Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5824038-20140928191343/@comment-5583506-20141001194546

"Are they dead?" asked the Merchant king.

"Dead", confirmed the woman calmly and leaned back in her chair.

The fat man clapped his hands together. "Splendid! Those bandits were a real nuisance, but now my affiliates and I can continue our business undisturbed! And there will be of course something in it for you, my clever friend, I will surely..."

"I don't want gold", she stated.

He looked at her confused. "Pardon? No gold? B-but... everyone likes gold right? Even the infamous Ghost Wolf must have need of gold, right?"

She didn't react to the word infamous, yet she found the word to be somewhat distasteful. "I have no need of it. My parents, bless their souls, left me with quite a hefty sum of gold. I only did this job for you because the case intrigued me. Nothing more, nothing less."

He scratched the back of his head and raised an eyebrow. "So... what should I pay you with?"

She tilted the tip of her hat over her eyes as she took a deep breath and rested quietly in her chair. "You can't give me what I want, merchant. No one can. Consider this job as a favor and nothing else. The time might come when I have need of some of your services."

He made a light bow and exited the room. "O-okay then."

She sighed and pinched her sellion. Was there something in this wretched world that could possibly give her a peace of mind besides solving problems for other people?