Chapter 32:

Lord Oash

The Mage Murderer


“Is it just me or is the décor in here quite… yonic?” Valeria whispered into Sophia’s ear.

The décor in the corridor that the butler led them through was indeed quite peculiar. There were a lot of paintings and sculptures depicting a certain female body part.

“You’re right…” Sophia whispered back.

She also noticed that the maids that they passed all had very revealing clothing. The butler stopped in front of a door and opened it.

“If you would please wait inside and make yourself comfortable. I will let the Lord know of your arrival and he will be with you shortly,” he said with an inviting gesture.

Kieran’s group went inside. It was a big room with a seating area in the middle. On the couch table were a few small snacks ready for them. Sophia immediately went in the direction of the couch, but Valeria held her back.

“We don’t sit,” Valeria whispered and nodded at Kieran.

He nodded back and sat on the couch. Bastian stood behind him and Valeria pulled the slightly confused Sophia to the side of the room. Kieran began to eat from the snacks in front of him, while they waited.

“I hope they’re not poisoned…” Valeria whispered.

The door was opened as she did that and a tall and slender man came inside. He wore just a bathrobe that he seemed to have hastily put on. Most of his chest was visible, and his pupils appeared dilated. He also had a leash in hand. Sophia’s eyes widened in shock as she saw what was on the other end of it, or rather who. The leash was bound to a completely naked woman, crawling on all fours. Her body was covered in bruises and her eyes looked into the distance.

“Ah, Sir Liam! A pleasure seeing you again.” the tall man in the bathrobe said and went towards the seating area, pulling the woman behind her.

“The pleasure is mine, Lord Oash,” Kieran replied.

The tall man took a seat in the big armchair that had a quite yonic form. He pulled on the leash and the woman crawled in front of him. Lord Oash put his feet on top of her back and leaned backwards, nestling himself between the folds of the chair.

“So… I heard you already checked out the next merchandise I was going to send to you," he said, smiling wickedly. “What do you think?”

“Looks good to me,” Kieran replied.

“They are all healthy and were untouched while under my care and as per request, every one of them is under thirty, never had a miscarriage, is the mother of at least one child and with no complication during the pregnancy. Your Master at the Inquisition has a peculiar taste…”

Sophia opened her mouth in shock. Valeria squeezed her hand and gestured to keep silent.

“Some of them are even mages like you requested. Wasn’t easy to get them though… the shackles you gave us came in really handy,” Lord Oash went on.

“I’m happy to hear that,” Kieran replied.

Lord Oash gaze fell upon Sophia and Valeria.

“Are those two for me?” he asked and licked his lips.

“Yes… I thought I would bring a little souvenir,” Kieran replied.

“How thoughtful of you! I just broke two of my favorite toys, so this is perfect!”

Lord Oash stood up and came closer to them. Valeria squeezed Sophia’s hand again and she understood that she had to go along, or else their cover would be blown.

“Oh, and you remembered that I told you that I love contrasts… blonde and dark hair… One with no tits and one with… well, at least a bit more…”, Lord Oash remarked as he stepped closer to inspect them.

This time it was Sophia that squeezed Valeria’s hand.

“Now if you tell me, that one of them is still a virgin, you will make me really happy!” Lord Oash added.

“Oh, one of them definitely is…”, Kieran replied, looking over his shoulder directly at Sophia.

She clearly could see the faint grin on his face and glared back at him.

“Ooh, the dark-haired one has a deadly look in her eyes,” Lord Oash exclaimed excitedly.

Sophia switched the focus of her glare to the man in front of her. Lord Oash stared back at her and she noticed how his dilated pupils focused on her.

“Oh, I will enjoy seeing that rebellious look break slowly,” he said in a menacing whisper, while smiling disgustingly. “Let’s see what you got.”

Lord Oash slowly extended his arms, and he reached for Sophia chest area.

Blop

Kieran appeared next to her and gripped his hand tightly before he could touch her.

“Do not touch her,” Kieran he grumbled.

“What… What’s the meaning of this…” Lord Oash mumbled slightly shaken.

He stared at Kieran and his dilated pupils suddenly went normal.

“Your eyes… You’re not… Sir Liam…” Lord Oash mumbled and took a step back. “Guards!”

The doors swung open after he shouted and a bunch of armed men stormed inside and pointed their weapons at them.

“Who the hell are you?” Lord Oash yelled.

“Ah, since you asked, let me introduce myself,” Valeria said and took a step towards him. “My name is Valeria von Vonnoch, fourth princess of the Empire of List.”

She put one hand onto her hips and pointed with the other one at Lord Oash.

“And you filthy, disgusting piece of absolute shit…” she added and paused for dramatic effect, “are now under arrest!”

Lord Oash furrowed his brows and then began to laugh.

“Even if you’re the princess, which I don’t believe you dirty little whore, you seem to have overlooked something,” he scoffed.

“And that what, you scum of the earth?” Valeria asked.

“You are unarmed and only four… Me on the other hand have a small army here in my estate, fully armed… You can’t arrest me.”

Valeria chuckled.

“Now this is where you’re very wrong, you repulsive excuse of a human… It is not a question about quantity but quality… and we are not only four,” she said and pulled something out of her pocket.

It was a small whistle fashioned like a crow. Valeria put the mouthpiece in her mouth and blew into it. Kieran could see her cheeks puff out, but no audible noise escaped the whistle. Suddenly the window flew open and the lights in the room went out. They turned back on a split second later and next to every armed man and Lord Oash stood a figure clad in pure black with a crow mask over their face.

“What the—” the Lord gasped but was silenced by a dagger being held at his throat.

His men were restrained in a similar manner. Fighting noises erupted from outside.

“Go free the woman and deal with this small army that he talked about,” Valeria said to Bastian.

One of the crow-masked ones threw him a sword he had taken from one he had restrained. Bastian caught it, nodded at Valeria and rushed outside. Sophia looked at Kieran.

“Go and help him,” she said. “Please.”

Kieran furrowed his brows for a moment but then went after Bastian.

“And now, back to you, vile pig…” Valeria spoke up and got closer to Lord Oash glaring at him menacingly.

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