"Kneel, you scum!" Big Waldo roared. "This is none other than Jon Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, and the Hand to the King Robert Baratheon."
Kai kneeled.
The rest of the sellswords had already vanished. The older sellsword had protested. I did as I was told, he had said. Why is this pretty thing getting selected? Let me have at it with him then. I can cut him in half in one stroke.
As the Hand and Big Waldo exchanged a few words, Kai stared down at the notification.
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Side Mission: Get chosen by Jon Arryn for the job
Side Mission Status: Success
Side Mission Rewards: 100 Mission Credits
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Main Mission Timer is triggered
]
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"OK," Jon Arryn said. "Now leave us. I will have a word with this boy."
"No, my lord," Big Waldo said, rejecting the order vehemently. "I won't leave you with him alone. The boy is still a sellsword. And sellswords have no more honor than a sheep."
Kai's lips twitched upon hearing that. "He is right, my lord," one guard said. "It will be a grave mistake to be alone with him. Let me stay with you at least."
They are not making any sense, Kai thought.
As if sensing Kai's thought, the Hand asked, "Are you hearing yourself?" The old man pulled down his hood, making Big Waldo and the guards flinch. "Haha!" he chuckled. "This young man is supposed to be my shadow for the coming week. If I can't trust him now, then better put an army around me. Enough. Leave us."
Kai could feel the stern gaze of the guards on his back as they backed away. Big Waldo left along with them, closing the fence behind him.
"Stand up," Jon Arryn commanded. "Big Waldo has told me enough about you. You have good instincts and sharp eyes. But he didn't tell me your name."
"Arlen, if it please you my lord," Kai replied, standing up, and giving the old man's face a good look. "Big Waldo has said the truth. I am all that, but even he doesn't know my true worth."
As the Hand looked at him, Kai observed the old man back. For an old man, Jon Arryn seemed strong with his broad shoulders. Half of his teeth were missing, and his eyes were blue. Under his aquiline nose was a long, healthy beard. What hair was left on his head shone almost gold under the noon sun.
"Is that so? You are too courteous for a sellsword, I'll give you that," Jon Arryn said, smiling amiably, but then his face became grave suddenly. "Arlen, I hope Big Waldo has told you the severity of the service I require of you. I am in danger, and that means you will be in danger, more than you can think of, given your age. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I have never been more sure, my lord," Kai said. "Assassinations or direct assault, I can handle anything."
"That's good then," Jon Arryn nodded, approaching Kai and putting a hand over his shoulder. "Do you know what your duties will be?"
"Yes, my lord," Kai answered, following the old man out of the stable. "I am to act as a Page, and as you have said, your shadow the most."
That made the old man laugh.
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Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic
Fanfiction[A Terror Infinity and the Ultimate Evolution inspired Multiverse Systems fanfic] Kai died and resurrected in the Primordial Tower with a Glitch. In the Tower, to ascend each floor, Kai must complete a series of Missions in the Infinite Random World...
