Chapter 74 – Poisoning a Guard

Chapter 74 – Poisoning a Guard

*** Guild Guard ***

The kitsune left once the collar clapped around my next. The cold metal sent a chill down my spine. I can do a year for my life. If she gets me out of this job, I may even thank her for it. I was young and stupid when I first started my time in the guild. The only good thing it gave me was power and a family. Good things, but the job just keeps showing the unfortunate side. The guard positions always open up due to the previous guard dying. The shit hours, boring work, and secrecy all make me miserable.

"Dear? Iii I'm sorry. I..."

"Strip," I command. I was asked to get closer to her; it's been a while since I've truly slept with her.

"Dear. I'm s..."

"Strip," I repeat, raising my voice a bit. Why doesn't she just let us be close? That's what she always asks for.

"Yes, dear," her defeated voice fills my mind. The shuffling of cloth ends with the robe falling to the floor. "What do I do now?"

"Get under the covers." What is she thinking about?

"My love, I..."

"Get under the covers!" I burst out, tired of repeating myself.

The covers shuffle behind me, and I stand up and strip, turning the light off in the room. In the darkness I join my wife in bed, holding her tight, trying to melt into one being. The dam breaks, and my tears start to fall as I hold my savior tight. Crying myself to sleep, praying the kitsune lets me go free after this.

*** Yuki ***

Why do I keep messing these up? Sure, I'm out of practice, but these should be simple enough tasks to do. If I continue like this, I'll end up dead.

Sure, a guard helping us is a better outcome than killing her, and the main attack should be much easier now. We can plan around her schedule and have one guard that we don't have to worry about compared to the possibility of three, letting us miss the worst case of having the guard show up in the middle of the heist.

The plan can continue, so it isn't a complete failure on my part. I just can't mess up the next two parts. Nakuma's been doing well, and the next assassination doesn't need to be as clean as this one was meant to be. Having her my slave for a while after this act could also be helpful, forcing her to help Mai and Alzi's Mother while Nakumi and I are out and about.

"Yes, a pregnant wife was resting in her bedroom and noticed me coming in. I couldn't come up with a good plan besides bluffing my way into enslaving the guard. Luckily, she seemed to care a bit about her wife or at least the child, giving me enough leverage. I've got her for a year per our agreement," I explain.

"Hmm, well, that's different. I thought you may have failed or something with how lovey-dovey you were coming back. I mean handholding from the princess before marriage! Now you're using my breasts as a pillow, letting my hand on your ass. I think letting me fuck you would be less lewd."

"Stop teasing me! I got caught, didn't poison the target, and then failed to do anything to help you when you took longer than expected. I'm not doing well right now."

"Yuki, you just earned us a guard. We can kill two out of the three easily. We should even be able to time this so we don't need the second round of poison or the last attack on the branch to get what we want. Use the guard to plan the attack for when my target is on duty with your slave, and we just need to kill a single guard and then get to the vaults. More time to search and less risk. Sure, this isn't the plan, but these never go as planned. I may look like I have a better track record, but the first attack was a joke. The second was such a large handicap for you that it's hardly fair to call it a failure. Then, these assassinations are happening on such a short time scale that these small details can easily go wrong. You found a way out that improves our position and lowers the risk and actions we need to take. Not everything goes as planned."

"I know, but I've never had plans go this far off script."

"Well, I like this new script. I get my Yuki in bed and a lower risk of her getting hurt. So now we call off the next raid and assassinations. We just focus on killing the last guard, get the contracts, and get out."

"Yay, I'll find a way to contact my slave tomorrow and find the schedule out. However, based on the weirdness of it, they may not have a schedule. Picking when to switch out with some vague guidelines."

"That would explain the strange behavior. Then, we should do the last two assassinations and leave out the raid. I think we'll stir up the nest too much with that attack. Let them think we are licking our wounds when we attack with half their guards out of commission."

"Ok, send me over to the brothel. I'll go through the massage with Alzi, then you can send me back here, and we can sleep together. Your hands can only go for my ass and tits if we do this."

"Deal!" is the last word as I get sent to my room. I need to find a way to have Alzi fuck me without a risk of pregnancy before she leaves. At this rate, I'm going to end up fucking that crazy girl before I can have Alzi fuck me properly.

I charge downstairs to avoid being late for Alzi. Bursting through the door, I find Alzi staring at the door, fingers tapping her bugling belly with a small shake. As quickly as the pregnant woman can, she pulls me into a hug.

"Sorry there were some complications, but they worked out in our favor this time, so we won't have to do the extra raid. Now Alzi, can you fuck me without getting me pregnant?" I dare to ask.

"Let me check." a bit of mana swirling towards my virgin womb. "I should be able to. You aren't ovulating and shouldn't be in the next week."

"Ok, let's bath then have a bit of fun. You aren't allowed to use your mana when we have sex."

"Yes, Ma'am!" she calls out, using mana to strip me and then pulling me to the small bath, not willing to waste a second.