The Quest – by Acfex

“Well, I’m very busy with matters of state. It is stressful to run a kingdom. This morning we received a delegation from the Duke of Chester. What is this I hear about the vault being broken into?” the king asked.

“Well sir, this morning, I was alerted to a pile of guards neatly stacked near the vault entrance. The vault door was broken so we began to investigate. The vault was not damaged in any particular way but two things were stolen. The Sword of Cecil and the Map of Caracas,” I explained.

“Ah, I am familiar with the legends. My father, the late king, used to tell me stories as a child when I would sit at his feet at this very throne,” the king said.

“Well your majesty, I’ve ordered that all persons leaving the city be searched, I’ve ordered the vault resealed and doubled the guard for the week around the lower town and the castle,” I continued.

“Well sir, the lower town is the way that the intruder left the castle. A broken panel leading to a tunnel to the lower town’s old market. The guards patrolling that area are now missing. We think that they might have been killed by the intruder and we’re looking for the bodies now,” I explained.

“Any idea who’s behind this?” the king asked.

“Well sir, the physician said that the method of killing was congruent to the ones he had seen by agents of the Dark Lady, a slave trader from the north. So far, we have not been able to find any suspects but we’re working on it,” I explained.

“Have the guards’ families been notified?” the king asked.

“Yes, your majesty. As we speak, the bodies are being returned and the families notified,” I said.

“Ok, Sir Helios, it is imperative that you retrieve these swords!” the king lowered his voice and spoke more slowly.

“Sir?” I asked, knowing the king did not believe in legends and fairy tales.

“This legend is a well-known one. I will not have my army, if it ever comes to it, feel physiologically defeated before they engage in battle. You cannot allow those swords to enter battle together,” the king warned me, “Now go and find that sword and the map.”
I returned to my chambers and began to think of a way to locate the sword and the map. The king was perfectly clear on what I had to do. I had no idea where to start. The intruder had not left any clues and I was not about to travel north to fight off a slave trader and her army, which I hoped she did not have. Coleman returned to my chambers as well, telling me that they had returned the bodies and had just found the new dead bodies.

“Where did you find them?” I asked, getting my sword to leave.

“We found them in a canal, but this time, no blood. Just the puncture marks on the necks and the discolouration. The bodies weren’t stacked either. They were just thrown into the water and left to drift. They were caught under a bridge, on the spars holding the bridge up,” Coleman explained as we headed out.

“How many?” I asked.

“Well sir, the officer said that he sent out four men yesterday. So far, we could only find three. We’re still searching for the last one,” Coleman explained.

“Coleman, this puzzles me. There are so many more valuable treasures in that vault. Why take an old map and sword?” I asked.

“I don’t know sir, but faith in legends and tales can be very powerful,” Coleman replied, “but you are right sir, this is really puzzling, and the job was done so professionally.”

When we arrived in the lower town, the guards had already established a perimeter.

“Captain, have you interviewed the residents living in those houses?” I asked the ranking officer there, pointing to some nearby houses, within view of the canal.

“No sir. I’ll get some men straight on it. I’m sorry sir,” he remarked, walking away and ordering his men. They had pulled the three bodies from the canal. Coleman was right, no wounds of any kind. Just the puncture marks and the black discolouration. The canal was not far from the old market in the lower town. I asked Coleman to investigate what was upstream and to locate the possible location where the intruder might have dumped the bodies.

There was not much to learn from the scene so I also headed upstream to find Coleman. I saw him standing on a bridge which crossed the canal. I approached and he began his briefing.

“Sir, I think this is where the bodies were dumped. See these black marks on the floor?” Coleman pointed them out, “I think they’re drag marks from the soles of the boots the guards were wearing.”

“Good work Coleman,” said I as we began to follow the marks. The marks led to a nearby alley where we found no signs of a struggle.

“Shucks, another dead end!” I said as we headed back to the castle. Coleman said that he would check the gates if they had found anything. I decided to head back to the castle and ensure that the guard was doubled. When I arrived, a guard rushed up to me as I jumped off my horse.

“Sir Helios, Sir Helios. News for you sir,” he breathlessly said.

“What is it?” I asked.

“Sir, we caught a young maiden sneaking around the castle moments after you left. She had a bag of gold with her and was on her way out. When we told her to stop, she ran, so we caught her,” he explained to me as we walked in.

“Where is she now?” I asked.

