"Would this be the tavern you mentioned? ...."
After walking for a whole day they arrived in front of an old dwelling with boarded-up windows and a broken door.
"Some things don't change even with the passage of time.... Come on let's go inside!"
"Are we sure it won't collapse on us?..."
"Come on come on!!!"
Kelley, who was using a cane he found along the way to make it easier to walk, entered the building without even waiting for Nemesis. Indeed, the interior of the building resembled a restaurant, although it didn't look like it had been cleaned in years and the only person there was a waiter with scars on his face and super muscular behind the counter.
"Welcome to Timothy's hovel, what can I serve you?"
"Good evening handsome young man! I would like to ask you for some information.... Do you also have a skeleton in your wardrobe?"
Without even answering he turned and moved one of the glass glasses behind him, a secret door behind the counter appeared.
"Please, this way."
Nemesis who was not understanding what was going on began to follow them.
They walked a short distance until they came to a small room with two guards in front of another door.
"By what name shall I introduce you sir?"
"Edward Kelley."
With some surprise, the waiter nodded, then stepped through the door and closed it behind him.
Shouts and breaking objects could be heard inside the room, then a gentleman in his fifties kicked the door open.
"Where is that head of ***** Edward Kelley! With what face do you dare come back here after all this time!"
"I missed you too Eadmond!"
While Kelley had a smile that started from one ear and reached the other, his 'friend' had flames for eyes.
"What do you want? You disappear all these years and then show up like it was nothing.... Was our friendship really nothing to you? John Dee and I have been looking for you everywhere and now you reappear out of nowhere..."
"I was captured by the king... all this time I was in the dungeon dungeon..."
His smile began to turn bitter.
"It's only thanks to this kid that I managed to escape..."
Turning towards Nemesis, Eadmond, began to square him from head to toe.
"Tsk! Come on, get in! And you guards don't just stand there! Can't you see how thin Kelley's gotten! Hurry up and bring our guests some food."
*****
As they sat down in front of Eadmond's desk and began to talk about everything that had happened during the years that Kelley had been incarcerated, Nemesis began to understand the situation more.
Before he was captured he was part of a guild called 'Gloomy Night', their task was to help the poor who lived on the outskirts of the kingdom. The founding members were Kelley, Eadmond and John Dee, and they used this old building as an outpost.
In the course of a few years they became famous, and the small guild they had formed became the largest in the slum. They were revered as saints, as they helped all those in need financially.
When Kelley was caught something changed, one would think because his magic procured most of the guild's income, but it was actually because the guild split into two.
On one side was John Dee who wanted to continue looking for his best friend, on the other side was Eadmond who had given up and decided to continue the plan even without Kelley.
After a big fight John Dee left and from that moment on the guild began to crumble very slowly.
*****
"Now where is Dee?..."
"I don't know... After he left I lost all contact with him, and I have no intention of knowing anything about him."
"I see..."
"Talking to you boy instead.... Thank you so much for rescuing my friend, if there is anything I can help you with just ask, I don't like being in people's debt."
"Don't worry... I don't need a reward, I only did it because I was in the right place at the right time..."
"Hmm... Let me at least offer you this small gift."
Bringing a hand under his desk he took out a small purse, which he handed to Nemesis.
"At least accept these coins, after all, a little extra quid never hurts!"
"Well... thank you..."
Opening the purse, however, he could not believe his eyes from the colour of the coins inside.
|You received 2 gold coins and 50 silver coins|.
Not knowing the value of money in that world she merely thanked him again with a nod of her head.
"Now get out of my office both of you, I have work to do! You have already wasted enough of my time!!! Out!"
"M-ma m-ma..."
"No buts, out!"
After leaving the office they sat down at one of the tables that looked more stable, and the waiter joined them shortly afterwards, with two plates full of food, and as he served Nemesis and Kelley he said something unexpected.
"If you're interested I know where Dee is."
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