Chapter 726: Oath (2/2)

”No. I am not going to wait. I want to get out of this town as soon as possible. I will sell the recipes and from what I could guess, the tax would be enough to reach your target. Both of us will leave this place after the auction and you finish your promotion procedures.

I want us to be out of here before the election even starts.”

”Then what would you do after getting out of here?”

”I will help you with another target and make you get a promotion in a record time all the while entering a new business.”

”Why would you help me?”

”I don't know how an ambitious guy like you can be so dumb at times. I am giving you a chance so that you can climb the ladder of authority in this place and I could use your help to develop my own business in this place.

Is that reason enough?”

”But without that restaurant business, it is hard to break through into different areas. That is a surefire method.”

”Any method I use is a surefire method. You haven't seen any of what I am capable of. You will see it soon enough and you will feel that partnering with me is the greatest decision you made in your entire life.”

Raunak became silent and decided to walk away for now.

But after some walking and clear hesitation, he came back to Sam and said.

”Sam, I have something to say regarding this.

I want to get promoted faster, but I don't want to risk my career. There is a lot of stake for me on this and I don't want to lose my career and life because of your actions.”

”I have my own life and three friends at stake, do you really think I would risk it, just to screw you over?”

”I don't know. But please can you tell me where you are from? I just want some reassurance.”

”I have enough reason to suspect you, just like how you are suspecting me. Why don't you tell me your secrets before asking mine?”

Raunak stayed silent.

”See, you want to know my secrets without revealing your own. How can I trust you with my secrets like that?”

Raunak took a deep breath and said.

”We will exchange our secrets, but not here. Let's go to the forest and take the tree spirit oath.”

Sam is a bit surprised. But he agreed.

”As you wish.”

He knows a bit about the tree spirit oath. He had heard about it a few times. The tree spirit oath is an oath that was protected by the tree gods which are worshipped by the elves.

Under this oath, no one can speak lies and break the promises they made under this oath.

If anyone breaks the promise made under this oath, they will become the enemy of the forests all over the charbhum realm.

Sam doesn't know the exact principle behind this. But he knew this works.

As for how he knew, he learned it from the memories of the intruder. This guy is bound by a tree spirit oath to work under the envoy.

Both of them went to the forest and Raunak made some runes over the trees and created a formation.

Both of them sat in the middle of the formation and soon the runes glowed with wood element energy as they held hands a golden green light enveloped both of their hands.

The oath was completed and Raunak started his questions.

Sam answered everything. It is simply about Sam not being a person of this realm, coming from outside, his abilities, and his goals in this place.

There is not much of secrecy in those questions and Sam's turn came.

”I won't ask you any questions. Tell me your story. However much you want, but make sure that every word you say is true.”

Raunak was surprised. He didn't expect Sam to be so laid back.

”Are you not afraid that I would hide my true intentions?”

”There is not much you can do even if you hide. I am Sam.”

”It is just your name.”

”Yes, it is just my name. But you will know what it truly means later. Just give me you story.”

Raunak went on to explain his story himself and Sam couldn't help but sigh at the end.

It is a simple story of a love-struck fool. He has loved a girl from a noble household that belongs to faction 1.

And she loved him back.

But when they loved each other, he doesn't know her status nor her true identity. So, after her father learned of it, he interfered and he was only safe due to him being a student of the bureaucrat school.

He persisted and managed to strike a deal with the father of the girl. If he managed to become a powerful central government official within a certain amount of time and he would let him marry her daughter.

The story is nothing special. This was used so much in the movie plots on earth.