Cinderella Crazy
Don't try any funny business

The sun has long set. A man entered one of the bars in a slum area.

Several heads turned towards him before turning back to ignore the man.

The place was filled with large-bodied men and terrifying faces. The smell of alcohol mixed with the smell of sweat made the place not a good place to relax.

The man sat down at the counter table and ordered his drink. The bartender knew who the man in front of him was. He came to the bar a few times for a reason.

Despite knowing the man's true identity, the bar owner was not bothered. The two men still need each other. So they decided not to interfere with each other's affairs.

Without the intention of dropping each other despite holding cards belonging to his opponent, their cooperative relationship was established without an agreement under the name of the law.

Another use of the bar is as a gathering place for people who want to be paid to do dirty work. This is the main reason why people come there.

With the support of several influential parties, although the original identity of the bar has become a public secret, its existence is maintained until now.

In short, it was a gathering place for criminals.

As the man focused on listening to their conversation, while quietly observing one by one, he saw two women enter the bar.

Everyone stopped talking and focused their attention on the two women walking to the center of the bar.

People with unfamiliar faces coming to give jobs is nothing new. But another story if the woman who came directly there. Even they were blatantly attracting everyone's attention, instead of carefully discussing his affairs so that no one else would know.

A fool? Sloppy? Novice mistake? The people gathered there began to look down on the two women and assume the work they were about to give was no less foolish. Only two bad boys don't know how the world is outside their home.

Ashley did deliberately do that to spread her information to the ears of Marion's allies or people who knew Marion's allies, who were probably, at the time.

A woman who looked like the leader of the two put a bag of money on the table.

"100 gold coins."

100 Gold coins is not a small amount. Even Ashley's prosthetic leg was valued at 45 gold coins and her stick was 23 gold coins.

Their ears instantly opened, trying to listen to what work they would receive with a down payment of 100 gold coins.

"Add 200 if it can get rid of the Countess of the Lozan territory." Said the dark brown haired lady whose appearance was like a noble.

The man sitting at the counter table glanced at the two of them after hearing who their target was.

Their leader wore a robe to disguise his appearance, yet it could still be seen at a glance that the girl was wearing an expensive dress. Moreover, the amount of money he was trying to use. It was impossible if he was not from a noble family or a rich merchant's daughter.

Although 300 gold coins was a very large amount, it was still a very small amount to replace one's life.

Ought to.

However, people there often get such jobs. Not only trying to complete the mission, they also still have to scramble with others. No one cares who their target is. Only money is their goal.

"Hey Miss, 300 isn't enough, at least 600. We're talking about the Countess here, right?"

'Isn't 600 also a small amount for one's life?' The inner man who was just sitting watched from afar.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Keep them trying to fool the two women they thought were beginners.

Ashley had expected the greed of those people before. No matter how much they ask, agree. That's Ashley's plan. After all, the more people participating the better.

They are not in one big group. Either the individual or the group that got rid of Marion, had the right to take those 100 gold coins and get an additional 500 gold coins again. Then, if in the end they do not want to share it with non-members when they succeed in carrying out the mission, they will kill each other.

The noise is heard from those who are excited because they will get a lot of money. As if never satisfied, upon realizing how easily the girl was being tricked, the people there would become even more greedy.

"You know the rules, right?" Say one of them after taking the money at the table.

"Rules?" Ask the girl back.

"You know, to increase the success rate. They used to give a woman a boost"

The girl's face was red. He didn't know how to respond to those words. Of course, that's a rule that never really existed.

"What about the beauty next to you?"

He was referring to the blonde girl who was a few inches taller than the brown haired girl.

The girl looked like the Rich Girl's personal guard. He wore a shirt and pants suit, with the addition of lightweight body armor made of leather.

He just stood still without responding. Even the expression of his feet did not change at all, in contrast to the girl who was negotiating, who was beginning to be confused by things that were not in their plans.

"I-it,"

Bellena didn't know what to answer. He was worried that refusing it would derail their plans. Ashley would obviously blame him if their plan failed. However, he also could not agree to that.

Ashley glanced at Bellena who was starting to stammer. It's getting confusing for Bellena. She doesn't know what Ashley's thinking right now, does she or isn't?

You just have to think about the powerful lo.

Act like someone who has complete control over all situations. The thing Ashley would do if he was in Bellena's position.

He realized that Ashley's gaze wasn't waiting for a yes or no answer. However, as she begins to forget her role, Bellena begins to lose her confidence.

A man held his hand on Ashley's shoulder.

"It's very brave." Bellena said softly but loud enough for people to hear a distance of one meter around her.

Ashley held the man's hand before he touched his shoulder. He turned in the opposite direction while twisting the person's wrist out.

"There are limits too." Bellena.

Ashley stepped forward one step to retrieve the knife she saw on the man's back hip while breaking his wrist.

"Aargha!"

He then turned the one-foot round table in front of Bellena. Making the man who negotiated with him spontaneously retreat.

By stepping on the foot of the table as a pedestal, Ashley climbed up to the side of the table to surprise the man and then jumped towards him. His left knee landed right on the man's face, breaking some of his front teeth.

Everyone behind him dodged to the side away from Ashley. Ashley immediately turned around after landing her foot on the floor, seeing if anyone had come towards her. In less than 2 seconds, he threw the knife in his hand on the floor behind Bellena. Stopping the steps of someone who is really close to Bellena.

"Don't try any funny business." Ashley.

^^^Connected...^^^