Rhemic Empire (2)

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While Vesna was working on Astel, One-Eyed clarified the details of the mission: how many people will be involved in the final stage, the approximate number of guards, an estimated time frame, how roughly they can treat the hostage, and finally, how much they will pay.

“The capture team will consist of five people,” explained Vesna, “and if nothing has changed, there should be four guards.” He also clarified the timing of the operation and that each participant would receive 50,000 Rumies.
“The hostage must be treated as carefully as possible,” concluded the Count, “no matter how calm His Excellency Thiarius Reim may seem, I will never believe that one of the sons of the four ducal houses of the empire would forgive disrespectful treatment of his wife, whoever she is. Besides, Pantaleia comes from the C. Tessen family, and I wouldn’t want this operation to result in the formation of an alliance between Sonata and Darkiria.”

— Don't get so upset," Alaria patted the detective friendly on the shoulder, "I can't say he made a bad impression. It's clear that he is an experienced person and knows what he is talking about. I just imagined the head of intelligence services to be less eccentric.

“Yes, that’s true,” agreed Altina, “he is one of the best investigators and marksmen in the empire, and according to rumors, he works directly under the Empress and the First Minister.”

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At the appointed time, the first people began to appear in the lobby of the building where they were supposed to meet.
One of them was Vaas Artichoke.

“Oh, Melissa Mayvin!” Noticing Nano, he immediately approached her. — How are you? What’s new? What brings you here?

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Once again, moving through the snowstorm, the group discovered a source of light somewhere in the distance.