The Assassin and the King | Darkiplier x Reader (Part 3)
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“Well, I think that went well,” I said, walking out of the ballroom, straightening my dress.
“Well? YOU THREATENED A COUNCIL MEMBER!” Dark roared. I rolled my eyes.
“And I earned the respect that I deserved. End of story.” Dark gave you a curious look, calming down.
“... You really are something special, aren’t you?” I winked in response and walked away, heading for my room. I felt Dark staring after me.
Back in my room, I tossed the heels I was wearing onto the floor and yanked off the dress, putting back on my other clothes. A maid walked in on me changing and squeaked an apology.
“I-I- m-my apologies, Madam,” she stammered, averting her eyes. I pulled up my pants and leaned against the bed frame.
“What is it?” She flinched.
“His Highness has requested that you have dinner with him tonight, so it’s my duty to make sure you’re dressed appropriately.” I puffed out a sigh.
“Alright, what fancy dress did you have in mind?”
An hour later, I headed down the stairs, led by the maid. She took me to the dining room and held open the door for me, closing it behind me, leaving me alone with Dark. He had his back facing me, and he was straightening the dining table. He turned around and grinned at the sight of me.
“You look amazing, my darling.” He said smoothly, walking over.
“You don’t look too bad yourself.” He was wearing a well-fitting suit. “That outfit suits you.” Dark sighed and shook his head, but smiled anyway.
He led me to the table and pulled out my chair for me before sitting in his own seat.
“I wanted us to dine together so we could have some alone time.” He said.
“Alone time, huh?” I took a sip of my wine. “Well, whaddaya wanna talk about?”
He shrugged. “Well, what was your occupation before you stumbled upon my world?”
I hesitated. Did I really want to tell him? It’s not like he could tell any of my enemies, and I kind of trusted him. I sighed. “I was - well, still am - an assassin.” Dark’s eyes widened slightly.
“Ah. Was that “criminal” you killed...?”
“I assume your job is the reason you don’t feel safe without a weapon on you at all times?”
“Correct. You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve been targeted.” We were interrupted by a couple of people bringing in the food. Dark waved them away, eyes trained on me. He set his chin on his hands.
“How many people have you killed?” Huh, he’s genuinely curious. I laughed.
“Honey, that’s not a number I keep track of. Probably somewhere in the couple hundreds, though.” Dark nodded. The truth was, I kept careful track of that number. It was way higher than anyone was comfortable with. But it was my job. “I’m sent after people in many different worlds.”
“That portal you came out of...” Dark began.
“I have a device that allows me to do that. All part of the job.” I explained briskly, poking a fork at my food.
“Did you mean to come to this world?” I shook my head.
“I was trying to lead my target to a different world where I would have the advantage, but he knocked it out of my hand and it landed against the rock, and the coordinates were skewed. I hit the button anyway and we tumbled through the portal and ended up here.” Dark looked thoughtful.
He traced a finger around the rim of his wine glass. “Maybe it was meant to be.” I glanced up, my eyes locking with his dark ones. The corner of my mouth lifted into a half-smile.
“Maybe.” I found myself saying.
Suddenly a guard burst through the door, bloodied and bruised.
“Your Highness!” He gasped. Both of us stood up quickly, my hand hovering over the spot where my gun was hidden under my dress. “A-An intruder was spotted in the courtyard! Armed!” Dark pointed at me.
“Stay here and protect her.” He boomed. He swiftly left the room to go investigate. The guard nodded and headed over to me, taking out his weapon and looking at all of the entrances. I hiked up my skirt.
“M-Madam, what are you-?” I yanked out my gun and his eyes widened.
“I bet you’re a good guard and all,” I said, cocking it, “but I know that I’m a better shot.” He nodded mutely. The two of us stood there, eyes flitting from door to door, waiting for someone to attack.
A crash made us both whip around, and someone dressed in all black lunged through the window, a gun aimed at us. The guard immediately moved so he was in front of me. Sensing it before it happened, I grabbed the guard by his shoulders and yanked us both out of the way. The bullet pierced the air where we’d been standing half a second ago.
Back on my feet, I raised my gun and fired a warning shot at the guy’s shoulder. He jumped out of the way and it hit the window instead with a loud crash. The guy shot at me and I rolled out of the way, one of my heels tearing the end of my dress.
“Stupid-!” I grimaced, kicking off my heels and jumping back up. The guard charged at the guy and got shot in the side. He crumbled to the ground, but not before hurling his spear at the guy. The spear was able to hit him in the side of the arm, but it didn’t do much.
“Run, Madam!” The guard groaned. I ignored him. I was in a standoff with the guy, both of us aiming at each other.
“Who are you?” I growled.
“I have been hired to assassinate you, fake queen.” He hissed in a strange accent. I heard the main doors behind us being kicked open but didn’t dare turn around.
“STOP!” At Dark’s voice, the assassin fired. Before I could move, I was tackled to the ground. I hit the floor hard and looked up in time to see the assassin shoot at the guards, backing up towards the window. I aimed and shot three times in three different places, calculating his next moves. While ducking out of the way of one bullet, he ran straight into one and fell to the ground, where the last bullet was able to hit him straight between the eyes.
I sighed and laid my head down on the ground, feeling my heart beat like crazy in my chest.
“[Y/n]! Are you alright? Are you hurt?” I looked up and realized that Dark was the one who tackled me. He was hovering over me. After a moment, I started laughing.
“Yeah, yeah I’m fine...” I sighed, putting a hand on my head. “Man, that was kinda fun.”
