Inheritor Of Magic: The Magi King

The young Countess hugged Wolfe as he left the panic room and activated the spells to make sure everything was working properly.

"Thank you so much. I was going to apologize for the state of the rooms, though we've cleaned them and put the best linens on, but now I suspect that they might actually be in decent shape." She sobbed, overcwith joy.

Cassie pulled her into a hug and guided her upstairs, while the butler pretended that the wetness at the corner of his eyes was nothing more than seasonal allergies.

"I believe that you would prefer to share a room, so we have prepared this suite for you, right next to the Mistress' suite, should you need to find her in the morning." He explained once they were up the stairs.

That would make this suite the actual Master Suite, where the close relatives of the Count would have lived, when there were relatives, but it would certainly be the finest of rooms in the house.

The Countess smiled at Cassie. "If I can arrange for your people to be transferred tomorrow, might I prevail upon your kindness for one more matter? Once the other Nobles realize that our estate is recovering, and has proper spells again, I will be inundated with suitors, and I don't have a proper Noble Guardian to keep them from bulldozing over my staff."

The young girl trailed off, letting Cassie fill in the blanks about how little say a Commoner would have in such matters, even if he was the butler and steward of the estate.

Cassie smirked at Wolfe. "I think that Miss Stephanie would love that. We can help you with your suitor issue, and you can accompany us to the Auction. We have reserved one of the balconies, so there should be plenty of space."

"That sounds lovely. There are supposed to be so many wonderful items going up for auction, but my budget just couldn't spare the entry fee to go watch. They require everyone to pay the bidders fee to enter, you see, because of the limited space." The Countess explained.

The rooms looked like they had just cfrom an interior decorator with a thing for gothic fashion, centuries out of date by Cassie or Wolfe's reckoning, but looking brand new.

Cassie rubbed the overwhelmed Countess on the back. "We will see you at breakfast. The spells are up and active on the manor grounds already, and Wolfe charged the core, so unless someone is brave enough to attack tonight, there shouldn't be anything to worry about."

Everyone in the house looked like they hadn't been sleeping well, and it was probably due to keeping a watch for those who would try to snatch the Countess for sschto take over her lands.

It was part of being a retainer, but in this sort of situation, they wouldn't have slept well for ages, and that was while they were grieving the loss of the entire family, people they had known for their whole lives and spent every day around, along with anyone else who was collateral damage in the accident.

While Cassie and Wolfe settled in for a relaxing night, Ella and the girls were not having nearly as much fun.

It took Ella over an hour to get through the throngs of well-

meaning Nobles looking to arrange a hvisit to discuss gardens, himprovements, business deals or just to simply say that they had Saint Noxus and his family at their home.

Then it was another half hour of forwarded messages from the hotel before she had them hold all messages until morning so that they could sleep. Then, at three in the morning, she was awoken by the sound of someone arguing with hotel security after having been caught trying to slip a note under her door, when she had specifically requested that all evening contacts go through the front desk.

So, when she got the message from the front desk that there was a carriage there to take them all to the Countess Dewinter's manor for the day, Ella was ready to celebrate, and she immediately had Stephanie and Molly begin preparing to head out.

Ella turned to the concierge as they were leaving. "Please inform any visitors that we might have that we will be at the Countess Dewinter's manor for the day, assisting Saint Noxus with the upgrades."

That should be enough to get everyone off their backs. Nobody wanted to anger Wolfe, but they had a million questions for his companions when he was otherwise occupied.

The carriage was operated by the Dewinter Butler, and everyone at the hotel quickly recognized him, as they purchased much of their fresh produce from the Dewinter estates, so Ella and the others were quickly ushered in and brought back to the manor, where Ella could already feel that both Wolfe and Cassie had been at work.

The barriers around the house were active, a familiar and calming feeling as they rolled through the gates, where the witches could see that the lawns and gardens were in peak condition, though they could already use a trim, thanks to the Garden Charm not caring about trimmed hedges or mowed grass.

That sort of maintenance was normally done with Witch magic, but it would keep the groundskeepers here very busy if they didn't adjust the spell to only keep them sustained.

"You have a lovely home." Ella informed the butler as she stepped from the Carriage.

"Much of that is thanks to the Lady Cassie, who cast a renewal spell on the property last evening. I'm afraid it had becsomewhat deficient in its maintenance, but now it is back in perfect condition, and we didn't even need a renovation crew." The Butler replied with a fond note in his voice that Ella wasn't sure whether to attribute to love of the property or fatherly fondness for Cassie.

"Do you know what is planned for the morning?" She asked instead.

"The Patriarch has requested a tour of the Peerage grounds, including the farm and Dewinter Village, and then at Eleven, we have scheduled a small tea party followed by lunch. There are a number of other Nobles coming, and the Countess is interested to see who might not be able to enter the gates of the property." The Butler whispered, so the other servants would not overhear.

He included Stephanie and Molly in that, but both of them were well aware of what the Kind Intentions barrier was used for, and the feeling of standing inside it.