Chapter 9: Thieves Guild treasure

There was all kinds of talk the next day when I went to the Guard barracks to give a lesson. The guards were still angry at the thieves guild but it had settled into a cold anger. They talked about finding the assassins guide master in front of the Speakers Stand. I walked back to the Inn watching everything as I went. The shopkeepers seemed happier as did everyone on the street.

I smiled and did my chores easily, Master Hoard had come out once while I was brushing a new horse down. He watched for a moment and then almost gasped as he sucked in a breath. I glanced at him to see him staring at my hand. I smiled and held it for him to see, “I killed the one that took mother.”

He looked at me, “the assassin guild master?”

I nodded and he smiled, “I hope you made him hurt before to end.”

I smiled, “he knew it was coming.”

I spent to day on common chores and it seemed to go quickly. The guards seemed happy so I thought that they might have located the Thieves guild house. I slipped away as soon as it grew dark and crossed the city using alleys. I had a harder time avoiding the few thieves that were out or the groups of guards.

It was not long before I was squatting on the roof of a nearby manor. I had seen several groups of guards on my way here and knew it would not be long before they attacked the guild house. I stood and took three running steps and leaped into the night. I landed lightly on the roof of the guild house and quietly moved to the peak on the roof.

I leaned over the eve and reached down to tug on the vent. It groaned and then slowly pulled out of the frame. I lifted it up and set it on the roof. I went over the side and swung into the attic. I quietly made my way to the door down. I used a slim between the door frame to raise the door latch and cracked the door open. I could hear talking from several rooms as I crept to the servant stairs.

I was not surprised when the stairs continued down into the basement. I heard voices from behind one door as I silently made my way down the basement hallway. They were talking about all the guards, trying to decide what to do. One of the doors at the end of the hallway had a large lock on the outside. It only took me a half minute to unlock it and open the door.

Inside were two chests against the back wall. I quickly entered the room and quietly closed the door behind me. I was moving towards the chests when a loud yell went up and then screams. The chests were full of jewelry and gold coins. I filled my pack with all the gold coins and stood thinking as the smoke drifted down to me. There were shouts and screams and I thought the guards might have just blocked the doors and started the manor on fire.

I only hesitated before picking the other chest up and lifting it to my shoulder. I moved to the door and cracked it open. The hallway was clear and I slipped out and moved quickly to the servants stairs. I only paused on the first floor to listen to the screams and then continued up. On the top floor I went straight to the open attic door and started up slowly.

The attic was empty of people but smoke was beginning to fill it. I set the chest and my pack down by the vent and unwound the rope from around my waist. I tied the rope around the chest and halfway up the rope I tied the pack. I leaned out the vent and reached up for the eve. I could not see through the smoke and had to feel my way. I swung out and lifted myself onto the roof before turning to pull on the rope.