- I'll give you a chance. I'm interested to see what happens. In the sack are some of the things from your hiding places, the rest I've taken for myself. If you and your servant are still in Fresa in the morning, you won't live to see the evening. Run, Rudolf. And remember my kindness.
- I will," whispered the ghoul.
- Can you answer the question honestly? - The man standing in the darkness either did not hear these evil words, or simply ignored them and asked the question as if he had not just passed judgment on his opponent.
- Do you want to know what it's like to be a vampire?
- No, Rudolph, I don't want to know that. My men have been working on a couple of captured vampires and have found out everything I want to know. That's not my question.
- All right, Theodore. Ask your question, and I'll try to answer it honestly," the ghoul really wasn't going to lie, because in such a situation lying couldn't help and was even harmful.
- Your investigation about the appearance of vampires. How much truth is there in it?
- It's completely true, Controller. I do believe that Archmage Zlat created vampires," Rudolf sighed, "Why do you doubt it? After all, I can't lie to Counselor Boru, I gave him a blood oath.
Master Viy grinned.
- The ritual of submission doesn't work on vampires. I've turned several of my men into vampires and their blood oath stopped working as soon as they were turned. And about my doubts... You see, I had no information about such experiments. Zlat had done similar experiments, but it's rather strange to get a result like vampires.
- I've made an honest investigation, Theodore. But Counselor Bor will now want his results double-checked so you can make sure I didn't lie.
- I've already been instructed to double-check the results.
- Then why the question?
- Your investigation is satisfactory to everyone and I don't want to find out it's been falsified. I wanted to be prepared for trouble.
- There won't be any. I'm sure you'll come to exactly the same conclusions I did.
- Good. Do you want to ask me a question? - Seeing the negative shake of his head, Master Theodore continued, "You have until morning, Rudolf. When I wake up tomorrow morning, I want to hear a report that you and your friend have left the city. Otherwise I will give the order....
The head of the Control Service turned and walked away, followed by four cloaked figures with crossbows and crossbows. For a while there were still sounds in the bushes, and then they disappeared, and at the same time all the odors returned.
"And of course he 'forgot' about the 'stone of kings'. Let even such a small power of the king over the mages, disappear without a trace with me."
Rudolph crouched over the sack and untied the neck. A set of simple city clothes, a flask of blood, and a tightly stuffed wallet containing nothing but copper. The bare minimum. The Magister had heard that Theodore Vii was a great fan of mocking defeated opponents. He also always kept his word.
So without wasting time, the ghoul quickly threw off his palace clothes and hid them in a sack. Dressed as a simple townsman, Rudolph moved around. The new clothes were perfectly tailored to him and did not constrain his movements, which was not surprising since the clothes and the flask were from his stash, as was the wallet.
The head of the Control Service only filled the flask and deprived his opponent of anything of value. No longer thinking about what was happening, Rudolph threw the bag behind his back and quickly ran. He had to find his accomplice and leave the capital as quickly as possible.
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