Dark Goddess

“ That's why I can't even do something useful, such as B. tackle the Nijem harvest yourself. No squire would do that and be naked in front of his slaves ... besides, I have a governor, you, who does the real work. ”“ You don't seem too happy with your work for the Federation. Why did you actuallyapply for it? ” Tjonre remembered Elvinia and Franak and the cruelest intoxication of his life as exactly as if it had happened only yesterday.A couple of lamps gave off an unbearably bright light. He closed his eyes, but opened them again immediately to fix his gaze on the glass in front of him. Around him there was a rustling and murmuring that periodically grew to a roar; he didn't know, was it in his skull or outside? He tried not to pay attention to it any more than to a monotonous, monotonous hum that was stuck in his ears.The air in the tavern, where mainly second-rate Kelwe was served, was too thick to breathe. The sweat of many

Tjonre also wore a knee-length jacket, because it was still quite cold or already pleasantly warm, depending on whether you were in his or Raft's skin. He jumped up on the cab, in a much better mood than before. He had to sit down to one side, because Raft was sitting in the middle for safety reasons; otherwise it was too easy to tip the vehicle on the bumpy roads. The manor house, stables and slave quarters were surrounded by a defiant wall, necessary protection from marauding gangs of runaway slaves, outlaws who were hunted mercilessly by most of the landlords, but who, for their part, were not exactly squeamish in dealing with the property of these masters. The car approached the great gate, which opened quickly when she appeared. They passed it and drove out into a world in which the bizarre vegetation glittered, as the sun, which now finally seemed to assert itself against the gray but light-rimmed clouds, was reflected in myriads of tiny droplets. The magic of the scenery was

With the next girl he had had trouble from the start. Her hair was interesting; the color reflex phenomena caused by microscopic structures on the surface of the hair should actually attract wealthy buyers. But since she was with him, the girl did not eat enough and became leaner and leaner. His attempts to motivate her to eat more with the whip had not had the desired effect, only left ugly blue streaks on her skin that did not look good. Nobody pays well for a damaged item. How could he at least get the purchase price back for this skeleton with skin? He instructed his assistant to send them in. If he had at least hoped for an impressive performance, he would be bitterly disappointed. The carefully applied make-up was smudged, so that her very pretty face looked off-putting. In the not-too-bright hall, her hair only caused a dull, unappealing glow, so this special effect was also useless. She looked neither pleased to be able to stage herself, like the previous slave, nor fearful.

But you could have left my food there, ”said Tjonre, although the door had already slammed behind them and Ma couldn't hear him anymore.“Patience”, he thought, “I have to be patient ... and also clear away the splinters. But before that ... ”He went to the wall of books. All of the books had been acquired by his predecessor when he realized that there were no devices here with which one could make memes visible, audible or tangible; at least, possession of such an item was punishable by death. However, he had only acquired many books shortly before his death, including the one that Tjonre was now looking for. Where was the book by the historian Lezart PaDorkis? Ah yes. He took it from the shelf, opened it and had to leaf through it because he hadn't memorized the page. There she was. The 3D holo showed the portrait of PaDorki. No doubt that this was the man who was also shown in the 2D image of the locket, he had noticed that immediately after o

The foreign metabolism of the native forms of life and the low adaptability of the Terran plants led to a famine and were thus the fundamental cause that the Ivarnian society sank back to the pre-industrial level and the contact with the federation was lost. It was only with the discovery of fermenting microorganisms that mankind really managed to establish itself on the planet, but by that time an archaic form of society had already established itself in which the law of the fittest dominated. A group of later conquerors, descendants of outlaws excluded from the Federation, of which the OrPhons were the most powerful, took advantage of this and usurped control of the planet. They claimed space travel as a monopoly and ensured that any technical development was nipped in the bud. Most of the landlords, too, went back to later settlers, adventurers and displaced persons from all corners of the Federation who had to come to terms with the most powerful if they wanted to maintain their