Edited by: KenChi死

Do you know, what was the hardest thing in our little meeting between me, Mr. Blackwood and Ruby (cuz’ she wanted really badly to take part in our conversation… probably so I wouldn’t “offend” our little friend)… it was not… SLAUGHTERING HIM LIKE A PIG!

No honestly. It was the very first time I saw this gentlemen with my own eyes… but somehow… I just… can’t stop imagining him bleeding out through the sliced throat, or me standing atop of him with his still beating heart in my palm… Well, normally (as you know) I am quite nice to people that I have just meet.

And why did he answer so fast? Ruby just came to his place, asked him out, and he ran to her like a happy puppy… I don’t care about Ruby… SO WHY THE FUCK AM I SO ANGRY?!

* “… So, Ruby told me, that you really need my help… would you mind telling me, how can I be of assistance to you?”

“That you really need my help,” I repeated in my head with a  screeching voice.

I am definitely oversensitive here… breath in, breath out, inhale, exhale, bite the pillow Zari, the day will come when you will kill him, but it is not this day.

* “The problem is, I am a bit… extraordinary, while I have no actual connection to anyone. Because of my… uniqueness…”

* “I will allow myself to disturb you, right here… Do you really thank, that I don’t know who you are, and why you drag so much attention… Pardon me, if I would sound a bit to prideful, but I am a son of one of the four most powerful families… I know every detail from your visit to the council, Mr. Case 0133, Danger mark: Omega… those are notes that were given you after you left, and were put in report given to my father, but as he has so little time to read every letter that is sent to him… I am reading every single one of them, and then I am selecting which ones would go to him… so if you could quit using words like “unique” and so on… They hide nothing.”

There was no arrogance in his tone, but a friendly information… Stop. Being. So. Friendly. With. Me…

FOR FUCK SAKE! WRATH! DO YOUR SHIT AND CALM ME DOWN, OR IN A MINUTE I WILL BE DRINKING HIS BLOOD!

~The number you are trying to reach in currently unavailable….

Very fucking funny… wait, are you actually encouraging me to kill him?

~The number is unavailable, but if you would be answered, the number would probably have told you, that a murder from time to time is good for your nerves. Calms you down, smoothens your wrinkles…

~Well, but you are in the middle of town…

Thank you! At least one reasonable person

~ … so try leavening no witnesses.

And I trusted you…

~Hey! We are YOU! Even worse! We are emotions based on your personality! You want us to do what? We only stop the animal within you from waking up…. And Sloth too…

I start thinking, that Sloth is the only reasonable person among you, and you are just hiding her back…

~Sloth? Reasonable? MWAHHAHAHA! Oh booooy, I almost wish for you to meet her.

… Lust calling someone crazy… Crap.

* “Um, excuse me?” Crap! I lost myself in though!

* “Pardon me, inner monologue. So, I need your help… putting things shortly, cuz I need to get into the library… and you know my circumstance…”

* “The only way for you is to either take a debt from magicians or nobles, and you think nobles are the lesser evil…”

* “I hope that you will not use me for extermination purposes…”

* “And I am almost sad to disappoint you, do you think we don’t have political enemies? I can almost say, that first thing you would be asked to do, is to make certain people disappear…”

* “… and I probably would have no problems with that… as long as they would be very bad people…” I needed to ask the last part, cuz Ruby looked at me like on some kind of human-killing, blood-drinking monster… wait, heh, I am one…

* “I can only promise you, that I will repeat our conversation to my father… now if you would excuse me, I have a sick mother to take care o…” I grabbed his hand as he was raising up

* “Wait… Your mother… is it something serious?”

* “… May I ask, why are you concerned?”

* “Ask Ruby.”

What’s the point in saying something, if the same thing may be said by someone you trust.

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* “Zari cured me from a certain… magical disease, kind of curse. And it was his very first attempt at healing. I think, that he wants to heal your mother as payment for the support of your house.”

* “… The best medics from this kingdom have bin trying there best for a month… why are you thinking, that you are better?”

* “Don’t you have a saying, “Where a human fails, send a beast?”” You probably don’t, I made it up right now. But you don’t need to know it.

* “I am not sure about this…”

Sure thing, I am someone you just meet, you probably heard lots of thing about me, not necessary good things, and right now, I am trying to convince you into letting me inside your house. I would call you an idiot, if you would agree right away.

* “I… I know that you have just meet him…” Ruby tried to justify me “… but if I learned anything about Zari, is that if he wants to do something, it is just a matter of time.”

* “Indeed. Impossible tasks, I do them right away, and performing a miracle takesme up to a week.”

I smiled. Forcing myself to make the smile looks as NON DEADLY as possible.

* “I can only promise, that I will think about it.” Mr. Blackwood said while standing up “If I recall correctly, you are now living inside the Adventurer Guild… I would send you a message, but as I said…”

* “You already did enough.” I also raised “And now, pardon me, but I have… business to take care of.”

We once again said our regards and moved in different directions. Why am I not surprised, that Ruby went with Blackwood? And why the hell am I so angry?

… on the other hand… maybe instead of killing, I would drug him, drag to some kind of brothel, and drop in his bed a little girl? Or better! A little boy! And then call, of course anonymously, guards, that some kind of illegal business is happening there… and guards would discover Mr. Blackwood… Instead of finishing his life, I would ruin it?

HAHA! Crap! What am I even thinking about?! I am such a naught boy! But hey! A man can dream!

* “ Is everything all right?” Ruby asked concerned “You look troubled.”

