Chapter 34 (1/2)
The unnatural silence within the upper residential district of the Iht cast by the aplessThey luster with the polish of the dihtLovely red brick walls run between the housesEngulfed by the night, they lend a rusted appearance to the darknessThe buildings between thehtThe roads are abandoned due to the lateness of the evening, both filling the area with a sense of loneliness and creating a sensation of oppression
The area is nothing like where the ordinary citizens liveTheir townscape within the Imperial Capital is plain, made of wood and stoneOne could even claim that they're in a different cityIt's there where a tall shadow and a sh the darkness
He wears an overcoat created by a fa that he's self-conscious of his wealthYet, despite his apparent affluence, he has no leeway over his current situationFoae and shouts at his hunters”You bastards!Do you really think you'll get aith attacking me!?”
As anticipated, his impatience to shake off his pursuers makes him careless and causes him to tripHe falls powerless onto the paveuards did earlier”Kuh, someone!Is anyone here?!Please!Save me!!”
The arrogant man cries out for help, but no one respondsThe only ones who hear him are the two shadowsOnce the echoes of his shrieks die down, the tall shadow, a person draped within a black robe, says, ”No one will comeNo one will hear you no matter how much you cry”
Thethat the tall shadohispers are wrong, uneasiness holds him down”Tha- That's impossible…This is the middle of the Imperial CapitalNo matter how many back alleys I am from the streets, someone should notice…”
The tall shadow is telling the truthNo matter howmilitary police, nor the inhabitants of the area, cameHis cries of fear and the tall shadoords is all that existsEverything else has been placed behind a black curtain
The er, releases everything with a shout”Why are you doing this to me?”
”There's no point in telling that to someone like you”
The man slides up to the two shadows at the tall shadoords”Wa- wait!Did someone hire you?I can pay how ever much you want”
”—Oh?”
Thea deal”There's a ive you a 100 of the Eold coins as down payive you 100 each!”Seeing small shadow tre
The tall shadow says, ”One hundred gold coins is an extraordinary offer”
”Undoubtedly!But the two of you are worth it!You took out uards in a flash!+”
”They eak”
”They really wereI paid them a lot of money, yet they're useless when I need them mostThe two of you are different in that respectEven though we're in the renowned Empire, you've driven me this far into a corner”
The man uses the tall shadoords as confir to reel theht?”The usting grin on his face would make anyone feel sticky
The man's anticipation is shatteredThe s towards him”……”
”Wh- Why!One hundred gold coins!That much is inconceivable!”
The man hears the small shadow speak for the first tis to a child, one whose voice has yet to distinguish itself as a man's or woman's”It certainly isHowever—”