We keep on hugging each other for almost 30 minutes. I did a good job of not thinking perverted thoughts, it is not the time for that. Even though I felt her soft body. I was doing my very best to control myself. if not, I think I won't be able to stop my hands from wandering in her soft body. After some time, she took a deep breath and started to talk in a soft voice.
"I am an assassin, I come from a family of assassins. My family is one of the strongest assassin organizations in the Kingdom of Yggdrasil. in our family, the instructor only teaches us how to assassinate. I am also the young miss of the family at first because they saw how talented I am. They keep on praising me that I'm once in a million-assassin genius."
'Her story, it looks like the same as mine. we even have the same eye color. is this what they called a coincidence?'
I suddenly remember the past life that the people around me keeps on praising me too. I can see their jealousy and hatred because of my so-called talent. not all of them though, some of them praised me from the bottom of their hearts and became their idol even wanted to become like me. if they only know how much sacrifice to achieve all my achievements will they still want to be like me? I wonder.
I didn't say anything, I only keep on listening to her story while caressing the back of her head. She continued.
"When you reach the age of 15, the family heads will assign you an assassination task. even you like it or not, you need to accept it and complete the mission without fail because failure is not acceptable to our family. My family has a high expectations for me. they keep on telling me that I am a genius, that I will complete the mission without fail, and telling me that I need to achieve it perfectly for the family."
"I was so nervous, the pressure that I felt is so heavy that I wanted to vomit. what if I failed my mission. what was on my mind at that time was all negative. additional to that is, it was my first time" she stopped for a while to catch her breath for talking so much
I can feel that she is remembering her bad memories. I can relate to her story. In my previous life, my family is one of the richest families on the continent and very famous. so, the pressure I felt at that time is tremendous, because if I failed to their expectations, it will give a disgrace to our family. the only thing that we are different is that I have my masters, they keep on giving me a word of wisdom to not be devoured by the heavy pressure of being the young master of a successful family. Reina took a deep breath before she continues
"My first mission was to assassinate the only son of a baronet. I hesitated to assassinate him when I saw that the target ls looking innocent and just a child. because of my hesitation, the guards suddenly alarmed. I know that I won't be able to assassinate the target so before I got caught, I left and returned to the family."
"When I reported to them that I failed the assassination, they almost can't believe it. they asked me what happened why did I fail, I told them the truth. when they heard the reason, their behavior towards me became cold. they tried to give me another mission but I failed again. the elders in our family were disappointed in me. My reputation with my family falls apart they don't praise me anymore and laugh at my failures and insulted me." she stopped again to catch a breath. and I took the chance to wipe her tears.
I still didn't say anything, all I did was to caress and reassured her. It looks like her family is more hardcore than mine because in my previous life I have lots of failures too. every time my master and I went to challenge a dojo. I always end up getting beaten to a pulp. my father didn't get angry at me, because for him failure is a part of success. instead of me feeling down, it gave me motivation. That is one of my motivations when I started joining tournaments and achieve the title of Undefeatable Prodigy. After she calmed down, she continued.
"In my third assassination, I finally succeeded because when I saw that the man is doing something to a young lady and she is crying for help. my hesitation vanished. I felt that this kind of person deserve to be killed so I killed the man without hesitation. I was so happy, I finally able to complete my mission. I also think that with this, my family will be happy with my achievement."
"but the reality is not. when they heard my report, they didn't look happy. they only told me that I'm finally useful. at that time, I felt horrible. I felt that all my training was for nothing. I asked myself why am I doing this? for the family? for fame? for myself? suddenly the young lady flash in my mind, her smiling face and the way she was thanking me was so genuine. at that time I found the reason why I still need to do this." She said and suddenly smiled
When I saw her smiling face my heart suddenly skipped a beat. She was so beautiful, how come they don't treat her properly. she doesn't deserve this. At this moment the feeling of wanting to protect her suddenly rise inside me. I want to treat her special and make her feel that she deserved to be happy. But I stopped myself and let her finish her story.
"After a year, I was able to complete lots of assassination tasks. all of my targets are bad people. Before I assassinate someone, I will keep an eye on the target for a while and when I saw that the person is Innocent I will conclude that the person doesn't deserve to die. I will return and report that I failed my mission. that is why those elders always get angry at me. but at that time, I don't care anymore. I decided to do it on my own. And when I returned from a mission, they told me that my mother and father both died and tried to tell me the reason but at that very moment I didn't hear anything."
"Most of my pillars suddenly collapse and felt alone. My aunt took care of me and gave me hope to live. I stopped taking missions but the elders of the family keep on pestering me and force me to take a mission. The only thing that makes me do this job was those people who I saved during my assassination mission." She stopped for a while and resume again.
"one month ago, my aunt lied to me she told me that she receives a mission with me to another Kingdom. At that time, I didn't think anything else and just follow my aunt. She then told me the truth when we are out of the border of the Kingdom of Yggdrasil. She told me that the family wants me to marry the other clan's young master and when my aunt learned it, she tried to convince the elders to think about it carefully because that young master is not good of a person. But the elder's decision is absolute so my aunt doesn't have a choice to leave the family with me." She started to cry again remembering her aunt
"We live peacefully near this city, but that didn't last long. One of the assassins of our family suddenly appeared to bring me back. When that man can't convince My aunt, he retorts to violence. My aunt and I joined hands to fight back. We killed that man but my aunt is also about to die because she was stabbed by a sword while I was heavily injured. She told me before she died to run and leave that place because there is a chance another assassin will appear. So, I run to this city and met you" She cried even louder after finishing her own life story
I let her cry to her heart's content in my embrace. What she needed the most right now is someone to lean on and let her pour out all her accumulated feelings. I really can't do anything at this moment other than let her lean on me. I also felt something inside my heart, that I didn't even feel in my previous life. the strong feeling that wanted to protect her and remove those who hurt and make her life terrible. She's not a tool for her family, she deserves much better than this. so, I decided.
'I will make you my woman and I will give you the happiness you deserve. I will be your pillar and the largest pillar at that'