* “Huh? It’s nothing, I guess… by living so long within nobility, I was taught to never trust anyone to much… I even lived through a few betrayals trying for my family name… I met many people... and I just can’t stop thinking, that friend of your wants to do more than he is saying… I just feeling that he is planning something really nasty…”

* “You are probably only imagining things… But it’s also a good thing! You make yours senses stay sharp!”

* “I wonder.”

The young noble just couldn’t “unsee” things. Cold eyes, fake smile… Voice kept in a friendly tone, yet a hidden threat could be heard within it. He met many people with ill intention. He will just need to pay more attention to a certain white-haired man.

Another day within the small facility. Today, each of my lil’ witches took a group of workers, and began to show them small portion of work they will need to do from now onward.

Not much work to do for myself, just walking here and there, listening to orders given by my students, eventually giving small bits of advice, but never too big of one, in the end if I would correct their decision now, workers could lose their respect to witches, and undermine the authority of the witches in the future.

Soon, the work itself begin.

I was standing on the balcony looking lazily at the workers, trying to find some kind of mistake to prevent it in the future. I didn’t hear Rogue walking past me, and taking a spot on balcony right next to me.

* “So… it is happening.” He whispered quietly

* “Calling it a fully working company is a bit too much… they know how to make only one kind of potion… not an exactly powerful one… And the quality may be different depending on batch…”

* “It doesn’t matter. The prices of Alchemist guild are usually tripled comparing to potion value, by selling those with half the price suggest by the Guild, we will force our way on to the market. The quality will grow overtime. They will try to fight us back, probably by sending guards into the slums… they will find nothing, then they will spread rumors, that our potions may be dangerous… I already took preparation toward it…” He looked at me “For today, you are free to go. Do not come here for a couple of days, or few people may start being suspicious. I have already talked with Jericho, he will promote you to a higher rank of adventure, so you can start doing harder tasks. Within a week I will send a messenger to you, if your services would be required. As soon as we would collect our first coin from selling potions, we will send your part to the guild. It will be added to your tasks, in small portions, so no one would notice if you would get couple bonus coins to each monster that you slay.”

* “… you will handle it? Will you? I don’t want to came back just to see a burning brothel.” I smiled weakly

* “Kiddo, I have been taking care of a few brothels, and they indeed were burning a few times… you now, bad neighborhood, and as I rebuild them, they were even more superior facilities then before… Speaking about brothels… you will have a discount at “Pink Ether”… it is the best… Joy House… on the continent. Worth it’s price… we even offer a few services that are not exactly legal… nor moral. Ask in Black Snake. You will be guided”

He friendly hit my shoulder and left. After a couple of minutes I also left the building.

As I entered the Guild building, I was greeted with the smell of dinner, sound of glasses hitting each other while cheering, and this blissful, heartwarming air of… friendship? Probably yes. Even if there are people that hate each other, for they were having completely different personalities, here, they could sit in front of each other, and while insulting themselves drink a beer in peaceful atmosphere… till someone would hit his conversation partner, of course.

What I saw pretty quickly, was a certain orc sitting in the corner of room talking and laughing with his companions. If he is here it means that a certain someone is back t…

* “I will always recognize this aura!” I thought that this seat was empty, for I forgot how short fairies are. “ZAAAARIIII!”

She bolted in my direction with speed, which not only violated the laws of physic, but even common senses.

The faster is the object, the bigger it’s force upon impact will be. I made a few quick calculations, the outcome left me terrified, so I tried to step off the trajectory of little fairy.

I didn’t make it on time.

The little green girl, slightly bigger than gobbling, hit me with momentum that made me fall.

* “Sooo niceee.” She said while rubbing her face in my chest “three days in a dungeon underground filled with nothing but ugly insects! Sleeping only on dehydrated moss! It was a nightmare! … Hey… you have an even stronger nature aura then before! Were you in the vicinity of many plants recently?”

Oh crap, crap, crap, crap… do not find out about our little facility please!

* “Oy! You stupid gnome! Get off him! He came to grab a beer and rejoice with friends, your making it harder!” Another man from the table located in the corner yelled at her.

* “Thehe, scuse me, Anyway, Zari, do you have a table with a team? Probably not, you are still the lowest rank, so no need for you to form a party…. Sit with us!” She said the whole sentence within a second, and the last part was not an invitation, it was as ultimatum.

Not that I mind. Lastly I hadn’t got many chances to talk with anyone about anything different than business and even more business.

But, there is always a “but”, a hand was put on my shoulder when I was walking that way.

* “My poor old bones…” Guild Master Jericho said “lately they do not have enough practice… I am afraid they will crack one day… You probably couldn’t bear the responsibility for such an unfortunate event, would you?”

The hand on my shoulder was clasped in an iron grip.

* “What a fortune for me, that I have such a young sparring partner, that is willing to support me in my selfish act of staying young… I will wait for you in the training room… and you will not make me wait too long… will you?”

Chills ran down my spine, as the Dragon Slayer left the hall.

* “Okay… so this is the part you are following ol’ man Jericho, Zari… It’s ok, tell us, which flowers you would like to see on your grave?”

Thanks for support guyz, Really appreciate it….

Okay. I am telling it right away. I had even less time to write this chappy than usually (and I am reminding you, that I have no time at all), so I not only did not re-read it to look for mistakes, but also, as I couldn’t find a word that described my thought, instead of looking for it I forced the sentence into existence, so a few things may seem “strange” to you in this chappy.

But I said I will post a chappy every two days, so here it is