Chapter 239 A Palace of Ones Own (1/2)

Arran eagerly accepted the Elder's offer to show him the mansion He could still scarcely believe that the palatialit filled hirown up the son of a siuard, lucky just to have a bedrooer than those of even the wealthiest merchants in Riverbend

It was a place he would once have thought fit for kings and princes, and the idea that it would be his seemed almost absurd

Of course, he knew the le word from the Matriarch and it would be taken away But even so, at least for the moment, it was his And if he was hardly preoccupied with luxury, he wouldn't reject it, either

It took the Elder a fewthe mansion, and there were far ht there were dozens if notearlier

”You have so lance at the Elder

The Elder laughed in response ”A place such as this requires a sizable staff,” he replied He let out a sle just to keep it clean”

”My own servants?” Arran looked at the Elder aardly ”I don't have any servants”

The hed softly ”Naturally, a full detail of servants and guards will be arranged for you,” he said, his tone suggesting that this wasn't a matter to be discussed in polite company

”Now then,” the Elder said, his voice loud as he changed the subject ”You must be anxious to see your new home Let's have a look, shall we?”

Arran responded with an eager nod, and with that, the oldbefore Arran found himself shocked by the sheer size of it He'd already seen that the building was large, of course, but only now did he begin to understand just how massive it actually was

There were nu rooms, studies, libraries, and a plethora of other spaces whose purpose eluded hi could easily acco the servants' quarters, which would fit hundreds

”Now that you've seen the upper levels, let's take a look at the lower levels,” the Elder said ”I suspect you will find those— and a fair bit uided them to a steep stone staircase in an inconspicuous corner of the mansion's bottom floor, then said, ”This is the h not the only one Actually…”

He frowned, then produced a s and handed it to Arran

”This details the er require it” As Arran accepted the aestured at the staircase ”Follow an to descend the staircase, Arran following close behind

The staircase was far longer than Arran had expected The basement the Elder had mentioned was located at least several hundreds of feet below the mansion, buried deep within the rocks of the mountains

They finally reached the bottoh it was shrouded in darkness, Arran's Sense and Shadowsight told him that the space was vast, hundreds of paces across with dozens of doors on either side of it

The Elder waved a hand, and athe sides of the hallway, illuht

”There are several things here that will be of interest to you,” he said, then began to detail the facilities in the baseeon than a base rooe to train without worry of causing dae would struggle to destroy them