The clouds gathered together densely, blocking the remaining sunlight.
It suddenly became dark.
Pedestrians hurried back.
Some stores are also preparing to close early.
‘Shengte Tailor Shop’ is one such shop – as a tailor shop that has been operating in Hallest, the northern capital, for twenty-five years, ‘Shengte Tailor Shop’ enjoys a high reputation among civilians.
Cheap, good material, good cutting skills.
The high cost performance makes civilians flock here.
Of course, even if this is the case, it is impossible to make clothes every day. It is quite good to be able to make one outfit a year.
And, most of them are in autumn.
Because winter in the north is too cold.
It's so cold that the bears don't want to come out.
"Go to the corner and buy two sausages and three pounds of white bread, six pounds of bran bread, and remember to buy some lard - remember to get an umbrella."
Sheng Te instructed his apprentice.
Sheng Te, who was wearing a linen shirt, brown trousers, and soft-soled shoes, with already gray hair, glasses hanging on his chest, and calloused hands, took out a silver cord from the counter and handed it to the apprentice.
Mainly sausages and oil are expensive.
Of course, if you buy fresh fruits and vegetables, they will be more expensive.
"Teacher, do you want a drink?"
The apprentice winked at Old Shengte.
The old tailor hesitated for a moment, then took out two copper corners from the drawer and handed them to the apprentice.
"Buy less."
said the old tailor.
The apprentice took the money with a smile and ran out happily - buying wine is the happiest thing, because he can 'get a kickback'.
Buy less wine and mix it with more water.
The part he mixed with water can fall into his own pocket.
However, you can't do this kind of thing too often.
It's not that I'm afraid of being discovered.
But Shengte only drinks once a week.
But soon!
He will save enough money in no time!
He wants to buy a new pair of glasses for his teacher.
The old glasses were many years old, and the lenses were very worn. His teacher had said more than once that he could no longer see clearly.
"The teacher will be very happy then!"
The apprentice thought like this, and his pace became faster and faster.
Seeing the apprentice running out in a hurry, the smile on Old Shengte's face began to fade away.
"It's time to find another apprentice."
He muttered this in a low voice.
Although this apprentice didn't find anything, and he was serious enough and respected him very much, he had gradually begun to become 'unscrupulous' - this was not a good sign. It was just that his last apprentice had experienced an accident a year ago.
, if accidents happen again, it will become somewhat frequent.
"Do we have to let him leave voluntarily?"
Old Shengte was thinking.
This is not a problem for him. As a 'spy' of the Tesine royal family, he has too many ways to make his apprentice leave voluntarily.
For example: a good salary in a town near Hallest.
Along with the letter must be some silver cord.
Then, the other party was disfigured and buried in the countryside.
Everything is so simple.
Lao Shengte, who already had a plan in his mind, walked out of the store and raised his hand to take off the sign that was shaking back and forth. But just as he raised his hand, two people suddenly appeared behind him.
"I……"
puff!
Just as Old Shengte was about to say something, one of them pierced his lower back with a dagger, and the other one's dagger pierced his lower abdomen. The two of them covered Old Shengte's mouth and carried him into a carriage nearby.
One of them turned around and walked into the store, placed a letter on the store cabinet, and took away Lao Shengte's personal clothes, wallet, etc.
The money on the counter did not move.
About twenty minutes later, the apprentice came back carrying food and wine.
"teacher!"
The apprentice shouted as soon as he entered the door.
But no familiar response was heard.
Then, the apprentice found the letter.
"Dear Lasse, something happened. I have to go on a long trip. If I hurry up, I can come back in about three months. If I can't come back, you will inherit this store. There is something at the counter.
The money left for you - cherish it, your teacher Sheng Te."
The apprentice looked at the letter in his hand and read it word for word.
A very strenuous one.
Although his teacher taught him how to read and write, it was very basic and he did not understand it thoroughly.
But this already made Lasais extremely grateful.
She took him in, taught him crafts, and taught him how to read and write, and she never criticized him harshly. Even his deceased alcoholic relative was never so kind to him.
Therefore, Lasais has long regarded Shengte as his only relative.
So, looking at the letter in his hand, Lassai's hands trembled.
The young man didn't know what happened, but he knew something had happened to the teacher.
The apprentice put down the food and drinks, picked up the keys, locked the door, and went straight to the police station.
From this afternoon to evening, similar things happened more than a dozen times in Hallest, but each time they were solved perfectly.
As for perfect?
Simler Ke never thought about it.
How can anything be perfect in the world?
Just like he hopes that his sister will always be happy, hopes that his two brothers will grow up safely, and hopes that his father can give him more brothers and sisters.
They are all rare.
Nina Ke has never been happy.
Emle Keze was under a lot of temptation. Although he still remembered that he was a man of the Ke family, he had complaints about his brother.
