Chapter 256: 022 – The Innkeepers Wife 1
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Lirian rested his hands on the two girls waists when they reached the inn.
When they climbed the three wooden stairs and walked through the door the innkeeper's wife was staring at the girls with a look of scorn as she swept the inns floor.
"Ella, Elsie!" the innkeepers wife cried out as she looked at the two girls, "What do two young girls such as yourselves think you're doing?" she snapped seeing how intimately the girls were clinging onto Lirian.
"You girls had best keep distance between yourselves and a man you hardly know, or I'll be telling your parents about this preposterous behaviour of yours,"
"I have known you since you were born and spent many hours taking care of you, your mother and I have spent countless hours teaching you about how a good girl ought to behave," she scolded them in a very heated tone.
Her voice carried across the street and was heard by many of the neighbours.
The two girls remained firmly in Lirian's arms as they looked at their aunt, never before had they gotten such a scolding and that to with an audience to boot.
"Aunty Layla you're making a scene," Ella said in a hushed tone as she tried to calm her aunt down, their aunt had always been warm and loving to them treating them like daughters of her own, after all she never had a daughter of her own, this was so uncharacteristic of the aunt that they knew and loved.
"I sure do hope that I am making a scene, maybe that way you girls will remember what an embarrassment you are being by touching a man you don't even know,"
"Now, now," Lirian said with a playful smile, "These two lovely girls were merely ensuring that this blindman would make it back to your establishment unimpeded,"
"Now that their task is fulfilled they'll be taking their leave," Lirian said loudly and turned the girls around, when they got back to the door Lirian gave a slight pinch to the bums of the two girls, which made them squeal with delight.
The girls almost forgot about the scolding they received, but as they turned back to give their aunt a glance they noticed a hateful look in her eyes, one they had never seen before, evidently their aunt saw Lirian pinching their bottoms.
"You girls aught to leave," Lirian whispered in their ears, "And remember the things that I told you,"
"The next time you put on such an act, you'll be lucky if it's a man as nice as me,"
"You should count yourselves lucky that I'm still in mourning over my late lover, or I'd have already taken you little girls up to my room and devoured you whole," Lirian whispered into their ears and licked his lips.
The girls appeared intrigued by his words, the fear that should have existed was no where to be seen and in it's place a look or yearning filled the girls faces.
It was as if their desires were so close to being fulfilled but now they had to leave, the two girls looked at Lirian with a longing gaze, but after getting the stink eye from their aunt they made a swift departure under the watchful eyes of the villages.
Lirian turned on his heel and made for the stairs, but just as he set his foot on the first step, the innkeepers wife Layla spoke, "They are just little girls, you shouldn't fill them with hopes and desires they can't have, if you do anything with them, there will be very few men that will be willing to have them as a wife," she said as she came closer to Lirian while continuing to sweep the floors.
Lirian grinned as he turned to Layla, "You're all little girls to me, and in this whole wide world there are very few woman in existence who are older than me," Lirian said in an amused voice.
"As for men," Lirian said and gave a light whistle, "There are few men who would be able to resist the charm of those two pure and seductive girls," he said with an appreciative tone.
"Why go after children when you can have a woman like me?" she said in a hushed tone after checking that no one was around to hear her.
But she only heard Lirian chuckle lightly, he didn't even bother to say a word back to her as he climbed up the stairs and began to whistle a song.
Layla was taken by the sound of the song, there was a beauty in it that smothered her sense, but it was also sad, but it soon disappeared as he got further and further away.
When she regained her senses, she wrapped her hands around the broom sticks handle until her knuckles turned white, Layla felt frustration like never before, she had done her dues only to be cheated on by her husband.
But now that she sought to repay betrayal with betrayal, she was being denied and her two little nieces were catching the attention of the man she had set her eyes upon.
Something had to be done she had to get her way or no one else could, her eyes became firm with resolve as she started to think of ways to bed the mysterious man living in her inn.
Lirian shut the big heavy door behind him as he leapt upon the bed to get some rest, it was still early but he had a few things on his mind.
