Guilt and Desires

It has been two days since Marian and I attended that bizarre party Beta Emyr invited us to.

I couldn’t get Penny away from my mind. Until I decided something that I believe would change her perspective in life.

“Are you sure you really want this?” Beta Emyr asked, a small smile on his lips while looking at my serious face. I told him that I didn’t entertain the kind of pastime he offered me in that place and told him that I want to take Penny as one of my hand servants here in Headow Stronghold.

“Yess. I have a feeling she really never wanted to work in that place,” I said to him after we discussed something about a problem in one of the farmlands on the west land of the Empire.

We succeeded in working on some of the problems regarding the budgeting but the council never knew about my helping Emyr so all the acknowledgments about the success were all credited to him.

I didn’t mind any of the recognition from the Emperor and his council though but Emyr knew he owed me something and t