The Skill Collector

I wake up late at night and get my upper body out of bed.

This is always a room in an inn. Since it is a room that is renewed with a contract for a year, some personal belongings are also placed, unlike regular accommodation rooms.

I'll have a look around the room, but it's no different than before I went to bed.

Are you out of your mind?

I'll explore the signs but I don't feel anything...... it seems.

It looks the same as during the day because it raises the 'night's eye' level of skills, so I don't think there are any differences between the eyes......

But what was the discomfort that I wasn't sure about earlier?

Raise your 'Intuition' skills to the max and a slight alarm will sound. I've never had such a delicate reaction.

I don't feel like my life is in danger, but I'm pretty sure there's some kind of problem going on.

Gaze into the eyes by mobilizing skills that may be used to detect more hazards.

Nothing on ceilings, floors, beds, tans.

Crawl gaze all the way to the wall. The corner of the window room looks only slightly but distorted...... I feel it.

As I gazed around and observed the area, I noticed the key was open despite closing the window keys and sleeping.

No way, is there someone lurking over there?

He walks into the room and sneaks in without me noticing. So... If that's true, that means you could have scratched my sleeping neck at any time.

Relax and caress your neck unexpectedly. It's been a long time since I've felt this way.

Assuming that someone is lurking, the level of "cover up" is unusually high. Or the effect of skills I don't know.

That's fine if it's just a mistake, but I can assure you that's just not true.

Well, what's the matter? Nerves aren't trying to be thick enough to ignore and sleep like this. Although there seems to be no hostility.

Do you decide to take action because it's getting too much trouble to think about it?

"Can I help you?

Talk toward the corner of the room.

"Ya, sorry I'm late at night..."

I didn't expect a reply, but I heard a whispering voice.

What surprised me was that I heard voices, but my presence is still thin. Ghosts, evil spirits are still convincing, but now the voice is a living human being.

"I'm sorry. I don't know where you are."

"Oh, it's my usual habit. Shh, I'll unskill you right away!

The hurried voice is louder than just now. He would be a young man from his voice.

I expected it to be the corner of the room, but it seemed to be in the middle and there was a black-crushed young man sitting around with his knees.

The expression is not conveyed because it is covered with a black cloth except for the eye area...... but I can see why it is a shady face.

You would be an assassin because you fit in. I have two daggers hanging on my hips so I can make no mistake.

If not willing to kill is also amazing enough to kill emotions, then I'm convinced, but from now on my body is shaking in small pieces denying everything.

Lurking is more frightening.... Don't have trouble reacting.

"Oh, uh, I'm sorry, can I have the light on?

"... Is it a light?

"Yes, I was afraid of the dark."

I never thought I'd ask you to turn on the lights yourself.

The assassin-like man is afraid of the dark.... Is it about to laugh?

Quite a level as a joke, but that frightening way seems real.

When the lantern under the pillow is lit, the assassin-style man exhales cheaper.

"I've always been afraid of the dark. Don't you feel like you're lurking in something?

You were the one lurking, and I thought I was about to scratch in, it was dangerous.

"Ha - I'm so nervous, I'm thirsty"

When I take the water bottle out of the sachet I was carrying, I gently remove the black cloth that was hiding my face and drink it looking delicious.

You're not even willing to hide your face...

It has the characteristic of feeling weak, but looks unimpressive otherwise.

"What can I do for you at a time like this, by the way?

"And excuse me! If you're worried about your job, Senior Lizez told me about the collector."

"Who is Mr. Lises, of that assassin?

Lizes-- a woman assassin who's been after my life for ten years. I recently reconciled, and when I introduced the champion, I became in love and totally grown up.

They've been aware of each other's marriages lately.

"Yes, Senior Lizez, retired assassin, is on the same page."

Assassin confirmed?

"Are you retired"

"It's a rumor that we're getting married soon. 'I'm going back to being a normal girl!' Cause I was drunk and proclaimed before."

"... that's more than anything"

Let's stay away from them for a while because they're going to be postponing their love story again.

"So can you do me a favor?

"Yes! I am an assassin, but I have serious flaws. I've been trying to overcome that...... We have achieved nothing and we will continue to do so."

"Really? But I think you're capable of being an assassin."

I'm actually trying to expose his skills in "appraisal," but the level of "cover-up" seems pretty high, and I can't even tell what skills he owns instead of the level.

I'm not bragging about it, but how many people in this world can get so close to me by turning off their presence?

"What is the problem?

I know a lot, but I'll ask.

"I'm ashamed to say that I, uh..."

Assassin of a man who is causing his fingers to come in spicy.

I don't mean to be sexist, but a woman would still have been cute.

"I don't like the dark! Even though I don't like lurking in shadows during the day, there is no night or light ⁉"

"It's night..."

