Deception

Full Circle

A couple of days after that Kirah started to teach him more advanced magic, how to channel it through his ruins and use it for defence and as a tool.

Completing his chores seemed much easier now, especially with magic at his side. Madam Rucia finally showed him how to wash the laundry without using the energy of the circle on the floor.

It was quite easy to direct his energy to what he wanted it to do. It listened to him eagerly.

He met some more servants while doing his chores, some doing the same chores as him.

But he never met the Lord of Mind, which he did find a little strange. He wanted me as a servant, surely he'd check up on me or something? Or even he was meant to be Lord of Mind's servants, so surely he was meant to serve the Lord of Mind at some point, personally?

Stiles asked Madam Rucia about that.

Strangely she avoided his eye sight and didn't reply.

He thought back to the last time he'd seen the Lord of Mind, the Grand Master had said he was treating him differently than before?

Thinking about that, was it even normal for the head of the household to paying this much attention to a new servant? Or was it simply because he used to be human? Or was it something else?

However some interesting news came that made sure his mind was in a completely different direction.

As he was tidying some books away from a room with a a small dusty library within the Mind of Soul's home, on a number of different things that Stiles didn't understand. Names and Places he'd never heard of.

He was working with another servant, he had been born into being a servant of the Lord, his parents servants of the Lord as well. He was young, about fourteen or fifteen. Stiles hadn't asked his name.

"It'll be interesting to say the least" He was saying.

Stiles blinked, coming out of his thoughts.

"Huh?"

The young boy gave him a confused look "You didn't know?"

"Didn't know what?"

"The Lord of Minds Mistress is arriving today"

Stiles almost choked a little. The Lord of Mind had a Mistress?

But then it did make sense, why wouldn't he?

"She's an Elite, though quite a lot say she got the position because of her relationship with him and not a reward for going up and beyond serving the district" He told Stiles, sounding slightly disproving of this.

Stiles wondered what she would be like. Would get to see her? But that was highly unlikely, given the fact he hadn't seen the Lord of Mind once, since he had become a sorcerer.

Well he thought it was highly unlikely but it seemed fate loved to prove him wrong.

As the next morning he was greeted with a loud banging and booming of Madam Rucia's voice.

"Get up now! Use your magic to get ready. You need to be out here right now!"

Stiles gulped, quickly concentrating, not needing to put his hands together, channeling his energy through his body and his ruins. Which glowed a gentle golden with hazel highlights running through.

Before he knew it, he was ready, opening his door to greet a ruffled looking Madam Rucia.

She looked...worried?

"The Mistress has asked for your presence"

Stiles mouth fell open.

All he could manage to say was... "What?"

"You heard!" Madam Rucia growled, then started striding forward, he had to run to keep up.

"I-I don't understand" Stiles said, trying to keep up with her.

"Mmm, she must want to see you because she is curious, I should have known she'd want-" Madam Rucia muttered.

"Curious?" Stiles asked.

He hunched in on himself at the glare Madam Rucia shot him, for interrupting her and looked at him with disbelief, as if she couldn't believe he could be so stupid.

"You used to be human, isn't that reason enough?"

Stiles frowned.

"Oh yeah, I guess so..."

It was strange, thinking that here, humans weren't ordinary. Sorcerous were normal to them, humans weren't.

"Am I...the only one?" Stiles asked hesitantly.

"Apart from where our ancestors came from? Yes, there was another human, who became a sorcerer but that was thousands of years ago, she, like you stumbled into our portal by accident. Close enough to it to be drawn there by her genes. Any human that does not have the potential to be one of us can not find this place. But many of us have forgotten this, its has been a very long time since this has happened after all"

"But no one seemed shocked or curious before?"

Was he really that different because of this?

"They were told strictly by the Lord of Mind and myself not to treat you any differently, while most other servants and elites outside his home, do not know about what you used to be"

Other Elites and other servants...

"So, the other Lords know then?"

Madam Rucia nodded as she replied "The other Lords know"

Her then eyes narrowed and she said "Now, that's enough chit chat. You are about to meet the Lord of Mind and his Mistress. So you need to be on your best behaviour! Understood?!"

Stiles tried to stop his nervousness from showing as he said "Yes, Ma'am"

"You will kneel before them and you will not look them in the eyes and not stand up unless they ask you for it, understand!"

"Yes Ma'am"

"If they ask you to stand up, you will do so with you're back straight, got it?!"

"Yes Ma'am"

She nodded and glared at him.

"If you do not do one of these things you won't have to worry about them but me, I will give you hell, you understand me boy!"

Stiles said shakily as they stopped outside Lord of Mind's corridor, standing outside his doors "Yes Ma'am"

They were in exactly the same place where he'd been, all those months ago. With the pack, before they'd left him.

It was strangely poetic, all the way back to the start, after going through hell and back, he was back to the start.

I was human when I stood here before.

It was...strange to think about.