Vincent flinched at the question. He had a choice, a serious one to make; whether to tel the truth or not. He had decided…
”No… I was born in Atruxiavir… and was going to be one of its royal guard when… Princess Mara found me during a fight some years ago and offered me the chance to work for her. However… unlike most Atruxiavir’s civilians, I do not have an active supernatural ability. My ability is just speed…” the assassin claimed.
He glanced around. These questions were getting more and more personal and he disliked it.
”Can you be so kind and just let me go…? I have a reward to claim” he mentioned.
Phoenix went quiet listening to Mara’s claims. There was no more arguing for Vincent’s case. She bowed her head before tilting it back up again, “Of course your highness. Shall Inarrange for a meeting with the council to declare war officially on Atruxiavir?”
"Yes," Mara said, the tiniest trace of weariness in her voice, making her sound years older. "Do. Tell me the plans right away when you're done, and I will help make them better." She passed a hand over her face before composing herself. "At last, we'll finally be at war again. I'm excited for that part, at least. We'll have to find another assassin, though. That might be a problem."
( @IriDes, shame on you, why are you so talented XD?)
(He is talented, how about that? XD)
Vincent had put on his earpiece again, sighed, and unsheathed his blade.
”Now, if you were to be so kind, let me out of this time palace of yours before I claim another reward…” his blade sparkled with a blue electric wave which would look terrifying to a normal person, not much for the magicians he would think.
Phoenix nodded and turned to walk away back to the council. She knew the council wouldn’t agree to war and if they were to declare it they would want to declare it on Seritrutan, not Atruxiavir. There was no good reason other than hurt feelings for the latter while the former had attacked an ambassador from what Phoenix knew. However she also knew that at the current moment there was no reasoning with her highness. Phoenix would wait it out and make the council meeting as far along as she possibly could to give Mara the chance to cool her head.
(Which might never happen XD. Sorry, Phoenix.)
Mara pursed her lips at the retreating figure of her secretary. Maybe she shouldn't be giving her such freedom. She had felt some disrespect and disapproval coming from the woman, and she didn't like it. Sighing, she waited for the messages to start flowing to her, about the new assassin she'd be hiring.
(I want Vincent to do something but Coffee’s not online… ;-;)
Phoenix let out a breath. She would have to apologize to Mara later, her legs were in pain and so she had a lower tolerance for stupid at the moment. She finished talking to the council all of them speaking different amounts of disapproval and approval. Taking another deep breath she returned to Mara's side, "The meeting will be in a week's time if nothing happens before then. I apologize for my earlier behavior I have been irritable as of late."
When news came out that the Princess was hiring a new assassin, many brave individuals stepped up to the challenge.
The generals decided that the best way to get that certain individual was to, of course, set up a quick tournament.
After a short period of time, one of the challengers remained on the field, smiling as he placed his pistol’s barrel against his fallen opponent’s head with a grin.
The generals then came into the hallway where the princess was.
”Your royal highness, we have a replacement for the betrayer that is Vincent Ezra. His name is—“ the general looked towards the new man as he raised the pistol to the general’s head, making the older man shake out of fear.
”My name is Joseph, your royal highness. Pleasure to be at your service” the young man smiled psychotically at the princess, his eyes were dead serious and showed no sympathy towards anyone other than the princess.
The man had wavy blonde hair, similar to Vincent’s but of a different hue, a pair of light brown eyes, a height around 6’ tall, a balanced body structure, and a light skin tone.
He wore a white shirt, a black leather coat, a pair of male leggings, a pair of black combat boots, and a necklace that reads ‘Bloodlust’.
Kreuger switch channels on his badge. It was for privately talking between him and the former Cershestin assassin.
"Listen Vincent, whatever you do, don't come back here. They've replaced you and you will be killed on sight, stay away from Cershestin, please." He left a voicemail and Vincent's badge should be blinking after the scientist finished his sentence. Anyone could tell that he was serious and worried about his friend from his tone. He didn't want to betray his princess but he'd rather keep his buddy alive. He couldn't let another friend die, not again.