Gergil Ke is even more troublesome and always does some outrageous things.
And his own father?
He loves his mother so much that it is no longer possible for him to marry another woman.
He respects his father for this.
Because he also loves his mother deeply.
Therefore, when he suddenly learned that he had an extra cousin, he was very happy, but as the eldest son, he could not show it and could only take it seriously. Maybe because of this, he scared the cousin.
However, that cousin is already quite outstanding.
Growing up in that kind of ordinary environment, he admired being able to not panic when things happened and turn the situation around.
He didn't even mind that his father gave his cousin family secrets.
After all, that cousin is also a man from the Ke family.
It should be powerful!
You should be fearless!
After you grow up for a year or two, you can be 'baptized', and then go to the battlefield with him, or manage finance and taxation with Emle, or learn some painting and sculpture art from Gezier.
Can……
There are always some guys who want to hinder the growth of his sister and brothers.
Thinking of the scar on the corner of his cousin's mouth, Simlei Ke smiled.
In the ferocious smile, a violent scarlet aura swept through the residence of the Tesin royal ambassador like a hurricane.
The guards, including the ambassador, were blown away one after another.
Bang!
Bang bang!
People flying around hit the door and the wall.
Simler Ke strode forward and walked straight towards the ambassador.
No words, no intention to communicate
He stepped on the ambassador of the royal family of Tesin, pulled out his long sword and cut the corner of his mouth, then turned around and left.
"Ahhh!"
The ambassador behind him screamed loudly.
However, Simlei Ke did not stop at all.
After a few minutes, the ambassador got up.
"Simlay.K!"
"I will report you to His Majesty!"
The ambassador roared wildly and viciously.
Then, a dagger slit his throat.
With a smile on his face, Gergil Ke touched the ambassador's chest twice more.
Then, there are the guards on the ground.
"Big brother is very kind."
"But, I can't."
"The royal bastard."
The young son of the Grand Duke looked at Ambassador Tesin with a dead look and sneered before disappearing from the spot.
Moments later, a raging fire burned the entire mansion.
"It's on fire! It's on fire!"
"Quickly put out the fire!"
"Quickly put out the fire!"
The residents around the ambassador's residence shouted loudly.
Enmle Ke looked on with cold eyes.
He was checking to see if any fish had slipped through the net.
Soon, the second son of the Grand Duke made a discovery.
There were two guys who were nominally putting out fires, but were actually checking for corpses.
Immediately, the second son of the Grand Duke waved his hand.
Two figures jumped out from the shadow of the Grand Duke's second son, and in the chaos, they kidnapped the two fish that had slipped through the net without anyone noticing.
The second son of the Grand Duke stood there and watched, and said softly.
"Increase the bounty for ordinary members of the Tesin royal family to 10,000 gold grams, for important members to 50,000 gold grams, and for core members to 100,000 gold grams!"
"besides……"
"The bounty authority for the Tesine royal family is also open to all assassins outside the organization!"
After saying this, the second son of the Grand Duke turned and left.
All that was left was the reply as light as a mosquito in the shadow.
"Yes, leader."
…
In the castle, Silla lit four more butter candles as thick as arms to disperse the darkness in the room.
Swart ran over and closed the window.
"It's going to rain heavily."
"Does Goethe need to light the fireplace for you?"
Swart said.
"My face was injured, it's not that exaggerated."
Goethe waved his hand, as if he didn't care, but this action caused the newly scabbed wound on his face to ooze blood again - it was not that Enmlek's medicine was not good enough, but that Goethe wanted to make it easier for him.
To make everything more realistic, after returning to the alley, I gave myself two more stabs, but... the [Shadow Snake Dagger] was a bit too sharp.
Seeing that Goethe didn't care, Silla and Swart looked at each other.
The more Goethe didn't care, the more worried they became.
Especially Sheila.
As a lady, Silla knows the importance of face.
What if she was disfigured?
Then she really doesn't want to live anymore.
Even though Goethe was a man and the guardian of the 'Mad King's legacy', it must have been quite a blow to a 19-year-old boy.
Thinking of this, Silla couldn't help but hold Goethe's hand.
"Don't worry, scars won't make you look ugly."
"On the contrary, it makes you more attractive."
Silla comforted Goethe in her own way.
Goethe couldn't help but rolled his eyes.
Just when Goethe was about to declare that he was fine again, heavy and fast footsteps sounded.
Bang!
The door was pushed open.
Scrooge Grams' majestic body rushed in.
The archduke came to Goethe like the wind.
When he saw the injury at the corner of Goethe's mouth, the Grand Duke's eyes turned red.
He raised his hand and touched the injury at the corner of Goethe's mouth, then touched Goethe's head, and asked in a low voice——
