The Client and the Target

" Ahhhh, that pisses me off, I wish I could hear a shriek from her. There was no signs of fear. Was she strong willed, or did she do something?"

After the quick chat between me and Lumia. There, I found myself walking at the streets of the Empire under the night sky while reminiscing our conversation.

I could not grasp the mood and atmosphere in our conversation. Well, I guess thinking about it will just make my temper boil.

" Seem like you had fun there, Illumga"

A voice was heard behind me. I, then, turn around seeing a well built man. He has the black hair and eyes was red. He is tall as ever, I thought for a second. If we were to differentiate our height he is actually quite taller about 2 feet. Well, I, myself heights 5.6 feet.

" Shut up, my mood is ruined right now and you are about ruin it more." I retorted and turned backed on him.

" Don't be like that, Illumga. It has been so long since we last met".

'Yeah, it has been so long but i did not really want to meet you' is what i wanted to say to him. It is not because I hate him. There has always been a reason.

" Why don't you continue playing as a knight? You will be marked as traitor of the capital if someone were to find us chatting, you know?" I replied as hoping he would back off. You know, I am always a busy man.

" If that is your concern, there is no problem with that. I can see everyone, and everything in this capital. Did you forget?"

Eh? So saying that with a smile on his face really frustrates me. It is not my concern but problem arose as he said to me.

" Yes, I can see everything... Including you"

Being annoyed, I subconsciously release a roundhouse kick using my right leg. Ahhh, my face of anger. You know what I hate the most, a stalker minding my everyday life.

Hmmmm

The kick was easily blocked by him. Wait, did he just smile while blocking me?

For the moment he blocked, i sensed his hostility. I backed off and the moment I regained my position, he was right there in front of me. He launched a punch towards my face, well, I blocked it with my two hands but was blown to a building 10 meters away from our position.

The building I landed fell apart because the bottom is destroyed after I was blown away.

He was right ,no humans here, huh? did he do something? Let us not think about that right now.

Thanks, I barely survived that blow. If my head was the one that received that blow, I think I will lose the memories I had in all my life experiences.

I was there lying in the destroyed building, the house where I was blown. I guess to be fair, I need to use my weapon. I stood up unsheathing my scythe from the back.

" 10 meters, huh? Well, my chain is longer than that!"

I threw the scythe from my position to him and a chain also appeared at the handle of the scythe. It does not preciselay called as throw because I am still touching a part of the scythe. The scythe was connected to a chain by my order, an unknown ability that I knew at the time I received this scythe.

The scythe almost reached him and he dodge to his right.

Well, as expected, he dodged it. But, little did he know that he was in between the scythe and me. Why? Because the time I threw the scythe, what I targeted was his left arm which makes him jump to the right side to dodge but before that I went directly at the right side while he was focusing in the scythe.

Well, I just need to pull the the scythe back to me. He can dodge it in a short amount of time but the cost is his left arm.

By the time I pulled the scythe back, I though he was going to dodge but he tried to stop me by holding the chain in front of him which is mostly impossible because I am the wielder of this weapon and has bound a contract with it. It really is a strange weapon, I haven't given it a name yet but soon I will.

I saw it, he was slashed or so I thought. His figure became different and becomes a flock of crows. I received the scythe and returned it at my back.

" Well, I guess you outsmarted me there, Illumga" a voiced heard from the back.

The flock of crows reconstructed and became a form of man again. It was him.

" Without my ability, I would have been lost, you know? And I can't block your scythe using my weapon".

"But that punch, It really hurts. I almost died from there. Now our playtime is over let us move from another place and state your business"

Because of the battle we had which destroyed a large hotel, thanks to him, bystanders will be coming.

Both of us ran off to another place and as we arrived there I asked him.

" What business do you want from me, one of the General of knights, Sir Nayt, or should I call you ,Brother?"

As I said that, he laughed.

"You do not need to be formal with me, Illumga. You already met her, right? my subordinate, Lumia." the expected name was heard coming from his mouth but the other part was unexpected.

"Oh, yes. She is quite dull, I hate her. Then, what about her?"

" I want you to kill her, she will be the most formidable enemy in the future" wait, this almost make me puke. Betrayal between co-workers. I laughed while hearing his words.

I cooled down and asked him " Why letting me kill her, when you can do it yourself?"

" You wouldn't understand, she is technically strong. She has an ability and also a weapon like yours. I mean I could kill her, but before that, I could be exposed in the capital. When she is in full gear, i think she is stronger than you."

Now that I remember it, she carried a sword earlier.

" Then, she should have killed me earlier, right?"

" She could have but she refused, because what she wants is not you but your informations".

"What do you mean?" For normal person to be confused at that is not surprising. I am a Killer, she is a knight that protects the empire. Plus, I have a large bounty in my head.

" I do not know why but, you should know her ability, right? She can read the hearts of others. So I think she will be trying to meddle with your life from now on."

Amusing but quite annoying. What does she want?

" But, Nayt, she is boring as hell, fear cannot be sensed. Without fear that I can devour, it will be pointless"

" You can't really say that as you haven't noticed it yet, she is maybe changing her feelings of fear using her heart"

I let out a sigh.

" If she is a danger, I will try to unlock her fear. Her fear will most likely be delightful, right?"

" Yeah, I am sure. Well, she is strong and had great potentials."

" Then I will try grasping her fear for weeks or months. But if I can't really do that, I will have to dismiss this case."

" Hmm, that is all what I wanted to hear. Hope to have good conducts from you. Then, I will turn off my surveillance for the meantime because maybe she can also hear the heartbeats of my crows."

"Wai~"

As i was about to shout, he disappeared using his crows.

The hell? For the mean time? So, after this, he will continue the surveillance. Creepy, what a stalker.

I, then, turned back and looks for a place to sleep to.