Jas struggled to explain his reasoning for a few minutes before giving up.
"Okay we're not friends then. Is that better?"
The girls looked at him happily and Jas's mood turned even worse.
'I've never seen soone so excited to not be my friend.. that kinda of hurts man..'
"Well whatever.. now that's outta the way, Emily would you like to share with the class?"
He got a confused look from them again.
'How does this saying not exist here...'
*sigh* "Your story I an. What has the great Emily Dell been up to all her life."
"Ooohh.. well here goes nothing I guess. Let's see.. where should I start..
I'll take take it back to my childhood like Nica did. I had a ssy childhood growing up I suppose.. but it wasn't as bad as Nica's. My mother was a Marchioness who supported Duchess...? I don't rember who she swore fealty to, now that I think about it.
Let say first that I didn't lie when I said I grew up in Creekrock before, but my earliest mories are from the ti I spent with my real family. Well, until I was deed useless that is.
I've never told anyone before, besides Nica and Justine, but my family was a group of assassins that did hits on political figures for profit. So growing up, my family was very strict as you can imagine.
From the ti I could walk, I was training in the art of killing. My older sisters were pretty an to and punished worse than mother ever did when I failed at sothing.
I don't really rember too much of it anymore, other than flashes of chains and cages. That was my sisters favorite punishnt for if I rember correctly.
They would bind in chains and toss into a cage for a few days. Eventually, they would let out and have a water mage on standby to clean off my.. urine and stuff. I rember trying to hold it in, but I would always end up having to relieve myself.
Anyway.. that was my life until I was about eight years old. I didn't seem to be making as much progress as mother wanted and I was actually dropped off in Creekrock by a few of my family's guards.
Just like that I was thrown away.
I guess it was pretty bad at first.. but I had a ho that was payed for and a pouch of coins to keep alive until I could go out on missions to earn so more.
What Nica didn't ntion is that when she got to Creekrock, another person helped her out. I had been in town by myself for two years at that point and was a little lonely.
So when I saw another girl my age with nothing like , it was an easy decision to ask her to live with .
Veronica had gotten it in her head that she wanted to be apart of sothing greater and kept trying to join the militia. She kind of sucked into it with her enthusiasm and I followed her.
Things are pretty similar to Veronica's story after that and the rest you already know.
Oh! Silly , I almost forgot. I like besting a monster stronger than in combat and I love every kind of spicy food."
'What the fuck are these absurd backstories.. and I thought I had it bad..'
"That's awful Emily.. I'm glad you were able to turn out as wonderful as you are despite what's happened to you."
Emily grew happy from his praise and smiled brightly.
Then the realization that Emily and Veronica basically grew up together struck him.
"How did I not notice? You two act like you don't even know each other half the ti. Are you girls mad at each other or sothing? This is so weird... I feel like I understand why Justine assigned you to watch over with Veronica now."
He got confirmation a mont later as the blue haired woman nodded.
Veronica's face looked like a kid caught in a lie.
"Jas we didn't an to deceive you.. it just kinda of happened. We've been trying to stay professional in front of you so that we can better serve your needs."
Then Emily spoke with a laugh.
"Professional.. *Aaahahaha* you should've seen Veronica's face when you oathbound before her."
Emily wiped a tear from her eye.
"Holy goddess she was so mad! I thought that she was gonna put an arrow in my back when I wasn't looking."
Veronica's fists pounded her knees.
"Was not! I had my helm on so you couldn't even see my face.."
"You were totally mad as hell!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yeah-huh! And when you got oathbound, you looked like a little girl reading a romance book!"
"Em'! Stop being a bitch in front of Jas!"
"I know you didn't just call a bitch with your overgrown—"
Emily was cut off by Jas laughing.
*Hahaha* "I wasn't convinced before, but know I can totally see you girls as close friends. This is so unexpected." *Hahaha*
The two girls were embarrassed by their outburst in front of him after trying so hard to seem professional.
Jas finished laughing as he spoke.
"You girls should stop worrying about being professional, unfortunately I don't think I ever thought you were."
Their mouths opened in shock at his revelation.
"I'd like it if you girls were just yourselves, not playing so character. When we're alone like this, feel free to argue, gossip or whatever. It would make happy."
A tension broke that Jas didn't even know existed and the mood in the room beca much more jovial, despite the heartbreaking stories being told.
He was still sitting in Emily's lap and he turned his head up. He stared into her eyes and puckered his lips slightly.
She took the hint and leaned down to kiss him. Her face was flushed as she broke away.
He heard Veronica's voice.
"You should know this for later Jas... Emily's biggest fantasy is to kiss a man as he cums inside—"
"Veronica!"
Veronica put her hand up to her mouth.
"What? I was just trying to help you out.. you should be thanking !"
"I'm gonna break-"
Emily cut off as an evil look passed over her.
