"Tch… two days. Give me two days, and I should be able to do it," Elora responded, and after I poured her another cup of water, I nced over at the defeated look on her face.


    She quickly took the cup of water and continued to re at me, my interest in such a character still peaking with excitement.


    "Can I see your real form?" I lightly giggled, and as she restrained the urge to chuck the cup of water at me again, she pointed at the door.


    "Get out."


    "Whatever you say, Elora~,"


    Clearly, she had no intention of exining herself as to why she was here, who she was here with, and why she might be trying to join a group of assassins… she clearly seemed delighted, so I could only really muster up on conclusion just as I was about to close the door behind me.


    "Who are you trying to escape from? Your mother? Your father?" I lightly chuckled, and as the elf chucked the cup of water at me, I quickly blocked it with her door, swiftly escaping and returning back to my siblings.


    …


    A few days had passed, and I was chilling in my room, ying chess with Mari, who was on a ten-loss streak just today by Petra, and me.


    Petra was much smarter than I had thought, and even without holding back, she nearly beat me in chess, which obviously surprised me.


    I mean, I''m not the most calctive of individuals, but it is crazy that an older gentleman who had been ying such a game all his life nearly lost to a child who must''ve been rusty as we didn''t have a chess board back in the orphanage.


    "Seal… how much longer until we have to wait for our sses?" Asger asked, letting out a long sigh of exhaustion and then proceeding to groan in the most annoying way possible.


    Itsted for what seemed to be years, and only then did I get a chance to reply to the little boy''s seemingly endless strain ofints.


    "Well, we have to wait for the new term to start, which is… uhhhhh… Petra, what day is it? I''m toozy to check the time,"


    She brought up three fingers and showed them to me as she leaned back from over our digital clock.


    "Three more days until our sses start. Just hold on till then, and I promise you''ll be making more friends and having so much fun," I said before smiling as I moved my rook forward and checkmated Mari once again.


    "God fucking dam-… *sigh*... I''m done getting my ass beat today. You three can go have fun. I''m going out to eat,"


    Just before she left, she kissed Petra on the forehead and then picked up a pair of daggers that were sitting on our only table.


    "And what do you need those for?" I asked, the little girl slowly turning back towards me.


    "I dunno…"


    "Have fun~," I smiled, and suddenly I felt some hot air breathe down the back of my neck, causing me to swivel my head around and see Asger sitting right next to me.


    "When can we go back to a dungeon…? I''m so bored," He sighed.


    "Stopining. You''re annoying," Petra red at the young boy, and as sparks practically appeared in the middle of the room, I flopped onto my back, staring up at the nk canvas of a ceiling.


    There was a bit of a long silence that befell all of us before Petra was surprisingly the one to start up a new conversation.


    "You''re different. What happened?" Petra asked, lightly kicking my arm to get my attention since I was in a bit of a daze just from staring up at the nk ceiling.


    "What do you mean I''m different? I''m the same as always," I smiled, and as Petra slumped back on the lower bunk of her bed, her eyes practically dug into my skull like sharpened knives getting ready to crack me open.


    "No. You''re deadlier,"


    I slowly sat up and turned to Petra, who looked weary of me as I stared at her with a solid and nk expression.


    "I''ve been remembering a few things as oftely. They''ve beening to me through my dreams, and it sucks… because I never wanted to remember them again,"


    "Then talk about it. I want to know… the gods must be doing this for some reason,"


    I scoffed before opening my mouth. "The gods, huh? Well, maybe Hypno is ying tricks on me, or maybe Loki wants me to suffer… but I don''t really care. The past is in the past," I smiled before flopping back down onto my back.


    "Want me to tell you all a secret?" I smiled, and both kids perked up, especially Asger, who came and sat right next to me, staring right into my soul through those ck eyes of his. "I''ll take that as a yes…. Well, you all will be assassins one day. Whether you like it or not, you will be an assassin as it will help you all out,"


    "What if I don''t want to be an assassin? I don''t want to kill people. I just want to kill monsters and heal people," Petra''s voice almost seemed to quiver.


    "Don''t worry. You can quit whenever you want. I just want you to try it out and absorb as much information as possible… I will guide you all through it, so you don''t lose yourself…."


    "Then when do we get to be assassins?" Asger smiled eagerly, almost jumping up and down as he sat next to me.


    "When everything is ready,"


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    "You''re one dayte," I muttered, sitting up and staring at Elora, who red deep into my soul, and if she wanted to, she probably could have taken it.


    "We obtained a higher quality skeleton for you. The items are waiting in your school mailbox so retrieve them whenever you want… and good luck on your ss up,"


    Seems nothing can escape her…