‘Hosted by Therus Weapons Company’ : The short sentence which appeared on every object to do with the Subterfuge Summit. The slogan had been introduced by a top ranking Therus executive, Chihiro, and she had insisted that Sen wrote it or had it written on every single thing to do with the summit, purely to promote business as if the nations of Jurion and Thiltis had never even heard of the company’s existence.

It had been Chihiro who had suggested that Sen assist at the summit and she had had her assigned as the aide of the one in charge of security, a position that had been described as being unfilled. Sen had no idea of who was to be her superior though by the way Chihiro talked of the person (naturally with the belief that Sen was out of ear shot) she could tell that it wasn’t the normal type of work enthusiasts that where constantly seen throughout Therus.

“Iota? Are you even listening to me?”

“Oh… I’m sorry Ms. Chihiro, I was miles away...”

“Yes, well… You can’t afford to muck THIS one up! This is important for Jurion and Thiltis relations and more importantly the sales of weapons to the said nations. Now I know you may struggle after the failure at Emerit, but…”

“The failure at Emerit? Emerit was a success, we managed to stop the dragon and Wuith showed their appreciation by ordering 10 dozen Baroni Swords! I know the rest of the research team was disappointed about the loss of a possible resource but there was no way we could stop the dragon with the amount of fire power we had and…”

“Sen… I’m the one who is supposed to be talking at the moment, so I would advise you to shut up and listen… I need you to remember that the board room in which the summit is to take place is strictly limited to the ambassadors and their attendants aside from Therus security. It is important that you make sure to disallow anyone who does not fit into any of those catergories into the board room. Do I make myself clear?”

“Perfectly…”

“That’s what I like to hear”

They where standing in a small office located near the room where the summit was to take place, from the window there was a marvellous view of Thurtun and the surrounding countryside, it had been that view that had distracted Sen within the conversation.

“Oh, and Sen?”

“Yes ma’am?”

“The company is providing security personal with ‘Magic Seal’ Devices. I trust you, as part of the research team, have managed to find magics which are set on a non-breakable frequency?”

“I haven’t, in fact, I don’t think that’s possible…”

“Well you better just hope that none of the Magic Seals are broken…”

On this less than positive note, Chihiro took her leave and left Sen waiting in the office for her currently unknown superior. She hoped that they would at the very least be kind…