–––Lith’s POV–––
Hmm, this receptionist in her early 20s is wearing blue robes that definitely look like they’re from a xianxia world. This world’s fashion is too chaotic and mixed, it seems. It’s not bad, it’s nice actually.
Anyway, I didn’t bother to answer her about it, as it would just be a waste of time. I simply removed my card and showed it to her.
Lith’s card was received with surprise by the receptionist. She had no idea she would come face to face with an Amethyst Card Holder today. The Amethyst Card holders were extremely rare, with only a few hundred of them present.
A common person such as the receptionist herself could only chance upon such a card holder via sheer luck and today seems to be her lucky day. She started trembling, for she knew Lith was a big shot and one mistake from her would lead to her demise, for sure. She handed Lith back his card shakily and said nervously,
“P-please, f-follow m-me.”
Hmm? What’s up with this reaction from this lady? Is she scared or something or is it because of this card? Well, whatever, let’s just go with the flow.
The receptionist walked Lith to the elevator present on the ground floor and going inside, she pressed floor number 50, the highest floor of the assassin branch of Scelestus.
Reaching the floor, she guided Lith to an office room where a chubby man was working while smoking a cigar. The receptionist turned to Lith and said,
“This way, sir.”
Nodding in understanding, I walk past her. Getting into the room, I see a chubby man in a blue suit smoking a cigar. His hair was short, and he totally seemed like a gangster I think. Anyway, he put down the cigar and smiled as he looked at me, or more accurately, my disguise.
“Can I have your membership card please, sir?”
I nodded and gave it to him, and he raised his eyebrows in surprise. Hmm, are Amethyst Card Holders so rare that he seems so surprised?
“Please have a seat and let me know how I can help you, sir.” The chubby man said to me with a smile.
I wonder how this guy’s attitude would be if it was someone of a lower membership card. Anyway, I look at him with a poker face and said in a neutral tone,
“I’ll get straight to the point. I want to meet Relz Khiv.”
“No.” I replied right away. Hey, is this too rude? Or was my reply wrong? I hope I didn’t mess it up.
“Alright. But there’s a rule, sir. We can’t infringe upon the privacy of other members.” The chubby man put down his cigar and said to me,
Right to privacy is here too? Yeah, it makes sense. Otherwise, assassins would just sabotage each other on their missions. But now, it’s troublesome for me. Sigh…
“That’s just an excuse. Rules can always be bent. You know it, I know it, we all know it, but we don’t say it.” I say, trying to coax the guy into spilling the beans. Let’s hope it works.
“You’re right about that, sir. But as employees working here, it’s our job to remind our customers about the rules. Since you’re an Amethyst Card Holder, everything becomes much easier. Please wait a minute. I’ll give you the details.” The chubby man said to me and started typing something on the laptop present in front of him.
Was this supposed to be this easy? I thought I’ll have to bribe him or something. Just how much power does this card hold? The man didn’t even once argue with me or deny anything. He didn’t even reject my request. Is everything in the world this easy?
“Done. Here are your documents, sir. Anything else I may do for you?” The chubby asked me once again.
“Yes. If you have any mission that is below rank 5 and can be finished by today itself, do suggest it to me.” I asked him this since I’ve got a lot of free time today.
I don’t think Relz Khiv has the ability to leave the academy every day as he pleases. Or does he? I don’t think so. Even Miss Hecate needs a little time to teleport in and out of the academy. Only someone at the level of mom can come and go freely. So the possibility of him coming out of the academy today is pretty low.
However, since they aren’t zero, I’ll just roam around, do my mission, and be on the lookout for him. I hope my stars align today and I get to see him today itself, haha.
“I’ll check it and let you know in a moment.” The chubby man said.
This guy… he seems like a mafia boss or so, but why does he seem so nice? What’s up with him? Hmm… one second, the problem may be with me, I think. Why am I even assuming him as a gangster or something… what if he’s just a nice man in general? Tsk, tsk, Lith, stop judging people like this.
“There’s a mission available. It’s an assassination of a local man in Kezro city itself. The man is causing a lot of problems for a local merchant and this merchant paid us a good sum to have the man be assassinated. Will sir take this mission?” The chubby said to me with a smile.
Not a bad mission. It also doesn’t seem like killing someone innocent. I should take this up. I said in a neutral tone, “Yes, I’ll take it.”
The chubby man nodded, typed a few things on his laptop, and took a token from the table drawer behind him. The token was a circular black disc with nine red roses inscribed around the circumference.
“Just crush this token once you’re done with the mission. We’ll come to know that you’ve finished it and verify it later. You don’t have to come back to any branches for the payment either. We’ll do it all for you and the money will be transferred into your bank account within one business day. Is there anything else I may help you with?” The chubby man explained to me with a smile.
Hmm, not bad. The service is pretty good. I say to the man back with a smile,
“No. Thank you for your time. I shall leave now.”
The chubby man said back to me, “It’s our pleasure. Do visit again.”