Thursday, January 11th.
Varina came to the shooting club as usual.
Because he has spent a lot of money recently and his marksmanship has stabilized, he doesn't practice shooting much anymore. He comes here purely to drink tea and read newspapers for free.
He planned to find one or two suitable bounty tasks to do.
You know, if you don't count the commission that he found himself, he has never been on a mission as a bounty hunter.
These days, he has been paying attention to various bounties in newspapers and bars, but he still hasn't found a suitable choice.
Although there are many bounty tasks in newspapers, and the titles of the bounties are also varied, most of the bounty targets are still missing people.
But Varina is not good at finding people.
This has greatly limited his choices, causing him to always lack key mission resume that can support his character design.
If he really wanted to be a bounty hunter, that wouldn't be a problem at all.
Like Xio, he could work hard in the Eastern District, and through time and small things, he could also become famous.
But he's not.
What Varina wants is to quickly establish the image of a senior bounty hunter, and then use this image to facilitate him to achieve deeper goals.
Then he must solve at least one bounty task that is quite difficult or influential enough to achieve his expectations.
With some expectation, Varina flipped through today's newspapers one by one.
Unexpectedly, it was really rewarding.
Recently, a tidbit that the Daily Observer has been following and reporting has taken on new twists and turns.
These days, two young people from prominent families got into a dispute over the ownership of a certain piece of jewelry, and they agreed on a bet, which became one of the hottest topics recently.
"Daily Observer" has a special column to update the latest developments in the gambling between the two sides every day.
Although he didn't understand it in detail, Varina probably knew that this was a jealous drama between two big boys. What was important was not the supposedly expensive jewelry, but the outcome itself.
The bet they set up is very simple. The party that currently owns the piece of jewelry will ensure that it stays in a manor in the western suburbs of Backlund for a month. During this period, the other party can use whatever means they want, and finally take ownership of the jewelry. On winning or losing.
The deadline is now approaching.
Because it had nothing to do with him, Varina didn't understand it in detail.
But today is different. Perhaps because the time limit is approaching, one of the parties has issued a reward.
Varina read the report carefully, and then he noticed the identities of the two young men, and discovered that they did come from prominent families, namely Roger Sindras and Varden Gramir.
The wealthy Mr. Sindelas is the third largest shareholder of Backlund Bank, the largest shareholder of South Wales Bank, and one of the most famous bankers and business owners in the kingdom.
Roger is his younger son.
Although Walden's family is not that rich, it has another advantage - his father is a hereditary baron and a member of the Kingdom's House of Lords.
This is a struggle between the powerful and the rich.
In this small land battle, Roger is currently at a disadvantage.
That piece of jewelry is now in Varden's hands, protected by many servants and guards in the Blackthorn Manor in the western suburbs outside the city.
Of course, because this is an era when the steam wave is sweeping across, Roger, who belongs to an emerging bourgeois family, will certainly not admit defeat, especially not to the baron family, which is already somewhat powerful on the outside but on the inside.
So he issued a reward. As long as you help him obtain jewelry from the Blackthorn Manor, you can get a reward of 500 pounds.
Varina thought about it and felt that he had a chance to complete this task and could take it on.
…
Afternoon, Hillston District.
Varina was led by the housekeeper and met his youngest son Roger Sindelas in the garden of Mr. Sindras's villa.
He was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a round face and black hair neatly combed back, revealing a broad forehead.
"Can you help me get that piece of jewelry?" Roger spoke quite directly, and his tone sounded a bit harsh.
Varina replied very confidently: "I am a bounty hunter and I don't do anything I'm not sure about."
"Just you?" Roger glanced sideways at him, "You don't look very experienced either."
Varina chuckled.
"I wonder if you, Mr. Roger, have ever heard of a famous saying by Emperor Russell, 'A person's ability cannot be easily judged by his appearance'?"
At this point, his tone changed, "Besides, I don't think you have time to find anyone else."
Roger took two steps, then suddenly turned around and said:
"I have indeed searched for all the helpers I can find, so I can only let you give it a try."
"I'll give you 2 days, but there are some things I want to say first."
"I just want results. If something happens to you at Blackthorn Manor, it has nothing to do with me, and I will not admit that you were hired by me."
Varina nodded, "Of course I know this."
The conversation ended here. After receiving a photo of the jewelry, he was led out of the courtyard wall by the butler.
…
At 9 o'clock in the evening, Varina arrived at the Blackthorn Manor in the western suburbs.
This is the property of Baron Gramiel's family with a history of more than a hundred years. Even if the financial situation is not good, the Baron will still spend a sum of money every year for major repairs so that he can invite friends to vacation on weekends in autumn and winter.
At this time, the doors and windows throughout the manor were closed, and the lights were turned off in most places. Only the banquet hall was brightly lit, and the male and female servants were patrolling around under the arrangement of the manor's deacon.
At a glance, he knew that the piece of jewelry must be in the brightly lit hall, waiting for guests with evil intentions to fall into the trap.
This was one of the situations Varina expected.
But this arrangement may be able to prevent ordinary thieves, but it is useless for him.
Because he had no intention of stealing the jewelry himself.
He is a bounty hunter, and he took on this task to establish an image of being good at solving problems. Of course, he couldn't steal directly.
Warinar moved carefully through the darkness, looking for any sign of Varden.
According to his opinion, Varden should also be living in Blackthorn Manor at this time.
After searching more than half of the bedrooms, Varina finally found Varden in a large bedroom on the second floor facing the garden.
He had already changed into his pajamas, but he had not fallen asleep yet. Instead, he was sitting at the desk, flipping through an unknown book.
Varina observed for a moment and after confirming that there was no problem, he entered the room through the window and came behind Varden. He covered his mouth and nose with one hand and pressed the handle of the knife against his lower back with the other hand.
"Mr. Varden Grammire, I am entrusted by Mr. Roger Syndras to have a conversation with you. Can you keep silent for the time being? I guarantee your life safety."
Varina said in a low voice:
"As long as you don't shout or look back, I guarantee that you will leave after the conversation is over and you won't be hurt at all."
"If you agree, you can gently put down the book in your hand."
As soon as he finished speaking, Varden let go of his hand and let the book slip from his hand.
"very good."
Varina let go of his left hand, but his right hand maintained its previous movement.
