5 Legendary Assassin and Story of a Name

While her family was looking for her, Silvie was still looking for that familiar silhouette. She then arrives in the dark alley, holding her feet, "These heels are so annoying". Even so, she didn't take it off, the ground is too dirty, she's a very clean person and hates to be dirty. Even as an Assassin, she always clean her stuff after every mission.

Looking at the dark alley, she finally spotted that familiar silhouette, an old man in a rag. You might be wondering why did she know him, that's because this old man is her teacher... well, half teacher, since he only points him about some stuff and never actually teach him, nonetheless, he's her teacher. He's also one of the few legendary assassins from the Assassin Cult.

The old man also noticed the girl chasing him but he's confused as to why. He stopped to scan the girl but he never saw her before. "This is not a good place for a rich young miss to be", The old man said.

"I know", Silvie nodded and the old man asked again, "Do you know me?". Silvie shakes her head, "No, but I heard about you. The king of the night, the holder of the death, The one-man army, I wonder which one do you like me to call you?". Hearing those titles, the old man grinned, "That's a good old time, but this young lady can just call me the beggar", Only one of the Legendary Rank Assasins like this old man can have a self-called title like that and was recognized by all.

"Mr. Beggar, are you on a mission right now?", Silvie asked. The old man heard her question and raised his eyebrow, "Oh? How do you know?". Silvie didn't answer it, instead, she said, "Please abort your mission".

Hearing her word, the old man said playfully, "Eh little girl, is it because it's your family I'm targeting?". Silvie shook her head, "No, it's because you will fail". The old man seems to not believe it, "Do I know you girl? how do you know this?".

"I'm just telling you this, Mr. Beggar, even if you don't believe it, please just be careful", after that Silvie bowed, "Well then, Goodbye", then she left.

The old man looked at the place Silvie was been and contemplated, then he continued his journey but he remembers the girl's word and becomes extra careful.

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Silvie's walking on the street right now, attracting people's attention, but she didn't care and continue to go forward, she has been here before and she knows where the clothing store was.

The old man must have not believed her, but with this, he definitely will be more careful with this mission, at least he won't be severely hurt. That's right, in this Mission, the old man wasn't careful and the info he got wasn't right, in other words, he was betrayed by the informant, that's why he will be severely hurt and got a curse from the noble he's going to Assassinate, but that's because he wasn't careful enough, after a lot of successful assassination that old man becomes so prideful he just takes mission here and there. After he got hurt he stopped being accepting missions and teach young assassins like her.

Reminding him about this can be said as paying her tuition fee in the past. After all, the old man's wound was too severe and the curse was too strong, he died before she got to pay him anything. "Now that all of the stones have been lifted, I can do whatever I want now".

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After she arrives at the Clothing Store, she found out her family was looking for her, after they saw her, her mother immediately hugs her. Selena asked with tears in her eyes, "Where have you been? do you know that I'm worried sick about you, I thought you went missing again...".

Silvie looked at her mother, silent for a second, and said, "It's nothing, I saw a cat and run after it, then I got lost a little". Is she worried? but it's not really that bad. "If you want a cat mom can buy you a lot of them, you don't need to do anything dangerous like that. What if you got lost again, and what if...", Selena wiped her falling tears.

Silvie could feel her worry and felt a little strange, she apologized and promised to not run around again. Arthur also tried to calm Selena down, "It's okay honey, the good thing is she's back now right?". Selena also know what he meant, "Right, now Silvie, never let go of my hand okay?", Silvie nodded, "Okay".

After they got into the store, Silvie immediately became a dressing doll, Selena takes a lot of clothes left and right and use them on her. The store was almost emptied because almost all of the clothes look good on her, making the store manager happy and get them a lot of discounts.

After that, they proceed to the jewelry store, buying her a lot of Jewelry such as Necklace and earrings, they also order a custom-made tiara for her, even though Silvie tried to refuse but her mother insists saying "which princess doesn't use a tiara". Hearing that Silvie turns to look at Saria that looks away from her, isn't we have one right here?. If she remembers correctly Saria will become a knight in the future so she never uses any accessories or anything like that. What is this difference in treatment?

After that, they go to the high-level restaurant and open a private room. They order a lot of food that the chef at home cannot make and Silvie ate to her heart content, of course, she didn't get fat at all. Well now that she thinks about it, she never urinates or poops for these past days, so where did all those food waste go to?... oh well, at least it saves time, no need to go to the bathroom.

After that, they prepared to go home, but Silvie saw a weapon store on the other side of the road. Silvie wants to go there so they all stopped at the weapon store, before that Selena and Arthur asked why she wants to go there and the answer they got is, "For self-defense", since it was so and they do felt a little worried for her, they agree to stop at the store, of course, Saria also asked if she can pick a weapon and they also agreed.

