Chapter 73 - Slip in


    "Ma''am"


    The voice interrupted my thoughts resulting me to nce back at the middle-aged man that stared at


    me impatiently, standing with his hands behind his back and waiting for me to leave his sight before he


    called in the guards.


    I held back my tongue, clenching the bag strap from the anger that was bolting inside of me. "If you do


    not leave this instant, I won''t hesitate to call in the guards to kindly take you away" he said with a firm


    tone as he rose an eyebrow.


    "Well then sir, I will be taking my leave." I crossed my hands and titling my hips to the side. "Don''t let


    your wordse back to haunt you" I growled at him before swiftly turning around and storming my


    way back to where I came from.


    "What are you going to do now? Are you just going to give up like that?" Homura peaked his beak from


    the bag.


    "No" I answered dead panned, my icy blue eyes scanning my surroundings.


    "What are you nning on doing? You better not do anything stupid because then I will be dragged in"


    "Says the one who already made a stupid decision oning along with me" I shot back silencing


    Homura for a brief moment when he opened his beak to speak "I only came along to supervise you


    from doing anything stupid that would kill you" Homura voice squawked.


    I rolled my eyes at his unbelievable answer "Sure you did" I said sarcastically.


    "Shut up" Homura hissed before sliding his beak back into the bag.


    I sighed shaking my head in disappointment. ''Stupid bird brain''.


    Taking a look behind me for precaution, the middle-aged man wasn''t in the same spot as he was


    before but was talking with another person with papers in his hands, further away from where we were.


    His attention was averted to the person. I took this situation as an advantage and slipped behind two


    people who just walked past me.


    Both seemed to bemoners of these parts, due to their silver and white hair that resembles the


    features a person that was born in Ventus.


    I stood behind the tall man whose hair was a silver tinum that had been ruined by the breeze of the


    wind. His shoulder was broad and wideplementing how he worked out a lot and he wore a green


    jerkin over a white sleeved blouse underneath, brown pants, and boots to top it off. Just by looking from


    behind he seemed like a man that hasn''t reached his mid-20s, yet I couldn''t tell from behind.


    Beside the tall man was a hunched elderly man that walked in the same pace as the man beside him


    with his hands sped together behind his back. He didn''t were anything different then his friend or


    grandson except for the jerkin the tall man wore where the old man wore a brown sleeveless tunic


    instead.


    ''I will just slip in with them without that half-evolved baboon noticing''


    I stepped beside the old man away from the sight of anyone especially the middle-aged man hiding


    beside the tall man. "Excuse me good sirs" I said with my best old grandma voice as smiled sweetly


    already feeling like gagging from acting like a nice olddy.


    They both turned their heads to give me a surprised look, their tinum-coloured eyes ncing me


    suspiciously.


    "I''m sorry to have startled you both but I have an urgent need of help" I started.


    "May I know who you are?" the old man kindly asked observing me from top to bottom.


    "Oh, I must apologise for my rude manners" I said behind my hand that I hovered near to act like a


    shocked woman.


    "My name is Alethia Smith, and I have just came from Isvand to see my grandson who works as a


    knight in the pce of Ventus" I introduced politely with a bow of my head and a hand to my chest. I


    lied to the both of them trying to hold an innocent and gracious smile on my face.


    The elderly man''s ck iris expanded in amazement and his jaw dropped while the tall young man


    looked a little ufortable with it. "That is extraordinary. An Isvandy knight of Ventus" he said as he


    stroked his small beard. "Oh, you have mistaken, my grandson has Isvandy blood running through him,


    but his parents are from Ventus especially his grandfather, my husband"


    "That is rather enlightening" the young man said seeming he wasn''t quite fond of my fake grandson.


    "Please don''t mind my grandson, Elex. He has been trying to get in the academy of knights for a while


    a now"


    I stole a quick nce towards Elex, and he had averted his eyes away, looking straight towards himself


    with the eyes that reflected an angry dog ready to attack by the order of his master. He didn''t seem to


    fond of his grandpa of saying personal matters to a strange old woman.


    "May I know what kind of urgent help you require?" I blinked back to the old man who seemed to smile


    at me.


