The Retired Hero is an Extra

The most wanted man in the nation of Megrale.

No one knew where he came from or if that was even his real name, but that\'s how he was known by the whole underworld.

One day, he appeared out of nowhere and swept through the major power holders before anyone could understand what happened.

Since that day, everyone feared him as he mercilessly removed every single person in the underworld, taking charge as its sole sovereign.

His power contested with the president of Megrale, Aoife Dell, as he didn\'t give a shit about the rules and regulations.

Earlier, the bigwigs of the nations were involved in the underworld for various reasons, but after his appearance, they lost everything.

That would be fine and acceptable if Victor actually talked and re-negotiated the terms, but he didn\'t!

Instead, he actually publicized their black deeds; be it forcing prostitution or slavery, he had no reservations about revealing everything.

Worse yet, he actually uploaded the proofs and testimonials online!

But when they tried to take it down, they realized it changed nothing as it kept reappearing.

However, the sole reason they blamed Victor was because the underworld was the place where all the evidence existed.

The ones in the trade were naturally no idiots and wanted to keep some fail-safes, which fell into the hands of Victor.

In simple terms, they lost not only their underworld positions but also the one in the Megrale nation.

Heck, they were even jailed and investigated due to the public pressure, forcing the president to even resign!

That\'s why Aoife could even become the president after the opposition lost it all.

Her brother didn\'t like her taking his position and related Victor to Aoife, wanting to get some dirt on him.

In truth, all he wanted was to prove Aoife had connections to Victor and use it as leverage to force her into handing over her position.

Despite considering herself the smartest and wisest, she was unaware of her own brother\'s sinister intentions.

Anyways, it was not as if any link existed between the two, except Victor\'s unbridled hatred for her.

Finally, reality also seemed to set in as Aoife\'s brother realized everything.

Even though he had truly sent quite a few people to get some information, it all failed.

In the end, he chose to send spies for honey-trapping.

From muscular men to effeminate men, and even all kinds of women, muscular, fit, slim, chubby, etc etc, of all ages between 18 and 40.

Yet the end result was always disappointing.

None of them ever returned with any useful information, if they returned at all.

It wasn\'t just him who tried such methods.

Many had sent quite a few assassins and double agents to get something, anything about Victor, only to fail miserably.

That was until he heard of the codename ThornRose and arranged a meeting with her.

Unsurprisingly, he was captivated by her beauty and attempted to force himself on her, but she escaped.

She escaped and continued with the order for the money involved, uninterested in anything else.

She was a professional through and through, even able to keep her personal feelings aside for her work.

Of course, he garnered a negative opinion about her, but she had already left.

\'But just what happened that an assassin turned into his subordinate?\'

The question plagued his mind despite the perilous situation simply because he didn\'t have any hope of escaping anymore.

Meanwhile, Victor and Luc\', or ThornRose, were done saying what they wanted to.

Neither mentioned anything about Aoife\'s brother\'s true motives, believing it to not be the correct time to get the most intense reaction from her.

\'I have to break her slowly, step by step,\' Victor had informed everyone about his course of actions long ago.

Although anyone would be intrigued about his reasons, none spoke of it.

Even now, no one believed his super generic gangster backstory.

The only one convinced was Luc\' since she had already heard about his entire life from him.

\'There was a time when boss gave up on revenge and even lived a happy life with his girlfriend,\' she thought, reminiscing the time he narrated his life.

It was the same day when she had successfully infiltrated the underworld and even Victor\'s organization using her assassin skills.

She did quite a few tasks before even getting to be a part of the underworld officially, not to mention how long it took to get a glimpse of Victor.

Victor was elusive, and despite numerous attempts, no one betrayed him. The reason for his subordinates\' unwavering loyalty remained a mystery.

\'He had already noticed I was a spy long before I had a chance to meet him,\' Luc\' thought with a wry smile.

That day, she was called to his room and couldn\'t help but feel disgust for Victor, imagining what she must go through.

However, she was trained as an assassin since she was 10, and only later did she discover how wrong her life was.

Unfortunately, it was too late by then to fix anything.

Anyways, what greeted her eyes upon entering his private chambers was him fully dressed-up instead of being half-naked or something like her imagination.

\'At least he\'s hot,\' she couldn\'t help but think along those lines, recalling the kind of men and women she had slept with before as part of her job.

Yet his next words stunned her speechless, making her frozen despite her professionalism.

"You\'re here to honey trap me or kill me?"

Luc\' felt a shiver run down her spine at the casual menace in his voice.

"Honey trap, I guess?" he muttered after looking her up and down before saying, "It won\'t work."

"I have no interest in anyone," he stated casually as if he wasn\'t standing opposite one of the most vicious assassins in Megrale.

"Y-you...! Are you crazy?" she shouted, dumbfounded by his lack of caution.

Despite the advantageous situation, her honed instinct warned her to not act against this weird man.

Her instincts had saved her life at multiple instances, so she followed them, not wanting to make a mistake that would cost her life.

"Hm?" Victor hummed questioningly before tilting his head, "You\'re... different."

Without waiting for her to understand the intent behind his words, he continued, "You know, all the others attacked directly, or at least acted seductively."

"You, on the other hand, remained calm and professional. You truly exceed your reputation, ThornRose, BlackRose, Ambrose, or should I say Luciene?"

Her entire thought process collapsed as she heard him mention all of her codenames and even the real name, which she had nearly forgotten.

"H-how...?" she stammered yet he just smiled genuinely.

Victor\'s genuine smile unnerved her, and his silence functioned to unsettle her, who was unable to grasp his motives.

"I will give you two options, die or live. Choose," he declared, his tone taking on a serious backdrop, making her involuntarily bow.

It was instinctive.

She felt as if she were facing a higher predator and the only option was submitting to him if she didn\'t want to die.

There was no way she\'d want to die.

After all, who would continue to live their life as an assassin and honey trapper without having a solid reason to?

And it seemed Victor was already aware of her reason, which didn\'t quite sit well with her.

Well, that\'s how she came to work under him as Luc\', short for Luciene, and continued till date.

\'Just what are you up to, boss?\' she wondered in confusion as he derailed from the initial plan.