An unpredictable deal

It was 2 days after King Valmount sended Zack to get the best assassin gold could get, he was but of course waiting impatiently, not even the luxury of his new royal chambers were good enough for calming him, a beautiful fireplace, decorated in quartz, lit on at the moment to fight the cold of the night, a bed fit for a king, with the most expensive and comfortable sheets and pillows, and even a beautiful handcrafted armchair for when he felt like shitting and read a good book or enjoy a fine wine, but not matter that as he drank a bit of wine from an excessively decorated cup he still needed to tell himself to remain calm, to be patient, just a bit more and his position will be settled for the rest of his life, this of course couldn't make his worries about Zack go away, the truth is he didnt care one bit about this poor man's life, he just kept him around because it was easily manipulable, and would obey every order, without telling a soul, every ruler needs a Zack, Valmount thought to himself, no, what worried his mind was the capability of Zack to accomplish his latest work.

A few timid knocks on his door, cutted him straight outside of his train of thought. "Who could this be? It's late in the night… but of course, only Zack knocks like a scaredy cat, what a waste of a man" -Come on in- Said Valmount pouring some more wine in his cup, seconds after this the door opened slowly, looking over his shoulder he saw the squalid figure of Zack enter his room as quick as he could, followed by the sound of a closing door.

-So well? Do we have a… partner?- Asked Valmount, moving his cup of wine around

-W-we do sir- Zack did a small reverence while talking unable to see his boss to the face

-Tch, his majesty, Zack, his majesty not sir… haaaa whatever, and where is he or she? I didn't see them enter with you so I'm assuming we have another meeting appointed with our partner-

-N-no s-his majesty… he just said that…that he wanted to make an entrance… his majesty… sir… majesty- Zack was still shocked for the meeting with the assassin 2 days ago, although he came to grow into him, it was still a powerful killer, and a… mysterious one at it, but no the motive of his nervousness wasn't the presence of the King, his boss, nope, this time his nerves were at an all time high do to the strange and very daring request he made

-An entrance! At this time of the night!?In my goddamn chambers?!?!- He stopped himself a second to mantain the calm, for his voice was getting quite loud -Zack, Zack, Zachary… I think you don't get, how important is, to keep this kind of affairs a secret-

-Y-yes sir b-but- Zack started to tremble

-No buts! You think an assassin making an entrance in the royal chambers at night is good to keep this affairs a secret!- The King was starting to lose his calm and collected self

-Ha! I mean… only would it be bad if they saw me- Don't ya think his majesty?- Startled the king jumped almost dropping his cup of wine, following the voice he found himself looking at his armchair, previously empty, now was filled with a strange figure

-Y-you.. h-how? WHO ARE YOU!?- The king completely lost it after this sudden appearance, he was sure only Zack entered the room! "The windows! Of course he should have entered through the windows!" His shock grew when he realized that both the windows in this room were bolted shut "Then… my god this is really a top notch assassin. Isn't he? Could this be magic? But I've heard teleportation magic is kinda flashy…" -I… guess you must be our partner, that my servant here made a contract with?-

-Your guesses are correct his majesty, from the guild of thieves and assassins, the Ugly Death number one top assassin and thief Joker, pleasure to meet you- The strange figure got up from the armchair and made a reverence, lifting up his face with a mysterious grin

The king took a moment to analyze this subject, his appearance was quite curious for he weared long sleeved black shirt and pants, some leather boots, but on top of that had a short cape with purple and black motives holding on by a golden clasp shaped like a four shaped star, then his face, was… special… he had a mask on, half black half white, covering all his face at the exception of his mouth, the only aperture in this was the eyes, had a four shaped star hole in each eye, it seemed like nothing was there, but from time to time, it seemed like a yellow light came from there. "The light of the fire can sure play some tricks on one's mind" Thought Valmount. The whole attire was completed with a hat with two ends half purple half black, that had sleigh bells on the tip of which no sound was heard.

-So… Mr.Joker, I believe you to be the best of the best, and I hope that the upfront payment helps in showing myself as a man of word, as much as I expect you to be-

-Gyahahahaha but of course, now… onto business, what is the job?- The assassin got back to the armchair and sitted down, smiling, ready to listen to the king

-Well you see… I have some garbage, of which I need to get disposed of, and I thought that a man of your qualities, could help me with this endeavor-

-He~ of course, and what should I do with this garbage that we are speaking of- Joker smiled

-Ah, simply put I would need you to show that you have been the proprietary of this garbage all along and then dispose of it-

-Sounds easy enough his majesty-

-Wonderful, Zack you are dismissed, leave Mr.Joker and I alone- Said Valmount taking another less luxurious cup of wine from a shelf and pouring some wine in it while refilling himself, Zack promptly desired both a good night and made his way outside, leaving King and assassin alone.

The king offered the cup of wine to Joker and smiled -For a great job- Joker smiled and nodded, as he took the cup, both drank and the King left both cups back on the shelf

-The garbage is in the dungeons, there's a…- The king disposed himself to explain about the hidden passage

-Oh boy! The hidden dungeon? Man I always thought that was used for… let's say more kinky purposes gyahahahaha- The jester laughed as he nudged the king -Well anyways anything else I should know?-

Far from being surprised the king just shrugged it off, at this point it was normal an organization of thugs had intel in something as the hidden corridor -No, just do it in the next 2 days all right?-

-Yup, all right his majesty- The assassin smiled and reverenced

The king went back to close the bottle of wine -That's about it, good lu…- but when the king turned back again to send the assassin off there was no one else in the room

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Next day at almost the same hour the events of yesterday happened, a shadow walked with a parsimonious rhythm through the dungeon, almost like if the are was something to be enjoyed

-Gyahahaha boy, it's been a long time since I walked through these, I wonder, I wonder indeed. How much time has it been? Since after joining the Ugly Death? hmmm dunno, doesn't matter either Gyahahaha- With a smile and a swift hit of Joker's scythe the secret passage revealed himself, and our shadow ventured deeper in the royal dungeon

It was not long until he arrived at the only cell in that place -Hello hello? Is anyone home?- He said looking through the window into the cell, inside his eyes found an unexpected guest -Ha!!! If isn't this the garbage I'm supposed to take out? Damn I knew the royalty was rich, but man, you never waste a beautiful princess just as easily! What happened to that of reduce, reuse and recycle man!- A quick kick and the door was down -Anyways~-

-Hello little one~- The expected assassin leaned over the princess, she did not fear or break eye contact if this was his end so be it, if there was torture or worse so be it, she wont beg for anything, not even after death, she lived his short life proud of his royal blood, and so she would die, even though this, the scythe carried by the weird looking man seemed quite sharp

-Do your worst, assassin- Her voice sounded rough and dull, it had been long since she talked, but that didn't stop her

The man smiled lifting his scythe in the air -Nah ah ah here on Ugly Death we are always encouraged in perfecting our schemes GYAHAHAHAHAHA- and so he brought the herald of death in his arms down onto her

-AH!?- A scared shout, light, then dark and then finally dead silence.