Wilbur smiled softly after a long while. He poured himself a cup of tea.
"Since when?"
Gertridge lowered her gaze and said, "Before I took cover in Sealake Island. They schemed to make me a spy around you back then so that I could provide intel for them. They said they won't hunt me down in return."
"Did you say yes?"
"Yes. You should know that the assassins won't allow betrayal. Any traitor would be hunted down until they die. I had no choice but to say yes."
"So why are you telling me this now?" Wilbur crossed his legs and looked at her.
She laughed wryly and replied, "To be honest, you have a greater chance of winning, so I confessed."
Wilbur was silent for a moment.
"Did they tell you clearly that they are going to assassinate me?"
"No, but they kept asking about you. Very often too, mind you. I feel like they were going to make a move soon," she replied.
The Twilight Blade behind her silently vanished.
Wilbur said, "Good. You made the right choice. I hope you can keep this up."
"Yes, sir."
"You may leave."
She bowed and slowly backed out of his room.
She let out a long sigh after she was outside. She shook her head and mumbled to herself, "That was so scary. I'm afraid there's no peace for me in this life."
She laughed wryly, and then she went back to her room with heavy footsteps.
Wilbur fell into deep thought in his room.
He did not forget about the Riverside Blossoms, and he knew they would not give up so easily.
They were the best assassin organization in the nation, after all. Their reputation would be in shambles if they could not kill him.
There would be no business for assassin organizations if they had a bad reputation.
They would think of a way to kill Wilbur.
He suddenly laughed at the thought of that.
He had no grudges with the Riverside Blossoms. They wanted to kill him purely because of money.
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