Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

C40: Jon Arryn's Side Missions!

"How's my... son?" Jon Arryn asked. "Tell..."

Kai looked at the old man as if he was nothing but a dead weight.

Jon Arryn looked less like a man and more like a skeleton under the black filthy hide for a cover. There was no lack of food, water, and wine here; courtesy of Kai, as he called it.

But sometimes, the very place a man stayed in did something to him that no external factor could counter. A family full of quarrels, cheating wife, unworthy son, and disrespectful daughter all could eat a man from inside.

Something along the same lines had been eating the old man, Kai could tell. Whether it was the thought of his wife riding a younger man's dick or his weak son, only Jon Arryn knew the truth of it. Kai didn't reply, not bothering to repeat the same answer a hundred times. The old man had been asking the same question since yesterday.

Two times Kai had used the Blood Prophecy Act. But all he got were some incoherent scenes and nothing else. The only thing out of the ordinary he could tell was seeing a tall man in a white greatcoat. How he could tell it was white in a world full of blood, Kai couldn't say. It was just an instinct.

It will be over in two days, Kai thought.

But he wasn't happy about it. The reason was simple. Kai clearly remembered in his previous Main Mission, he had attempted many Side Missions at the behest of the Captain of Guard. But after coming to this world, the only Side Mission he had got was the first one from the System itself.

Side Missions didn't reward Attribute Points, as much as Kai had figured out. Yet, the Mission Credits alone were a thing to be sought after, especially when the number of Side Missions would dictate his Main Mission's completion rate.

Kai obviously knew that his choosing to hole himself up in the sewers was a major reason behind the lack of Side Missions. Yet, there must be a way to get them anyway, right?

But how? Kai asked himself. Last time, it was Arlen who assigned Side Missions. There is no Captain of Guard here.

With this line of thought, he couldn't help but give the old man another look.

Perhaps... Kai's thoughts trailed off.

"How are you faring, my lord?" Kai asked, prodding the old man. "You will have nothing to worry about in two days, I promise."

Jon Arryn didn't as much as glance at Kai.

"I went to see young sweetrobin yesterday," Kai lied

. The old man snapped open his eyes and sat up. He gawked at Kai, sending him an expectant look. The torch fluttered by his side, the flame dancing, revealing the bones under his skin.

"You did..." Jon Arryn took a deep breath. "How is he?"

"He is as good as a boy can be," Kai said, almost smiling. "I secretly told him you are OK, and soon you will go back to him."

"That's good... that's good..." the old man mumbled, falling back to his half-slumber.

Oh, not so fast! Kai fumed, his hand grabbing Jon Arryn's shoulder. "My lord," he said, slightly shaking the Hand. "I was wondering if you have some tasks for me."

"No... no... Let me sleep..." Jon Arryn whispered, and then his eyes landed on Kai's face. It was as if a bad, hidden memory had awakened. The old man looked at Kai, and fury took over him. "You! It's you! Because of you, I have suffered so..."

"I am so sorry that you feel so, my lord," Kai said, holding back an itchy laugh. "You must think of young Robert. Yes, him. Don't look at me like that. I won't harm him. Now, is there anything I can do for you? Any task?"