A few days have gone by after my first meeting with Frode, I will get my daggers
and chain mail today, when I went into the shop I found Frode sleeping behind the
counter, "wake up old man" I shouted, "who the hell dares call me old?" replied the
old man in an even louder voice, he looked down at me and said, "it's you kid? don't
you think it's rude waking someone up like that" "not if it's an old man who owes me
something" I said, "owe you what?" said the old man in his comically soft voice, "a
pair of daggers and a chain mail", he blinked stupidly then slapped his forehead,
"aye I remember now, the cynical kid" at these words a vein pulsed strongly on my
head, "yes that's me", "hey, Tonimir get his stuff" shouted the old man to his
assistant, "so what have you been up to kid?" said the old man "business " I replied,
he then looked at me for a few seconds then closed his eyes, I then started looking
around the place, while waiting, a few minutes later came his assistant with my stuff,
"her you go," said Tonimir in low voice, " you have an interesting name," I told him,
he laughed bitterly and then looked at the old man who then raised his hands and
said, "don't look at me your mom choose that name", "she also didn't want me to
work as a blacksmith" said the young man, I interrupted them before they start
fighting, "can you please discuss your family problems later I'm still here", I said
while rolling my eyes, "sorry about that" said the old man, "anyway I wanted to give
something", "what is it," I answered while looking at the thing he put in my hand, "a
letter of introduction," was his reply, "a letter" I muttered, "give it to the owner of
the pub you took your client to", at these words I raised my head in shock, "well
that's an expression fitting for a kid" he said while smiling, "the place this letter will
help you get will make your business rise like crazy", "why are you helping me?" I
asked, "helping you?" he chuckled and continued "I'm helping myself don't think
about it now, you will understand later when you have the fitting status" I barely
controlled myself from rolling my eyes at his words, and for the first time I was
thankful for my experiences since it helped me control my emotions and calm down,
"so you mean I owe you now" at these words he laughed loudly "yes you do", I
nodded then turned around and left.
POV, Frode
" Do you think he will go," asked my son and assistant Tonimir, "maybe he will
maybe he won't, it's all up to his luck and guts I know a lot of men who wasted such
opportunities out of fear, the fear of losing everything but this kid seems different
almost like he lost everything already, these type of people are the most dangerous
yet the most successful because they dare", "and he who dares always wins"
muttered my son, "big words for someone so thin" I said while grinning, at my words
my son's face became red which made me break into laughter, "were you serious
about saying to him you are helping yourself?" asked my son to change the subject, I
nodded at him and looked at the door from which he left, deep in thought
" What an interesting old man," I thought, " "a letter huh" I muttered while
looking at it, "I'm going to the pub anyway" when I thought about this I froze in
place, "no way" I muttered, if he knew that, then it meant that he could know more
than what I would consider acceptable, I thought about killing him for a second then I
shock my head, the way he looked at me reminded me of the way the knights I saw
once when I was younger looked at me, just like how you look at an insect you could
easily squash, I resumed walking in the pub's direction, before I reached there I went
to meet the old guard who has already quit his job, when I saw him I said "follow me
we got work", "right now?", "yes" I answered in annoyance, we went in the pub's
direction, when I got in I saw the merchant sitting on the same table with the big guy
standing beside him, "sit," said the merchant, when I sat down he offered me his
hand to shake it while saying "name is Geri," I was surprised for a second then I
shook his hand, "I guess you liked the work then" I replied to him, "I see fine by me,
yes I did like the work you did," "I wanted to first tell you my type of work before
making you an offer" he paused for a second then asked the bartender for a drink, "I
don't drink," I told him, "it's for the tense buffoons right here," he said while
pointing at both of our guards who were looking at each other intensely, "anyway my
work is simple really I transport anything from one place to another," he looked and
stressed "ANYTHING," I nodded and said "why do you need me then?", "because you
showed talent, not anyone can do what you did soo fast," he said while chuckling, "da
fuck is up with these people," I thought "sniffing around about my past" I wasn't
worried though because I knew that the best they can know was what I did in the city,
"but as far as I know this city isn't that important in the kingdom" was what I
actually said "well this city would have taken the first place from the back in terms of
importance for the kingdom," he said while sniggering, "yet that situation has its
perks for people like us, less importance means less attention," he said while looking
at my guard who was having a drinking competition with the big guy, "so my offer is I
fund you while you help with a little something," "what is that something?" I asked,
he laughed cruelly and said "revenge," "at these words a similar smile was drawn on
my face, "sure thing," I replied "now then shall we go shopping," "shopping?" I
asked "yep now that you got the letter of introduction the black market is available to
you as well," at his words I touched my pocket feeling the letter, "how," I asked while
holding my dagger, "relax I wasn't following you, the guardian of the black market
has to know whenever a letter gets sent out, and well I like to be always updated" he
laughed while standing up, "also kid from now on be careful," he said while walking
to the bar counter, he stood beside a short man while talking "getting tailed to the
meeting spot is a clear lack of experience," he said while smashing the man's head on
a glass on the counter, the man screamed while pieces of glass were poking out of his
face, "come over here kid," he said while looking at me, "cut off his wrist," he said, I
looked at him and asked "why not just kill him" "because in our line of business
killing isn't a solution it's always better to send a message than to start a war,"
"Okay," I said while pulling out my dagger and cutting off his wrist, the man kept
screaming till he passed out, "pathetic," muttered the merchant's guard, "now now
be kind to the man at least we now know that our enemies are aware of our location,"
"We won't contact each other for a while kid so here is my investment," he said while
handing over a bag to me, he then pointed at a door and said "give the man behind
that letter and he will tell you what to do" he then wiped his hands from the blood
and left with the big guy "well you do the cleanup or should I?" asked the owner "will
you do it for free?" he shook his head "well then Sabu clean up and wait for me," I
said while looking at my guard who then nodded at me, I started walking to the door,
what I saw beyond it left me speechless.