Maurizio had spent long nights in the desert, and longer nights in deep city, but the Valuta fiefdom was something entirely new to him. Heād never spent time in any small town, never seen any city so sparsely populated.
He was very uncertain about visiting this fiefās lady, famed for her violent ways in his own fief. His elder brother had visited once, and come back mildly terrified of ever going back, Maurizio Koli had never expected to have to visit the woman his brother had feared. Perhaps it was just his brotherās pacifism that had gotten him into trouble, though; his stance on Avreans being absolutely dandy as long as they stayed away from his land.
But then, they hadnāt stayed away from the Koli Fiefdomās land. Theyād happily taken bits and pieces, and now all that was left was the large city. Still, Mauri figured, it was better than this. It was better than what this woman had charge of. Just as he thought, though. Most women could only handle something as simple as a small town like this.
He sighed, shifting uncomfortably under the weight of the cloth on his arms. He disliked his formal garb, wearing anything on his top half. Still, this fief was much cooler than his, where temperatures didnāt waver lower than a hundred in the summer, and where snow was only a folktale. Mauri hadnāt spent much time away from there, so he couldnāt ever imagine that snow might be a real thing after all.
Mauriās guards stopped before the lady of the fiefās house, and he forced himself, through the childish urge to go up to the door and burst in with no warning, to remember her name. What might piss her off and what wouldnāt. Hasana Valuta. Lady Valuta, would be a proper title. No mother or father.
If his fiefdom was to stay strong through these attacks from the Avrean government, heād have to make a treaty with her, so he had to be on his best behavior, that was what his advisors had told him. He believed them. He took a deep breath and knocked loudly on her door.
Maurizio "Mauri" Koli
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