It's all too 「r e v e a l i n g 」
FURYour words are ↺ d e c e i v i n g ↻
FURCUEI can't let you get in my way⇨⇨⇨
I sense all your actions are meant as distractions
You must know I won't play your game
FURCUEI'm sick of 「p r e t e n d i n g 」
FURThe thoughts are ↺ u n e n d i n g ↻
I can't let you get in my way⇨⇨⇨
I'm no longer bending
-my mind set is mending-
And now I have something to say
He tended more so toward the city instead of the countryside. Honestly, the rolling fields and crumbling earth bore him. And it was harder to find work when the height of a dispute was a stand off between two bent pitchforks. And that wasn't going to pay for much let alone hold his interest. No, those in his position belonged in the heart of the country, the capital, the city where the sin originated. While he had no actually opinion when it came to politics, he had as much fun with it as he could. This person hates that person and that person's sleeping with this person. Oh, it was all one big game to the red head. Survival of the fittest, social Darwinism, and somehow he came out on top. No, he wasn't a royal, not even close. He was stuck in the underworld of society, dealing with that which most can't handle. He took care of things that no wanted to deal with, and was happy to do it. It was his way of serving his country, even when he held no loyalty to it.
Andrei never considered himself a citizen of Lesta-sui. No, that would mean putting himself on the same level as everyone else, and I assure you he'd never do that. He was a bystander in some respects, though in others he was exactly what the rumors called him. A paid blade, a deadly swipe, a shadow, a menace, a man without morale. He spilled blood without regard, and he was damn good at it. The scimitar that hung at his hip knew that well. Absently, he ran his fingers over the hilt, as if reminding himself that it was still there.
He wasn't particularly active at the moment. He was expecting payment, but some people were harder to find than others. He complete the job he'd been given, now he waited for the rest of his compensation. And he was beginning to grow impatient. There were very specific terms that came with his services, one of them being that he was paid as quickly and discretely as possible. You bought the blood and you bought his secrecy. Should something ever go wrong, all he had to do was let a little something slip and the public did the work for him. He could ruin a man's reputation in a millisecond. No one ever admitted to using his service, his clientele list was highly confidential. His victim list; not so much.
Andrei kept a low profile, but his reputation was well known in hushed whispers. If you needed him, there were certain steps you had to take to contact him and several people you had to go through. The best were always the most difficult to contact. He had no permanent residence as that would be far to risky. If the law ever caught up with him, even when he's served those that protect it, he knew it was over for him. But there was no worry of that, not as long as people needed him.
At the current time, he was lounging on a stack of crates within the city limits. Merchants buzzed around him, none bothered him. The palace could be seen just a hop skip and a jump away. Inside, the King surely sat, along with the little princeling. Guards circled here and there, soldiers clad for a war that was always coming. No one could ignore the rumors of the other countries causing trouble. Lesta-sui was among the trouble makers with their high demand for land.
Andrei leaned back into the shade, hat tipped forward to shadow his face. His eyes were covered in a thick veil of red hair. He had one leg propped up, as if he were king of this pile of abandoned crates. His boots rested apart, his hands were folded over his stomach in the most relaxed of ways. It was if the world around him had disappeared. While everyone scattered about, talking and selling, he sat in his own little word, his demeanor clear and arrogant. There was the lightest of smirks on his faces, ever present. No, Andrei didn't participant in dull, menial life. He watched from his perch up above until he was called back into the underworld, to kill under someone else's name.