Inside the weapon store, the store was owned by a burly-looking Baron that got his title after he becomes a blacksmith, many weapons are displayed on the walls and the tables, all of them look exquisite. Sword, Bow, Hammer, Shield, and Whips, but why is there not a single dagger?. She never uses any weapon except for a dagger, but why isn't there any dagger...

While Silvie was in thought, Saria already picks a Sword up, the sword was Silvery white in color and it was embedded with a few gems on the handle. She swings the sword a few times and puts it back in its place, she picks up some more but they all also got put back in their place. Seeing she was dissatisfied by the swords Arthur asked "Do you not like it?".

"The sword was too light and the handle is too small, all of them is also the same", she explained the reason and then asked the store owner, "Is there no "real" weapon here?". She words it like that because all of the swords she saw is all only for accessories only, it's only used to look good and there's no any real value in having it.

The store owner also noticed her unsatisfaction on the swords in his store, "Actually I put those "Swords" there is because, from all of my costumers, all of them is noble sons or daughter that only want to show off, if you want to see a real weapon then follow me". The store owner then brings them to the basement.

Different from above, the place was hot and cramped, but like upstairs, many weapons were displayed on the tables and many weapons were put in the barrels on the side. This time, there's also daggers and a lot more variation of weapons such as broadsword, mace, spear, and crossbow.

Saria picks one of the swords and swung it around, this time she swings it a few more times but in the end, she put it back again. She asked, "Is there anything heavier?", the store owner raised his eyebrow and said, "The swords here all have the same weight, if you want heavier, then why don't you try using a broadsword?".

Hearing the shopkeeper's suggestion, Saria was interested and try out a few broadswords, she tried a few more and was still a little dissatisfied with their weight, as a dragon, she had 5 times the strength of a normal human man so she can lift all the broadsword with one hand. These swords were not too bad, but she always felt something missing.

Saria looked around a few more and found an interesting black-looking pillar on the side, she asked the store owner, "What is this?". The store owner looked at the black pillar that has a top handle and answered, "Ah, it's a failed product, a friend gave it to me after failing to sharpen the edge of the thing, it cannot be called a sword and it was very heavy. It took me three days with some friends to lift that thing here".

Saria become even more interested, she tried to lift it with one hand but it felt a little hard to move it so she uses two hands. When the store owner saw such a delicate girl lift the black pillar with ease, his mouth was wide open. Saria swung the sword a few times and for some reason, this thing felt just right. The handle perfectly matched with her hands and the weight was just right when she lifts it.

Saria swings the thing a few more times again, then said, "I want this thing". Hearing her words, the shopkeeper became sober, he tried to reason with her a few times but Saria was determined to take it. He can only sigh and then looked at Silvie that are still picking weapons.

Silvie, just like Saria felt something missing, she remembers in her last life the old beggar said, "When choosing a weapon, it's better to take a weapon you feel just right with", but when she asked what does just right mean she got an answer, "Ahaha, I don't know either if you feel it's just right then it's just right!". At that time she didn't get any feeling from any weapons in her past life at all, so she wants to try her luck and see if there's a weapon like that here. Even the weapon the beggars gave her before his death wasn't felt anything like that.

She walked around and tries all kinds of weapons, but there's no such weapon that gave any feeling of such. She looks around until a weapon on the barrel gave her a weird feeling, she took the weapon out and turns out it was a huge tooth, the tooth was connected to a wooden handle and when she swings it, it felt really light but... it felt... just right, is this the feeling? but she still doesn't know what the difference is.

Dagger is different than the sword, for the sword, you want it to be heavy so you can parry and overwhelm the enemy with strength. As for the dagger, it was different, you need to be flexible on using a dagger, you want to be fast and attack the vital spot of the enemy as fast as you can. As for parrying? Assassin's job is to kill in one shot or as fast as possible to avoid any prolonged fight, what is parrying for?. Besides, the reason why you need to parry is that you're moving too slow, if you move fast enough you can dodge any attack that comes at you. That's 100 times better than parrying and using an unneeded strength.

Silvie brings the dagger-like tooth to show it to the shop owner, "I want this one". The shop owner sighed, "Miss, that's also a failed product, the edge cannot be sharpened because the material was too hard, it's also cannot be burned so we only melt the iron and connect it with a strong ingot, and using a wooden handle so that it won't be easy to detach. The Dagger was light, too light even that it feels like holding a feather". Silvie touched the edge lightly with her finger and her finger bleeds a little, "But it sharp".

Seeing the blood, Selena immediately cast healing magic and heals her finger. She then reprimands her, Silvie also felt a little guilty so she apologized again. The owner saw it and said, "Of course it's sharp, it was made from a dragon fang after all, but the fang was too wide, and as I said, it's too light". Hearing the word "Dragon Fang" Arthur asked, "Can I know where is it from?". Since it won't be harmful to tell them the owner said, "A lucky guy found it on some kind of valley and sell it at the auction house, I bought it at a pretty high price, at first I thought it was worth it but well...". Hearing the Owner answer Arthur raised his eyebrow but didn't say anymore.

