"What are you talking about? I hadn't thought of any of that! I still have my morals. I want to look for business opportunities outside the city and I want you to protect me."
Lawrend desperately explained. He was sweating bullets right now. She was being so fierce.
"'Business opportunities', huh…"
Aleshia stared deep into Lawrend's eyes. It went on for a few minutes. Throughout its duration, Lawrend felt his heartbeat get faster and faster from nervousness. At this rate, Lawrend surmised that he would die of a heart attack before he would die from her.
"You better not be lying."
Aleshia pulled back her hand and let go of Lawrend. Lawrend released a big sigh of relief after hearing her words. It was so intense. He felt like he was gonna lose his life if he made one mistake. Fortunately, Aleshia was not unreasonable.
"I assure you."
Lawrend smiled at her confidently. Aleshia snorted when she saw his smile. Since she was young, she could already read emotions really well. So she was sure that Lawrend was not lying right now.
"Can I at least see your face?"
Lawrend asked with a smile on his face. He was very excited to see the face of his future maid. Aleshia frowned and thought about it. Since she wasn't supposed to show her face to her targets, she was very reluctant to do so.
"I will show you tomorrow."
Aleshia turned around and walked out of the door. Lawrend was taken aback by her response but a smile formed on his face. She was still not ready to show her face but tomorrow she would be showing it. His heart was filled with anticipation as he thought about tomorrow.
Aleshia walked through the hall and entered Lawrend's former room. She exited through the window and left the mansion altogether. She came back home and immediately embraced Ella who was sleeping alone.
Ella opened her eyes and smiled sweetly when she realized that it was her Big Sister. The sisters slept huddling with each other.
Morning came and Aleshia woke up refreshed. She went to a nearby bathhouse to take a bath. After making sure that she was dressed well and nothing was out of place, she left her home.
Aleshia was wearing a blue dress this time. It was second hand just like the last one. She left the slum district and this time many eyes were looking at her in suspicion. After all, this was the 2nd time that they saw Aleshia dressed so well.
Aleshia entered the noble district. The city guard from before spotted her and approached her.
"Hello, Miss Aleshia. What's your business today? Healer Natasha?"
The city guard asked with a smile. He guessed that she was coming back for Healer Natasha. Since it was her business last time she was in the noble district.
"I'm meeting Lawrend Horiel."
Aleshia explained flatly. The city guard was taken aback by her words. Lawrend Horiel is the son of the wealthiest merchant in the city. Not just anyone could meet him. He immediately became suspicious of her.
"Do you have an invitation?"
Usually, invitations are given by nobles to commoners so they could visit them. That is why it is enforced that only commoners with invitations could enter the noble district because if anyone could enter the noble district, it would sow chaos. The nobles would be constantly disturbed by commoners soliciting money, peddling goods, etc.
"Invitation?"
Aleshia was clueless about this topic. Ever since she was young, she never interacted with any nobles besides the ones she needed to kill in her assassin missions.
"You need an invitation to visit Lawrend Horiel. Otherwise, I could only stop you here."
The city guard said firmly. This was something that even he can't take lightly. If it was known that he allowed a commoner inside the noble district and she caused disturbance then he would have committed misconduct. It would be bad for his records.
"But he's waiting for me to come!"
Aleshia immediately became anxious as this concerned her little sister's wellbeing. The bounty was still not taken down yet. If someone from the slums revealed her little sister then her little sister would be immediately captured by the bounty hunters.
"Miss, I'm really sorry but I can't. Please understand my circumstances."
The city guard pleaded to her after seeing that she was starting to cause a scene.
"Just this once! Please!"
Aleshia also pleaded to him. The city guard didn't know what to do in this situation as his conscience was torn apart between helping her and doing his duties as a city guard.
Just when another city guard was about to come over and placate the situation a noble carriage arrived. The noble carriage stopped and a butler came down. He looked at the scene with sharp eyes.
"I'm telling you, I'm here to visit Lawrend Horiel!"
Aleshia insisted to the city guard. The butler smiled when he heard her mention his Young Master's name. He walked over and spoke.
"Are you perhaps the maid the Young Master would be hiring?"
There was a gentle smile on the butler's face. He didn't expect that their Young Master would be able to get a maid so fast and this easily without their knowledge.
Aleshia turned to the butler in shock. The city guard was bewildered when he heard the butler's words. He felt shame creeping up on his face when he realized that he made a mistake.
"Y-yes?"
Aleshia responded a little bit confused. She didn't expect to be picked up by someone. The butler smiled in satisfaction seeing that he was right.
"Come with me. The Young Master is waiting."
The butler beckoned her. Aleshia nodded her head and followed him into the carriage. When Aleshia was about to enter the carriage the city guard couldn't help but speak up.
"Apologies for my disturbance, Miss."
He felt bad that he almost hindered someone like him who was from the slums from getting a job. Aleshia turned around and smiled at him. From his actions, she could understand that he was very diligent in his duties.
"No worries."
With that, Aleshia entered the carriage. It soon disappeared from the city guard's view.
