Draiss stared at Tysinni for a moment, before turning to the Emperor. "And that is why I need her. I suspect EVERYONE in power needs her, or someone like her. And I am getting the better part of the deal. You get my accounting construct, I get a politically suave and gorgeous woman to assist me. And you wondered why, no doubt, I let you bully me into accepting that ennobling."<br/><br/>He leaned back, and sighed. "I can convince a couple of the shadow stalker constructs squads to be stationed at the palace as supplements for your normal palace guard, and they can help train your normal guards further, if you wanted. I have few enough friends to let some pissed off and corrupt noble or merchant take a stab at you by proxy, and they have a one hundred percent effective anti-assassin rate so far. Most of the people being protected by them never even know about the assassins, unless, like here, the backers likely have the funds to preform multiple ones."