Chapter  992 Chosen

    Petros shook his head at the chaos that having all these random Fae and Demons along with the fifteen people from the Pentacles in the room was causing. "Why don''t I bring over the candidates, and you can get input on whether they are suitable or not? They have all been tested as having high potential for magic, but none of them have awakened their powers yet.

    Yes, that means they are fairly young by your standards, but that just gives them time to train for their future positions as their power grows." He suggested.

    Cassie shook her head. "We don''t have years to train them, though. We can''t be sending some fourteen-year-old Rank Eight negotiator to other worlds, no matter how cute she is."

    King Petros frowned. "How long does it take the Pentacles to raise their Ranks? The books seemed to imply that it was a guaranteed thing, but they didn''t really get into details." @@@@

    Cassie and Ella looked at each other and shrugged. "Well we don''t know how long it takes to get to Rank Eight, but the newest members, who started at Rank One, have risen to the power balance at Rank Six in roughly three months."

    Most of the room went silent. They didn''t realize that any of the Demons had been Rank One when they started out. They had just assumed that Wolfe had picked a bunch of Rank Five Demons and helped them advance to Rank Six in the next few months.

    "Wait, who was Rank One?" Someone in the back asked.

    "Nimue, the half Dryad, and Carmine, whose mana system was damaged in a failed assassination attempt before Wolfe cured the damage." Risa explained.

    "I should give you a crash course in interspecies relations. Unless you''re planning to flirt with the Succubus, you should keep your hands off the tail. The same rules as apply for the beastkin." He warned the girl, who Wolfe assumed wasn''t more than twelve.

    The girl blushed, and Rail turned around to see what the commotion was. A succubus tail had a mind of its own, or rather, their instincts directed it when they weren''t paying attention to it. So, when someone showed interest in her tail, it not only began to wave alluringly back and forth, but it also emitted a little more pheromone scent to draw them in.

    The people of King Petros'' Kingdom had never seen or been exposed to it, and from what Wolfe could tell, they had very little resistance to the charms of a Succubus.

    When Rail gave the girl a welcoming hug, the candidate blushed and became a bit weak in the knees, nearly fainting. To Wolfe and Petros, it all looked very chaste and formal, even for Rail, who was already quite businesslike.

    "It looks like there will be an acclimation period, but perhaps we could keep them all here for a week or two while the ladies make a decision? One day clearly isn''t going to be enough, and there are only a few who I can see are going to have troubles with the local population." Wolfe suggested.

    King Petros nodded. "I was quite certain that we did a good job in vetting the candidates, so it might not be easy, but the spaces are limited. Would it be possible to keep them close to you so that they have a chance to properly interact with the Pentacles and get to know everyone so that they aren''t judged on only a few vague impressions?"

    Wolfe nodded. "Of course. I will make certain that everyone has a chance to mingle, even if we have to cancel some of the planned events, or have the candidates tag along with different people every day for the next couple of weeks."

    That actually seemed like a lot of fun. Like a ''take your daughter to work'' day, to see what they were interested in, and what they were already good at.