Road to Valhalla

Chapter 70: The Day We Met

"We've never failed our clients", is what Lady told me once, when I was still fresh.

"There really is no way to find out we exist except when we let people know. Occasionally, we give people the chance to contact...someone. There's never a guarantee we'll show up but people do it anyway. There are times when the people that seek to hire us have that...mettle. In that case, we are obliged to hear their story. Naturally, no one knows any details about us."

"Well, my father said that-"

"You're gonna have to forget everything he ever said."

I was taken aback. The look she gave me back then chilled me to my core. I suppose if there ever was a time when I considered running away, it was then. I should have taken that chance and yet, I know there was no way that would have been possible. Ever since the moment my father told me about this opportunity in the capital, I was bound to the Valkyries.

"In here, we are all dead people. If you don't want things to get harder on you, you need to forge