"Then I guess Jas should know that you want him to humiliate you and make fun of your small cock while he—"
"SS-S-STOP!"
Veronica had her hand on her short sword.
Jas started laughing again as the two revealed each others secrets.
They cald down after a while and Jas got off Emily. He went over to an eager Justine who readily accepted him into her lap.
"So I guess it's your turn. I want to hear about you now if your willing to share."
Justine's tone was a little concerning as she replied.
"I'm willing to do anything for you Jas."
"O-okay.."
"I will tell you everything.
First when I was born it was a chilly night of a winter solstice and I was born at 14.6 pounds. The midwife said I cried for an hour straight before I went to sleep. When I woke I was fed by a nursing maid of mothers staff until I fell asleep again. When I woke again—"
She kept talking and talking and Jas mind was starting to hurt at the torrent of words assaulted him.
"Justine, that's too much! Too much information!"
Justine looked a little sad as he stopped her.
"I appreciate your willingness to share and I want hear your story, I really do. But I want to hear what made you.. you. Not a play by play of your entire life..."
Her expression eased as she understood that he still wanted to hear about her.
"Sorry master.. I got too excited.."
Jas leaned up and kissed her cheek.
"Don't apologize for being yourself, I'm just impatient and want to hear about the ups and downs."
Justine paused for a mont before nodding.
"I should have plenty of those.. let's start with an up then.
Not to brag but my childhood was drastically better than Veronica's or Emily's.
My mother is a Baroness who is a stalwart supporter of a Countess who rules a city in the nesh Duchy. I grew up in nesh which is on the border of our kingdoms land where it ets the Black Sea to the east.
The port city Crale also shares its border with Roranspoc and is quite isolated at the edge of the kingdom.
I spent alot of my youth traveling between Roranspoc city and Crale as my mother tried to gain so small influence with the minor nobility.
The worst part of my childhood was just constant travel and attending gatherings while mother tried to charm and win favor within the small circle of nobles.
I believe my first 'up' mont was when when my mother finally got what she wanted and started to leave alone. I'm not saying she was neglecting , but as a child I had grown bored of the constant balls and banquets.
Finally I had ti to myself where I could indulge myself playing as I liked. Without any other children my age to play with I took a great interest in reading.
Romances and histories. Encyclopedias and battle tactics. The was my first up of discovering my love for reading..
The first down I suffered was when I entered the academy at fifteen. It was new and exciting when I first entered. Soon I quickly discovered that higher nobility didn't much like backcountry nobles like .
I didn't suck up to the higher nobility like others did who were in the sa position as and I beca a sort of outcast.
That was fine by until the academy's hierarchy was established..
Every year without fail in an attempt to prove and establish themselves, the higher nobility creates a pecking order.
Unfortunately since I didn't play nice and try to get in anyone's good graces, I was an easy target without protection.
A group of minor nobility who were frustrated with their own situation took it out on .
It was mostly harmless at first with a few an words and veiled threats. My second year was a bit different when they started to physically attack .
I wasn't bothered that much by it because I had experienced another up at the ti. I had done fairly well on all the year end tests and practical exams.
There's a ranking system at the academy that gives more support to the students who preform well on those tests.
The bullying grew worse and worse for the rest of the year and it was getting a bit much to take quietly.
So before the school year ended I fought back, I still lost but I had injured a couple of them so it felt like a personal victory to .
I had trendous fun over the sumr and was enthralled by the project I had chose. My last fight with the other students slipped my mind and I entered my third year.
They ca at with a vengeance every day and of course I fought back. Unfortunately this took a toll on my grades and my ranking slipped dramatically.
After a particularly nasty fight I hadn't seen the bullies in a few weeks and I finally thought it was over.
I soon found out that was wishful thinking.
One day I had gone to bed early for an upcoming practical assessnt. I was woken up in the middle of the night by the bullies.
There we're usually only two or three but this night they were five in all.
They held down and raped from midnight to sunrise, I was found by a teacher a day later when my absence was noticed.
Those girls were not gentle and left catatonic.
The teachers are afraid of noble politics and didn't do anything about my assault and for my last few months at the academy, I beca the personal cum hole of my bullies.
I had thoughts of taking my own life but the girls started drugging and I began willingly seeking them out so they could degrade and abuse .
After the academy I got a notice that I was selected to be the next mayor of Creekrock thanks to my mother's efforts. That was my post until you arrived."
Justine had a small smile on her face that didn't show a hint of sorrow at what happened to her.
Jas's heart shattered into pieces when he looked at her when she continued speaking.
"I like reading a lot and I'm very fond of pastries."
She then looked away from his gaze.
"I understand if you don't want to fulfill your quota with a defiled slave like , I'll always be grateful to you no matter what. Thank you for listening, Master."
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