They all bowed to Damien and after that Crowley started presenting them to him :' my lord this are the stewards you asked for my lord this knight Victor and this is lady Ayerendyle of the dark elves '.
They both answered:' we are happy to serve you lord'.
Damien nodded at them and started talking:' first I would like welcome to my territory and being part for my retinue but before we start talking about anything else let me present to you lady kikyou which will be part of you groupe plus Philip who is in charge of the agricultural of my domaine'.
Then Damien stood and said:' the reason I chose is that you all had potential but you were robbed of this chance like me who is surrounded with people who are trying to rob of my things like tha coursed traitor Dylan so first let me tell first divide and give each of you his responsibility knight Victor from now on you will create and lead to new forces in my territory one will the baron guard who will responsible for my safety and the proof the castle and anything who is related to my holdings and the seconde force we will call police who's job will be to keep the order and apprehend criminals in my land first we will start in Stonehenge then as you accumulate experience and capable subordinate we will move to the rest of the barony is that understood'.
While hearing this Victor who was still thinking that Damien was just some snotty young noble who didn't deserve his title started changing his mind while he didn't think of him as some great lord but at least he has some visions and awareness as most small lord didn't care about keeping law and order in their territory in a systematic manner it was more like if the tax are not diminished they don't care .
Victor then said :' I would like to thank you for putting your trust in me my lord so for creating a guard that will protect you safety and also act an enforcer of your will protecting you interest I suggest building upon the existing guard and also drawing from your army pool thus making joining the guard more like a reward than creating a another force that like watchdog over the military 🪖 as for the second force that you call police 🚓 a think we will model it over the army the only difference is that requirements will be lowered this allowing to draw from the local manpower in order to avoid the problem over personal distribution what do you think sir'.
After thinking about what Victor said while it wasn't exactly the police force that acted when he was at blue planet it made tide to Hume since they will answer only to him and could fastely conscripted to the army if the need ever rise up so it was an acceptable proposal but final decision will be seen from the results on the ground.
So he said:' we will follow your plan on this so tomorrow you and Crowley will meet Jean to discuss the budget as for manpower you will have to make do until we get Manheim under control soon enought the police will be started right after '.
They both answered:' yes my lord'.
Then Damien faced the dark elve took a deep breath and started talking:'as for you lady Ayerendyle from the information that Crowley gave me is that you are a member of the dark hand church and if I understood what he told me is that you believe in killing the wicked is that correct '.
A tense atmosphere was created after the lord mentioned the dark hand church as everyone has an impression of it and let's isn't a good one.
But the one who was supposed to be under the most pressure was just smiling 😊 after all in her mind while people may abhore dark religion but theirs didn't demande sacrifice or mutilation or some nightmare and it didn't hurt that their is always a need for assassin no matter how honour bound a society is their is always someone is ready to break the rules as for how the chose their target is simple when the rituel to call them is done the mother of the church can see if the caller telling the truth or lying as for the rituel all you need to do to contact them som blood of any animals call for the dark mother and mention the target 🎯 and why you want them dead if you cause your valide sometimes later it will be found with the mark of the dark hand.
The she said:' yes my lord if you put this way is correct'.
After that Damien:' so let me explain what I want then we see if we can co-operate first either we agree or not my offer still stand you can build a sanctuary here second I want to head an intelligence force that answers only to me who can gather information and also hit target when need be either by showing or making it look like an accident third this force can include anyone as long they adher to the principles of the dark church, mine and never hurt the innocent let me clear about the last one while I my not be a good person but I will not tolerate killing the innocent is that clear'.
After hearing it ayerendyle thought then said:' first let me say my lord the church will not be your subordinate after all it belongs to a deity and make no mistake it's very territorial but if you join as one of it's members and since you are the most high ranking noble here it will make automatically the head as how you manage it that will depende on you as long you don't break the iron rule of the church which seems the same as yours to never kill the innocent 😇 as that is beneath us so I will agree to your proposal my lord'.
After hearing the answer giving he taught for I will it's seem their is no way around it he has to join the dark hand or brotherhood it depends on how you see it hhhh.
Then he said:' okay will join but you will be responsible for manage it as for the location you will have two one a church in the town and another hidden in the forest we will the sanctuary where members can train, get their mission, resupply or get traitement is this arrangement is satisfying for you lady'.
Hastily ayerendyle said :'yes my lord I am satisfied with the arrangement '.
Then Damien said:' so tomorrow you discuss with Crowley and Jean you needs as for the sanctuary don't tell him about after all it's supposed to be a secret just tell him that you need the money 🤑 for other expenses '.
Then he he said to kikyou:' as for you lady kikyou a would like to help manage the church of it's okay with you'.
Kikyou answered fast:' as you wish my lord '.
After that Damien said :' this will lead to the last thing I summoned here for for both information that I got neither of you can break to become a seconde grade life from so if you manage this we'll and serve me loyally I can promise you I will help advance you can have my word on that '.
Hearing this they were sceptical at first but when they looked at Crowley and that lady kikyou they seemed to be believing what this baron is saying each of them has some enemy whome they need to get their vengeance on him but their low talent is stopping them but if his was telling the truth then that is no problem longer a dream.
So like they trained for it they both said :' my lord we will serve like slave if we can have our vengeance we will pay in price for it'.
Damien smiled and said:' good to hear after all everything has price but let's not be hasty complete you task,serve me and will give what you want as for now you can leave to rest and think about your task's '.
They all bent and bowed to him then left him alone in the study room he stood to go have dinner then it's another round of meditation.