Leave Peacefully (1)

"I will make this final. If you don't want to make things harder then follow me and we'll talk it out." The masked man gestures. He sends me a glare that could make anyone kneel and lick his toes. I keep this steady. I don't want to get of anyone's bad side.

He's outnumbered me on a foreign territory in which I have no authority over.

"..." I didn't say anything while he realized I understood the situation because his slightly quirked frowned face tilted upwards to a neutral face. Soon he waved his hands and turned to leave. Leaving me to run after him, slowly.

I got a glimpse of the infamous, powerful clan- Iron Assault. The hallways were dimmed and dark- and from the faint light of the torches, I could see the heads of bears, wolves, tigers, and other powerful beasts hanging on the wall instead of portraits.

WHAT IS THIS?? Is this even normal?? Even I never had a weird sadistic taste as this man!

Blood was clawed on the floor, and the smell of death was lurking on the corner. I gulped and took in a deep breath.

Yeah: I totally messed with the wrong person. (´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ `) This man. Wants to take revenge out on me.

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"Business first. I want you to make a deal with me." He says as he unsheathes his sword around his waistline. He corners me and takes the blade to my throat.

(´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ `) (Living a life peacefully is too hard.) Why is there no peace?

Where have I seen this scene before in my previous life? I remember the Archduke who had done the same with me. I gulp as I stare at the pointed blade near my throat.

"Sir you promised that you will make is a peaceful atmosphere around us," I mumble.

"Did I?" he says not taking his sword off my neck. WHAT A JERK! That's why I hate promises! That's why he brought me off to a secluded corner, didn't he? So he could kill me freely!

"...what do you want? Get the business straight to the point."

He smiles as he glares down at me and says: "Good. That's what I want to hear. I like obedient dogs the best."

I bit my lips. I just realized that I was not liking this guy as every second passed by. Actually- I hate him.

I stared at the sword around my neck.

Is it just me or is everyone aiming for my GODDamn Neck??? (-_-) I was about to be executed, threatened with a knife on my throat first, and etc. etc.

"..." I keep quiet, trying to battle the situation.

He slowly pulls the sword away from my throat and yields it back to his chest. He is copying that Archduke isn't he??

"Good dog." he murmurs. He grabs my chin closer to his face and squeezes it.

That's when I decided:

...(-_-)

I wanted to kill him. Stab him to death. And feed his remainings to the dogs.

"Little lamb if you want to live, there are times when you have to beg your way out," he said.

I bit my lips. What I hated the most was begging. Begging was when you were willing to give up your dignity and that's what stepped my pride. Even if it cost my life: I knew that I would never beg.

He wants me to beg to atone for my past sins, doesn't he??

"..."

"But. It would be too boring if the prideful you stooped so low to beg."

I will kill him. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.

"Straight to the point? Shall we?" I say calmly. I can't act rashly or else my big temper will be the end of me. Like. END OF ME.

"Do me a favor. I'll promise to let you go unharmed."

Favor? I felt a strange shift in his sh*tty attitude. Since he is a mob member, I could only think that he would have calculative moves.

Wait. Does he want me to commit treason? He knows me from the past. SH*T. SH*T. He'll make me do something horrible right? Like, kill people?

"Depends on my mood," I reply. My mood is killing me right now.

He grips my chin tighter and loosely lets it go.

Can I go home now? (-_-) I look around to find a way to escape.

"What do you want?" I ask him desperately.

"A favor," he says glaring down at me. "I want you to be my spy," he says.

...

He's joking, right?

"..." I don't say anything. Silence is between us.

Spy? SPY?!

(つ◉益◉)つ Is this a child's gameplay or something?? What spy-? Is he an idiot?

Even the terminology is very strange! Is he illiterate?? He makes it sound like he's playing hide and seek!?!

Do you want to play clap hands (patty-cake) or sleepover next?

Isn't he afraid I'll betray him? No. I am an idiot. I should have realized he was playing a game with me.

And all of this kidnapping, threatening, bribery, and scaring me off to hire me as a SPY?? Is this a goddamn joke to HIM? Is he not taking me seriously?? Wait. Isn't that an advantage?

"What do you think? Besides, I'll let you go... completely- unharmed," he says.

I am doubting. DOUBTING his hesitation. But I think wisely:

If he's an idiot- I'll play the idiot's line with him. That way I'll easily be able to go away and run away and go back to Elerdia. He might have already know my identity... but still. When I reach home- I'll pack bags and run to my vacation. REGARDLESS.

But there is the slightest bit of possibility he is testing me right now. A true mobster can't be playing around a child's play with me. That's impossible. It's either he's got an ulterior motive behind him.

"I- I'll do it!" I say, sounding eager.

I want to go back.

When I do: I'll pack my bags and run out of this Continent. Even if it's an idiotic plan- what's a chance this man is toying with me and is going to get an ulterior motive?? He has proven to a psychopath who thinks exactly the same as the Archduke.

Much worse: he's a mafia head.

He can kill me if he finds me.

I've seen the blood on the floor and he's not joking. I've seen the head of multiple predators hanging on the walls instead of portraits. This man:

may or may not be easy to fool.

I have to run away.

"-I'll do it! So please let me go!" I fake my cry.

"Good," he says.

"..."

Maybe he is stupid after all.

Or is it just me who is the idiot?