Grandmaster Riku and the Magus

A loud banging sound coming from the door that woke me up. Amidala, the old servant from the Grandmaster's household entered and bowed before she quickly step aside so the other two warriors can enter the room.

"Master Lhexa, you are summoned in the main palace, please get dressed and bring all your belongings". she puts my warrior suit in the bed while the other two warriors lay my weapons and other belongings beside it.

My hand freely trace the jerkin and armor that I used on that night.Not a spot of blood remained.It was thorouhly cleaned, I can commend the laundrymaid who scrubbed off those stains.I clutched the double bladed knife, still as sharp as that night where it killed my Master... It was made of obsidian, a very few of its kind on this city, My master said It was obtained from one of his missions outside the fortress when he killed one of the spy from the eastern kingdom. The intricate lines swirling on its handle giving accent to a sapphire stone at its end.

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The two warriors who bring my weapons shuffled their feet nervously when I walk behind them, I noticed their uneasiness and agitation.Every warrior I encountered were either looking intimidated or totally avoids me.

There were stories circulating in this city that warriors from the outskirts has different upbringing, that we are cannibals and we get our strength from a strong fighter we have eaten, that we have human sacrifices in our rituals in exchange for our strengths. Of course its just a rumor but I never thought they would take it seriously. They should be more civilized than us yet they believed those stories that made for children to scare.

It is the very first time that I walked on the hallways of this palace since I arrived here, the corbeled Arch entrance to another household is insight. The two lions facing each other was carefully carved on the lintel, a sigil that simbolizes we have entered the Grandmaster's Household.

"Master Lhexa, please follow me"

GrandMaster Riku didn't even greet me nor any formal salutation, He is known to be rude and against woman warriors as he believed we were inferior than men. He is in his 58 leaf, the traces of countless battles were seen on the lines in his faces, with bushy eyebrows and eagle-like deep green eyes, like he was measuring everything if they are worthy or worthless and just die. There was a large scar in his forhead, stories goes that he was striked with an axe by a common soldier on the battle of Mt. Tamas and his skull cracked due to impact but he managed to still fight and came home alive in victory.

With quick strides and several left and right turns, we arrived what I believed to be a secluded chamber of the southern part of the palace.

The room was dark with heavy draperies on windows so that no light can enter the room. There was huge mattress with neatly fixed beddings, a side table with few stacks of books and a huge table on the far end that caters different kinds and shapes of glass bottles, dried herbs , mortal and pestel and there's a few dozen books too.

"Magus Reyleigh, your escort for tonight's journey has arrived, should you have any request please let me know".

on the darker side of the room with only a candle light illuminating it, there was a man sitting on the open bathing chambers, rising gracefully not spilling water on the stone floor. There was a mesh curtain partition between us so i can only figure his silhouette in the dark. He has a medium built body, not slender but not that bulk, his physique was like of a warrior who's skills of marksman, built and strong body but must be light for agility. His hair was long, resting down to the middle of his torso, dripping with water, he was about 3 to 5 palms taller than me, i'am not sure as he was standing inside the tub. He stepped down and put on a floor-length robe. I feel a bit of excitement to see him as he was striding towards us but quickly stops before he was past the mesh partition.

"Grandmaster, i believe you have given the details of the mission and the extent of her sevices.." he speaks politely but the authority and coldness is laced on his words.

"Magus, I .. I Have some urgent mat.."

"Thank you for your service Grandmaster, you may leave now". The misterious man interjects.

I can see on Grandmaster's face a trace of fear and an urge of defiance but he's not in any moment will object. He just bows and closed the door after he leaves.

Now here I am standing with heads bowed waiting for this man to tell the details of my mission but deep inside my mind, all I'am thinking was to see the man behind the curtains. There was a deafening silence between us but I can't contemplate who he is.

Being an Assasin, there is a broad range of services you are responsible for, like protecting noblemens, escorting high ranks and even the leader from their political agendas inside and outside the city, it can be spying for possible threats to eliminating potential threats, so i don't have any idea, besides my late master's stories about his mission varies and even the others have different duties.

I'am just hoping this first mission will not be my last.