
Before she could speak to explain herself, I started walking toward her and said in a stern voice, "Don't even think of coming up with an excuse. How many times have I told you to rest? How many times have I told you to not worry about work? How many times have I told you to eat properly? Tell me, did you even sleep last night?" By the time I finished speaking I was already beside her, and she was still trying to come up with an excuse.
"It's not that Michael. I was not working. I was just checking on some things to make sure they were going smoothly." That was a lame excuse. "And how long did it take you to check on 'things'?" When I said that in return, she did not say anything. It was obvious she was here all night. I was angry at her, so I grabbed her hand and forcefully dragged her to her bed. I made her lie on her stomach all the while she was saying things like, "I'm fine Michael. You don't have to worry so much. I will rest now so why don't you go and spend your time visiting the city."
Does she really expect me to do that while she is here like this? That makes me even more angry. I sternly made her lay down on her stomach and opened the laces of her dress from the back to bare her back. She was surprised by my action but before she could speak, I said, "Mother. Don't move. I am going to perform a set of massages on you and implement some runes."
She calmed down a bit and said "Okay" but suddenly realized something in my sentence, "Wait runes?" Of course, I didn't let her speak further and started massaging her from her shoulders down to the base of her spine. Evidently, the message was relaxing as after some time, she was fast asleep. I didn't stop the massage though. Her mind was too tired, so she slept, but her body also needed to rest, so I continued to perform the massage while injecting mana into her body and circulating it throughout her whole body.
I also started drawing runes on her. It will take time as I have to draw runes and recover mana at the same time while also injecting it into her body to help her own mana in circulation.
[Drawing and implementing Basic mana rune]
[100 Mp deducted]
[Time needed: 15 minutes]
[Target: Carla Revstein]
[Drawing and implementing Basic strengthening rune]
[100 Mp deducted]
[Time needed: 10 minutes]
[Target: Carla Revstein]
[Drawing and implementing Basic agility rune]
[100 Mp deducted]
[Time needed: 17 minutes]
[Target: Carla Revstein]
[Drawing and implementing Basic Endurance\stamina rune]
[100 Mp deducted]
[Time needed: 19 minutes]
[Target: Carla Revstein]
[Initiating dual circulation of mana]
[Target: Carla Revstein]
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