Silvie didn't care at all and said, "But I still want it". The owner sighed even more, "Two good ladies buying the only two failed products here... can I know your reason?". Hearing the sword owner question both of them answer, "It... just felt right...". Hearing the same answer, both of them turned to look at each other, and then Saria shies away first followed by Silvie that continuously caressed the dagger.

Arthur asked for the total cost and the Owner answer, "Since it's a failed product, I'll just sell it at the cost of the main material for the dragon tooth, as for that black pillar, I'll sell it at the same price my friend give me. Since there's no sheath for those weapons, I'll make a custom made for you, free of charge, so just left it here for a few days and I'll send it to you after I finished... well, the pillar might take a while to arrive". Arthur nodded, "Then we'll leave it to you". The owner turned to the both of them, "Then, are you giving it a name? after all, a good weapon needs a name".

Hearing that, Silvie didn't deny it, after all the beggar also said that a weapon's name helps the owner and the weapon to get closer, as for why did they need to be closer she doesn't understand either, that beggar never explains anything at all. Saria was the first to name her weapon, she called it, "Order! I'll name it "Order", with this weapon, I will reinforce order to this world". Arthur laughed, "Good good, then Silvie what do you name your weapon?".

Silvie remembers her weapon in her last life supposed to be a huge white sword called "Serenity", does this mean the future changed? well, it's not a problem anyway, since she's also affecting the old beggar's fate, well that is if he listens to her word.

Still caressing the dagger, she looked at the pure white fang that is the blade, "White Prefix, I'll call it "White Prefix". Hearing the name her daughter gave her weapon Arthur asked, "Err... why is it?". Silvie played around with the dagger and say, "No strong meaning, just like the name, it's a new start for me and my weapon, a white start where the diary of fate was still empty".

Hearing the name the girl gave her weapon, the Owner laughed. Arthur asked, "Something funny about it?". The owner's laugh subsides and he said, "It's actually really funny. Do you know the sword the first Hero wields?". Arthur knows about it, after all, he once fights the hero but lost, "You mean the Black Light? what of it?".

"Hehe, just so you know, that is not its first name", The Owner said and he told them a story, "500 years ago, the darkest times in human history, we were being oppressed by all kinds of the race all around the world. That sword was forged by the elf people using the strongest material they have, which is the "Black Chlorite" as gratitude to the hero for saving their precious princess because it was forged at the darkest time in human history, the hero named it the "Black Prefix", and oathed, 'with this sword that was forged in this dark times, I'll cut through this darkness and write a new start for human, in this black diary of fate".

"It's just funny how the name's counterpart was used when there's truly no war going on right now and what remains is the only piece between races". The owner grinned, "Of course, there's no way these peaceful times will last forever, after all, there is so much in this world. Maybe at that time, you girls might be a hero of those times". Silvie asked, "Why do you that?", which the owner answer, "Hehe, nothing but isn't it cool?".

After a few polite words between Arthur and the shop owner, the four of them left the shop. Looking at their backs, the shop owner murmured, "After all... what we really need right now is a hero.

After a few more miscellaneous things, they returned to the mansion.

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Nightfalls.

Selena saw that her daughters are still not reconciled so she suggested, "Silvie, how about you sleep with me tonight?", Silvie thought about and was just about to agree but Saria said otherwise, "No, she will sleep with me tonight". Seeing her daughter look so determined Selena can only sigh, "Okay... well, be good okay?". Meanwhile, Arthur on the side cries tears of joy, my daughters really love me~.

In Saria's room, both Saria and Silvie lay on the bed with their back facing each other, the room was quiet but none of them was asleep, this is the time, to tell the truth to each other. The first one to open her mouth was Saria and her first word was, "I'm sorry", after that, she was silent for a few seconds and then continued, "I understand why you dislike the knight, and to be honest after this day, I also am. But it doesn't mean it was all hopeless".

"Silvie, I want to be a knight, because once, I was saved by a Knight, and after that, I always dreamt of being a Knight. Today was an eye-opener, but that doesn't mean I will let go of my dream just like that, That is why...", Saria turned her body to face Silvie, and Silvie felt it and understand that she wants to say it face to face. So she also turned around and face her, two pairs of eyes looking at each other both are bright and honest, even the night sky can't cover their light.

Saria grabbed Silvie's hand and hold it tightly, "I will become a Knight, and I will change the system. I promise you, in the future, I will show you a true "Justice" of a Knight, the most Honest and Chivalrous Knight "Justice" ". Silvie felt her strong determination and couldn't help but smile brightly, "En, I believe you". 'I guess I'll stay for a while'

After that, the sounds of the girl's laughter accompanied this long night.