(Please let my boy go~!! Please!! ;-;)
Because Varsha has a blood of the high elf race her senses didn’t rely on her physical body, her senses rely on magic energy that are flowing around her, so even if the time was differed or stopped her mind and her consciousness will stay in her present. While Varsha was enjoying the first-ever kiss of her life, something happened, someone had rewind the time. In her mind, it was like her body moved backward on its own. ’Hey!! What’s the big idea!!’ It seemed like she couldn't move her mouth or her body.
’Time manipulation magic huh… I’m really sick of this trick.’
While she was using her mind to absorb the magic energy around her body, she noticed someone was walking toward them, the figure then started to communicate to Vincent.
She tried to gather the information that those two were sharing, what a surprise, even though she has been living in Atruxiavir for ages, but she has never seen Vincent before, maybe it was because she had to take care of her young master since she was young, she rarely got a chance to go out of the castle. ’Meh… At least now the queen has already grown up, I didn’t have to pamper her that much anymore’.
(I just had a sudden wave of “fuck this” so bear with me a moment while I try not to write my character as a psycho)
Finally, she had gathered enough magic energy in her. ’Anti-magic burst’, she released the magic energy that she had gathered, the magic energy then collided together and collapsed, the area around them shattered, the time was starting to run again. After Varsha got her body back in control, she threw a punch at the magician, sending him flying. She turned back to Vincent and dragged his face to her’s, eating the assassin’s face.
”The name is Varsha. Don’t you ever forget me, you understand?”.
Mara, who had been lounging on some cushions, watching the tournament with half-lidded eyes, tilted her head. "Don't kill my general," she said in a calm, unhurried voice. "I do need him, you know." She stood, and moved to the edge of the arena, gazing down at Joseph. "Well, Joseph No-name, welcome to my services." Her blood-red lips curled into a cruel smirk, and she actually looked like she had demon blood in her. "Don't you know, it's respectful to bow to your ruler?"
(THANK YOU, FUCKING FINALLY)
When time ran back to normal, Vincent heard the message that came from Kreuger. He was initially confused as to what the message could have meant but he couldn’t bother asking. When the royal guard had kissed him, he was going to push her back… until he had a realization of the sensation that the guard had left on his lips. He wanted more, and that was it. He pulled the royal guard close, holding her close to him and he charged up his blade.
”Pleasure to meet you—” he ended with the magician as he slashed his blade towards the ground at an angle that a shockwave would send him and the royal guard flying back into the forest.
Close to the ground, he slashed once more, allowing them to land safely. He then unsheathed his blade and turned away from the guard…
”Were you listening to my conversation…? With the magician?”
”Ah, apologies my princess—“ Joseph bowed once ”—I have never seen such a respectful act from Mr. Vincent so I did not know that it was necessary” he gave her a crude smile as he kept his pistol in his coat.
”Regarding the former assassin, your royal highness, I have not heard from anyone about the reason as to why he was renamed as a betrayer. Would you be kind enough to tell me about it?” the new assassin asked in a sarcastic yet somehow polite manner.
"The reason he had that privilege is because he earned it," Mara said coldly. "And you have not yet done that. As for telling you why, he is a traitor to the kingdom, and has been consorting with the people of Atruxiavir, which, as you know, is an offense punishable by death."
”Huh, fair enough. Well, your royal highness, I do appreciate your decision, however—“ the new assassin had started, he was clearly making a deal ”—I will be working under only one circumstance; that I would be the one to kill Vincent” Joseph said coldly, firing once at a closed door. His bullets were different from Vincent’s. His were fast, sharp, but loud. However… looking at the door, it was clear that the bullets had a ‘scatter’ property, meaning the bullets divide went fired, covering a larger area of damage.
"If you do so," Mara said, matching his tone in coldness, "then I order you to make it as slow and painful as possible." She looked unimpressed at his display, staring flatly at Joseph. "And I expect that you follow through with that."
”With pleasure, your royal highness. If you will excuse me, I must go prepare some things before I head out” the man said, running through the hole he had made in the door.
The general who had brought the man in stared in both confusion and disgust before uttering the words: ”Rude bastard”
Mara smirked, watching her new assassin leave. "I like that about him. If he wasn't cocky, I would be worried. You remember Vincent when he worked for us." She turned and started to walk away. "He will be the first of a new race of killers."
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