Crunch!! My fist connected solidly with the bridge of the young mans nose, it exploded in a gout of blood. His previous look of mild amusement was wiped clean and turned into a look of outrage. I had previously called him lefty though he was alone now in the small Ronerawth sitting room I'd been directed to upon arriving back in the empire. Lefty did not appreciate the strike to his nose, he scrambled for his pistol but I had him beat with my sword drawn before he even got close.
"Lorentino you're lucky I don't kill you where you stand." He was doing his best to wipe the blood gushing off out of his nose with a cloth napkin, it was a losing effort.
"You have no idea what I've been through because of your organization, you're lucky I didn't burn this entire place to the ground on principal." It went unsaid of course that in my madness earlier I had actually planned on burning everything down, the entire world even.
"Three months we waited for you to do something, three Lorentino! We thought you'd ran, and now you finally do kill the councilman and you want what? A cookie? A thank you? You almost failed us." Eye was swelling up now I could see it looking pretty bad. It was infuriating that people who had forced me into doing something for them, were blaming me it took too long to accomplish, especially after what had happened to me. If I hadn't already broken his nose I'd have done it again.
"I want something you weasly jerk, I was tortured for you guys! Tortured, I lost my damn mind, and now you act like I should be thankful you don't kill me? You guys are assholes and I'm done with this. You don't look for me, you don't ask for me, and you sure as hell don't send any goons locking me up to make me dance for you. Hell if I see you again I'll kill you." With that I left, I left Ronerawth society entirely, I turned my shop over to the shorties (still keeping a managing interest mind you, I needed money for what I planned, but didn't want to be directly invovled) and I went off to what little wilderness existed anymore to plan out how to Kill Morley. I heard on my way out Lefty shout something about how we weren't done, or that things aren't over or whatever, but he never really carried through on his threat, they never do.
And so I let society take care of itself for around fifty years (have to play the long game when you are an immortal necromancer). In the time I was gone I heard Morley had gotten a seat on the council (the same one of the guy I murdered), and The Red Hand was looking at a new war within its own borders (the one that would eventually bring them down). I knew my time was coming for being able to kill Morley, but I also knew I had to game the system like he did. And so with that I returned to Ronerawthian society, as much as I hated it, I needed it. And thats where I'll start tomorrows entry. Trezlan Lorentino Socialite!
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