The moment Ethan read the first line of the letter, he couldnât hide the surprise that flickered in his eyes. He steadied himself, suppressing the initial shock, and continued reading, wondering if this âBlackwood family assassin Lilyâ might be a lead to the Lilith he was so desperately searching for.
â...?â
The further he read, however, the more his thoughts spun with bewilderment and disbelief.
The contents were too serious to be dismissed.
âE-rank adventurer... Goblin King...?â@@novelbin@@
The letter detailed an incident in which three F-rank adventurers, including an individual named âAssassin Lily,â had unexpectedly encountered a Goblin King during a promotion test. What followed was a lengthy apology: the Goblin King incident occurred due to insufficient research by the adventurerâs guild, and they assured him it would never happen again.
Along with the apology, the letter included additional compensation from the territoryâs goblin king reward funds, pleading for leniency. Just knowing that Lilith was active in Ironhold under the alias âAssassin Lilyâ was surprising enough, but the fact that she had nearly lost her life in the process filled Ethan with a simmering anger.
âThese damned idiots.â
â...â
Unable to contain his anger at the thought of the danger theyâd put Lilith in, Ethan seethed, while Dietmeyer, his head butler, kept a cautious silence by his side.
Imagining what punishment he might extract from the Ironhold guild master, Ethan soon calmed himself. After all, he wasnât yet certain if the âAssassin Lilyâ in question was truly her.