It makes me feel nostalgic, the time when Tatiana did the same to me, in our mansion. Though it may have not been that bloody.
When I listen to the thoughts of the guy again, the only thing it says is: 'NO MORE.' He is pretty much like me at that time, though Tatiana's torture session went on for two hours.
"Where are they?" While he starts talking, I also listen to his mind to make sure he doesn't lie.
"In the nearest town, Nargil. We have a base of operations there. It is hidden behind a tavern called the stabbing beer. When you reach there, just go to the counter and say you want a red lobelia, it is a code."
As soon as he finishes talking, I stab his eye. The reason: he was lying. In his mind, he was actually thinking of sending me to their main branch. Though I will certainly go there to kill them all, that place is not where they are, nor is the code he gave me correct. That code name is for victims that they send there to make them disappear.
"Where are they?" I am getting tired of this, but I must know where they brought Excafol.
"I told you already. They-" I turn the dagger again, more ruthlessly, more violently. And his screams echo again.
"It seems to me that you like pain, so let's play a game. I will now cut one of your fingers every time you lie, then your toes, your wrist… everything until you tell me you answer my questions." I talk to him while touching his body parts with the dagger. His body is trembling like a leaf. His other eye is shaking from pain and fear.
"So, where are they?"
"Okay, okay, listen. We found them in Nargil and ambushed them outside the city. Then another team brought them to a nearby village. It is called Vodun. It is up north from here, at three hundred kilometers. The village chief there is also one of our members. He will know where they are for sure. His name is Colrad KALOR. I swear that all I know."
He didn't lie this time around. Finally, we can start a real discussion.
"I have three questions. First: you just said 'members'. What are you guys? Second: who ordered you to capture them, and where are they?"
"What about the third question- gyaa!!"
While stabbing his thigh, I answer him: "I am the one who asks questions here."
"We- we are assassins. A sub-branch of assassins: the Kalor family. We answer to the Flolerl family in Floras and execute their order here in Titanium." And apparently, Nargil is their main base from what he is thinking right now.
"Good. The second question."
"We received that order from the Flolerl family. I don't know much, but the one who ordered it would be in Nargil in two weeks." The Flolerl again. Veronica…
It is more than likely that Veronica is behind this. How I wish I could kill her right now!! First things first, I must rescue Excafol and Selene.
"The third question: how will I recognized those who gave you the order?"
"They will be staying at the base behind the tavern. That's all I know, I swear." He is not even thinking of lying anymore; that's great.
"And the code?"
"It is first and last whisky."
"Okay."
"You can release me now, right? I told you everything, right? You have to release me!" Seeing an adult begging with a punctured and bleeding eye, a dagger in his thigh, blood everywhere on the floor, and the smell of piss and shit on him… weirdly doesn't make me react at all. I take the bottle of poison and stand in front of him.
"Wait, what are you doi-" I remove the dagger from his thigh and cut his cheeks, opening his mouth wide. He can't talk anymore, nor can he scream loudly enough for me to hear. Shifting his head upwards, I pour all the poison in his mouth, he gulps it down then start choking on it, some droplets even land on my face, but I keep pouring it until the bottle is empty. Then, I release his head and watch him.
He becomes rapidly pale, starts sweating like a water fountain, then his skin takes a weird black complexion, his eye becomes red and inflate like they are about to explode. He shakes around so much the chair is about to break, and blood starts pouring out of his eye, his nose, his ears, everywhere, he is even pissing blood. After a minute or two, he calms down gradually until he doesn't move anymore.
I take everything that I judge important: the black book, some other books Excafol liked to read, the cape Selene liked to wear the most, a black cape with a yellow hood, my free citizen card she gave me. Then, I burn the house with a Firestorm. The afternoon sun behind me is in harmony with that fire.
"Goodbye, beautiful memories."
K'nor comes and licks my hand a bit.
"Yes, let's go."