Misunderstanding

It has been a few weeks since Valdel spoke with Shin, and all this time he still couldn't come to terms with what he learned. His feelings were artificial? His raison d'etre was nothing more than a sham?! Valdel was unsure what to feel at the moment. 

He was thinking about all this while he was hunting down some assassins that were able to sneak into town. The increase of assassins trying to enter New Grenton has been an ongoing problem and Valdel was the one who volunteered to deal with the situation.

He wanted to do this to distract himself from the truth that has been weighing down on him. But aside from that, he found it weird that assassins were not only trying to kill Iselv but the merchant called Harold as well. Who were the ones hiring these assassins, also why do the assassins keep on accepting this job knowing how high the mortality rate is. Surely they know by now how strong the people in New Grenton were.