CH.41 About the Guild master[Brian POV]
“I think you might be the best choice.” I said to Christina.
“Would you tell why I am over my husband or like the adventurer’s guild master?” She asked.
“Well your husband has not exactly impressed with his attitude towards Alice. And didn’t you hear about the guild master's reaction when I told him about the dungeon.”
“I didn’t hear about it. What happened?” Christina asked.
“He got mad and threw out of his office.” I said to her. “He was also threatening with things like ‘You’ll never be an adventurer’. Then I asked Zayaan of Pri Rib for help and he brought here to et Brandon.”
“Well I guess given the guild master’s past it is possible.” Christina said.
“His past?” I questioned. “Could you tell about it?”
“I guess I can. How much do you know about dungeons? Dungeon masters specifically.” She asked.
“I did hear so information from Laura.” I answered.
“Laura? Ah, yes your system support, right?”
“Yes.”
“Well as you know there are two kinds of dungeon masters. Remote and live-in ones. The guild master Alexander used to be a live-in dungeon master at a dungeon near the capital.” Christina told .
“Why would that make you freak out when you hear the word dungeon?” I asked.
“I was just getting to it.” Christina began. “The dungeon he worked at had a shift of 2 dungeon masters. Each would spend a month living in the dungeon and then switch. But the dungeon preferred Alexander over the other master and didn’t want him to leave. The dungeon would purposefully get multiple powerful monsters to be in the way of the other dungeon master’s escort party, causing them to retreat on a few of the first tries. Eventually the dungeon even managed to kill the other dungeon master. This left Alexander trapped in the dungeon for a long ti, until a new master could be nad. And even then, they still had to collect high ranking adventurers to clear a path to the dungeon master’s room.”
“How long was he in the dungeon?” I asked. If he really was there for a long ti, I could see that causing so bad mories.
“In total over 16 years.” Christina said. 16 years? Holy shit. “And during those sixteen years a lot happened. His wife was plunged into poverty and was forced to sell her body for survival. His son was murdered by the dept collectors that she had borrowed money from. And he couldn’t help them at all. He blad the kingdom for everything and he was nearly executed for treason. But the queen forgave him and he ‘retired’ here. Him being a long ti dungeon master is also the reason he looks a lot younger than he is. In actuality he is almost sixty, but he looks like he is in his forties.”
Holy, that’s a lot to take in. Being basically a prisoner for 16 years. And coming back to a dead son and an abused wife. And then the king, or so other higher up, wants to kill him, because he criticizes you for not protecting his family. This kingdom has so fucked up nobles.
“Well I guess I should say sorry for him, the next ti we et.” I said out loud.
“Did you insult him?”
“Well I might have said sothing about him losing his job. And called him sothing like ‘whining old man’. Not my best insult ever, but I’m sure he didn’t like it, given the circumstances.” I told Christina.
“Yes, I would recomnd you say sorry to him.” She said to . “The main reason he ca to live here was to stay away from any dungeons. And during his ti here, he really has helped in improving this town for the junior adventurers. Things like classes and combat practice were introduced. It’s said around the kingdom that if a person is young and wants to beco an adventurer, they should co here.”
“Well that most certainly is a lot. But that still leaves him out of the running for the dungeon master position.” I reminded her of where this rabbit hole started.
“And you still want to do it, instead of my husband.”
“Yes.” I told her. “And aren’t you the real head of this family? As in the one born to the previous lord?” I just have a feeling she is. Because of the way Brandon reacted to her coming outside and scolding him.
“No, I’m not. Brandon is the son of the previous lord.” She answered. But my theory. Co up with a backup plan. NOW!
“But I am the daughter of an earl that happens to be his superior.” She told . Well, just go on and drop a bomb on why won’t you. Why would an earl’s daughter marry a baron?
“But, why would you..?”
“Marry so far below my family.” She interrupted . “My father was not blessed with a son for a long ti. I have six sisters. He finally managed to get a son as his eighth child. He had to find so place to marry all of us. And the previous lord Watchman was able to breed up the boars roaming the plains, creating a great source of at for the kingdom.”
“And that’s how you two ended up together.”
“Well that, and also the prophecy of the return of the behemoth.” She said. “The Watchman family prioritizes getting blond haired magicians to the family.”
“And you could use the earth magic?”
“Exactly.” She said. “And with dear using wind magic, we believed we would have children with great magical abilities.”
“So it is as I suspected.” I said.
“What do you an?” She asked.
“You two have opposing attributes.” I told her.
“And why does that matter?”
“It makes it more likely to have a child with lower attributes, or even no sufficient attribute. Like Alice.” I inford her.
“Is that true?” She imdiately asked. “What’s the source of your information?”
“The system support.” I told her. “I don’t think Laura would ever lie to . I don’t even know if she can lie.”
(I am incapable of lying to my Master.)
“I see, but Alice's brother can use wind magic.” Christina said. She has a brother? Where is he? I’ve never seen him.
“It’s not like it’s impossible to have children who can’t do it just because the parents have opposite attributes.” I told her. “If it was that simple, soone would have figured it out already. Laura just told that the chance of having a child with no attribute is increased, if the parents have opposite attributes.”
“This is still massive news.” Christina said. “By that logic, would it an that two people with the sa or well combining attributes would be more likely to have a child with strong magic attributes?”
(Laura, what do you think?) I asked Laura before throwing out my own theory.
(I do not have full information on attribute passing, but two people with the sa one will have an increased chance of a child with strong affinity to that attribute. I don’t have access to information on combining attributes. Sorry.) Laura told . Well she is still on standard level so I guess she can’t do everything.
“According to Laura, parents with the sa attribute should have an increased chance at a child with high affinity for that attribute.” I told Christina what I heard from Laura.
“I see.” Christina said. “If the system support says so, it must be true. We’ll have to include that in the report.”
“What report?”
“The dungeon founding report.”
“Oh, yeah. You probably would need to make a report on sothing like that.”
“Yes. And we would appreciate it if you would go with the one to make the report.” She told .
“And that would result in heading to the capital. Would I have to report to the king himself?” I asked.
“It’s not required by law, but if you want the honorary noble title that all dungeon founders are obligated, you would have to et with the king.” Christina told .
“Mother, Brian. Are you two ready to see my magic?” Alice ca in and asked.
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