Chapter 2 Dagger

'Why could I fight like an assassin, and why could I fight like that after experiencing a headache? Gray thought as he rode his horse, which he calls Grimm. He drove like that for a while and finally got to a tavern called The Drunken Wanderer, taking off his hood, he has black hair, gray eyes and pale skin, tying a Grimm, he went inside. The tavern inside has many tables at which not very sober people are sitting, women dressed in dancing outfits are dancing on some tables, the floor and walls are wooden, and all this is illuminated with the help of crystals on which the charm of bioluminescence is superimposed, which gives an unusual and unique atmosphere like a fairy tale. Gray walked over to the bartender's counter.

"Greetings, sir, would you like something?" The bartender asked him. This is an elderly gentleman with gray hair, a small mustache and blue eyes, some already drunk guests sometimes perceive him as their grandfather. He is dressed in a uniform consisting of a white shirt, a black vest, black trousers and classic shoes.

"Yes, I would like the services of one of your girls," Gray said while gesturing with his hands and tapping his fingers on the bar counter.

"Okay, sir, I'll take you to someone to ask for this," the bartender said and began to lead him into another room, reaching the corridor where the stairs, the bartender twisted the ring on his finger and the wall next to the stairs dissipated and in its place there was a door on which there were glyphs glowing orange, the bartender opened the door."Please come in, Mister Bladesong" the bartender said. Passing through the door, Gray began to walk until he reached a room with a large table. The room itself is relatively empty except for a table, chairs, large barrels with various drinks and a map of the empire on the table. A beautiful woman with white hair, purple eyes and pale skin is sitting on one of the chairs, she is dressed in black stiletto boots, black pants, black gloves, a black coat with purple markings and a witch hat.

"Here you are Grey, I thought you were caught after I stopped following," she said with relief.

"You know I'm hard to catch," Gray said, picking up a mug and pouring himself ale.

"Do you have to drink now?" The woman asked.

"I'm too tired today Hexa, a drink is clearly not superfluous," Gray said after draining the mug

"Well, now you can show what you had to steal and the reason why you had to fight with the paladin," Hexa said with a serious face. Gray approached her and handed her a dagger and a ring, taking the ring she examined it for a while, then put it on the table, taking the dagger, her eyes lit up for a few seconds until she opened her eyes in shock.

"Is something wrong?" Gray asked.

"Uh-this dagger, it has a very strong and ancient enchantment, some of them I see for the first time," she said, stuttering for a second. "Did anything unusual happen to you when you picked it up?"

"Well, when I was about to leave, it seemed to me that the dagger was calling me... even when I was fighting with the paladin and wounded him, my head ached for a second... and you probably saw the last one," he listed the oddities that he noticed.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Didn't you see?!"

"No, after you wounded the paladin, the connection was interrupted," she said, thinking about all this.

"Well, the last thing was that for some reason I began to move like an assassin, and I stabbed the paladin with a dagger right through the armor like it was paper," he said, hoping that she knew the answers to these oddities.

"The dagger easily pierced the paladin's armor?!" She said, widening her eyes and began to think. "I've never heard of such a thing. It's better to leave the dagger with us for now so that I can study it," she said, still holding the dagger in her hands.

"In any case, I'd better lay low for now, killing a paladin will cause a riot in the city, not to mention the fact that I escaped not very secretly," Gray said, already wanting to rest after a long night.

"Okay, I could use some sleep too. Good night Grey" said Hexa and retired to her room

"Good night" said Grey and began to go to her room. When he got to the door of the room, Gray opened it with a key and went in. His room is relatively average with a bed, wardrobe and desk. From fatigue, he lay down on the bed only after taking off his shoes and fell asleep.