First he had to offer a congratulations to the mayor and his daughters, there act was exceptional, it was truly a pity for them that a man such as himself had come their way.
During his fate string search Lirian had learned a bit more about the mayor, while both of his reasons for wanting Lirian to stay were true, there was one underlying reason that the mayor dared not say aloud.
There was a little power struggle within this village that the mayor feared would come to pass, and with the unrest about to happen in the world, it was likely that the mayor's position would be passed on to the cultivator Mr Cassy once such times arrived.
The mayor's position belonged to a long line of his ancestors for almost 7 generations, but in times of trouble people turn to the strong for leadership.
In Willcolly everyone respected Mr Cassy, but he could never get the people to over rule Cowen as mayor, as they knew each-other for their entire lives, if strength was all that it took then the position would have belonged to Mr Cassy, but for a change of mayor, one required the will of the people.
Only when the local lord recognised that someone had the will of the people could the seat of mayor be transferred.
Mr Cassy had shown his desire to become mayor on several occasions, and when the rumours of the orc invasion happened he was the first to say that he would keep the people safe.
After that he even publicly stated that he was the one who advised the mayor to lite the moats at night for the villagers safety, it was obvious that he was making a play to seize power, not to mention that for a cultivator he was very involved with the villagers.
He even made sure to play with the children from time to time, Lirian could see Mr Cassy's attempts at campaigning, when he looked into the mayor's memories.
Lirian came to understand the main reason the mayor was trying to rope him in, it wasn't because of the orcs or the bandits that might attack the village.
The mayor only had two daughters so if he wanted the title to pass down to his daughters, they needed to marry someone that was as strong if not stronger than Mr Cassy.
Someone who could act as a beacon for his people and maintain his heritage, the mayor would much rather see a stranger who is married to his daughter take the seat of mayor, than for his family to lose what it established over generations.
'Even little villages like this aren't beyond political struggles,' Lirian thought with a sigh, as he looked at something else he found in the mayor's study.
On the mayor's desk there was a map of the region which Lirian scanned and looked at with his mind.
It was a very detailed map of the region, but it didn't expand to far out.
The map covered a portion of the main road between Proge and Riverfall, about a 100 miles in total, it highlighted three different villages that were about the same size as Willcolly on the main road.
But aside from that it showed all the smaller villages that were further away from the main road, a lot of the villages were connected through smaller paths and it stretched out for miles on end.
At the centre of everything Lirian located the estate of the local lord, on the map it was depicted as a small city.
Lirian made a rough estimation and determined that along this 100 mile stretch of land, there was roughly a million people living in total, that was just from this piece of land and the lords estate.
The last thing that Lirian discovered was that the journey between Proge and Riverfall was a 5-month journey.
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Lirian rested his hands on the two girls waists when they reached the inn.
When they climbed the three wooden stairs and walked through the door the innkeeper's wife was staring at the girls with a look of scorn as she swept the inns floor.
"Ella, Elsie!" the innkeepers wife cried out as she looked at the two girls, "What do two young girls such as yourselves think you're doing?" she snapped seeing how intimately the girls were clinging onto Lirian.
"You girls had best keep distance between yourselves and a man you hardly know, or I'll be telling your parents about this preposterous behaviour of yours,"
"I have known you since you were born and spent many hours taking care of you, your mother and I have spent countless hours teaching you about how a good girl ought to behave," she scolded them in a very heated tone.
Her voice carried across the street and was heard by many of the neighbours.
The two girls remained firmly in Lirian's arms as they looked at their aunt, never before had they gotten such a scolding and that to with an audience to boot.
"Aunty Layla you're making a scene," Ella said in a hushed tone as she tried to calm her aunt down, their aunt had always been warm and loving to them treating them like daughters of her own, after all she never had a daughter of her own, this was so uncharacteristic of the aunt that they knew and loved.
