Chapter 2: The Assassin Aleshia (1/2)

[NOTICE: Sudden POV change.]

My name is Aleshia. I am an assassin working for the Lanika Branch of the Blood Flower Assassin Organization.

I'm an 18-year-old woman. I have been in this industry ever since I was 10. I'm also an orphan. For my ill little sister, I took this assassination job. Now, it is my lifeline.

If there were a mission that no assassins would take, I would take it. That is how desperate I have been. I don't think about failure when choosing my missions. I only plan how to succeed.

Tonight, I was tasked with assassinating the only son of the wealthiest merchant in the city. His name was Lawrend Horiel. The investigations have shown that he is particularly fond of maids. There were also rumors that he is a lustful man.

He is also not a magician nor a swordsman. This mission is free.

That's what I thought, but when I jumped onto the windowsill. I saw him staring at me like he was expecting me.

My heart sank at that point. I raised my guard up just in case and I took a grip of the dagger hidden under my cloak.

We stared at each other for a while before he suddenly talked.

”Um, are you lost?”

Lost? Is he playing with me?

”Are you perhaps expecting me?”

I asked the question. I don't want to deal with someone that the organization had crappy intelligence of. He could either be secretly an expert or someone is protecting him from the shadows.

”Ehh… you appeared on the window when I was staring at the moon?”

His face was in utter confusion. I doubted my judgment. Maybe it's only a coincidence?

If that is the case…!

I sprinted forward with the fastest speed that I could take. I unsheathed my dagger and took a stance with it while running.

”I surrender! Don't kill me!”

A coward. That's my impression of this man in front of me.

I stopped 5 steps in front of him. His action was an utter shock for me. I never encountered someone as cowardly as he is.

His handsome face was now nowhere to be found. The only thing to note was the shaking of his body and the fear etched on his face. Was he really that afraid of death? I better make it a swift death then.

”I will offer you 1.5 times the bounty on my head!”

Seeing that I walked a little bit forward. To my surprise, he offered me a deal. As expected of the son of the wealthiest merchant in the city. They really think that money could solve anything.

”Don't resist.”

I uttered coldly. I have done this many times that I lost count of my kills. The organization may know about it but I'm not interested.

”I- I will offer you double!”