Giving in to Your Honor

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he courage to do this,” you say, “but it just seems excessive to kill a woman for helping someone cheat, even though she is definitely guilty. Once again, I am sorry. No wife should have to endure her husband’s infidelity.”</p><p id="a469">Clymestra glances back at Hilton’s and Ophelia’s portraits, her face full of fury and another emotion you can’t name. She lets out an exasperated sigh.</p><p id="50d4">“Whatever. I don’t care what your reasons are. I thought you would understand and be able to help me, since your reputation suggests that you have a more unconventional take on things. But I guess not.” She glances at the door. “Theodora, show our visitor out.”</p><p id="b432">A red-headed elven girl appears in the doorway and bows. She has an adorable, sweet face, and you wonder why she’s working for a fearsome woman like Clymestra.</p><p id="c8c7">Theodora leads you down to the entrance hall. Then she says, “Wait here for a moment.”</p><p id="6333">Puzzled, you watch as the elf darts off, lithe as a beam of light, towards who knows where.</p><p id="b130">After a short while, she reappears, with a small paper bag in her hands. She says, “I’m sorry that you came all the way here for nothing. So please accept this little gift from me.”</p><p id="c63e">You peer inside the bag, and see an assortment of golden cakes

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and warm bread. For sure it isn’t as glamorous as the money that Clymestra had offered you, but this is still kind of the elf to do, considering that she doesn’t owe you anything.</p><p id="c7f2">And their fancy chef’s baking should be extra delicious, right? You can’t resist putting one of the cakes in your mouth. Indeed, the taste is rich and aromatic.</p><p id="f700">Despite any regrets you might have, it’s time to go back to your headquarters.</p><div id="a681"><pre>Add two rations <span class="hljs-selector-tag">to</span> your inventory. Then head back <span class="hljs-selector-tag">to</span> the Rebel Bar.</pre></div><p id="ab8d">If you enjoyed this story, you might also like some of my other Choose Your Own Adventure tales:</p><div id="a2c4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@sieranlane/list/80fc15f6a64a"> <div> <div> <h2>Choose Your Own Adventure stories</h2> <div><h3> </h3></div> <div><p>Your Own Adventure stories medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*80949fac592ec0d3d0bcb7c52fbfe8ddbfb5969a.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

A part of Lady Clymestra’s quest

Lady Clymestra’s estate. A.I. image generated by author via Nightcafe

This is a Choose Your Own Adventure game, inspired by Dungeons and Dragons. Have some dice and paper ready. Click here for the beginning of the Medium Adventurers League. Or go back to the start of Lady Clymestra’s quest.

“Sorry,” you say. “But I can’t. Ophelia has never done anything to harm me. I don’t approve of mate poaching of any kind, but I cannot bring myself to kill her.”

Lady Clymestra narrows her eyes, and for a moment, you fear that she will send in her guards to lock you up. But instead, she turns a scornful look on you and says, “Fine. You shouldn’t have come all the way to my abode if you didn’t have the guts to fulfil my simple mission.”

A simple mission?

“It’s not that I don’t have the courage to do this,” you say, “but it just seems excessive to kill a woman for helping someone cheat, even though she is definitely guilty. Once again, I am sorry. No wife should have to endure her husband’s infidelity.”

Clymestra glances back at Hilton’s and Ophelia’s portraits, her face full of fury and another emotion you can’t name. She lets out an exasperated sigh.

“Whatever. I don’t care what your reasons are. I thought you would understand and be able to help me, since your reputation suggests that you have a more unconventional take on things. But I guess not.” She glances at the door. “Theodora, show our visitor out.”

A red-headed elven girl appears in the doorway and bows. She has an adorable, sweet face, and you wonder why she’s working for a fearsome woman like Clymestra.

Theodora leads you down to the entrance hall. Then she says, “Wait here for a moment.”

Puzzled, you watch as the elf darts off, lithe as a beam of light, towards who knows where.

After a short while, she reappears, with a small paper bag in her hands. She says, “I’m sorry that you came all the way here for nothing. So please accept this little gift from me.”

You peer inside the bag, and see an assortment of golden cakes and warm bread. For sure it isn’t as glamorous as the money that Clymestra had offered you, but this is still kind of the elf to do, considering that she doesn’t owe you anything.

And their fancy chef’s baking should be extra delicious, right? You can’t resist putting one of the cakes in your mouth. Indeed, the taste is rich and aromatic.

Despite any regrets you might have, it’s time to go back to your headquarters.

Add two rations to your inventory. Then head back to the Rebel Bar.

If you enjoyed this story, you might also like some of my other Choose Your Own Adventure tales:

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Giving in to Your Honor

A part of Lady Clymestra’s quest

Choose Your Own Adventure stories