Escorts Bliss

Bliss read the letter in his hand, the task was simple. Create chaos. Now that was something Bliss excelled in. The job said he had a partner, but Bliss took the initiative to do this job by himself. He walked over to the meeting area. Bliss was to play as a legal mage in charge of an escort, luckily acting was Bliss' strong forte.

The carriage drew to a stop, Bliss smiled and bowed to the driver. He made his way the side to greet the young noble maiden. Bliss was wearing his usual clothes, the maiden looked at him in disgust as soon as she saw him in casual clothes. Bliss chuckled. He sat down next to the maiden and signaled the driver to continue on to the party.

"I see that you are not a fan of the color Green my lady." Bliss said in his elegant, yet poisonous voice, his words slipped out of his lips quickly, ready to take action and corrupt the young maidens mind.

"...What is your name? What guild are you from?" said the maiden cautiously as she observed Bliss. Bliss smiled, he took out some cloth and some string and began to make a small stuffed animal.    

"Balthazar Bliss... I'm from Lamia Scale. Can you not tell from the green I wear?" chuckled Bliss as he spoke his lies, he showed of his green over coat pretending that he wore it to bear Lamia Scales color.

"I-I see...." muttered the maiden as she looked out the window.

Bliss and the maiden sat quietly, she would often time glance over to what Bliss was making. Bliss gracefully sewn the cloth together, the material began to take shape of a teddy bear. Bliss caught her staring, he looked up from his work and smiled.

"Lady.... how are you doing?" inquired Bliss as he looked at her with his green emerald eyes, he looked concerned for the maidens mental condition. Despite his caring looks, it was all a farce, Bliss was simply setting the pieces up for the check mate..... in a matter of time he would break her and all hell would turn loose.

“What do you mean? I’m doing fine.” the maiden stated in a firm voice. Bliss sighed and began stuffing the stuffed animal; he then looked back at her.

“You need not to hide it…. I know how you feel.” Bliss muttered as he began to sew his creation together.

"YOU SAY YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL!...... SHUT UP MY FATHER DID NOT PAY YOU TO CONSOLE ME..." shouted the young maiden. Bliss was not shaken, he merely kept his solemn stare. After a few seconds of silence Bliss looked away he looked down at his hands which held some thread and a needle. He then began to stitch the remaining parts of the teddy bear he was making.

"You say I am merely a hired man, that is true.... but my lady.... I speak of the truth I too lost my mother...." Bliss said bitterly as he bit the excess thread off the teddy bear. He sniped his scissors in the air as if he was cutting a imaginary thread. The maiden looked at Bliss as he sunk into deep thought while fidgeted and played with his scissors.

"I....I did not mean to shout..... It's juts these days have been quite taxing on my heart and mind.... truly.... losing my mother has caused me to be bitter.... forgive me for lashing out to like so...." muttered the maiden as she crumpled her dress in frustration and despair. Bliss looked over he smiled.

"It is fine.... all of us harbor darkness and pain.... it is what makes us human...." Bliss sighed as he took the maidens hand gently. "Do not fret over what you said, I was not offended in anyway, It is I who should be sorry my lady."

The maiden looked down in embarrassment. She finally looked up and confronted Bliss.

"I don't know.... but I blame everyone for my mothers death..... i-if only...." the maiden muttered sadly. While the maiden was looking away in deep thought Bliss' lips formed into a smile. It was time. The time has come to corrupt the Maiden sitting next to him.

".....You are right.... it is everyone's fault...." Bliss said, his voice was no longer kind but instead it was venomous. It was time to reap the seeds of hatred.

"W-what do you mean." the maiden inquired. She looked at him with concern and fear, but with a hint of curiosity. Bliss knew he was getting to her.

"What I mean is.... due to the governments pride, and the rich's greed, and everyone else's incompetence.... those who we care for perished. Truly it is their fault.... they killed your mother." Bliss said coldly as he looked out the window of the carriage.

"W-what?" stuttered the maiden in shock at Bliss' statement. She looked at him in fear, she sensed his malicious intent. Bliss' right eye began to glow a dark purple. She drew back, but his words.... the words Bliss spoke appealed to her dark thoughts. She paused and thought for a moment.

"Now... How would you like to have some revenge... How would you like to make all those old fogies regret what the did to your mother?" Bliss smiled kindly, his words burning through the maidens heart, corrupting her soul with every word he said.

The maiden thought, she looked over at Bliss there was fire in her eyes, murderous aura seeping through her stare. Bliss clapped his hands in glee.

"You speak as if you are from a dark guild.... I like the way you think...but.... why are you like this... are you not suppose to act as a guardian, a hero, a soldier of the law?" The maiden inquired. Bliss sighed and answered firmly.

"All guilds are dark.... all guilds carry dark secrets.... I am no guardian, or a hero.... I am not a soldier, but a slave of the tyrannical law.... I am Balthazar Bliss.... that is all you need to know." Bliss chuckled.

