It was always enjoyable watching people’s facial expressions change when suddenly faced with an unexpected situation. It’d be fine to call it one of the small joys of life.
“What, kind…… of bad joke……”
“The commission fee has already been sent to the assassination group in Niflheim. Your superior told me to pass on this message. Habitually, waves themselves must know when to stop. The ocean is blue so it is time to cease and engulf the boat.“
The assassin’s complexion became pale.
“Poseidon’s Call……”
“It seems to be a verse that’s in common use in assassination groups.”
“Since when, did you?”
“From the very beginning.”
From the beginning.
I may have been exceptionally skilled, but I had requested for a manpower that was ‘disposable’. The assassination group had supplied me with an individual that suited my demand perfectly.
Whether they were making use of their manpower appropriately or not determined the group’s integrity. In that regard, the assassin group in Niflheim has maintained a very wholesome level. Other organizations should learn from them.
The assassin received the vial.
“Do you have any last words you’d like to say?”
“……”
The assassin stared down at the glass bottle for a moment before taking the cap off and drinking the poison in a single gulp. He then fell to the floor and started to mutter.
“Shit.”
Over a long period of time.
“Shit……”
The assassin collapsed completely.
I took out a dagger and slit the assassin’s throat. I had heard that a competent assassin could play dead whenever they desired. Once. Twice. Thrice. And finally for the fourth time. I assuredly ended the other person’s life.
It should be appropriate to confess once again here.
No matter what I did, I aimed for perfection.
Anyway, there was a need to meet his highness Dantalian in person.
Conciliating the adventurers and hiring an assassin did not consume a small fee. It was about time to start retrieving my investments.
If, due to the crisis, his highness Dantalian’s personality had changed completely…… that would be the best possible scenario. If his character was still the same, then the only person the Demon Lord could rely on was me anyway. It was a gamble that I could not lose.
It was just to my liking.