Asche walked through Marldukes with many a stare trailing him. He knew his mere presence caused panic in many, and the volume of people in cities made that troublesome, but he had to press on no matter what the result. Stares and panic be damned, he would see the Graham twins about that assassin.
And the reason behind that was that he was worried that the cult he had destroyed twenty years ago was starting to rise up again. They were the only ones he knew of that would want to get rid of him. Any others were just scared townsfolk who could never get enough money to hire an assassin of that caliber.
He remembered that the fight had been brief, and obviously in his favor. The girl had tried to block his Demon Slayer with her own weapon, a fatal mistake made by many considering the weapons always broke from the momentum of the swing. This girl, however, managed to dodge the swing before the full blow hit her. Asche had rarely encountered anything that could move that easily, so the fact that she started to run the moment after was actually surprising.
Asche, watching his back ever since he had been attacked, was not content with just sitting around now that he was here. He made a beeline for the Azure Street Stop, fully intending to press through anyone that would try and get in his way. Of course, being wrapped in his cape and with the Demon Slayer's hilt sticking out over his shoulder, he was pretty much guaranteed to have little resistance.
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