Chapter 26

She soon turned and faced me like an elementary school teacher, explaining an important point to a confused pupil.

“Take, for instance, your friend Theo. He has been assigned to ‘deliver’ only single ladies, whether they’ve had children or not.”

I smiled at her last statement because, as someone who knew Theo very well, I didn’t need anyone to tell me that he’d been assigned to a befitting category.

“You… since you are a new initiate and possess an age which is not a multiple of mariners, you’ll be assigned to deliver people who are categorized as evil in every moral sense, character, and in general dealing with the society.” 

The moment she stopped talking, I felt the handle of my katana cling to my left palm, like a magnet clinging to a metallic object. Moments later, I managed to free myself from the clinging of the katana’s