My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

As we got off the dock, I had the distinct feeling we were being watched by many eyes. I saw a couple people looking our way before whispering in their ears and sending someone running, or writing a message, or casting some other communication spell. I found myself much more comfortable being in a dungeon. I mean, I was in a dungeon, but I usually didn’t feel this exposed.

“It’s okay, Deek. This is just politics.” Eliana seemed to see me stiffening slightly.

I forced myself to relax slightly.

“Then again, if an assassin was after Eliana’s life, then it would be all too easy to access her on these docks.” One of the girls from Titan Fall suddenly spoke up.

All of my relaxation became tense feelings once again.

“Faith, you’re not helping!” Her friends chided her.

“Ahhh… this Tearfall Isles. What a familiar place?” I looked back to see Alysia dragging Calypso from the hold underground.

Despite having been chained to a chair for two days, she didn’t look that much worse than right before going in. She wore an easy smile like she wasn’t a prisoner at all, but someone who owned the place.

“Titan Fall, can you watch Calypso from here?” I asked.

Since Calypso was now in this dungeon, she wouldn’t be able to use some portal to get away quickly. I had already marked Calypso. I had several jobs now that had means of marking a specific person on the map. As long as she was on this island, I would know exactly where she was and could be next to her in moments. Saying that she was about as covered as I could manage. Besides, Alysia trusted Titan Fall, so I had to lean on them as well.

“Deek? You’re leaving?” Eliana was a bit surprised. “What for?”

I gave an innocent laugh, relying on mimic to obscure any weaknesses in my façade. “I just have a few errands I need to run. It’s nothing important.”

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Eliana frowned. “I thought you were going to protect me?”

I raised an innocent eyebrow. “Didn’t you say that you were perfectly protected on your own and didn’t need me?”

Her face flushed red. “I-I did say that… I am safe! It’s just… the weather is nice… and I thought we could… you know…”

She started to touch her fingers together, a slightly shy expression appearing on her face.

“Oh! Well, we can go out tonight for sure. It won’t take very long. I promise. I just want to pick up a few things I heard were for sale here.” I did my best to lie.

“Eliana of Aberis?” A voice cut in at the perfect time. “I’m a delegate here to lead you to the quarters you’ll be staying at while here.”

A stuffy-looking man wearing more clothing than the hot weather should have permitted approached us. Eliana couldn’t fret about me anymore. She put on her best face and gave a greeting befitting a politician. I didn’t have much of a taste for this kind of thing, so as they walked off, I stayed behind, keeping myself busy with the map.

As Calypso passed by, I made sure once again that I had a mark on her. I used several methods to achieve this, including ones I hoped she wouldn’t be able to throw off by doing something like giving her karma to someone else. Yeah, I had learned a few tricks since the last time I had to interact with her. I was surprised she didn’t appear as a red icon. That meant that she didn’t desire to harm me and my magic didn’t see her as hostile.

“Master is a terrible liar. What are we doing?” Alysia had stayed behind as Titan Fall took Calypso and followed Eliana.

I frowned slightly and then spread out the map. While Calypso didn’t create a red icon, several others did.

“I wasn’t lying. I plan to take care of a few errands… like dealing with some threats prematurely.”