☀️ Arselia and Akonia

The girl paused and brushed her hair away from her forehead.
-- That's not entirely true. They didn't actually verify the identity of the person who posted the ad; he might, on the contrary, be overly confident in his ability to hide, in case someone who even remotely resembles a guard approaches him, even just by the way they walk. If this confidence is also justified, then this is a particularly dangerous individual.
-- Or it could be an operation orchestrated by the guards to catch all sorts of hapless assassins. They'll tell you to kill someone, you'll agree, and the next moment you'll be in handcuffs. That would be fun, wouldn't it? Tell me, Kalin, what do you need the money for now? Are you short on funds for enchanting?