"No please I can't go back now. If I go back now, mother will never let me out again". Naomi pleaded as she and Xyde arrived at the palace.
"If you ask me that is even better, I won't have to worry about you sneaking out any more, besides what is the point in asking when we're already here" he replied.
"I can still leave now but it'll be harder once we get inside" she said to Xyde who wasn't even listening to her anymore.
"We are here already, you should just go and greet your mother then get some rest" he smiled and left.
Naomi opened the door and saw her mother standing with her back turned on her.
"Mother I am here" she said.
"You can all go out"Liz said to the servants and they all left.
Noami felt uncomfortable with the silence her mother gave her. "I heard you were worried about me"she said again.
"You didn't need to hear that before knowing. HOW CAN I NOT BE! ALL YOU DO IS LOOK FOR MORE WAYS TO RUN AWAY" Liz shouted startling her, she had never seen her mother this angry.
"Did something happen?" she asked. Liz sighed frustrated and came close to her
"Don't you know what is happening now there is a lot of danger around us and the recent killings have progressed to our land, this is no time for you to be everywhere" she had calmed down and her voice was lower.
"Mother, please let me stay in Nesha" said Naomi. Liz withdrew her hand and looked at Naomi in shock. "Weren't you listening just now, I said it is dangerous"
"Yes it is here, I am not trying to run away but instead testing my limits.
I have to train myself if I am to succeed you.
I can't achieve that by just sitting in a room and waiting for the killings to subside, I have to be out there with my head in the lion's mouth just like everyone else" she said quickly.
Her mother didn't reply for a while and just looked on "do you think I would let you take that risk?"
"I have to and you must help me".
Achlys met Anelle at the inn they planned to see each other, Velox was with her.
"The school will be opening soon, and I will have to go back. Velox here is a very good friend of mine and sh noe is helpful she'd help with your investigations" Achlys said
Velox extended her hand for an handshake "I am Velox" she said.
"Anelle, are you also from Stonage palace" asked Anelle making both Achlys and Velox suprised.
Achlys had told her that Anelle didn't know about her real identity. "H-h..ow did you...."Achlys trailed off.
"I saw your badge, and the poison in your body wasn't ordinary so it was surprising how you easily got cured.
That's when I figured out who you were"
Achlys felt embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
She always felt uncomfortable whenever someone around her found out about her identity because of the way they started to act towards her but Anelle didn't act strange at all making her feel guilty for hiding it.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to keep it a secret" she said.
"it's okay, we all have something we want to keep secret when meeting someone for the first time even though I would like us to work together in the future with no secrets" replied Anelle.
"Don't worry, I have a feeling that you are trustworthy so I won't have a need to hide anything from you" replied Achlys. Velox coughed, slightly feeling ignored "Why don't we talk about the investigation now, how far have we gotten" she said.
"I recently heard about an informant, he's apparently the most informed person in town.
There are a lot of people who run this type of business but they only specialise in one field.
However he's the only one who covers the whole information category, he always have something to say about anything you want to know. I've booked an appointment with him in the next three days".
"That is good, but we have three days till we can get to see him before that time we could also work on something else" Achlys said.
"I have an idea, these killings couldn't have been done by an ordinary force user. He must be very powerful to even be able to do this, at least among the top ten" replied Velox.
"What you said makes sense, but why would someone in that level of power only be interested in killing. What is he gaining from killing these people?" Anelle said.
"It is either one of two things. He practiced a forbidden technique which requires him to kill, if something like that exists or...." Velox paused looking at both of them. Achlys immediately answered
"He's out for revenge"