In the carriage, Anatolya was looking out at the beautiful stars in the night, hearing her brother's soft snores, hearing the horses clip clopping, hearing the sound of wind cut through the grass, and hearing the crickets chirp. Anatolya was thinking of who to assassinate first out of Uliana's supporters. After thinking for a long while, she decides who to assassinate after she passes the assassin test.
That is, if she passes, of course.
A couple days passed and Anatolya felt as if her butt was going to fall off, she'd been in a carriage for days straight. She was uncomfortable. The only time she got out of the carriage was to either go to the bathroom or to get food. From day to night she'd be in the carriage trying to get to the testing site as soon as possible. Given that the test only happens once a year during September. No one knows what day of September it starts on, as the date always changes. Because of that rush, Anatolya wanted to arrive there at least 3 days early, so she can figure out where she has to go and what she needs to expect during the test.
Another day passes by and just as Anatolya was thinking about the many ways she would break this carriage, she arrived. The driver that they had hired for them to take them to the city where the test would be held told them that they were there and to get off. The siblings got off, grabbed their stuff and paid the driver.
The small city the two siblings arrived in was the outskirts of the neighboring Kingdom of Zaelia located in the west of the western continent, and also southwest to the Asteria Empire.
The siblings were playing the role of 'commoner' for the meantime. Since they wanted to secretly get over to the Kingdom of Zaelia and become an assassin they couldn't just lavishly arrive. They had to look like they were a commoner that barely had enough money to get to the outskirts of the Kingdom.
The older of the two siblings looked around and went to find a small house they could live in.
By nightfall the siblings were able to buy a small house. Walking in an uncomfortable silence, Anatolya speaks up.
"Are you sure you want to become an assassin?"
"Yeah, because if I don't, I won't be able to avenge our parents" Taner reasoned.
Anatolya hummed and walked into the house they bought. It wasn't that bad for a commoner's house, but because the siblings were from nobility, they thought it was the worst place anyone could ever live in.
The siblings walked in slowly. They sighed and started to only think positively about the house, it was near the assassin tryouts, it was aesthetically pleasing to the eye, it also had a nice garden. The two explored the area in and outside of the house. Anatolya decided it was fine and she didn't have to pay someone to fire the person that introduced them to this house from their job.
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The Rise After the Falls
Historical FictionA daughter of a Viscount. The young lady was 19 when her parents died, as Anatolya, the protagonist, has been wanting to be a swordsman since she was young, she was strong enough to at least join a group of assassins. She heads out to get revenge ag...
