The Dull Blade Of Nyliviean

Chapter One

The Map of Ethrain

Kaizel, a child of a sick commoner woman and without father. Her story is well, exhausting. Her mother got sick when she was four and she had to do everything by herself. She did every unthinkable job unfit for a young child to have food on her table. Because of that, she did not develop the feelings a child should have for their mother and didn't really feel anything when her mom died.

She ran away from her village a week later because the villagers wanted their house. She moved on and continued to do any job she could grab but a young child much less a girl alone would have never been safe. She almost became a slave at six and a half if not for Eldrine.

She knew who he was. Eldrine, the guild leader of the assassin guild Elvoira and the best assassin in Ethrain, the whole continent. She begged him to save her. She was too desperate to care who he was. He rejected her of course and left but changed his mind soon after because of a succession problem in his guild.

He tracked her down to the Islands of Udom which was infested by orcs until now. However, he forgot his money so he shipped her in a crate like fruits to Isenmyrd because it was cheaper. She stayed in that crate for months.

Eldrine borrowed money from someone in Isenmyrd and brought her to Zyhes Village. He raised her there and trained her to be on par with him. He taught her everything from magic to swordsmanship and arithmetic. She worked hard to live up to his expectations. He sometimes would bring her to the Barren Lands to test her and she always came back alive. She was also adopted by Eldrine and now have a very close relationship.

At eleven, she joined Elvoira and became a top ranker and made a name for herself, "Elvoira's Knight of Death." She didn't hate the name nor Elvoira. Elvoira was actually a guild where you can request anything. It has immunity from the empire so the assassinations won't be stopped sooner or later.

She thought she could get a little rest after becoming a top ranker in the guild but then she got hired by the big shots. Merchants, annoying and obnoxious nobles.

She shortened her name soon after to Kai and put a short brown wig over her black hair. She wore contacts to hide her verdant eyes and wore a full face mask for anonymity. Only Eldrine could see her face.

She was finally getting used to that life, her fifteenth birthday came. How happy must she be? Not at all. Probably because Eldrine summoned her suddenly.

"What's up? I thought today's my day off?" Kai asked Eldrine.

"I know but this can't wait. Take a seat Kaizel." He was the only one who called her that.

"This better not be another surprise like you did last year," she said reminiscing his attempt at baking a birthday cake. "It tasted unique."

"Don't mention it. This is serious." He shook his head and motioned her to just take a seat.

"Alright, alright. What are you so serious about?"

"Remember our talks about your real father?" Eldrine asked.

"Obviously. Why?"

"I found him," he said rubbing his neck in nervousness.

"Seriously? Where?" At this point, she couldn't stay still.

"He's our client. I just noticed it now but he was our client fifteen years ago. He was looking for his wife, your mom," he showed her a file.

"Oh. That's sad," she pouted as she took the file.

"And now he needs a temporary escort and he requested for you."