What if the assassin is frightened by the shadows, even though he is called a shadow dweller and is afraid?

"I never snuck into my room again today, but it was darker than I thought and I couldn't move a step from there"

"............... why did you sneak into the night? I guess I just need to ask you to do it during the day."

"Eh, my senior taught me that when an assassin asks a collector, it's manners to do this. Could it have been wrong?

"I'll ask Mr. Lises directly about that later."

I guess it was still heartbreaking that you couldn't assassinate me for ten years. So you ran a prank to surprise me.

I can't decide how to respond to him in front of me as I put her behind me.

It's a common story that assassins retire feeling guilty about killing people, but let me give you an honest opinion when I hear the worry that they're afraid of the dark.

"Why did you become an assassin?

I'm done with this.

I just think I made the wrong choice of profession.

"It's a routine tea meal that has long been non-existent and doesn't respond to orders placed in stores or skipped order. My master still doesn't seem to match my name with my face, and I often miscall him"

If you're at the same door as Lises, your master is a known person. I should be quite old now.

... Isn't it just a loss of memory once in a while?

"It was a coincidence that I witnessed the assassination scene of my master when I was worried that normal work would not be possible because I was like that. I was the one who was just frightened and couldn't do anything, but the master was sent home after work without realizing me until the end. That's when I thought. The assassin won't even notice. I thought I was a natural."

I assure you that your personality is not for assassinations, but your ability is a nasty existence for assassins.

I guess the master also saw through his abilities and raised him as an assassin.

"So, can you do something about your fear of the dark?"

"I think it's possible. Can you temporarily stop your 'cover-up' skills because you want me to check your skills for that?

"Yes, I get it!

Now the power to cover up your abilities has disappeared. It will be possible to examine his skills in the 'appraisal'.

The research revealed skills such as' cover-up ',' sign manipulation ',' presence ',' internal chi 'and' pseudomorphism '.

They're all high level, but the 'cover-up' is way out and high. The other thing that catches my eye is the 'pseudo'.

It is said that this exists only in demons. In fact, I knew that rarely even humans owned it, but this would be the first time I saw it immediately.

The ability of 'pseudomorphisms' is assimilated to the landscape around them to prevent them from being recognized. I experienced with myself how effective it would be when used in combination with 'cover-up'.

"If I were to buy it out, it would be 'insipid', but I don't think this would pay for the fear of darkness."

"Oh, really? Um, well, it's possible to get people to sell their skills, right? I am single and have no hobbies and no friends, so I have plenty of savings! So could you sell me the skills that make me less afraid of the dark!

It exposed me to sad reality.

I don't mind selling it all the time, but the question is what to sell.

"At night... you're afraid of the dark, aren't you?

"Yes, I've said it many times, but I can't do it in the dark. I sleep with candles and lanterns on at night, so the oil bill will be pretty good"

That worries me more about the fire than the oil bill.

I know what to sell, but I have a grip on selling it to him.

Blessed with his ability as an assassin, if he overcomes the fear of darkness, he transforms himself into a pretty horrible assassin. There may also be a chance that you can take my life.

"One of your factions is in the business of assassination, but are you still targeting only the bad guys?

His assassination party is famous for targeting only rogues. Some people call it a righteous assassination group, etc.

"Yes, it is. Whoever breaks the code will be dealt with."

Don't worry about hearing that...... I can't.

Because I know for myself there are exceptions.

"Excuse me. Mr. Lises kept targeting me for personal grievances, but I don't see how he was punished."

"Oh, that's right. My master said, 'If you kill that man, you die. It'll be a good workout, so leave me alone.'"

I was hooked even though I couldn't be blamed for violating the code. But more perseverance in targeting my life than that has dispelled my doubts about the danger of losing one good assassin.

You mean we were each other because I used her as a workout partner, too?

"Then you'll be fine selling this skill. However, if you abuse your skills, there will be one more chaser. Remember that in your liver."

It's also strange to say not to abuse murder to those who make it a business, but there are a lot of people who need someone to get their hands dirty for the weak.

Killing is not good. But I can't say enough about evil, in this world.

"Yes, I know"

I decided to trust him to snort with a strange face.

"Thank you! Now you can work with dignity without being frightened at night!

He's the assassin who holds my hand with gratitude.

The skill I sold him is' Night's Eye '. This skill becomes eye-catching at night, as the word goes. I can see my surroundings as much as I can during the day, so this will allow me to live without being frightened of the darkness.

"I was also afraid to go into the shadows on sunny days, but now I have nothing more to be afraid of!

With his grand chest up, he seemed like someone else from a few minutes ago.

... I hope this will also eliminate the thinness of his shadow.