Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 78: The Unquenched Revenge
The next day, Sunday, we were preparing to return to the academy.well we could have come as late as yesterday but the problem is I brought Aurellia, so lingering here is not a good thing. after all, it would be critical if the news of the disappearance of the princess reached the ears of the palace.A massive search might be carried out.
my agents as much as possible resist this furore from reaching the king, but they themselves may have their limits. Before that happens, let's go back!
I invited the princess to breakfast.so it should be when I finally realized.he avoided me!! it must have been because of yesterday.
this morning, when I was just out of the room, he with his head down and a red face came up to me and apologized.
"Pardon me I-i-issac. yesterday I got too carried away by Ja-ja-so I overdone. Please Forgive Me!"
e-e-ehhh.yah honestly I don't mind that at all. I mean, I was a little embarrassed but also happy.but after I thought about it again, I mean, if it were to be known to the other nobles and reported, the affairs would be long.
well Lia was reckless I guess but I was also careless, so it wasn't her fault entirely.
"You don't have to apologize Lia. well, you were careless but I was also careless.Next time don't do that okay anyway, anyway, you should save that kiss for the one you love later."
oh, I saw Lia was a little sad after I received her apology. Hey, I forgive you so don't be sad okay?
and until now, the princess still looks shy when with me. But somehow I feel a little anger. does she sulk? hmmm alright, I'll cheer him up on the way home!
breakfast this time was so satisfying! besides it tastes good, it seems like the ingredients that Bibi uses also have better quality.I greedily finished my meal.
after it was done, Lia and I immediately cleaned up our luggage. If we left so early, I thought we would arrive at the academy town by noon so the sooner we left the better.
after finishing, we headed to the stables to prepare our horses. After that, we said goodbye to Aunt Mervouw to return.I again promised to invite my brother and my friend to visit Adonia again. well, hopefully I can keep it.
and, that's the rest of it. All the way I managed to cheer Aurellia and her Mood back up as usual. Well, if you smile, you will look very beautiful Aurellia!
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While Issac and Aurellia were on their way back to the Academy, a young man and some of his bodyguards were spotted at the headquarters of the Dark Guild Capital, Venz.
unlike you guys imagine, the Dark Guild headquarters does not look dark and dirty. Instead, it is clean and bright.the place is well maintained and the air ventilator is functioning as it should. the sunlight entered through the sidelines of the building. Basically, the Dark Guild Headquarters was a bar.
the young man and his guards approached a bartender who was concocting drinks.one of the guards approached the bartender.
"Welcome to our bar. Can I help you?"
before the young man's bodyguard opened his mouth, the bartender here had already spoken first.This might be the official standard of this guild.
"Yes, I'm with my master over there who wants to order something, but before that, please serve us a drink first."
he pointed towards the young man and the other bodyguard. The bartender nodded and immediately called his partner to prepare a drink. This woman also gave the person in front of her a drink. Dark circles were visible from this man's face. but the bartender does not care at all.it is not his responsibility to question such a thing.
"Well, is there something you want again?"
the man nodded.this time the young man who had also been standing beside the man.Judging from his clothes, this child was a noble.The woman felt something very disgusting from this young man, he said, but he ignored it, he was used to it.
the man nodded and gave some papers to the bartender.it was a quest.in it was a mission they wanted. there are also names and sketches of their target faces along with their characteristics.
"Depending on how much price you charge for this head, the assassin organization affiliated with us will immediately take this quest."
"Then what about 500 gold coins?"
"Five hundred gold coins can only pay a levy for us. at least you have to issue one platinum coin to pay for their services."
the young man clicked his tongue.it was expensive.of course because Killing the target he gave, a noble, was very risky.but he did not know that he had to spend that much.no, that much is too little, no, he has to bring out more.
the young man issued five platinum coins and five hundred gold coins. platinum for Assassin's services and five hundred gold coins for retribution.it was his savings for five years. but he had no choice but to settle his grudges, this was the price he had to pay.
"Thank you for the payment.It will take a week at most to complete this mission.We are not responsible if this mission fails yet....."
BRAKK!! the young man by hitting the table. his face looked extremely angry.he spent five platinum and a half and the dark guild was completely responsible for it!?
The bartender only shook his head.he knew what the young man was thinking.As he had expected, this brat had only first dealt with the dark guild.
"If you need some kind of insurance or guarantee, please send this request to the Adventurers Guild. unfortunately you will not be able to do that, right? take it easy, we will not divulge the identity of the person who sent this quest."
the young man was still angry.but he had no choice.he had to do this.he resignedly agreed to the rule.
after confirming a few more things, the young man and his bodyguards immediately left the bar.
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After making sure that they had left the bar, the woman confirmed again the identity of this quest-maker. Alex Clifford is no stranger to the Clifford family.
"Astag you're White Rabbit. You should have refused to take that quest to the Assassin organization network if the mission was to kill Mr. Issac you know."
A man suddenly appeared.he was the bartender's partner.No, he was the White Rabbit's partner. they are members of the Wolfgang unit under the auspices of VIESTA.
"It's okay, right? if it was the master, he would easily overcome the assassins who would be after him. Alright, I should write this down to make an important report to Mr. Wolf. Don't bother me Black Cat. ah right too, take these papers to their lair. I'm pretty curious who will take this mission."
Black Cat shrugged her shoulders.well, this was a bit troublesome but she did not mind. she immediately picked up the letter and wanted to leave. but before that, the curious White Rabbit asked her.
"I wonder. It seems that this Clifford is obsessed with revenge on the master of Issac even when he knows the payment is very expensive.about why?"
"I think there are many reasons, but the most likely one is because you beat the boy during the autumn tournament at the academy, Clifford had taken the golden dragon pill but he was despicablely defeated by master.
it took you months to recover.The rest you're alone."
"Ohhh such grudges.well, such a thing is indeed common among nobles.but the golden dragon pill huh? ah no need to think about it. Well thank you Black Cat. careful okay."
after saying that, White Rabbit entered the hidden room located behind the wine bottle shelf while Black Cat with a wry smile, left the bar. Thanks to White Rabbit, her work grew.
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"Sir, are you sure you want to avenge the Starfall? I think it's too dangerous sir. Please undo your intentions!"
one of the bodyguards who followed Alex seemed to object to the boy's intentions.he knew what had happened because he was also watching the match. but Seeing that Issac can survive Alex's onslaught that has been strengthened by the pill without being injured at all, it proves just how powerful Issac is.
but Alex seemed to care less.he was already burned with vengeance so no matter what way he had to kill Issac.after all he had obtained permission from Gustave.
"Now, enjoy your day of Issac because at the most, another week, your body will be torn apart!"
with a creepy grin Alex thought about how much fun it would be to see Issac's body shatter into pieces.