"I sure do hope that I am making a scene, maybe that way you girls will remember what an embarrassment you are being by touching a man you don't even know,"
"Now, now," Lirian said with a playful smile, "These two lovely girls were merely ensuring that this blindman would make it back to your establishment unimpeded,"
"Now that their task is fulfilled they'll be taking their leave," Lirian said loudly and turned the girls around, when they got back to the door Lirian gave a slight pinch to the bums of the two girls, which made them squeal with delight.
The girls almost forgot about the scolding they received, but as they turned back to give their aunt a glance they noticed a hateful look in her eyes, one they had never seen before, evidently their aunt saw Lirian pinching their bottoms.
"You girls aught to leave," Lirian whispered in their ears, "And remember the things that I told you,"
"The next time you put on such an act, you'll be lucky if it's a man as nice as me,"
"You should count yourselves lucky that I'm still in mourning over my late lover, or I'd have already taken you little girls up to my room and devoured you whole," Lirian whispered into their ears and licked his lips.
The girls appeared intrigued by his words, the fear that should have existed was no where to be seen and in it's place a look or yearning filled the girls faces.
It was as if their desires were so close to being fulfilled but now they had to leave, the two girls looked at Lirian with a longing gaze, but after getting the stink eye from their aunt they made a swift departure under the watchful eyes of the villages.
Lirian turned on his heel and made for the stairs, but just as he set his foot on the first step, the innkeepers wife Layla spoke, "They are just little girls, you shouldn't fill them with hopes and desires they can't have, if you do anything with them, there will be very few men that will be willing to have them as a wife," she said as she came closer to Lirian while continuing to sweep the floors.
Lirian grinned as he turned to Layla, "You're all little girls to me, and in this whole wide world there are very few woman in existence who are older than me," Lirian said in an amused voice.
"As for men," Lirian said and gave a light whistle, "There are few men who would be able to resist the charm of those two pure and seductive girls," he said with an appreciative tone.
"Why go after children when you can have a woman like me?" she said in a hushed tone after checking that no one was around to hear her.
But she only heard Lirian chuckle lightly, he didn't even bother to say a word back to her as he climbed up the stairs and began to whistle a song.
Layla was taken by the sound of the song, there was a beauty in it that smothered her sense, but it was also sad, but it soon disappeared as he got further and further away.
When she regained her senses, she wrapped her hands around the broom sticks handle until her knuckles turned white, Layla felt frustration like never before, she had done her dues only to be cheated on by her husband.
But now that she sought to repay betrayal with betrayal, she was being denied and her two little nieces were catching the attention of the man she had set her eyes upon.
Something had to be done she had to get her way or no one else could, her eyes became firm with resolve as she started to think of ways to bed the mysterious man living in her inn.
Lirian shut the big heavy door behind him as he leapt upon the bed to get some rest, it was still early but he had a few things on his mind.
First he had to offer a congratulations to the mayor and his daughters, there act was exceptional, it was truly a pity for them that a man such as himself had come their way.
During his fate string search Lirian had learned a bit more about the mayor, while both of his reasons for wanting Lirian to stay were true, there was one underlying reason that the mayor dared not say aloud.
There was a little power struggle within this village that the mayor feared would come to pass, and with the unrest about to happen in the world, it was likely that the mayor's position would be passed on to the cultivator Mr Cassy once such times arrived.
The mayor's position belonged to a long line of his ancestors for almost 7 generations, but in times of trouble people turn to the strong for leadership.
In Willcolly everyone respected Mr Cassy, but he could never get the people to over rule Cowen as mayor, as they knew each-other for their entire lives, if strength was all that it took then the position would have belonged to Mr Cassy, but for a change of mayor, one required the will of the people.
Only when the local lord recognised that someone had the will of the people could the seat of mayor be transferred.
Mr Cassy had shown his desire to become mayor on several occasions, and when the rumours of the orc invasion happened he was the first to say that he would keep the people safe.
After that he even publicly stated that he was the one who advised the mayor to lite the moats at night for the villagers safety, it was obvious that he was making a play to seize power, not to mention that for a cultivator he was very involved with the villagers.
