“Your uncle sent me,” he got straight to the point. “My name is Piotr.”
“And where do you want me to go?” asked Pavel.
Nadezhda Olegovna had said that someone will have been sent by Sergey Skopin to get Pavel. But no one actually explain anything. Now, after listening those weird rumors, Pavel was a bit angry.
Piotr looked at him sighed and said. “We don't know why those creatures were following you. We also don't know if they come back or not. It's a dangerous situation for you. That's why I'm going to get you to the Castle Skopin. You'll be safe there.”
“A castle?” Pavel was really surprised.
“Yeah,” the smile touched the corners of Piotr's mouth. “I'd also been amazed when I saw it at the first time.”
“I need to go back at the dormitory to pick up my stuff,” said Pavel.
“Fine,” Piotr agreed.
Nadezhda Olegovna said good buy and left them.
Then Piotr looked at the box of chocolates which was still in Pavel's hands. “What's that?” he asked.
Pavel had almost forgotten about the box he was steill caring around. There was only one reason for it being still with him. That's all because Pavel just couldn't let go of something that belonged to him. He hadn't much things so he guarded what he had. And he had never lost his property.
Pavel told Piotr why he had bought the box of chocolates.
“That's actually a good thing you have it,” said Piotr taking the box from Pavel. It was dusty and a little crumpled so Piotr wiped the box with his hand. “We still can present it to whoever will be sitting at your dormitory's entrance. So I will go inside with you.”
Usually there were some woman watching the dormitory entrance. The box of chocolates as the bribe should work.
It was pretty logical but Pavel still had to ask. “Can you just teleport inside or whatever you magicians do?”
“I can. But I've thought you should leave your dormitory properly in order to nobody question you about it later. So I would be better to come in and leave properly and don't make your life difficult.”
So they decided to do that. Pavel, as Piotr has instructed him, imagined university dormitory entrance. Piotr put his hand Pavel's shoulder and teleported both of them. Then Piotr chatted with the woman there, presented her that box and said he was Pavel's uncle and came to help him with his things.
Pavel took all his stuff. Luckily he hadn't many things to pack. Then Pavel gave away his room key and they both left the dormitory going to teleport from the street.
Piotr seemed didn't care neither about people watching them showing up from nowhere and disappearing from the street nor about cameras filming them. Pavel wanted to ask him about it but he hadn't enough time because the next second Piotr teleported him again. And Pavel saw the castle which made him forget about his question. It was already getting dark. And the Castle Skopin stepped from the gloom looking so mysterious and huge. Pavel froze for some time gazing at the building.
He had never seen anything like that. The castle was ancient. But he didn't look dead. In the contrary he was as if some magical being itself. Pavel felt the castle watching him back. But it wasn't aggressive attention. The castle seemed just interested.
Piotr waited for him patiently all the time Pavel was glazing at the castle. When he has woken up from this kind of delusion they finally came in.
The castle was as huge inside as it looked from the outside. Perhaps even bigger. Piotr escorted him straight to the upper floor.
“You'll live here,” said Piotr opening the door. “At least for now. I made those rooms just convenient. If you don't like something you'll change it yourself when you'll become a proper clan member.”
“You made it?” asked Pavel. “Are the rooms could be changed with some magic?”
“Your understanding is perfectly correct,” Piotr smiled. “Every clan member can change the castle. Well, you'd better do it in your own room only. To change some other room you should consult our estate trustee. Otherwise he'll be angry.”
“Is he somewhere here?” Pavel was curious about that guy he had already heard about.
“No. Everybody except us and my son are away right now. That's actually really suspicious. You were attacked at the same day we faced the crisis which required the attention of all clan members. I had been also away. They sent me here because I'm the most useless there. We'll sort it out as soon as everybody back. There should be some more information then to make things clear then.”
“When are they going to come back?” asked Pavel.
“I don't know. And I don't want to contact your uncle or anybody else because it can distract them. So, we'd better just wait. And for now... You should be hungry. I'll go to the kitchen and check if there are anything left in the fridge. Settle down here and wait before the dinner's ready.”
Piotr was going to leave. Then he turned back and said. “And just in case. If you want to go the the yard tell me about it. You're not locked or anything like that. It's because of ghosts.”
“Ghosts?”
“Yes, they are guarding the yard.”
“But I didn't see any ghosts,” remembered Pavel.
“That's because I had ordered them to leave. I didn't want them to make you fear. I promised you uncle to protect you, not to frighten.”
“OK. I'll remember that.”
“And they are no actual ghosts,” added Piotr. “I mean they are not some dead people's spirits. They are artificial. The head of the clan made them in order to protect the castle. Those ghosts are the combination of magic and technology. The head is a master of such things. And they are not dangerous for you. Since the castle had already recognized you as a clan member. I saw it clearly. But it would be better to be careful before you can control them yourself as a proper clan member.”
“Um, I have one more question. Just in case. We are not relatives, aren't we?”
Pavel had heard that Piotr was Sergey Skopin's friend. But he just wanted to know that thing for sure.
“No, we are not,” answered Piotr and left.
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