Kiara’s infiltration

(Kiara POV)

The royal guard flies me with his mount towards Count Earl’s mansion in the middle of the night. Despite it being so dark, I can see the place is very big. The size makes me wonder how long it’ll take for me to find his study. Not too long I hope, for I can’t use my [Glamor] indefinitely. Once my mana runs out, my cover will be blown.

I stand up on the flying mount as we fly high over the mansion. I use my [Shadow Manipulation] to grow 2 large black wings and then I jump. There is no way I would make an entrance like this by day. But at night, I am practically invisible like this. I glide down towards the Count’s mansion and gently land onto the roof. I walk up to the edge and look down, in search of some guards. I need to know what the count’s guards look like before I can copy their looks. I notice 2 of them, at the front door, but I am too high up to get a good enough look, so I head to a corner and glide down, carefully avoiding any windows. Once down, I cast [Shroud] onto myself. It is a spell that surrounds me in utter darkness. Then I sneak up to an already dark corner close to the guards and stand in there, pretty much invisible. Once in position, I pick up a rock and throw it a fair distance from me. The guards hear it and pay attention to it.

“Is someone there?” One of the guards asks.

When there is no answer, one of them walks towards there the rock landed to get a better look. This gives me a good chance to study the armor he is wearing. I wait patiently until the guard is satisfied and walks back.

“Must’ve been a squirrel or something.” He tells his fellow guard.

With that, it is safe for me to make some distance between them and myself. Once I round the corner and am certain they can’t see me anymore, I drop the [Shroud] and [Glamor] myself to look like that one guard who checked out the rock. Once I’ve got his appearance, I walk over to a window and look inside, searching for a shadow. When I find one that is large enough, I use my [Shadow Teleportation] to step into a shadow from the outside of the mansion and step out of a shadow inside the mansion. It will have to wait 10 minutes until I can use this skill again. When I do, I can just teleport back to the same spot outside. But I have to make certain my cover isn’t blown before those 10 minutes. Now, let’s see about that evidence.

Even if I go to the dungeons and confirm human trafficking is being done, as long as there is no paper trail we will have no evidence and any action against the Count from us would be a crime. The best place to find stuff like that would be in his office or study. But to find a room like that in a mansion as big as this … I can’t exactly open every door. I would draw attention to myself. What else can I do. Set a fire? Make people worried and run to the study to safe the documents? No, then everyone’s attention will be on the documents.

As I am walking through the halls thinking about my strategy, I come across one of the maids. Or I at least notice she is a maid because she is carrying a mop and a bucket, because her outfit is outrageous. The woman is wearing a revealing bra that barely covers her large breasts and for the lower part she seems to be wearing a glorified loincloth. If this is the standard uniform Count Earl makes his maids wear, I dread to meet the man in person.

“You there.” I say to the maid.

The woman stops and looks at me. “Yes, sir?”

I am about to talk about the Count, but as far as I know the Count could be out visiting a friend or business partner. Damn, who else would be in charge of a mansion when the lord was out. Right, the chamberlain.

“The chamberlain has summoned me to the study. Can you tell me where it is.” I command the woman.

“The office?” The maid asks. She then raises an eyebrow and asks, “You don’t know where it is?”

I hesitate a little, to create the illusion of embarrassment and then say, “It has been a while since I was summoned to the office. So yeah, I forgot where it is.”

“Oh, no worries.” The maid answers. “First you head to the main hall, take the central stairs up to the highest floor, then go right and you take the second door to the left, right next to the lord’s bedchamber.”

“Thank you.” I nod to the maid. “Carry on.”

As the maid walks past, I take another look at her and study her face and wardrobe. I wait until she enters a room, then I [Glamor] into her and head on my way towards the office.

As I follow the route the maid described to me, I check out the uniform more closely. It is ridiculous. My breasts are ready to spill out at any moment. And both the cloth covering my butt and the cloth covering my privates are held together with a thin metal chain, leaving my hips bare for everyone to see. I am so lucky that my [Glamor] has replaced my real face with that of the maid. Wearing something like this with my actual face exposed would definitely trigger my anxiety.

It fortunately doesn’t take me long to find the wide staircase. But as I am walking up the stairs, I suddenly hear a male voice call out a name behind me.

“Vanessa.”

I turn around and see a heavy man in resplendent clothes, wearing a lot of golden jewelry. His choice of wardrobe alone definitely shows he is a man of wealth. So either this is Count Earl, or someone closely related to him. Family, a friend, a business partner. He is also looking straight at me, so I should assume he was talking to me.

“Come over here, girl. I want your company.”

I turn towards the man and say, “Of course, sir.” While offering a little courtesy bow.

I walk back down the stairs, the large breasts the [Glamor] gave me bouncing so much I actually feared they would jump out. Not to mention the cloth in front of my privates fluttering easily enough that I fear I might accidentally expose my privates.

When I reach him, he quickly puts his arm around my waist, making certain to leave his hand on my butt.

“Is everything fine, sir?” I ask him

“Fine indeed.” The man says as he stares at my breasts. “And please, you know I prefer it when you call me Count.”

Right, so this fat man is the creep that wants to **** Shalia to marry her.

