Time had no meaning in this place.
Kai had to rely on his instincts to guess that it was evening outside. They had spent over 30-33 hours here. Till now, no one had come down to the sewers.
The day would have been boring, with all the choking smells and filth around them, if it weren't for the extraordinary tale Jon Arryn had told Kai.
The old man had persisted as long as old men could when it usually came to their sons and grandsons. Then he had broken down too, revealing all the details of the secret.
The notification that had followed then, was enough to make all this trouble worthwhile.
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Congratulations Contestant Kai Stormborn...
You have achieved a Milestone
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Milestone: Learn the secret of royal house Baratheon from an in-world Character
Milestone Rewards: Correspondence +1
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"Haha!" Kai laughed, not for the first time. "I still can't believe it. The queen and her brother? Is everyone in the castle a fool, my lord? You, the king, and other councilors didn't find even a hint in all these years? Tch-tch! Three children they got away with. Three!"
"Water..." a weary, broken voice came from Kai's right. "Water, please!"
Kai had already stored some essentials in the MRB (Miscellaneous Rent Box) before carrying out the kidnapping.
The darkness within the sewers was enough to not let Jon Arryn know from where he was taking out food and water. Bag? Chest? For all the old man cared, it could have been anything.
Kai took out a leather water bottle and threw it at Jon Arryn.
Gulp! Gulp!!
I can't just sit here for the next five days, Kai reminded himself. To get power, I must take risks.
Kai took out a torch and lit it up. The darkness receded like a scared prey, lighting up everything in their immediate surroundings. But there wasn't much to see.
Black gooey filth! It was everywhere. And, yes. Rats! Enormous rats!
"Fire!" Jon Arryn gasped. "If you could light the fire all this time, then why didn't you?"
Kai grinned. "My lord, can you show me your hands?" he asked.
Kai didn't wait for the Hand to bring his hands up, though. He almost snatched Jon Arryn's right hand and gazed at it. There were many rings on his old fingers, each with different gems. They glimmered soft yellow-gray under the flickering torch's flame.
Even the red one on the Hand's ring finger.
Kai caressed the gem. "Take it!" Jon Arryn said, disgustingly. "Take it! But deliver me to the castle. Robert needs me, boy. If it is gold you want, then gold you will get. Just let me go."
"I am going out, my lord," Kai said, his gaze deepening in contemplation. "I will bring more food and water. There's still ample bread and wine here if you get hungry."
"Don't leave me!" the Hand shouted. "No, I beg you! Don't leave me!"
By now Kai knew it wasn't fear that was making Jon Arryn say these things, but Duty. The old man had been begging Kai to let him go to Robert.
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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...
