Arienne’s security is second to none in the entire continent.
Of course, it can’t be perfect though.
Even in Arienne, shadows exist.
And so of the residents of the underworld hidden in the shadows make a living by doing illegal things.
Rendall was a resident of Arienne’s underworld.
Special operations, interrogation, and assassination.
That was his main line of work. Rendall had been marked by so underworld figures as an “outstanding skilled expert” and had never failed a mission even once.
But now, he was on the run from the assassination scene, having missed his chance to kill the target after stalking them for a long ti.
‘Damn it, who is that woman?’
A third party had intervened.
The woman, who possessed incredible skills, had not only prevented Rendall’s assassination but was also pursuing him. Rendall was trying to lose her by taking rare and complex routes while avoiding people.
Then, he encountered a passerby in an alley. The man had an endlessly light atmosphere and a naive impression, just like the atmosphere around him.
It was easy to imagine him excitedly chattering about himself sowhere else. Rendall decided it was better to eliminate him with a little effort and ti than to ignore him and go on.
“Oh, the weather’s really nice today~”
The man said, showing his back in a carefree manner. Rendall threw his dagger towards his vital spot and aid to take him out cleanly, as he had a pursuer on his tail.
It was within his field of vision.
He had completely erased any signs of hostility to prevent the other person from being on guard.
However, the dagger missed its mark.
“He dodged…?”
The situation didn’t seem intentional on the man’s part.
Just as the dagger was flying towards him, the man happened to fall forward.
“Of course, I had to dodge! How could you throw sothing like that? Are you trying to kill !?”
And there was his flustered appearance.
It was hard to believe that the man had dodged the attack with his skills alone.
He was just lucky.
But why did this uneasiness remain?
Perhaps it was because of his feelings.
Rendall shook off his thoughts.
The skilled woman who had failed to kill him was now in pursuit.
There was no ti to hesitate.
This ti, for sure.
-Swift
Rendall approached the man with his footwork.
“Uh, what, what is it! Why are you coming closer!? Stay back!”
The man took hurried steps backwards. It was a aningless struggle.
The man did not show any particular movent to escape from his skilled footwork.
“Don’t co any closer!”
“…”
But sothing was strange. There seed to be no sign of the distance between Rendall and the man narrowing at all. Rendall was displaying the skillful moves of an assassin, while the man was just stumbling back in a daze.
“Stand there.”
Randal said irritably, his patience wearing thin.
“Why are you doing this to ?! Please! What did I do?!”
The man responded, still bewildered.
It was a pathetic reaction, which only served to increase Rendall’s extre annoyance. It was as if he was being pushed around by this clueless fool.
“This is ridiculous-“
Finally, Rendall couldn’t take it anymore and charged towards the man.
Finally, the street narrowed.
First, that detestable face.
How should I deal with that sneering face with those narrow eyes that seed so annoying?
-Shh!
Rendall’s sword drew a clean line toward the man’s face.
It went in.
Rendall was certain.
This street.
That posture.
There’s no way he can escape.
“Heek!”
But he couldn’t feel anything in his hand.
Unexpectedly, the man who barely dodged the sword with an awkward, unsteady posture scread.
“…”
“Heek!”
“What the hell!”
“Aaaahhh!!!”
“Damn it!!!”
Rendall swung his sword fueled by anger.
Every ti, the man skillfully evaded the sword with an unreasonable posture.
The process repeated several tis. It was far from the one-sided murder of a civilian by an assassin.
There was a human who was irritated by an annoying bug and a bug that struggled to survive.
At first glance, it seed like Rendall was the one struggling.
“…!”
At that mont, Rendall’s posture collapsed.
He had lost his balance by forcefully chasing the man’s movents that didn’t make any sense.
“S-Save !!!”
The man took advantage of that mont and quickly distanced himself.
“Phew…! I thought I was going to die for sure…!”
“…”
Rendall didn’t understand the situation.
Did I collapse because I couldn’t follow the movents of that insect-like guy?
‘Because of that guy’s ridiculous movents?’
Rendall was confused.
At that mont, the man continued to speak.