“Of course, Count.” I apologize. “Tell me, what can I do for you?”

Count Earl looks at me with joyful surprise. “Ooh, you can do a lot for me, Vanessa. How about we start with you letting your twins out for a moment, huh?”

No wonder this man makes his servant girls dress like this. He sees women as nothing more than a commodity. And if now I don’t do as he says, I will immediately blow my cove, so I reach for my bra and pull it aside so the fabric rests under my breasts.

“Is this better, sir?” I ask as I show Count Earl my boobs.

“Ah yes. Much better.” The count replies. He then takes one of my breasts in his hand and gropes it quite roughly while also bringing his head to my other breast and sucking on my nipple.

Something doesn’t add up here. Why does this guy want to marry Shalia when he has servant girls like Vanessa that he can use for sex. It’s not like Shalia is highborn or wealthy. He already has all the sex he wants and would be marrying below his status. There is more going on here.

Count Earl sucks my nipple into his mouth, then pulls away until my nipple pops out of him mouth with a plop. “You are so delicious, my sweet. Come, lets head to my chamber where I can enjoy you better.”

He then places his hand over my shoulder and holds me close to him as he walks with me up the stairs.

The Count walks me all the way to his room, right next to the office where I am supposed to be. I’m almost there.

Upon entering his private quarters, Count Earl pulls me to him and places his lips onto mine. He kisses pretty disgustingly and feeling his tongue push itself into my mouth makes we feel sick. I am done with this bullshit. I bring my right hand to his head and fake getting into the kiss, only to cast the [Migrane] spell onto the count.

He quickly breaks the kiss and cries, “Oww … aw … aaahh.” As he reaches for his forehead.

“Count? What’s wrong?” I fake concern.

“My head.” The Count complains. “It’s suddenly feeling so painful. Ahh, where did this come from?”

“My liege, please, take a chair and sit down.” I tell him. “I will go find some medicine.”

“Yes, Vanessa. Thank you. Please, hurry.” The Count says as he sits on one of his ornamental chairs.

I walk over to the door, pushing my breasts back into the bra and leave the room. Rather than go search for medicine, I head straight for his office and enter. There is nobody there. Perfect. Now I need to find the evidence.

I check his desk and all cabinets for letters. It is not possible to be part of a human trafficking ring without receiving updates. But it is also doubtful that kind of letters would be placed where they would be easy to find. Eventually, I find a locked cabinet. With the help of my [Shadow Manipulation] I create a lockpick and pick the lock. Inside I find a ledger and some letter. Let’s take a look inside the ledger first.

Name – sex - race – age – hair color - traits – price – customer
Tawni – female - White/human – 21 – blue – C cup – 142 gold – Duchess Empusa
Valinna – female - White/elf – 69 – redhead – A cup - 54 gold – Count Otelin
Neola – female - Black/human - 19 – blonde – B cup – 160 gold – Duke Hemmet
Fawn – female - White/beastkind – 24 – white – D cup (deer-type) - 220 gold – Duchess Empusa
Omran – male - Black/dark elf – 37 – blonde – 15 cm – 88 gold – Countess Marian
Lai – female - Asian/human – 22 – black – B cup – 23 gold – Baron Robion

This is it. A list of humans that have been sold, how much they were worth and who bought them. This way, we will not just take down Count Earl, but also reveal the misdeeds of other nobles.

I then check the letters which I found with the ledger as well. They seem like correspondence between the Count and his buyers. As I read them, 1 of these letters stands out to me as being particularly interesting.

Greetings, Count Earl

Thank you for coming through on your last delivery. My liege, Duchess Empusa, is quite pleased with the white haired deer you’ve sent us. Deer-type beastkind are already quite rare, as are young people with naturally white hair. So, to find both rare qualities in 1 individual is quite the lucky find. Not to mention her generous chest. You are truly an expert in finding exotic individuals.

I would however also like to remind you about Duchess Empusa’s previous request. The Asian girl with the pink hair. It is the last one my liege requires to finish her collection. The human rainbow has now been completed with the delivery of the blue haired girl. But Lady Empusa would be oh so pleased if she could also complete her Asian rainbow.

If the target is truly so difficult to collect, my Lady is willing to pay 100 golden coins extra for your effort. If however you are not capable of fulfilling the order within the next couple of months, Duchess Empusa may be **** to look for a different supplier. So, please make haste.

This explains it. The offer of marriage is a lie. The real reason Count Earl is so stubborn to get his hands on Shalia is because he wants to sell her as a ****. And for quite a lot of money too. I can’t say I’ve ever heard of a Duchess named Empusa, though. Could she be a noble in the elven kingdom? Regardless, I better take all of these letters with me as well.

For a moment, I dispel the [Glamor] and return to my usual looks. I open my bag of holding and place the ledger and the letters inside. I quickly grab a mana potion from it as well and drink it for I am running low on mana. With that done, I cast [Shroud] on myself again, then walk into the nearest shadow with the help of [Shadow Teleportation] and appear outside the mansion. At the same place where I first entered. I take a look around and don’t see anybody. That is when I use [Shadow Manipulation] to get me those shadowy wings again and fly off, into the night. Time to find the royal guard that brought me here and return to camp.