Chapter 3 Order

In the mansion of the house of Black

"So only the ring and the dagger were missing, and Patrick was killed?!" Said the captain of the House Black Guards. He has black hair, green eyes and brown skin, and is dressed in armor with a red cloak.

"That's right, Captain Williams," the guard replied.

"Did the assassin leave any traces?" Williams asked

"Yes, there are traces, but the trail was public, so it's difficult to determine which traces were his," the guard said, Williams wanted to ask another question, but he was interrupted by the trampling of feet. Turning, he saw another guard.

"Mr. Black is calling for you, Captain," the new guard said. Williams went to Mr. Black to whom he serves, he does not really respect this man because he behaves extremely spoiled, if he had the opportunity Williams would have left him long ago, but according to the laws of the empire, his family must serve 100 years to a noble family to get a noble title, and his family already served 97 years.

"Another 3 years" Williams thought, walking to the office. Opening the door, he saw the owner of the mansion. He was a fat man with brown hair, black eyes. He is dressed in brown noble clothes. Now he is sitting on a chair with his hands on the table.

"Derek, how's the investigation going?" Mr. Black asked with a smile, but if you look closely, his eyes betray irritation, anger.

"It's still progressing, sir," Williams said in a monotone, trying to be as polite as possible. After his words, Mr. Black angrily scratched the table on which his hands are lying.

"Well, I hope you catch him quickly, otherwise I wouldn't want to look for a new captain of the guard" Mr. Black said softly with a clear threat, staring intently at Williams.

'Lucky that by law he can't just throw me out' Williams thought. This is explained by the fact that the law of the "Century of Service" discloses that it is necessary to serve 100 years, but this law also prohibits killing those who are on the "century of service" or removing them from it and if a nobleman violates the rule they will be stripped of their title and sent to prison. "I assure you, Mr. Black, the assassin will be caught and will be punished for killing Patri..."

"I don't care that he killed someone, I care about the loss of the artifacts he stole," Black interrupted Williams, while his tone changed from soft to harsh. "Catch him quickly and give me back what he stole," Black ordered. Realizing that he could already leave, Williams left the office.

'It's a pity that the assassin killed Patrick and not this piece of shit…I should have become a gardener like my father, not a guard," Williams thought.

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"And what did you learn about the dagger?" Gray asked Hexa who was checking the dagger with a spell [Check] to learn about the enchantment of the dagger.

"For sure, I found out that there is an enchantment in this dagger that improves its ability to break through armor even enchanted, I also found out that there is some kind of transfer magic in the dagger, apparently thanks to this you learned the technique of assassins. However, I'm not powerful enough yet to recognize its other properties," Hexa said. She was obviously curious to learn about other properties, but alas, she is still at the bottom of the hierarchy of her coven. Then they heard the sounds of footsteps, turned around and saw a woman with brown skin, black hair and golden eyes. She was dressed in a black shirt, brown pants, black boots and gloves behind her back she had a bow and arrows, but what stood out most about her were pointed ears.

"What happened while I was gone? Guards are literally everywhere," the dark elf asked. After briefly telling her what had happened, she was shocked. "Did you kill Paladin Grey?! That's amazing, because you can't use magic, and you learned to fight against fists and not against swords. However, this whole platoon in the city is most likely because of who you robbed, not who you killed," said dark elf

"Your guess is correct, Ralvina," Gray confirmed, crossing his arms. "So I'm going to lay low for now until the noise subsides," he finished.

"You know, but with this dagger you can finally take up the work of an assassin," Ralvina offered, taking a mug and pouring herself ale "You'll start earning more money"

"That's exactly why he will use this," said Hexa advanced dagger to Gray.

"Isn't it in your best interest to study the properties of the dagger?" asked Gray, taking the dagger.

"That's true, but another of its properties is that only a certain person can use the power of the dagger, now it's you," Hexa said, "I'm going to give the ring to the customer for now" and began to go out, when she went out, she put on an amulet and her appearance and clothes changed, now she looks like a young girl with shoulder-length golden hair, blue eyes. Her clothes now are an ordinary yellow shirt, a long brown skirt and ordinary shoes. After leaving the tavern, she began to walk further along the streets, trying to avoid the guards. She got to an antique store called Uncle Kyle's Valuables, which is an ordinary small building. Going inside, you can see a counter and a whole bunch of antiques and art objects on the shelves. She began to approach the owner of the store.

"Hello, how can I help you?" The seller asked. He is a skinny man with a small beard, black hair, amber eyes. He is dressed in expensive clothes, mostly green.

Approaching him, Hexa took out a round badge on which a white snake with red eyes is depicted.

"Oh, 'Whisperers in the Dark,' so the order is completed by Miss Morke?" The seller asked.

"Yes, it is" said Hexa, laying the ring on the counter, taking the ring the merchant examined and evaluated for a while.

"This ring is worth about 2 gold coins," said the seller giving her coins.

Taking the fee, Hexa began to walk back to the shelter. On the way, she noticed a crowd of people in the square, and she wondered what brought so many people here. When she reached the square, she saw 4 people on the podium, one of them Gerald Ward-the captain of the city guard, the other two people were a man with bruises all over his face and body with nooses around his necks, and the other person is the executioner.

"These people are accused of stealing from Elizabeth Blaine from Blaine's house. These scoundrels dared to steal Miss Blaine's purse and tried to escape, fortunately they were caught by the guards. Officially, according to the rule of the empire, they should be executed by hanging for stealing the property of a nobleman. The executioner can do his job," Captain Ward said. And the executioner pulled the lever. When the men's necks were broken, people began to disperse. Hexa still stared at the corpses of the men for a while before continuing on her way, silently hoping that she and her friends would not fall into the place of these men.