“She’s in the dungeon, we’ve left her in the interrogation room, waiting for you sir,” he explained. I headed to my chambers and took off my armour and sword. As

I was walking to the dungeon, I was praying that she was not some random maid who had stolen some gold but was in fact linked to the intruder and theft.
Once I entered the interrogation room, the guards which were ordered to keep an eye on her left the room. I invited the young maiden to sit as I surveyed her.

She was rather young, with fair skin and a wicked smile. Her straight, drown hair was tied into a bun and she had large baby-like eyes. She was fit and had a slim figure. Her waist was small but her hips were shapely. Her breasts were small, though not that lacking in volume. She wore a simple serving-girl’s dress and had a smug look on her face, only giving me a sarcastic smile when I invited her to sit.

“So, are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way?” I asked.

“Will you let me out of here? I need to leave!” she barked at me.

“The hard way then,” I said, “Ok, you want to leave, missy, tell me who are you and why are you sneaking around the castle.”

“Firstly, it’s not missy, my name is Kayla and I’m a servant to Sir Joseph, the Duke’s knight,” she said, still with a smug look on her face. I recalled that the king had told me that the Duke of Chester had sent a delegation. She must have had been a part of it.

“And what exactly have you been up to, sneaking around the castle?” I asked.

“I wasn’t sneaking around. I got lost and was trying to find my way back to Sir Joseph’s chambers,” she explained.

“With 70 pieces of gold, I highly doubt that. What were you doing with that gold and how did you get it?” I asked.

“Sir Richard had given it to me. For safe-keeping,” her voice began to tremble.

“Really? Shall I ask him?” I asked, getting up and turning towards the door.

“Wait, sir, no, don’t!” came an instantaneous reply as she got up and grabbed my wrist, “I really can’t tell you where I got that gold. But my mother is sick back at Chester and I desperately need that gold to buy her medicine. I really need it.”

“Then, tell me the truth, where did you get it?” I asked again, sternly.

“Would you believe me if I told you that I found it lying around the castle floor?” She asked, putting both her hands on my chest and changing to a more seductive tone of voice. She drew close to me and pressed her chest against mine, bringing her face within inches of my own.

“What are you doing?” I asked, slowly whispering into her ear.

“I don’t know. But I’m sure we’ll find out soon. Let’s just say I’ll scratch your back and you scratch mine,” she said, slowly bringing her hands down to my crotch. Her hand slipped into my trousers as her she kissed me gently on my neck. Her hand gripped around my now hardening cock while my hands made their way around her, one landing on her waist, the other her ass. I gave her ass a quick squeeze, causing her to jump slightly.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” I asked, giving her ass another squeeze.

“I sure do,” she whispered back as her nimble fingers undid the string holding my trousers up. She slowly lowered herself onto her knees as she pulled my trousers down to my knees. She grabbed my rock-hard cock and began stroking it, spitting on her hands occasionally to get it wet. My hands landed on her head and I released her hair, allowing it to fall. When she took my cock into her wet mouth, she looked up and gave me the most innocent look, as if she was a child sucking on a lollipop. This made me release a slight moan as he hands stroked my cock while her tongue wrapped around the head, sucking it hard.

She pulled back, causing my cock to fall out of her mouth with a ‘plop’ sound, she grabbed it and pushed it upwards towards me. She stuck out her tongue and while making eye contact with me, she placed it at the tip of my balls and moved her tongue along the base of my cock till it was at the head again and she put it inside her mouth. This time, she was much more vigorous with her motion, pushing my cock deeper and deeper into her mouth with every forward stroke of her head till my cock was pressed hard against the back of her throat. She began to gag, she caused her tongue to violently slap onto my throat, causing pleasure that I had not felt before but she managed to hold it there. She still had room for her hand to just squeeze my cock, which she did gently before she began to pull back to take a breath.

My cock did not leave her wet cavity, rather she began a forward-backward motion that allowed her tongue to wrap around my cock, allowing me enjoy both her lips and tongue. She began to move faster as my grip on her hair became tighter and firmer. She took in more of my cock and was an expert at sucking when she could not go any deeper. Once again, she made eye contact with me as her mouth was filled solely by my cock, as she slowly pulled out and allowed my cock to fall from her mouth. She grabbed my cock and began rubbing it, pushing it up. I expected her to lick the base again but this time she opened her mouth and put one of my balls into her mouth and began sucking it while using her tongue to wet it. She continued stroking my cock when she switched to the other ball.