Pov: May Parker (Now)
'What could she want ?'
[Unknown unless you wish for me to look into her]
'No need I will get to know it straight from her you only interject if she is lying '
[Understood]
"Send her in"
"At once your holiness "
May did not have to wait long as the next second a beautiful blonde with green eyes that sparkled like emeralds came inside May's office, she seemed a little familiar but May was unable to put a finger on where she knew her from, but Gwendolyn did not have the same problem.
"It's you!" With Gwendolyn's cold tone and expressionless face the question she tried to make came out as a statement.
"Do you know me ?" May was unable to keep her curiosity in check so she ended up asking.
"..."
"I will take that as a yes but I do not have the time for pleasantries so let's get to the point shall we?"
"Yes"
Gwendolyn's one-word answers already annoyed May and her expressionless face further amplified it, May was so annoyed that she wished to fluster Gwendolyn and see if she could keep that face up.
Before May was able to dwell on those thoughts, Gwendolyn's voice broke her train of thought.
"I wish that you start a rebellion and overthrow my father"
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"Hahahaha" Gwendolyn's statement sent May into a fit of giggles and laughs
"..."
"Okay enough joking around tell me really what are you here for"
"..." Gwendolyn's silence wiped the smirk off May's face
"You're not joking are you ?"
"I'm not" With that May's mood was ruined more than she thought was possible.
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"Okay okay let's for a moment ignore the fact he is your father and the obviousness of this being a trap and let's ignore the fact your dad has 40000 tropes the real question is why would I need to start a rebellion "
Gwendolyn took a moment to think and compose herself but May was unable to tell the latter.
"The Duke is planning to have you married to my brother -" May wanted to interject that she already knew that but she held her tongue and let Gwendolyn finish
"So he can stop the people from uprising against him or my brother, you are loved among the people hence when my brother takes the seat of Duke it will be uncontested by the people"
"Great but I already knew al-" This time Gwendolyn interrupted May
"Let me finish please"
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"But my father doesn't wish for you to hold any real power he doesn't wish for his son to become a puppet ruler hence your predicament with the church is the duke's doing, the other churches would never fall so low to kill civilians, maybe your merchants and priests were killed by the light paladins but for the civilians it is impossible."
"THAT SON OF A BI*CH !" May's outburst was met with Gwendolyn's cold eyes
"That is my grandmother please refrain from insulting her"
Gwendolyn's words poured cold water on May's anger.
"You are right sorry and thank you for the information" May took a few moments to think and to get her head back in the game.
Then May proceeded with the conversation
"Even tho now I really want to kill your dad I still can't, the king won't allow anyone that is not a Shawcross to take control of these lands"
"You have me"
"Okay let's just say I just so happened to have magically decided to give the seat of the dukedom to you, then there is still the problem of actually achieving the seat, right now I am facing 1200 paladins and I just can't spread my people any more they are going to destroy me if I have to face an enemy on two fronts"
"So starting a rebellion is out ?"
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"Noooo just let me get my sword and off we go trying to kill your pops....., Of course, it is out duh"
"Hmmm"
May was unable to keep her thoughts to herself so she ended up voicing them.
"If you really want your pops dead why don't you just go the old-fashioned way and use poison ?"
May was not expecting the cold and usually silent Gwendolyn to actually answer her.
"Then my brother will inherit the title and if both of them die well that just screams fishy doesn't it ?"
May's shocked face brought a small smile to Gwendolyn.
"Ahm" after composing herself, May chose to offer more suggestions.
"Why don't you just invoke the law of incompetence and beat the old man?"
"I'm glad you have so much faith in me but there is no way for me a 6th circle mage to beat my father a 9th circle"
"Yes, I get it you're weak but why don't you just weaken him with poisons even if he notices he will not be able to contest it and if you beat him in front of everyone it will solidify your claim ?"
Gwendolyn's brows twitched at being called weak but she still took her time to think about the suggestion.
"No, I can't beat him the Duke is a monster, his physique is on another level I won't even be able to finish a spell before he would be in front of me"
"Hmmmm"
"Give me a moment to think"
"...."
Gwendolyn stayed standing while May started talking to her partner.
'Why does she wish the seat so much ?'
[If she doesn't manage to inherit the title of dutchess she will be forced to marry a worse candidate than your prince charming]
'That bad?'
[Worse]
[Duke Tuflley has a streak of killing his mistresses and keeping their bodies for his pleasure]
'That is bad at least mine likes people with a pulse'
[Yea]
'But is she trustworthy?'
[Unknown]
'Hmmm, Amira can I beat the Duke?'
[At full power it is impossible but if you weaken him with the Sorrow Demon Venom then there is a very high possibility]
'Hmmm'
Then the plan just popped into May's head and a sinister grin grew.
Gwendolyn seeing May's grin had a really bad premonition she felt like she was staring at a demon that just found a loophole in a contract and now was going to take everything you owned, Gwendolyn felt uneasy but she kept firm.
"I have a plan for you to get the seat"
Gwendolyn nearly smiled at the news... Well nearly.
"But I don't trust you and I know you don't trust me so ....."
Gwendolyn was unable to take the wait so in a rare instance she took the lead in asking a question.
"Soo?"
Seeing Gwendolyn's impatiens caused May's smile to widen.
"So Let's Get Married "
End of Chapter 52
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Status:
Name: May Parker
HP: 100/100% | MP: 740/740 | Level 26 EXP: 298053/327680
Race: Amazonian | Sex: Female
Status: [Corrupted]
Strength: 156(-15%)
Agility:100[Limitor Removal Required](-15%)
Vitality: 100[Limitor Removal Required] (-15%)
Endurance: 100[Limitor Removal Required] (-15%)
Dexterity: 64 (-15%)
Intelligence: 37 (-15%)
Wisdom: 42 (-15%)
Luck: 25 (-15%)
Status Points: 70 | Skill Points: 17
Affinities:
Primary:Fire/500%
Secondary:All Elements/100%
Skills: Math Lv 6, Cooking Lv 9, Cleaning Lv 7, Bite Lv 1, Sprint Lv 5, Stealth Lv Max, Sword Mastery Lv 5, Skinning Lv 3, Danger Sense Lv 4, Throwing Lv 2, Dumb Luck Lv Max, Fire Resistance Lv 3, Pain Resistance Lv 7, Mana Manipulation Lv 8, Fire Magic Lv 5, Elemental Magic Lv 3, Unarmed Combat Lv Max, Business Sense Lv 8, Religion Management Lv Max, Teaching Lv 4
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