The Territories

Sitting in the comfortable bench of her carriage, this was the first time Lady Elise properly observed the outside world.

She expected it would be a magical place where magical creatures run amock and wild plants that dance with the wind's breeze, but it was not. It was a fairly normal world that looked like the Renaissance Era.

She lived in a really huge mansion and what visitors usually see first was the estate's beautiful garden. The mansion seems to sit atop of a hill and below the estate was a fair-looking house and below those said houses were peasants live.

There were farms and ranches, wooden houses, and wooden barns, though the atmosphere is really gloomy. The place looked like a hierarchy pyramid and from what she read all this week, it seems to be the case.

Every noble except for Barons have their own territory that was given by the king. These nobles are paid by the peasants and Barons that live in the territory with taxes and each territory has its own rules set, accepted by the king.

The Barons live in one of those territories and they are what's called the Noble's Guards. There are still conflicts whether Barons are considered A Noble or not, but until now, it resulted in a stalemate. The fair-looking houses are owned by the said nobles.

"But still... maybe we could upgrade this little territory once this job is over?"

She muttered as she wondered when her soon-to-be husband comes back from the war in the east that happened a month ago.

Duke Evron Le Leon — The second son of the King and Lady Elise' soon-to-be husband. A man rumored to own countless brothel and underworldly business. He is known to be a tyrant and a monster, a total opposite of his first brother, crowned prince..

"He is also on the hit list..."

Lady Elise muttered as she licked her lips with the plan creating itself in her mind. A tyrant that only knows how to cause despair, exactly like Elise, and exactly why she dislikes him.

Ironic as it may seem, Lady Elise really hates bad people. She kills with reason and the reason she was wanted in her last life was that all of the people he killed, all of them were part of controversies, big shots, but if she is ordered to kill someone innocent, with the fair amount of reward, she will accept.

No matter how evil a person may be, Lady Elise is still a human, and humans do best when they sin!

"Now, let's go back to our target. Since I haven't had the chance to research her, should I just kill her on the spot?"

Lady Elise muttered with her fingers on her chin. As long as it was a job, there is no place for doubt. If she was ordered to kill someone, then she needs to be killed, simple as that.

"I just need a place where it's just the two of us and I will strike for the kill..."

Lady Elise murmured once more with a jolly face. She looked outside once more to notice that there were in a valley where there is no village to be seen. Something common amongst territories and it is a sign of respect. A gap that represents they want no conflict.

"We must be entering the La Costre Territory by now..."

Elise said as she expected to be passing by a village by now and what she expected, the village was like sugar and salt. It was entirely different than the ones that Le Leon owns.

The place was full of laughter and shouts, yet hers was only despair and silent. The house was made of stone and there were shops in every direction.

"I'm kinda jealous now..."

Lady Elise said with a smile that obviously shows some sense of distraught. From what she read, the territories of an Earl makes more money than Duke Evron. An embarrassment slapping Lady Elise, she didn't even have the chance to fix it.

"I really need to up my game! I know a little bit of business too, ya know?"

The reason why she wants to earn money by now is that she could make some weapons that are still not present at this point in time. Although there are guns, it was the Flintlock versions and it's too much of a hassle for her.

"I'd really like something like a sniper rifle, but I'll do with poison or knife for now. There are a lot of ways to kill someone!"

She bit her nails once more. Her excitement can't be bottled up by the body of a frail, young girl. She needs to release that excitement now or she might go on a killing spree and go berserk again!

"Lady Elise, we have arrived at the La Costre Estate!"

A coachman said outside the carriage as he opened the door for the world to see a beautiful girl in a red and black dress. The coachman reached for her arms and Lady Elise took a step foot on the La Costre estate.

It was a marvelous estate. Even though the La Costre Family is an Earl's property, it looks more extravagant than the ones that the Le Leon Family owns.

People walk with precious gems in their necks and expensive-looking dresses in their bodies. Men and women, everyone was walking towards the entrance of the La Costre Estate.

"Now... I'm really jealous."

Lady Elise kept her head down as to not let the crowd see her smile that was full of malice. Her face was so obvious that she has to keep it hidden or people will notice that she has some kind of evil plan in her mind, which she has.

She licked her own lips as the taste of blood called for her. She was expecting the crowd to scream from the sight of blood that is dripping from Lady Melany's stomach... or maybe her throat? What a treat!

She took a deep breath as she kept her head high once more. It felt like forever now since she killed somebody and she has been itching to do so.

"Plan starts now... Playtime begins."

She muttered to herself as she walked with nothing but grace, ignoring the people glancing on her beauty. Repeating the same sentence as not to lose her sanity.

Due to her instincts, she noticed a glance leaking killing intent from the windows at the distance.

"Heh, she took the bait..."