Chapter 10: Malice
I had underestimated the cunning mage. He was a man of caution. Well, I had lived in a very small world.
My only source of knowledge was the books. I had come across nothing about surveillance magic on there.
Well, putting aside whether or not that would make a difference now, I should have anticipated such an outcome. The magic used was evidently not necromancy, and there are no rules that forbid a necromancer from using other types of magic. In any case, I have no right to gripe about it.
The countless owls that appeared out of the magic circle were released out of the window, wherein they disappeared into the woods. The only silver lining was there were no owls let loose inside the mansion. However, even that bit of luck may not really be enough to help me out of this deadlock.
The Lord summoned Roux and barked out orders to the shivering slave.
“Roux. Feed the birds when they return. They are my familiars and also my eyes and ears. They are more diligent than you.”
“Y-yes. I under…stand, … master. Umm… err… what should I feed them…”
“Meat. Meat oozing with blood. Fresh, raw meat. No need to do anything special.”
Roux was still shivering but my mind was occupied with other matters.