    "Well as I concluded before. I havee from Isvand, and I want to see my grandson since he has not


    been himself after his wife''s passing not so long ago yet I cannot enter without a permit and I''m afraid


    he will do something I will regret until my time" my voice had softened, sounding so fragile as if it would


    break with a flick of finger.


    My acting should be noticed by Hollywood itself or I should be rewarded with the oscar award. How can


    America not see such talented acting skills and yet they decide to hire Tik Tockers who have no


    experience in such line of job and never attended acting school before but got in because of wealth.


    I can''t say the same thing to myself because I never attended acting school before, but I am naturally


    talented if I so myself. Your missing out Hollywood.


    I watched old man''s face show sympathy towards me, and he sighed, shaking his head. "I am sorry for


    your loss"


    "There is no need to be sorry for. People go whenever their time is up" I exined looking forward


    towards the giant gate and admiring how beautiful it is built feeling the eyes of the two staring at me


    from the side.


    "Hmm" the old man hummed in response. "Well then, I pray to the Gods he will find happiness in his


    wife''s absence"


    "Thank you" I nod my head in respect getting a sympathetic smile from him, yet the young man didn''t


    even say anything and looked down at his feet, his tinum orbs revealing guilt. It looks like he isn''t


    one to talk like his grandfather.


    "Do not fret Ma''am, you are weed topany us inside and then depart to find your grandson"


    "I''m gratitude to your kindness. May the Gods bless you for your kind generosity" I wanted to smile in


    victory, but I had to keep up the acting or they will be suspicious of me. It''s humiliating for me to be


    unable to sneak in because of the one-way entrance and the fact this is a flying castle built in the air


    and not cemented on the ground where I could have sneaked myself in from somewhere.


    With that I followed these two people I have fooled with my disguise and acting that I had slipped past


    that half-evolved baboon without him seeing me. ''Hehe sess''


    Just like before a man with a fancy silver tuxedo the same one as the half-evolved baboon approached


    us. He had a clean face without a single facial hair to be seen, thin eyebrows that arched into a


    dangerous point and a sharp narrow nose. This person hair looked younger than the baboon man and


    a little less annoyed.


    He did the same inspection as the other guy and asked for the permit documents. Exel handed him the


    papers he asked for and we waited for him. I watched those silvers eyes quickly scanning the


    documents before peeking at us and observing us.


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    Not a minute passed when he lifted his head up and cleared his throat from the fist covering his mouth


    "Everything seems to be in order" he spoke so formally as he handed the papers back. "You shall pass"


    he slid to the side letting us pass. With a nod of our heads, we walked off slowly making our way to the


    gates.


    I don''t feel a single guilt for fooling thesemon folks of letting mee with them. Lets just say they


    are doing this kingdom a favour for letting me join them to enter the pce.


    None of us uttered a word when we reached the entrance. I held back a gasp of awe at how close I


    was to this magnificent structure of an entrance. The perfect carvings were well engraved without a


    single chip to be seen my hands twitched to stroke the carvings and feel the cool metal against my


    skin.


    With a rumble the right side of the double doors opened slowly leaving gap wide enough for a group of


    people to squeeze in. I could make out hundreds of people and silver armoured guards escorting a few


    of them away. As I was about to step in when I heard a familiar voice yelling.


    "STOP THAT INTRUDER" turning my head I saw the half-evolved baboon pointing along finger


    towards my direction, a hideous scowl across his face as he bared his teeth at me. ''Welp, time for me


    to run''


    "What''s going on?" the old man was baffled, turning his head around to see what was going and what


    he caused for such a suddenmand.


    "Thanks for letting me apany you two" I flicked two gold coins their way and Exel caught both


    however I didn''t see his face because I already ran into the pce with royal guards chasing after me.


    "bye" I waved my hand in the air without giving a single nce to Elex and his grandfather.


    "Didn''t I say not to do anything stupid" Homura squawked from inside my bag,


    "That wasn''t stupid. It was a brilliant idea, but I got caught" I exined, my attention of the rows of royal


    guards in full silver armour with their weapons in hand ready to attack me.


