Somewhere in the Gweliven Kingdom…

“Brother, you’re back!”

“Brother, sweets!”

“Did the two of you behave while I was away?” A young Dwarf, who seemed to be in his early twenties, reached out to the two little girls who had grabbed onto his body the moment they saw him.

He was quite good looking, and with his light-brown hair, green eyes, and confident presence, any Dwarf beauty would definitely feel strong attraction to him.

“I did!” the dwarf girl proudly said with a smile.

“Me, too!” The other dwarf girl nodded her head vigorously.

“Great. Now, here are some candies that I bought along the way,” the light-brown haired Dwarf said as he handed two bags of candies to the two girls, who jumped up and down in joy after receiving them. “Make sure to share them with the others, okay?”

“”Yes!””

The Dwarf looked at the two little girls with an affectionate gaze as they ran back to the orphanage to share the sweets with everyone.

“You’re finally back, Sid,” a middle-aged Dwarf lady carrying a basket of vegetables said as she arrived at the entrance of the orphanage. “You’ve been away for a month. Being an apprentice merchant might give you a lot of money, but your little sisters miss you terribly every time you leave.”

“You should spend a few days with them this time, or they’ll probably cling to you like leeches to prevent you from leaving them again.”

Sid could only shrug his shoulders helplessly after hearing those words from one of the ladies that managed the orphanage.

“Auntie, this is the only job that I know that pays well,” Sid replied. “Once I have saved enough, I’ll buy a big house in the capital and move there with my two sisters. I will let them enjoy life to the fullest. Also, I want to build an orphanage, one that is bigger than this, so that it can help more orphans like us.”

Sid and his two little sisters had been orphaned due to a bandit attack in their previous village. The three of them were forced to run away,l and hide in the woods, while their parents, as well as the other adults, fought against the attackers in order to buy time for the women and children to escape.

Unfortunately, the bandit group had reinforcements, so the defenders of their village were overwhelmed. When Sid realized this, he and his sisters fled to a town with better security.

Sid had always been an excellent fighter and hunter. His patience had been trained through hunting. He could even stay motionless for several hours until his target had come within striking range.

Because of his abilities as a warrior, as well as a hunter, the branch head of Twilight Rain in the town where they were staying in, recruited him with the promise of greater pay for his services.

It was then that Sid had undergone a baptism of blood and was trained to kill people, instead of animals. Since he already had the basic skills to become an assassin, the transition was quite smooth.

After his assassin training, which almost cost his life several times, he decided to get his revenge. The first person he killed was the leader of the Bandit Group that had destroyed the peaceful life of his family.

After successfully killing the leader, he hunted all the members of the bandit group until none were left. After finally tying up the loose ends of his past, he then embarked on missions to kill the targets that the organization deemed to be an obstacle in their way to usurp the current royal family.

Sid really didn’t care who sat on the throne of the Dwarven Kingdom. For him, the Dwarf King did nothing when his family was killed, so his loyalty to the other party wasn’t strong. The one that gave him the means to get his revenge was Twilight Rain, and because of this, the latter won his faith and loyalty, serving them wholeheartedly.

“Well, just make sure to send them letters on a regular basis.” The auntie knew how firm Sid was in his decision to earn a lot of money for his two sisters.

This was why he became a merchant apprentice, which was the cover Sid used in order to hide his true profession as an assassin.

In a way, his description wasn’t wrong. He would travel to different places in order to “act” as a merchant while surveying the surroundings of his target and getting to know his or her daily routine.

There were plenty of times when he had to stay in a particular place for weeks or even months, while some missions only required him a few days to finish.

There were even occasions when he only needed a day or two before he could assassinate his target.

“Thank you, Auntie,” Sid replied. “I’ll make sure to send letters to my sisters once a week, so they won’t worry about me.”

“As long as you understand, then all is well.” The Auntie smiled before walking towards the entrance of the orphanage to cook the vegetables that she bought from the market for the little ones, who were almost always hungry.

Just as Sid was about to go in as well, he noticed a man wearing casual clothes standing beside a tree not far away from the orphanage.

Sid didn’t hesitate as he walked towards the man who had personally recruited him into Twilight Rain.

“Congratulations on a job well done,” the man said with a smile. “Here is your reward. We also added a bonus because you managed to kill your target even though he was heavily protected.”

“It took me three weeks to kill that bastard,” Sid replied. “If not for the fact that one of the guards forgot to lock the window of his room, I wouldn’t have been able to sneak in and kill him while he was sleeping.”

The man chuckled as he patted Sid’s shoulder. “The important part is that he is now dead. That is all that matters. However, I hate to disturb your reunion with your sisters, but you have a new mission.”

“Can’t you give it to someone else?” Sid frowned. “I planned to stay here for a week or two to spend some quality time with my sisters.”

The man scratched his head before sighing. “Well, I won’t force you because I know how hard working you are. But, hear me out first. You can decide whether you will reject this mission or not.”

Sid reluctantly nodded his head as he listened to what his benefactor wanted to say.

“Our guild members in Whitebridge City are now being hunted down like pigs for the slaughter,” the man stated. “It all started with an incident in Oakwood Town when one of our secret headquarters was discovered by an annoying bastard.”

“Let me guess. This person is the target for assassination?”

“Right. It was the Guild Master that personally gave out this order, and you were one of the two people that were chosen to handle this job.”

Sid’s eyes widened in shock after hearing his benefactor’s words.

“A mission that the Guild Master has personally decreed?” Sid asked. “This target must have a death wish to annoy the Guild Master this much.”

The man nodded. “Aye. He was so angry that he even declared that whoever manages to kill that person will become the next Slayer Candidate.”

Sid’s body stiffened because he thought that he had heard wrongly. Becoming a Slayer Candidate meant that the Guild would provide that person access to enough resources to make the breakthrough to the rank of a Ranker.

The Slayers were the main assasination team of Twilight Rain, and all of them were Rankers.

“Who is the target this time around?” Sid asked. He wanted to know the name of the person that would allow him and his sister to live better lives.

“Your target this time is a Half-Elf,” the man answered. “His name is Lux Von Kaizer.”

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