The maiden was silent.

"Now.... do you want revenge or not?" grinned Bliss. The maiden nodded solemnly.

Bliss smiled, chuckled and clapped his hands. He scooted closer to the maiden. His fangs gleamed in the moonlight, Bliss slowly crept closer and closer as if a spider crawling towards the weary victim stuck in his web.

"Revenge is what you want.... then revenge you shall have... we will make the those greedy old farts.... Now my dear.... shall we join the party.... it seems that we have arrived....." whispered Bliss as he leaned over the maiden, his face close to hers. He then opened the door. The maiden blushed and proceeded towards the party.

Bliss walked with the maiden inside, the two sat on a table and was served some food. Bliss saw the maiden clutch on to the knife provided by the servers. She glared at the doctor which refused to heal her mother, she glared at the rich noble men that never offered her mother help. Bliss gently took the knife out of her hands.

"Now... now.... let us not be hasty.... the patient is always rewarded with a greater bounty..... come.... I shall show you what you mean." chuckled Bliss as he got up from his seat. The maiden nodded solemnly, and followed Bliss into an empty hallway.

"When will we strike? When will we make them suffer?!" whispered the maiden in seething anger. Bliss grinned and placed his pointer finger on her lips to silence her.

"Hush.... Your revenge is right here in this jar." Bliss said as he held up a jar filled with a black goo. The maiden squinted and realized the black goo was filled with spiders each the size of a grain of sand.

"My pretties here, may be small but they have quite a bite..... their venom does not kill.... but if one is bit by one of my pretties...... they will hallucinate and see their worse nightmare...." smiled Bliss.

"W-what?!.... No! I want those men dead!" The maiden hissed. Bliss shook his head in disapproval.

"No.... personally I think death is not a punishment.... to death is a release, a way out in this wretched world..... do not kill them....make them suffer... make them live through their worse fears..... and when you are satisfied..... then you can bless them..... then you can end their miserable lives...." Bliss said cheerfully as his  venomous words settled into the maidens heart.

The maiden agreed and after an hour later the plan was set. Bliss told her to sneak into the four corners of the palace and release the spiders. The maiden moved quickly into the night releasing the the spiders. Once she finished with her mission, she made her way back to Bliss.

"There.... I've done it. Your spiders are mow all in position." the maiden said with a blissful smile. Bliss grinned.

"Wonderful..." Said Bliss. He then opened his palm, revealing a spider the size of his pinky. "SALAM NA KA REYNA DE KUMOGAMBA, IORA NA IS KO HIRAFASO NE FARE DE TAOHOMAN, SENTAO TERU DE DELIM DE NITEHMAHRE" Bliss hissed as he gave commands in an ancient language, the spider hissed back and crawled away into his jacket.

"W-what did you say?" inquired the maiden. Bliss smiled sweetly.

"I just told my pretties to have fun and make these fools suffer." Bliss chuckles, the maiden smiled too.

Suddenly a scream. A man ran into the middle of the banquet glaring at everyone as if all the people in the room were savage beasts after his throat.

"MONSTER! MONSTERS! GET AWAY FROM ME?!" Yelled the man, the man grabbed a fork and stabbed it right into another nobleman's eye. The crowd burst into chaos and panic. Suddenly another person feel into insanity, and another and another. Soon everyone at the banquet became deranged and murderous. Everyone was fighting for their lives as if trying to fight back their fears.

The maiden and Bliss stood outside watching the carnage.

"AHAHAHA! FANTASTIC THIS IS WONDERFUL!" Smiled the Maiden. Bliss laughed, everything was wonderful. Now it was time to get rid of the girl.

The maiden suddenly collapsed.

"W-what is going on? Balthazar?....." The maiden said weakly, Bliss looked down at her with a cold stare.

"Simple... I betrayed you.... and now you will face your worst fear before you die.... isn't this wonderful! You get to rest soon." giggled Bliss.

The maidens vision began to blur, her reality was bent into a living nightmare. She found her self bound to a giant spider web, beside her was her mothers corpse spiders crawling out of rotten wounds of the corpse. The maidens mother turned her head, her eyes where gone and left with nothing but a two dark holes harboring a hoard of spiders. The corpse opened it's mouth and let out a raspy scream.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?! WHAT DID YOU DO?! YOU KILLED US ALL!" Yelled the corpse as it slowly disintegrated into dust, spiders began to crawl towards the maiden. Suddenly a giant spider the size of a bear crawled next to her, it's eight legs pinning her legs and arms down so she could not struggle.

"Hello, it is I Balthazar Bliss a mage of Nox Animus.... It was fun while it lasted.... Good night my dear maiden....." The giant spider said in Bliss' voice before it sank it's teeth into the screaming maidens voice. Back in reality Bliss stood over the maiden and her severed head. The job was done. The next day the noble man who sent out the job request, found a present at his door step. Inside it was his daughters head and the small teddy bear Bliss made the night of the massacre.