    "Tch, when do these metal humans evere to understand that they are no match for Artemis"


    Homura had peaked his head out from bagpletely, his wing holding the bag p over his head. His


    onyx eyes peering into the eye sockets of the helmets like a real bird of prey.


    Turning my attention back on the guards in rows, I couldn''t help but smirk at Homura''s remarks towards


    them. "Not until I show them" I applied force to the back of my heel I pushed myself up into a leap.


    Like a mingo standing on one foot, Inded in that same position on top of the head of the rear


    guard. I could hear the flutter of my cape and skirt behind as my hair flowed gently brushing my skin.


    Another force I leaped forward but distancing further away from them, hearing a sh of metal against


    the floor.


    The yells ofmanding from the armoured people rattled and the gasps of themon and


    noble folks echoed the room. I could see their faces ncing up from below me, their simr coloured


    eyes nearly popping out of their sockets from the sheer shock of seeing an olddy leap so high.


    Ignoring their shocked and pale faces of everyone, my footnded on another person but on their face


    instead of their heads. It suddenly felt like the world had slowed down when my eyes met a familiar


    face. It surprised me that out of all the people in the room it had to be the guy that I pointed my rude


    finger at. ''Guess karma can hit hard''


    Jumping forward into another leap, I heard a grunt of pain before it silenced with loud thuds and more


    grunts of pain and shock. I peeked back to see the man had fallen over a couple of other people


    resulting them to fall like dominos.


    I smirked.


    Turning my attention back to the front I had continued to do the same,nding on top of heads or faces


    before leaping into the air making my way to another huge entrance guarded with more royal guards


    with swords or their poxes guarding the entrance from me.


    Inded silently a few feet away from them, a smirk hiding beneath my hood that slipped on my head


    while I was in their air. There wasplete silence from everyone, not a single sound was heard


    except for the metal ngs from behind. My icy blues eyespeting with the men in armour that


    assumed they can beat me, the famous assassin in the assassin world. The ck dragon of the Ryu


    Organisation.


    "Beat them down" Homura cheered, peeking his head to watch the show, this onyx eyes gleaming with


    pride and excitement.


    I cracked my knuckles liking the sounds of pops my bones made. "Oh, I will"


    \~Third P.O.V\~


    The emperor sat ufortably on his silver throne. His hands resting upon the armchair of his mighty


    throne which was ced beside his Empress. His silver eyes that once held the gentleness of a


    guardian angel was reced with a stone-cold gaze that made anyone shiver with terror if looked into.


    The colour of his soft pale ivory skin was toned lighter into a pale white revealing how exhausted and


    restless he was. A dark shadow had taken home behind him, hovering over him like a guardian


    protecting his master.


    The emperor''s dull silver eyes stared down at the noble doctor from the famous city of Churchwool. A


    city that resided not far from Taivas. "It''s an honour to-" before he even got to send his gratitude when a


    faint, yet audible bangs and crashes was heard from the other side of the grand throne room of the


    emperor.


    The Emperor and the Empress was startled from their seats, ncing at each other worriedly at the


    sudden ngs of metal and crashes they heard.


    "Protect their royal majesties!" a royal Knight beside the king, a man of high statutes hiding his face


    within his metal helmetmanded the guards and knights inside the throne room with a sh of his


    hand, already realising the situations that hase towards them. Sounds of des unsheathing from


    their scabbards echoed the room, hard metal footsteps banging the marble floor making their way in


    front of the royals with their swords or poxes aiming towards the door.


    Arabe''s violet eyes nced over to her husbands with a worried look in her eyes, grasping the back


    hand of her husband''s hand for life as guards formed a circle around them.


    They waited patiently for the intruder or assassin to waltz in so they can attack but there was silence. It


    was quite, the only thing they can hear is the heavy breathing from the helmets of the knights


    bestowing the grand marble throne room.


    Suddenly the door slowly creaked open. The armoured men clenched their weapons while some


    formed small wind currents on the tips of their palms ready to st.


    They waited when a small head that was too far to clearly, see peaked in from the gap. Her hair was


    the only visible feature they could see, and it was white like the snows of winter, slowly draping down


    her forehead.


    "Ummm hi?"