__________ POV Kikyo Zoldyck__________
This is beyond bizarre... A man that looks to be about my age seems to have known Silva since he was but a child.
I didn't want to believe it. But none of the men in the room seemed to want to dispute that claim at all. It seems that this person might've not been lying earlier.
Although, his friendship with them is still questionable. He did just claim Silva tried to stab his heart out. So this might not be that friendly of a visit.
I will have to be prepared to help out, just in case a fight does break out. The atmosphere was quite tense after all.
What I wasn't expecting was all of them to relax and start drinking tea. All the tea in this house is poisoned by the way. So this man is probably going to die.
Or not... The poison is supposed to be fast-acting, he doesn't even seem to notice it. Well, we aren't the only people in the world that train their poison immunity. So this is to be expected. I guess.
Milluki however, doesn't seem to be having much fun... Maybe because of his shameful display from earlier. After all, seeing this group drinking tea with smiles on their faces is a bit strange...
I can somewhat make out what they are talking about. But listening in is quite rude. So I will refrain from doing so.
__________ POV Ashton__________
"So, basically you are looking for a circlet? Or a piece of it anyway. One that only Zigg had access to. You and two others had the other pieces." Asked Maha, probably wanting to get my story straight.
I obviously left a few of the details unsaid. Like what the circlet was used for. Or why I needed it, but they didn't call me out on that, they can tell it's personal.
"Well, yes. If Zigg was still around I'd have to give him a passcode to receive it. 'I'm going back home' would be the keywords." I said while rubbing my head.
"Sounds a bit too normal a code. But I'm guessing only one of the people holding a part could collect it?" Asked Zeno.
"Indeed, it should also be said with a few distinct pauses. It's not a difficult code, but it's unassuming, that's why it's the one we decided on." I explained with a small smile.
Silva also nodded. "I guess it's better that way. We aren't going to ask what they do. But we can help you find them at the right pri-"
Before he even finished, both of the old men in the room, namely Zeno and Maha, gave him a creepy stare. It made the family head stop his words in time.
Well, nothing would've happened even if he finished his request. They are technically mercenaries of sorts, not just assassins. He just saw this as a business opportunity.
Although he didn't really read the situation correctly. I am technically a family friend now, since I told them of my relationship with Zigg, and they also know that he taught me their techniques.
I took a sip of my aromatic poisoned tea, really a nice way to spend the evening, poisoning yourself with veteran assassins. Well, we all have immunity to poison.
Zigg gave me the whole Zoldyck training regiment, shock resistance training and everything...Yeah, I really feel like punching him now. Too bad he's gone.
"Now, let's get to the other reason why I'm here." I attracted their attention from their staredown.
Silva, as courageous as he is, was still starting to sink into his own seat at the gazes of the irritated old assassins. He sighed a bit when I broke their silence.
"I want to know what happened to Zigg too. The piece is most likely on him anyway, so I'll have to see his body." I said in a bit of a grave voice.
I could easily notice their expressions take a turn for the worse. Silva signalled to his wife and child to leave the room, and they did so instantly.
I guess that fatty still respects his parents, even if he turned out a bit differently from his siblings.
Maha looked at me with tired eyes. "We... We've been trying to recover his body for a long time now..." His voice was raspy and frustrated.
"On this mountain, there is something that managed to kill my son." Maha mouthed through gritted teeth.
My eyes couldn't help but widen a bit. Killing Zigg? That's easier said than done, he was arguably stronger than Maha. Nothing from this side of the world should've been able to bother him much.
"A strange snake, its made its territory on the summit of the mountain, on the side that doesn't have a gate." A snake?
"It has two tails, and around its neck area it seems to have a black lump, somewhat resembling a bell..." Maha continued his explanation.
Slowly, an image pieced itself together in my mind. And of course, nothing other than a calamity could kill good old Zigg.
But why does this family have such shitty luck? Having two different calamities on the same mountain is really weird.
"We later came to learn that the species is not from Lake Mobius... A calamity that came from the Dark Continent..." Maha finally took a sigh.
A Hellbell, an intrusive species of strange, highly poisonous snakes. Really few in number, yet they have the capability to kill off the entire human race.
I don't know their actual abilities. But they should have some mind-altering prowess. I remember it being said that they instil homicidal desires in their prey. But there should be more to it than that.
I doubt it would've been able to kill Zigg if it was this simple. I will recover his remains though, circlet or not, I will kill that stupid snake.
Although I will have to be careful, I may be immune to any poison in Lake Mobius, but the Dark Continent is a whole different world.
Being careless will kill me, especially since I don't have any of my relics.
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