The Encounter

As she struggled to drag her feet, which were heavy with fatigue, Railien hoped it would be over soon. Her eyes were heavier, and she was considering shutting them for a long while. She had been holding on for too long, hoping she could find something, anything to put in her mouth. 

"Just a drop!"

She said as her legs and eyes finally succumbed to the pressure. As the world around her slowly grew smaller, she could vaguely make out a figure in white coming towards her. And as everything turned black in the blink of an eye, before her conscience became non-existent, she could feel an arm wrapped around her slender waist. Someone drew her close. 

Railien opened her eyes and gasped out for air. Her whole body trembled before she realized she was safe and calmed down. When she became aware of the change in her surroundings, she wondered where she was. Looking around for a clue about where she could be. 

"Am I perhaps in heaven?"

She thought out loud. 

" Heaven! Well, that certainly is an overstatement! People have called my place all sorts of names, but you are the first to call it heaven. How interesting."

When she looked around, following the sound, Railien saw a man who looked to be in his early thirties standing at the door way. She was shocked and held on to the blanket on her body tightly, and moved back a little. 

"Who... Who are you? What... What do you want with me?"

She asked, her body trembling a little. The man let out a scoff then moved closer to her. 

"Your savior! I am your savior!"

The man said in a low and mysterious voice, making Railien grip even tighter on the blanket. 

"Tell me young lady, why do you call my place heaven?"

He asked as he leaned back, away from Railien. She hesitated for a while. 

"B... B.... Because.... I... It looks very peaceful and hopeful. "

She said as she lowered her head, her voice becoming softer and softer to the point that it sounded like a whisper. To Railien, this kind of place was only seen in her dreams, which she rarely had due to the countless nightmares that haunted her. The man suddenly let out a laugh. 

"You must have been living in hell to think my place Is heaven! You seem to be the only person to think that my place could be heaven. Some of my own even call this place the devil's house! You must be quite special! "

The man said as he leaned closer and closer to Railien, making her more and more uncomfortable. There was really nothing she could do about it though. After all, in all senses, she was the one who had trespassed, unknowingly. 

"You know, I was thinking of killing you, and collecting all I could from you to make a fortune for myself. "

The man said in a cold and hostile voice. She gasped. 

"P... P... Plea... Please sir, I... I beg you, don't kill me! I'll do anything, yes! Anything, just please spare me! Spare my life!"

Railien said as she trembled, grabbing the man's hand for an instant before letting go on seeing the man's expression. Suddenly, the man laughed out loud. 

"Good! Very good! I said you were interesting! Don't worry, I changed my mind. If you do something for me in return!"

The man said as she stood up and walked towards the window which was opposite to the bed Railien was on. In a calm and enchanting voice, he began. 

"My name is Ron, Ron von Ton. I won't tell you much because you will soon know all you need to know. That is if you agree to my terms."

He said, then turned around and looked straight at Railien, then continued. 

"From now on, you will be working for me, you will have to do some dirty job, or as some people like to call it, murder."

" This is no ordinary murder. After killing the target, that's where the real job starts.  My assistant, Volt, will be with you shortly. He will explain everything to you, from what we need to get from the target to your payment, you will probably have to sign some papers and make some vows, and you'll be done. Make me proud miss... "

" Railien, my name is Railien. "

She said in a shocked but rather scared voice. 

"I would have died anyway. But he saved me. This is the least I could do."

She thought to herself as she raised her head to look at Ron. 

"Mr. Ron, sir, can I ask you something?"

She said as she gained a little bit of courage. 

"You already planned to let me work for you from the start, right?" 

" The less you know, the longer you live! "

He said as he turned and walked out, shutting the door. Railien was left there speechless, wondering why this Mr. Ron had given her such a task and why he had saved her life. 

Thinking about it, Railien had never seen such a person...

"Wait!"

She remembered. As she was losing conscience the other day, she could vaguely make out a figure in white, and judging from Mr. Ron's appearance, it seemed to have been him. This was even more alarming to her. 

Ever since her parents died in the war, ever since she became an orphan living in the streets, she had never seen a noble or any well-dressed man in the border town. That is when it finally dawned on her. 

"Mr. Ron! He was there at the specific moment in my life when I was about to die. I have never seen anyone that well-dressed in those streets. Without reading too much into it, one might think he was there to find anyone he could kill, but he came there for me. He didn't even bother killing me. Instead, he took me home to work for him. There must be more to this. I must find out more. "

Railien thought to herself as she slowly stood up from the bed. Suddenly, the door to the room opened and a well-dressed man in blue walked in. He turned and looked straight at Railien. 

"Hello, my name is Volt. I am Mr. Ron's personal assistant. Nice to meet you Railien. We are going to have so much fun together!" 

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