He even made sure to play with the children from time to time, Lirian could see Mr Cassy's attempts at campaigning, when he looked into the mayor's memories.
Lirian came to understand the main reason the mayor was trying to rope him in, it wasn't because of the orcs or the bandits that might attack the village.
The mayor only had two daughters so if he wanted the title to pass down to his daughters, they needed to marry someone that was as strong if not stronger than Mr Cassy.
Someone who could act as a beacon for his people and maintain his heritage, the mayor would much rather see a stranger who is married to his daughter take the seat of mayor, than for his family to lose what it established over generations.
'Even little villages like this aren't beyond political struggles,' Lirian thought with a sigh, as he looked at something else he found in the mayor's study.
On the mayor's desk there was a map of the region which Lirian scanned and looked at with his mind.
It was a very detailed map of the region, but it didn't expand to far out.
The map covered a portion of the main road between Proge and Riverfall, about a 100 miles in total, it highlighted three different villages that were about the same size as Willcolly on the main road.
But aside from that it showed all the smaller villages that were further away from the main road, a lot of the villages were connected through smaller paths and it stretched out for miles on end.
At the centre of everything Lirian located the estate of the local lord, on the map it was depicted as a small city.
Lirian made a rough estimation and determined that along this 100 mile stretch of land, there was roughly a million people living in total, that was just from this piece of land and the lords estate.
The last thing that Lirian discovered was that the journey between Proge and Riverfall was a 5-month journey.
Lirian rested his hands on the two girls waists when they reached the inn.When they climbed the three wooden stairs and walked through the door the innkeeper's wife was staring at the girls with a look of scorn as she swept the inns floor."Ella, Elsie!" the innkeepers wife cried out as she looked at the two girls, "What do two young girls such as yourselves think you're doing?" she snapped seeing how intimately the girls were clinging onto Lirian."You girls had best keep distance between yourselves and a man you hardly know, or I'll be telling your parents about this preposterous behaviour of yours,""I have known you since you were born and spent many hours taking care of you, your mother and I have spent countless hours teaching you about how a good girl ought to behave," she scolded them in a very heated tone.Her voice carried across the street and was heard by many of the neighbours.The two girls remained firmly in Lirian's arms as they looked at their aunt, never before had they gotten such a scolding and that to with an audience to boot."Aunty Layla you're making a scene," Ella said in a hushed tone as she tried to calm her aunt down, their aunt had always been warm and loving to them treating them like daughters of her own, after all she never had a daughter of her own, this was so uncharacteristic of the aunt that they knew and loved."I sure do hope that I am making a scene, maybe that way you girls will remember what an embarrassment you are being by touching a man you don't even know,""Now, now," Lirian said with a playful smile, "These two lovely girls were merely ensuring that this blindman would make it back to your establishment unimpeded,""Now that their task is fulfilled they'll be taking their leave," Lirian said loudly and turned the girls around, when they got back to the door Lirian gave a slight pinch to the bums of the two girls, which made them squeal with delight.The girls almost forgot about the scolding they received, but as they turned back to give their aunt a glance they noticed a hateful look in her eyes, one they had never seen before, evidently their aunt saw Lirian pinching their bottoms."You girls aught to leave," Lirian whispered in their ears, "And remember the things that I told you,""The next time you put on such an act, you'll be lucky if it's a man as nice as me,""You should count yourselves lucky that I'm still in mourning over my late lover, or I'd have already taken you little girls up to my room and devoured you whole," Lirian whispered into their ears and licked his lips.The girls appeared intrigued by his words, the fear that should have existed was no where to be seen and in it's place a look or yearning filled the girls faces.It was as if their desires were so close to being fulfilled but now they had to leave, the two girls looked at Lirian with a longing gaze, but after getting the stink eye from their aunt they made a swift departure under the watchful eyes of the villages.Lirian turned on his heel and made for the stairs, but just as he set his foot on the first step, the innkeepers wife Layla spoke, "They are just little girls, you shouldn't fill them with hopes and desires they can't have, if you do anything with them, there will be very few men that will be willing