Innkeeper
Whatever feelings either of you might have need to be put aside and left alone at least until she's done with this mission. She needs to focus.
A month passes and Wendy begins to grumble about being short staffed and wonder when the hell Eliza is coming back.
"Eliza's doing important work, just hang in there. She'll be back here on a regular basis soon."
"Well she better. Dunno why you went with her plan anyway, it would've been easier to go with mine." Wendy says.
"Maybe, but I wanted to have some extra leverage on Frank if we're going to report him to our militia friends."
Your gamble pays off, a few days later. Eliza comes running into the inn with something bundled under one of her arms and looking more than a little nervous. She says she needs to talk to you immediately and how important it is. You comply and head to the kitchen where your mother is, since she probably needs to know whatever Eliza has to say as well.
"DemonsÂ…Frank's in league with demons!" Eliza blurts out.
"What? Are you sure?" you ask.
"Yes! I was in his wine cellar getting a special bottle for one of his wealthy merchant customers when a rat passed by and startled me. This caused me to jump back and I hit the wall, but in doing so I must've hit some sort of secret button because the wall opened up into a small room. There was blood on the floor, a few bones, and a bunch of symbols drawn everywhere. The thing that stood out though was this!"
Eliza drops the bundle on the kitchen table and unwraps the cloth she's put it in to reveal a large leather bound book with a few symbols written on it. If it isn't a spell book, it sure looks like one.
"Well I suppose we now know Frank's an unlicensed mage, but are you sure about the demons?" Your mother asks.
"Yes! I've seen them! I mean everyone has, they just don't know!" Eliza exclaims. "When I was leaving with the book and closing the secret door, two of the waitresses I work with confronted me. When they showed me their true forms, I was scared for my life. These two in particular had always made me a little nervous. They just had an odd aura about them, never imagined that they were demons though."
"They didn't try to do anything to you?"
"No, they just said that I was very lucky Frank neglected to be thorough when drawing up his contract with them. I think they saw me as a potential loophole out of their service to him. I know they never really seemed fond of Frank."
"Well whatever the reason, I'm glad you're safe. I suppose now we should go inform the Klyton militia." You say.
After bringing the book to Klyton sergeant and Eliza repeating her story to them, they take action immediately. Unlicensed magery is a very series offense, let alone cavorting with demons.
Naturally you don't witness the raid; in fact the Klyton militia tries its best to section off the area beforehand, but given that Frank's place is in a high traffic area and is already pretty popular, it's not an entirely successful endeavor. A group of heavily armed Klyton militia with sanctioned wizards as support tends to draw attention. Fortunately it doesn't end in a big explosion and hundreds dead. It ends with a few smaller explosions and only a couple dozen dead instead. Unfortunately it also ends with the one of the demons escaping as well. For a while there's a lock down on the entire city as the Klyton militia tries to maintain order as well as searching for the thing, eventually nothing comes of it and it is assumed that the succubus flew away to a place where it could hunt for new prey a lot easier. (Probably Hessla).
During this time, the inn was pretty busy since several merchants couldn't leave the city right away, not to mention some of the regulars drinking a little more to calm themselves of a possible demon running around, so it works out for you pretty well.
After everything is said and done, you have enough money to continue your education and with this financial pressure off, you easily pass the rest of your classes with no worries.
Of course now you're in your final stages of your education, which means medical school as well as actually having to get a job actually working at a hospital. The only problem with that is being an intern doesn't pay all that well and you certainly can't do that AND work at the bar. Your mother reassures you that you shouldn't worry about it as she'll be able to hire a couple extra people as well as being able to help with the rest of your tuition.
In any case it looks like your days as an innkeeper are over.
A month passes and Wendy begins to grumble about being short staffed and wonder when the hell Eliza is coming back.
"Eliza's doing important work, just hang in there. She'll be back here on a regular basis soon."
"Well she better. Dunno why you went with her plan anyway, it would've been easier to go with mine." Wendy says.
"Maybe, but I wanted to have some extra leverage on Frank if we're going to report him to our militia friends."
Your gamble pays off, a few days later. Eliza comes running into the inn with something bundled under one of her arms and looking more than a little nervous. She says she needs to talk to you immediately and how important it is. You comply and head to the kitchen where your mother is, since she probably needs to know whatever Eliza has to say as well.
"DemonsÂ…Frank's in league with demons!" Eliza blurts out.
"What? Are you sure?" you ask.
"Yes! I was in his wine cellar getting a special bottle for one of his wealthy merchant customers when a rat passed by and startled me. This caused me to jump back and I hit the wall, but in doing so I must've hit some sort of secret button because the wall opened up into a small room. There was blood on the floor, a few bones, and a bunch of symbols drawn everywhere. The thing that stood out though was this!"
Eliza drops the bundle on the kitchen table and unwraps the cloth she's put it in to reveal a large leather bound book with a few symbols written on it. If it isn't a spell book, it sure looks like one.
"Well I suppose we now know Frank's an unlicensed mage, but are you sure about the demons?" Your mother asks.
"Yes! I've seen them! I mean everyone has, they just don't know!" Eliza exclaims. "When I was leaving with the book and closing the secret door, two of the waitresses I work with confronted me. When they showed me their true forms, I was scared for my life. These two in particular had always made me a little nervous. They just had an odd aura about them, never imagined that they were demons though."
"They didn't try to do anything to you?"
"No, they just said that I was very lucky Frank neglected to be thorough when drawing up his contract with them. I think they saw me as a potential loophole out of their service to him. I know they never really seemed fond of Frank."
"Well whatever the reason, I'm glad you're safe. I suppose now we should go inform the Klyton militia." You say.
After bringing the book to Klyton sergeant and Eliza repeating her story to them, they take action immediately. Unlicensed magery is a very series offense, let alone cavorting with demons.
Naturally you don't witness the raid; in fact the Klyton militia tries its best to section off the area beforehand, but given that Frank's place is in a high traffic area and is already pretty popular, it's not an entirely successful endeavor. A group of heavily armed Klyton militia with sanctioned wizards as support tends to draw attention. Fortunately it doesn't end in a big explosion and hundreds dead. It ends with a few smaller explosions and only a couple dozen dead instead. Unfortunately it also ends with the one of the demons escaping as well. For a while there's a lock down on the entire city as the Klyton militia tries to maintain order as well as searching for the thing, eventually nothing comes of it and it is assumed that the succubus flew away to a place where it could hunt for new prey a lot easier. (Probably Hessla).
During this time, the inn was pretty busy since several merchants couldn't leave the city right away, not to mention some of the regulars drinking a little more to calm themselves of a possible demon running around, so it works out for you pretty well.
After everything is said and done, you have enough money to continue your education and with this financial pressure off, you easily pass the rest of your classes with no worries.
Of course now you're in your final stages of your education, which means medical school as well as actually having to get a job actually working at a hospital. The only problem with that is being an intern doesn't pay all that well and you certainly can't do that AND work at the bar. Your mother reassures you that you shouldn't worry about it as she'll be able to hire a couple extra people as well as being able to help with the rest of your tuition.
In any case it looks like your days as an innkeeper are over.