Sweat broke on Kamigani's forehead, she could not help but feels shaken since she realised that she had to assasinate the King. King Xanxier Otis of Autumnshell.
Ayante told her the King was already poisoned but will recover in time but he was currently unconscious.
Kamigani doesn't understand why they did not give the King a deadly poison to end his life at once and they had to hired an Assassin to finish the job.
Axin was the one with the knowledge about poison, she loves seducing her target and poison them after. She had a lof of different poison in her possession.
Kamigani even made her teach her how to make a deadly poison that would paralyze the whole body, she treats Kamigani like her younger sister since she was older than her. Kamigani only wanted to poison Ayante, Axin seems to know what she wanted to do with the knowledge, she warned her not to cause their mistress arm which Kamigani quickly denied that she wasn't going to.
Kamigani knows the poison used on the King it was fermented from snowdrop leaves, it makes the victim unconscious and the victim would to be in a vegetative state as long as they wanted but the victim would recover with time, Snowdrops only grows in the northern region. Harsh climate was all it needs to bloom.
Kamigani had been training since morning trying to mask her anxiety by swinging her swords about, she could not concentrate.
The King was very fair to his people and loved by all, the taxes were lower, Water was provided by building wells. Even there were guards stationed by each well to prevent children from wandering over to it. The Kingdom security was top notch, food were cheap, good roads were provided even their houses in the lower town were better even though they could never be extravagant as the High town.
There was a house of resolve which settle disputes and if you don't like the settlement then you could take it up to the palace to be settled by the King or the King's guide.
Who would have wanted to kill the King? She knew it had to be some royal problem or a Kingdom wanting to cause dispute in Autumnshell before they attark. Without the King, Autumnshell could crumbled.
Won't it cause war, could she bare the weight to kill a King. Won't the people curse her.
Kamigani quickly stilled her shaky hands, went inside and took a bath when an idea occurred to her.
"The Kenilworth Ivy flower." She mumbled.
She dressed up in her dark attair which had like an extension at the back like a tail, it was dark brown in colour with poker black dots. Kamigani didn't cut it off since she might need it as a bandage one day. Tying the four brown belts on her boots after inserting small knives in them.. she wore her wrist band which was full of darts. She tied a brown belt on her waist securing her swords on each side. She took her veil to hide her identity and kept it in her pocket.
She tied her brown thigh pouch which she placed the long rope she used to scale a fence.
Her grabbing hook was secured on her sides. She took her cape and wore it to conceal her weapons. It wasn't illegal to be seen with weapons in Autumnshell but she doesn't want an unwanted graze since she was going out in the evening.
"So early." Axin came to view. "If you are going to drink at the bar don't drink much." Axin advised her.
"I just need to polish my swords." She lied, she had already polished it five days ago but Axin doesn't know that.
"Let me braid your hair to make it easier." she offered and took Kamigani to the dresser. "Now sit."
Kamigani took her sit on a chair facing the single mirror in the room since they all lived together in a single big room. It consists of ten beds each with a table and a chair, lockers included to keep their cloths and weapons.
Axin took a comb as Kamigani lowers her hood, she tried not to look at the mirror, she doesn't want to see the her still face.
Axin removed her hair band and brushes through her hair before she started braiding it in a neat single braid. "All done, simple and stylish."
"Thank you Axin." Kamigani gave her a quick hug before pulling up her hood without looking at the mirror, she quickly went out of the room like she doesn't want to see the image in the mirror.
She went to the stables to see Rora and Tutina cleaning the horses and saddling them.
"Isn't it too early for your mission?" Rora glanced at her seeing how Kamigani tried to looked calm.
"I need a horse." Kamigani wondered why they were saddling the horses.
"Impatient for your mission?" Tutina said. "Or our little baby is scared she wants to runnaway."
"Shut up Tutu!" Kamingani snapped. She called her Tutu only to make her angry which seems to work as Tutina eyes widen in rage.
Tutina had always hated her and she doesn't know why but ever since Ayante brought her to the cave in the mountain to meet the others. Tutina told her "I hate you." and she chose to be her sworn enemies since day one. She was the mean and crazy one in the group.
"Its Tutina!" She almost yelled. "Let that sink into your head child!"
Now she was really stepping on her nerves, if Tutina wasn't a better fighter between them she would have love to knock off few teeth and gave her a busted lip.
"I am not..."
"Shut up you two! You Tutina can't you be nice to Kamigani for once, you know not all missions are always successful and this may be the last time you will see Kamigani." Rora quickly turn to Kamigani realising what she just said. "I didn't mean...."
"I just want a horse." Kamigani voice shook a bit, what Rora said was nothing but the truth. It had happened before that she couldn't count.
Cecil was Kamigani's best friend, they became friends immediately Cecil saw her and they took care of each other. Cecil smiles and laughs alot always the happy child, when Tutina yells at her she only laugh till Tutina face and ears turned red in anger.
Cecil had a dream to be free along side Kamigani, she said they would get a big house. Live in the same compound, sell fruitwine at the market, fall in love, marry, have kids and be best friends forever but it never came through.
It was the previous year Cecil went on a mission but never came back.
Ayante kept the details of her death but Kamigani knows it must have been bloody since Tutina that went to check gave only Ayante the details. Tutina sent the man Cecil was supposed to assasinate and his subordinate straight to their death bed.
She came back and handed a necklace to Kamigani. It was the necklace Cecil said a handsome man gave her. She promised to tell Kamigani all about him.
It was one of the saddest time Kamigani ever experienced , she cried every day for a very long time clutching Cecil's necklace she wore.
Rora handed her a brown horse reign. "Every time one of us takes Mayflower on a mission, it is always successful and I didn't mean it, you will come back safely Kamigani."
"Thank you." Kamigani grabbed Mayflower reins and started leading the horse out of the stable. She didn't ask why Rora didnt hand over a stallion. She mounted it as soon as she got outside and kicked it into motion.
She rode it out of the lower town and soon approached the massive gate leading outside the Kingdom. She slowed down and collected a pass from a guard at the gate before racing out into the clear field.
It was getting dark as she navigated her way through the woods.
"Come on Mayflower." She kicked the horse to increase her speed till she got to an opening with a lake. She jumped down from the horse and led it to drink water from the lake. She searched the ground quickly, she was trained to navigate through the dark and she had no problem searching till she found it. The Kenilworth Ivy flower. The only cure to the King's state, she was lucky to found it before dark.
Kamigani stood rooted to her spot, a feeling of stupidity washed over her, She was going to kill the King tonight but she rode for miles to find the Kenilworth Ivy flower.
She could risk it and cure the King then what? Ayante would probably starve her for a long time or maybe the turban man would come and demands for her death.
Kamigani knew she wasn't a saint, she had killed plenty of people without thinking of the consequence and without a guilty conscience. Her heart had already turned to stone long before Cecil died.
Cecil promised to find her a man and Kamigani had a little hope for her heart but now she had no hope left. She already decided to be a hunter if she was ever free.
She can't see herself from Cecil's view.
She tucked the flower in her small waist pouch, she probably would not not use it.
She took a deep breath and decided to meditate for a few minute. Today King Xanxier Otis would die.