to have them as a wife," she said as she came closer to Lirian while continuing to sweep the floors.Lirian grinned as he turned to Layla, "You're all little girls to me, and in this whole wide world there are very few woman in existence who are older than me," Lirian said in an amused voice."As for men," Lirian said and gave a light whistle, "There are few men who would be able to resist the charm of those two pure and seductive girls," he said with an appreciative tone."Why go after children when you can have a woman like me?" she said in a hushed tone after checking that no one was around to hear her.But she only heard Lirian chuckle lightly, he didn't even bother to say a word back to her as he climbed up the stairs and began to whistle a song.Layla was taken by the sound of the song, there was a beauty in it that smothered her sense, but it was also sad, but it soon disappeared as he got further and further away.When she regained her senses, she wrapped her hands around the broom sticks handle until her knuckles turned white, Layla felt frustration like never before, she had done her dues only to be cheated on by her husband.But now that she sought to repay betrayal with betrayal, she was being denied and her two little nieces were catching the attention of the man she had set her eyes upon.Something had to be done she had to get her way or no one else could, her eyes became firm with resolve as she started to think of ways to bed the mysterious man living in her inn.Lirian shut the big heavy door behind him as he leapt upon the bed to get some rest, it was still early but he had a few things on his mind.First he had to offer a congratulations to the mayor and his daughters, there act was exceptional, it was truly a pity for them that a man such as himself had come their way.During his fate string search Lirian had learned a bit more about the mayor, while both of his reasons for wanting Lirian to stay were true, there was one underlying reason that the mayor dared not say aloud.There was a little power struggle within this village that the mayor feared would come to pass, and with the unrest about to happen in the world, it was likely that the mayor's position would be passed on to the cultivator Mr Cassy once such times arrived.The mayor's position belonged to a long line of his ancestors for almost 7 generations, but in times of trouble people turn to the strong for leadership.In Willcolly everyone respected Mr Cassy, but he could never get the people to over rule Cowen as mayor, as they knew each-other for their entire lives, if strength was all that it took then the position would have belonged to Mr Cassy, but for a change of mayor, one required the will of the people.Only when the local lord recognised that someone had the will of the people could the seat of mayor be transferred.Mr Cassy had shown his desire to become mayor on several occasions, and when the rumours of the orc invasion happened he was the first to say that he would keep the people safe.After that he even publicly stated that he was the one who advised the mayor to lite the moats at night for the villagers safety, it was obvious that he was making a play to seize power, not to mention that for a cultivator he was very involved with the villagers.He even made sure to play with the children from time to time, Lirian could see Mr Cassy's attempts at campaigning, when he looked into the mayor's memories.Lirian came to understand the main reason the mayor was trying to rope him in, it wasn't because of the orcs or the bandits that might attack the village.The mayor only had two daughters so if he wanted the title to pass down to his daughters, they needed to marry someone that was as strong if not stronger than Mr Cassy.Someone who could act as a beacon for his people and maintain his heritage, the mayor would much rather see a stranger who is married to his daughter take the seat of mayor, than for his family to lose what it established over generations.'Even little villages like this aren't beyond political struggles,' Lirian thought with a sigh, as he looked at something else he found in the mayor's study.On the mayor's desk there was a map of the region which Lirian scanned and looked at with his mind.It was a very detailed map of the region, but it didn't expand to far out.The map covered a portion of the main road between Proge and Riverfall, about a 100 miles in total, it highlighted three different villages that were about the same size as Willcolly on the main road.But aside from that it showed all the smaller villages that were further away from the main road, a lot of the villages were connected through smaller paths and it stretched out for miles on end.At the centre of everything Lirian located the estate of the local lord, on the map it was depicted as a small city.Lirian made a rough estimation and determined that along this 100 mile stretch of land, there was roughly a million people living in total, that was just from this piece of land and the lords estate.The last thing that Lirian discovered was that the journey between Proge and Riverfall was a 5-month journey.
