Slice of Life of a Mind Reader (part 1)

With the situation finally resolved, Chiron had been both accepted and allocated. Unsurprisingly, Chiron's requests for different poisons to ingest were denied... Along with his request for poison he could rub on his skin... And his "sneaky" request of asking for exotic insects and snakes!

These were ludicrous requests even if you didn't intend to poison yourself with them, much less the buyer being the consumer as well. The count directly forbade all such requests and instead offered Chiron a nearly unlimited budged to do whatever he wanted with it and, being the genius that he is, Chiron lived his life.

*Damn it! How are they seeing through my schemes?! My devilish mind is too cunning to be foiled by my own brethren! I know, I'll become the royal taste tester and ingest poison though such a method! This is war time, there must be hourly attempts at poisoning the king. As a bonus, delicious food!*

And with such a genius request, he approached the count he became the knight of. "Lord Müller, I wish to ask for your help asking the king to make me his royal food tester! I want to make sure I am as close to him as possible during a feast, so he doesn't get attacked. My legacy is of a defense specialty, so this would be the best application of my skills!" Chiron said with utmost sincerity and chanting in his mind *Please work, please work, please work!*

Müller was in his office, as he looked at Chiron and said "Or do you think the kings food gets poisoned constantly and you want to eat his poisoned food whole?" Even without miss Xerxes assistance, the count could see through the thought process and would stop Chiron himself.

Chiron, for his part, looked like a dear in headlights, as he said "Such a propresterix thing to say! Good day, my lord! As a sign of protest at this baseless slander, I will no longer look for employment with the kings court! *Damn, how are all my plans being seen through?! I know! I'll meet shifty eyes and ask her took take me to bust a black market! We do have those here, right? Right! This is the capital of Analand! Everything is here! I'll go on a patrol with her tonight*"

Somewhere in a fortress, the venerated ascended Xerxes tripped over her own feet and her right eye kept twitching as veins kept popping on her forehead. Unlike her usual dignified and proper self, she looked like a mess. Her hair was undone, her eyes were baggy and the echo of 'someone' chanting "just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming" played over and over in her head.

*How much longer do I have to monitor this moron?! Also, why is he so obviously suspicious! Who asks for poison during their probation period?! Also, why am I shifty eyes, while he knows everybody else's names! How the hell does this idiot function? Why is our country's hero a complete idiot? His mind is a waste bin and no human should be subjected to such torture! When he comes over tonight, I will punch his dumb skull in!*

Xerxes complained, whined and tortured herself, but she didn't break. She had a gut feeling and, unfortunately, she couldn't get rid of said pit in her stomach. Ever since she first made contact with Chiron and heard his 1 random thought, she has been on high alert.

She knows Chiron is a weakling. She has heard reports of his stature and previous strength, so his current visage can only indicate one thing, he has become much weaker and he is even struggling to get a hold on his ascended powers. He is no match for her, if he was an enemy assassin... But there are no such chances!

There is absolutely no doubt about his identity. He is Chiron of Assai and he is the Hero they wished would come home. Even Xerxes knew better than to doubt the identity of Chiron, but, no matter how much she trusted this fact, she couldn't help but keep constant watch over Chiron's mind and observe him.

*ZHANN!*"uugh" Xerxes groaned in her room. Chiron had gone off into the city to explore some more and so began his routine all over again. *Day in, day out. Day in, day out!*

Chiron's day consisted of going out to the streets, ogling EVERY girl he saw... No matter the body type and thinking profanities. He did so all throughout the day, taking sometimes an extra careful look before resuming his way.

Xerxes herself was unmarried and a filthy, lecherous mongrel's mind was too much for her. He had given her lasting PTSD to the point of not allowing a single male of her team to enter her room and a constant paranoia of If the men, who looked like they respected and looked up to her were doing the same thing.

At times, she had caught herself almost breaking the bond and targeting said men to invade their mind, but she resisted the urge. Chiron was her target and, no matter how lecherous he was, an old creepy pervert isn't going to break her spirit.

As Chiron walked on the roads once again, he would occasionally stare at a "well endowed" maiden and make wholesome comments in his head and even some impressive men would catch his attention every once in a while, as he imagined what it would be like to wrestle them oiled up with his old body.

To say Xerxes had an extremely horrible 3 days would be the understatement of the century! Sometimes, the responsibility associated with your power are the most heavy ones. Her only solace was when Chiron went drinking in the pub and put it all on the count's tab. She enjoyed the thought of someone else also having to suffer under Chiron's ruthless actions. He eventually got blackout drunk and fell asleep thinking about a special women he saw that day and that ended him daily activities... Which only superseded his nightly ones.

Even his dreams were transmitted and they were nothing but filth of what he would be doing with the girls he saw along the way. His passed out mind soon stopping all thoughts, finally allowing Xerxes to get some rest... not!

Unlike a normal human, Chiron's mind seemed to be noisy 24/7 naturally. Xerxes had long since reported on Chiron's fascination with... Girls to the count and the entire upper class knew of his indulgent nature. His reputation as a hero holding strong only among the common folks

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