Isekai Assassin: Volume 1 by Grayson Sinclair

Author:Grayson Sinclair [Sinclair, Grayson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14- Death of a Salesman

All I had to do was wait for the count to leave his study, and I could make my escape.

My freedom came about an hour after the captain left. There was a knock on the door, and the count was called away for some matter of business, giving me my opportunity to leave as well.

I slipped out of the manor as carefully as I could, moving past the guards like a wraith. I hopped the gate in a matter of minutes. Then I was out of the Noble District and back to the city proper less than half an hour after that.

Though I wanted to take my time walking back to the bar. Because what I was planning required some deeper thought.

I’ve killed powerful men before. Nearly all of my targets have been powerful in one way or the other, but after they’re dead, I haven’t lingered and taken over their business.

This is all new territory for me.

Charles had to die.

He was a poison that had infected the city and rotted it from the inside. He would eventually infect my interests if I let him. I would end his life, but that left a vacuum that I didn’t know if I could fill.

I’m going to need help. I sighed. Which means I need to talk to Aless.

She’d asked about becoming my apprentice, but taking her under my wing wasn’t something that I was thrilled about. I didn’t want to trust her, but she had contacts in the pickpockets, and this whole thing had quickly spiraled out of something I could control by myself.

If she can rally the pickpockets and perhaps the beggars, that would give me a good foundation for everything else.

What I would need almost as much as money was information. I could kill those who acted against me and get a basic structure in place, but this was a task that would take months or years to get fully set up.

Well, if this is something I’m actually considering, best get started.

First things first, I had to find Aless. If I was going to bring her over, I would do so completely, but I would also keep her close and watch her. Make sure I could trust her.

And if I couldn’t, or she betrayed me, then she would die.

I headed towards the outer parts of the city, trying to locate her in the city's chaos. It took a little while, only because the city was massive, and the rough parts of Vohra were almost like a maze as I weaved through small, cobbled streets and decrepit back alleys.

But I still managed to find her after a couple of hours.

It was mostly by happenstance, as I caught a flicker of red hair in my peripheral as I passed by. I kept going, acting like I hadn’t noticed her. My hood was up, and I’d changed clothing since we’d spoken, so I knew she wouldn’t have recognized me.

I took the next alley and flanked her. I slid up behind her and crouched.

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