Champion of an Empire, and Guardian of an Empress

[Earthling]

"Ugh... Really man?!" Yue groaned "Gods damnit, fine... But this favor is worth at least two gold, okay?!" She threw her arms up in expiration and set about to follow him.

The dungeons were a dark place underneath the palace, and the Guards interrogation room was especially infamous, filled will all manner of contraptions to best extract information from their victims, and several more, that only existed for the threat of them being used.

[Reaperbones]

Alex looked back at Yue as she spoke. He answered her with a smirk. "So what can I get for the other eight?"
Once they were in the interrogation room, he placed the girl in one of the chairs. He spoke as he walked around the room. "Not really the place I planned on doing a job interview. Alright Yue pull up a chair across from her and look disarming please."

[Earthling]

"Heh, maybe I'll let you find out later~" Yue smirked and slapped her companions ass as she walked past him to the interrogation room.

"What you mean I don't look disarming enough already?" She smirked as she took a seat across from the girl "But remember, this is not only a job interview, we need to figure out if she knows anything."

The girl in question meanwhile, slowly started stirring, groaning as she slowly came awake.

[Reaperbones]

Alex chuckled at Yue as she sat down. Alex walked over as the groaning girl woke up. He crouched in front of the girl and spoke with a warm tone. "Morning sweetheart. How's your arm? Any residual pain? I healed it up before we took you here. Can I get your name luv?"

[Earthling]

"Uhh...." The girl groaned, shaking her head and starting to look around "I-I'm fine... Where am I? How did I get here?"

[Reaperbones]

Alex undid the ropes on the girl and continued speaking. "Well honey, you tried to kill some royalty, so I shocked you off a roof. I decided that rather than leave you to die or be raped horribly, that I'd take you back here. You my dear, are at the Grand Palace of the Empire, and I have a job offer."
Alex took one of her arms gently and rubbed it soothingly.

[Earthling]

"Huh... W-What...?" Slowly reality dawned upon her "Fuck... We failed then... Well, I guess I should thank you and the Mother for sparing me... But what kind of job would you offer a failed assassin?"
Well, the mention of the Mother almost certainly confirmed her origin from Nakara

[Reaperbones]

Alex crouched down to her head level and spoke with a cheerful tone. "Well I don't want the assassin part of you, I want the fit and pretty young lady. You see the Empress is always looking for good maids. Loyal and skilled. So what do you think of a warm bed every night, three meals a day, retirement options, and a guaranteed paycheck. How's that sound to you?"

[Earthling]

"Gh... Really... I tried to kill you, and you are willing to hire me as a maid? I'm a Po'Ulan, a Servant-Warrior by birth, not a maid!" She exclaimed apparently quite frustrated at her predicament "But... I guess the servant part comes first. I'd ask you to check with my Master to buy me, but I think you probably killed him already."

[Reaperbones]

Alex smiled at her and lifted his shirt to show her some of his scars. He spoke with a chuckle. "Better warriors than you have tried to kill me. And yes you are the only one I spared. Also part of being the Empress' maid is making sure people don't get the chance to kill her. Think you can kill other assassin's while in a dress?"
Alex put his shirt back down and let out a soft sigh. He spoke as he looked at Yue. "There is a conditional though. We need you to tell us everything about your assassination attempt and your superiors. I do mean everything hun."

[Earthling]

"Tsk... Not much I can tell you really... My Master before the previous one needed to raise some funds for some politics, and decided to sell off some servants, and I was amongst them. My previous late master had recently arrived with a lot of money from some sponsor and was looking for a marksman, and bought me. They took me to the city and told me to shoot the princess and anyone protecting her. " The girl shrugged, massaging her wrists as Yue pondered before speaking "Well, it is indeed not much, but it is enough to help. Do you know where your late master lived?"
"Yeah, an apartment in a house outside the western walls called the Furn building."

[Reaperbones]

Alex grabbed her wrists as she rubbed them. He healed the bruising as they spoke, and when they were done he spoke himself. "Well, I'm going to need your name and for you to follow me to the servant's quarters so we can get a dress for you."
He looked at Yue and spoke. "So should we go rest for the night before we hit those apartments?"

[Earthling]

Yue shrugged and said "I need my beauty sleep, and the Empress gave you the day off tomorrow. We can let someone else handle the apartments."
The Nakaran girl however nodded in thanks as she stood up "My name is Yianna."

[Reaperbones]

Alex walked over to Yue, and whispered in her ear. "Need your beauty sleep or just some time to yourself? Usually ass slapping is a sign of friskiness so I figured you might be feeling excited. Can I watch or is eight gold not enough for that?"
Alex heard the assassin speak and smiled to her. He glanced at Yue before he spoke again. "Well Yianna me and Yue are going to take you to get a dress and then find you a chaperone for the night. In the morning the Empress will judge you and then you'll meet the head maid and begin training."

[Earthling]

"Hmm... For eight gold you can do whatever you want~" Yue whispered in his ear with a smirk before turning her attention back to Yianna who nodded "Fine... Lead the way."

[Reaperbones]

Alex had to hide the wicked grin that threatened to overtake his friendly one when Yue whispered in his ear. Well he found how to vent his sexual frustration from seeing the Empress in her night gown. He lead the way out of the door and began heading for the Servant's quarters. He wondered if the Head Maid was still awake as he spoke. "I should be honest Yianna, I spared you for a selfish reason. You see I aim to surround the Empress with only the most loyal of people. I see you as becoming one of the most loyal. You might be wondering why, so let me explain. Loyalty comes from a desire to hold onto something. Love, honor, and happiness are all things that people often want and thus they form a bond of loyalty between them and the source. So I figured that if I gave you a happy life that you love then your loyalty to the Empress would be strong since she is the source of it. And if anyone threatened to take away your happy life then you'd remove them without a second thought. What do you think?"

[Earthling]

Yianna shrugged as she walked behind him "I was born to serve, and if I serve well, the Mother may give me a better position in the next life. Though I had hoped to be promoted to the Warrior caste in this. As long as you fulfill your duties to me, I will fulfill my duties to you." She sighed, before glancing at Alex with a smirk "But I wonder, you said that you spared me for a selfish reason, yet it is for the protection of another? Do you like her that much?"

[Reaperbones]

Alex listened to the girl as she spoke of the Mother. Religion wasn't something he used to decide his life choices, and her choice to serve seemed ridiculous to him. When she asked him about his love for the Empress. He stopped and looked at her. He spoke with a serious tone. "I love her more than I love most. Only my family can compare to my love for her. We're almost there."

[Earthling]

"Heh, I see." Yianna smirked as she walked behind him.
And soon enough they reached the office and bedroom of the head maid, the door was currently closed and no sound could be heard from the other side

[Reaperbones]

Alex stared at the door for a second. He didn't want to invite a woman's wrath but he also didn't want to leave this girl in a jail cell for the night. He knocked on the door with a slight hesitation. He spoke to Yue with a straight face. "Hopefully she's not too upset with me for this..."