A blonde young girl is walking hand in hand with a brown haired girl. Walking forward, they happily converse with each other and laugh. A young woman stood behind the two girls and looked at them. Her eyes are full of warmth.
"What do you think, sis?" the blonde girl turned her head and looked at the young woman. The other brown haired girl also turned around to face the young woman. "Sis?" she asked the young woman. The young woman was about to say something when the two beautiful girls in front of her suddenly had blood dripping down their faces. They faced the young woman with smiling, blood kept dripping down their faces and started to pour out from other parts of their bodies. The young woman paled and wanted to speak something but no voice came out, she also couldn't move her body.
"Sis?" the blonde haired girl with green eyes spoke to the young woman again. "Sis?" the brown haired girl with light blue eyes spoke to her as well. Blood started dripping from her beautiful light blue eyes and turned it red. The green eyes from the other girl are also dripping with blood, staring back at her.
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Alexandra woke up from the dream with cold sweat all over her body. "Bad dream?" Garnet spoke to her after seeing the girl wake up in shock. "It was nothing" Alexandra responded to the woman and looked outside the carriage's window. The window shows the sun is currently setting, painting the sky red in hue.
Before she fell asleep, they had talked a bit about 'doom' and Alexandra's situation. She does not want to tell Madam Garnet where exactly she came from, but the woman knew already. The woman noticed the red stone hanging on her necklace and knew she was a noble. Somehow her first guess is that she is the young lady of house Beryl and Alexandra's eyes grew wide when she heard the guess. The woman does not need her confirmation to know her guess must be true.
She had heard rumours that the noble house got brutally massacred a few days ago. Seeing 'doom' was behind it, she's not surprised it went smoothly in just one night. She was more curious at how the young woman in front of her managed to get away. She told Alexandra about 'doom' and what it signifies. Alexandra was shocked to hear an assassin guild exists in the kingdom. She had never crossed paths with the military nor any assassin all her life. She was very shocked to see seven disappearing in one second but she's even more shocked to hear the man was the seventh most powerful in the guild.
According to Garnet, the guild uses a numbering system to show the placement of their assassins. If you think you're stronger than someone with a higher number than you, you can challenge them to swap numbers. They refer to each other by their numbers so they do not need to know each other's names. The guild has hundreds of professional assassins. Hiring the seventh most powerful is no small feat, so someone powerful must be the one targeting her family. She wondered how strong the man truly is. From what she saw, she can't even imagine how strong the other 6 members ranked above him are. The good news is she now knows they are hired by someone. She just needs to find out who the ones hiring them are.
Madam Garnet also introduced herself to her. As expected, the woman is an important figure. She's actually the owner of purple rose, one of the biggest establishments in the red light district famous for their entertainment. The establishment is unique because it is not a brothel, but the workers there entertain guests using other activities including a secret technique that will lift all your stress and make your body relaxed. Apparently all the top military officers and combatants of the kingdom are regular visitors of the establishment. No wonder seven recognizes the woman. There have been rumours before saying that the secret technique can even speed up the body's recovery progress. How terrifying, Alexandra thought.
Even Alexandra knew how important the top figures of the red light district are, they are the underground leaders of the kingdom. Each of them are powerful in their own right like madam garnet here. With the secret technique having recovery capabilities she is surely prized highly by the top military officers and combatants. She must have connections everywhere making her confident enough to get Alexandra out of the sticky situation and seven to cooperate with her.
The red light district is the only area run independently in the kingdom. The military, nobles, nor royals had no power inside. They are run entirely by the leaders. Therefore, the other external factions had no power and people can seek shelter inside. This is the perfect place for Alexandra who needed a new identity. The old Alexandra is dead, the new one will be a member of the red light district, she thought to herself.
"Well, what are you gonna do now?" Madam Garnet spoke to her.
"I am gonna look for the one who hired Doom to kill my family" she answered with determination in her eyes. She had been lucky enough to get out of the whole mess alive, but she can't say the same for her family members. She will take revenge for every single one of them.
"How are you planning to do that?" Garnet asked her again. "I don't know yet" she answered honestly. The madam leaned closer and pulled Alexandra's chin up, "If you want, I can teach you the ways of the red light district. You seem like a smart girl" she said staring at her eyes.
Alexandra looked back at her unconvinced "Why are you helping me?" The madam moved back to her seat and opened up her fan, "The look on your face. It's been ages since I last saw such determination in a woman, it reminds me of myself years ago" she answered. "Beside... You're from house Beryl, who's famous for its prophecies and fortune-telling. You should be useful to me" added the woman.
"I did not have any such abilities" Alexandra answered honestly. She knew the woman would never help her out of kindness alone, she is after all one of the leaders of the red light district. Kindness is not really a trait fit for the cold-blooded leaders of the underworld.
"Not yet my dear, you're still young. You will awaken it sooner or later" the woman told her without any doubt in her eyes. Alexandra can't believe the woman. She knew that some family members never awoken any abilities even after they die, yet here is a woman who said she definitely will awoken hers. Even her father said to not be discouraged if they never had their abilities awoken and that it's natural for it to be so.
"You know something I don't know" Alexandra spoke to the woman. The woman folded her fan and smiled coldly at her, "The red light district is a place where many secrets went around, girl." she answered.
"You know how to awaken my abilities?" If she had the ability, it would aid her in finding the truth as well. "I might know someone who does. But for now, you should think of how you can repay me back the 500 golds you owe me" the woman said.
Alexandra pondered for a while. The words of the woman rings in her ears. The red light district is a place where many secrets went around.
"Let me work in your establishment," Alexandra answered, looking straight into the Madam's eyes. Her green eyes filled with determination. Madam Garnet saw her eyes and gave a look of approval, she smiled coldly and said "I expect great things from you."