“By the way, why are you doing this to ? What did I do to make you so obsessed with killing ? And, weren’t you in a hurry to go sowhere? Can you afford to waste ti like this just because of , who has nothing to do with it!?”
The man’s words were correct.
Rendall had failed to assassinate the target due to the intervention of a third party, and the skilled woman was chasing after him.
“Even if I can, I’m still not going to say anything!? If you just let go, I won’t tell anyone that I saw you. Can’t we just call it even now?”
If Rendall wanted to avoid the difficult situation as originally planned, it would be better to give up on the man and run away now.
“It’s not my business.”
But Rendall didn’t care anymore.
He didn’t give up on the assassination because the woman who had interfered with his plans was too powerful to handle.
It was just a matter of mismatched paynt for the level of skill he was up against.
As an assassin, Rendall had always thought in a strictly utilitarian way. But at least for now, his way of thinking had changed.
“I just have to kill you and that woman too.”
He wanted to kill the woman who had interfered with his work and then run away.
While doing so, he ca across a fly-like guy in front of his eyes and engaged in a foolish ga of tag.
The consecutive failures left a scar on the assassin’s pride.
The cold-blooded assassin scattered his killing intent around instead of hiding it.
“…”
Did he beco scared of his killing intent?
The man with narrow-eyes stared blankly into the air.
However, the focus of his sight seed to be looking sowhere.
Not at Rendall, but it seed like he was looking at sothing that was floating in a corner of his vision.
He opened his mouth soon after.
“Is the na of the woman you just ntioned from ‘I have to kill her too’, Drin Lebringer?”
“What?”
Rendall didn’t know the na of the woman who was chasing after him.
But the man’s reaction…
“Ah, I see. You were her colleague. No wonder. You were doing a crappy performance to kill ti while she was coming here. Yeah, that’s what it was.”
Based on the man’s reaction, Rendall guessed a relationship between them and narrowed his eyes darkly.
“When she arrives, what were the two of you going to do to ? Interesting. It wouldn’t be bad to play along with you guys, as you wish, but- sothing more interesting ca to my mind. Right now, I’m going to wait for her arrival after severing the tendons in your legs. Then, I’ll play with the girl who will be left alone in front of you, unable to do anything, and torture her until she begs to kill her, whether it’s from her mouth or yours. How does that sound?”
The damn laughter lines carved into the man’s face that didn’t show any signs of disappearing seed to have diminished slightly.
Rendall smiled with satisfaction. It was a feeling of finally breaking free from the sense of being dragged down to the level of soone like himself.
“To be honest, the truth is that the two of us have no relationship whatsoever.”
“No relationship at all – hahaha, I’m sure.”
“Yes, no relationship at all. But… I don’t think I can just leave you alone to harass her.”
“Wow, you have no relationship? Then why… hmm?”
At that mont, the man let out a deep sigh.
“That’s why you should just leave.”
Rendall looked at the man in confusion.
He suddenly seed like a completely different person.
Was it just his mood?
No, it wasn’t just his mood.
Right now. The man had his eyes open.
The sharp, arrow-like golden eyes, which had been hidden in those half-closed eyes, revealed themselves and turned towards Rendall.
In an instant, Rendall felt as though a giant snake had coiled around his body and was about to strike. The man’s deanor, which had been light and carefree just a mont ago, suddenly beca oppressively heavy.
It was ominous.
Rendall felt as if the man had beco soone else entirely, and he spoke.
“She’s the main heroine.”
“Main heroine…?”
“Yes, the main heroine. The mont you said you were going to torture her, a quest was activated. I’m supposed to stop you.”
The man muttered so cryptic words.
“By the way, just in case you were wondering, there’s no need for you to resent for this. I was planning on going all the way anyway.”
The man chuckled dryly.
When he had his eyes closed, he looked weak, but now, with his eyes open, he seed to be laughing at him.
-Thud.
The two of them drew closer together.
This ti, it was the man who moved towards Rendall.
Unconsciously, Rendall took a step back.
“Haha, this. Am I the tag this ti?”
The conversation ended there.
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