My mind wandered when walking through the city. The Shadows of those towers cast their darkness upon the rest of the city. It was an awe-inspiring but also deeply problematic scene. Looking at it from the bottom was something that would first make me think of the city that I lived in, but in a fantasy world?
I shook my head of those thoughts, and I found myself at the base of Lady Yancy's tower and stepped inside. The moment I entered, I found Ryan standing there in a suit, looking serious, and his eyes narrowed as he noticed me. His gaze hardened and turned more and more serious as he stood there. My heart dropped, and I instantly knew I fucked up.
Lady Yancy was going to be pissed, and I would confess to everything about being 'kidnapped'; honesty was going to be the only way I could escape. I walked up, and I quickly made myself look even smaller as I did so. "Ryan, is Lady Yancy in today? I have come to discuss my absence and the reasons for it." I admitted, and Ryan's eyes narrowed, and he watched me stationary for a minute. Then he finally nodded.
"Very well, Succubus, follow me," He noted and walked toward the teleportation pad, and moments later, I was in the familiar waiting room of Lady Yancy's tower. Ryan pointed at a seat and ordered, "Sit, Lady Yancy is dealing with business, she will talk with you after that," Ryan noted and walked away out of sight all of a sudden.
I was alone suddenly, but I knew this negotiation tactic; in fact, I bet it was not even a tactic. She probably was busy, as I knew that I had people clambering to meet me after the party, and that was most likely detrimental to Lady Yancy's business. Worse, it was at the peak of excitement for Lady Yancy, unless she somehow made it sound like someone ordered me for a long time and there was a waiting list.
I had no idea, and the plans that I have currently going meant I needed the gold from Lady Yancy.
Also, and I am ashamed of saying it, but I enjoyed it.
I felt my face heat up as I admitted it. I was literally selling myself in the game, and I would never do it in real life. There was just something exceiting a bit about playing with random people to level up and enjoy my body. I hated what that stupid fucking drow did in the depths, but all of this?
I flushed just thinking about it, and I tried not to think about the things I had done for gold. Lady Greencloak was going to push me down with her thick, massive-
My thoughts were cut off when I heard a sound, and I looked up to see the doors to Lady Yancy's office open. "Succubus, enter," I heard Ryan, but I did not see him, and I got up feeling more and more hesitant with each step.
I was not here to play; I was here to explain myself for my prolonged absence, and I tried to make myself look as small as possible. As I walked closer, I could see that Lady Yancy was occupied with some papers on her desk. Stepping into the room was her well-decorated library with rows and rows of books, with a desk in the middle with the papers that Lady Yancy was working on. The books looked well-read, unlike those decorative pieces I have seen filling many houses I had been invited to. The spines looked touched and worn, not new at all, compared to those in some real-world studies I had been in. I stepped in and saw a woman in her early forties at the latest. She had long, wavy blonde hair that disappeared behind her back for an unknown length, and her breasts were large, probably double D breasts. She looked attractive and mature, yet angry and annoyed, as she looked at me, her gaze taking in my body with a discerning eye as she slowly traveled down and back up to my face. She wore a black dress that cut down, showing the top of her breasts and the cleavage, in order to entice the viewer, just like the first time I met her.
Her gaze was cold toward the paperwork that she was working on, and she continued to work. She did not say anything, and a minute turned into three, then five till fifteen minutes passed with her keeping me standing there looking small. I understood what she was doing, but that did not make it ineffective. Finally, when she looked up, those cold eyes landed on me, and she spoke, "So you came here to explain yourself, Start."
Her words were clipped and straight to the point, and I could feel her gaze waiting for me to talk. Her words were an order, and I took a moment to take a deep breath.
"Well, I was helping my party members out with a quest, doing some information gathering, one of them was to find an Inn that less savory characters take to. They could not find it, and it was proving more and more stupid to find. So I set about finding the right crowd and infiltrate the place," I began telling her a version of the truth that left out how I did it, "I succeeded, I got an invite to the place and one of my party members followed us and we found the entrance to the place and subsequently before I could find a way to escape, I was locked in a room with no escape in a room. I was imprisoned before I could do anything and-" I paused and let it rest for a minute before I sighed, "I was stuck, I could only wait for rescue and it took time for my party to convince the guard to attack the place and when they did, well, although I did not come back at the first moment I could have, I made sure to sleep for the night then come today to explain myself."
Lady Yancy looked at me, her face impassive and cold, her expression of ice. Minutes passed, and she pushed aside the papers before her, and she leaned forward, showing me her ample cleavage and she glared, "You are leaving out DETAILS," She sneered, "But fine, you are a Succubus, you probably got some strength from a place like that and HOPEFULLY," She sneered, "LEARNED A DAMN LESSON!" She exclaimed, "You think I do not get messages from the Guard? About what happened with the Sewer Inn? That low fucking filth?" Lady Yancy took a deep breath. She leaned back, and she looked at me with a cold gaze.
"How can I make it up to you, Lady Yancy?" I asked, feeling my heart drop from her words. "I have learned much from my time in that filthy place, and I would not say I am without gains, although coin would not be one of them. I never expected things to go the way they did, or for the trouble that we received. We were overconfident and found ourselves out of our depth, thinking we were stronger than we are." I told her, and they were true statements. The thought that we could attack the Sewer Inn or even get information from them was nothing but folly now.
Even now, I noticed none of us really talked about our weaknesses, and although this was supposed to be a low-level area, it had a lot of high-level areas the deeper you look into it. Just look at the Towers in the middle of the city, and you will find powerhouses that make people shiver in fear outside of them. These were where the true powerbrokers are, but just because the leveling area is 'weak', the people are not.
"Fine, you are weak and young. I understand that you think yourself invincible. A weak fledgling succubus taking in more than she can chew is something I should have expected. Go to your room. You will have company soon. Ensure they are SATISFIED. Get out," Lady Yancy dismissed me, but I had the feeling that it was not in fact over. I shuddered and hoped that I could get back on Lady Yancy's good side.
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