The two didn't say anything, they merely looked at each other before nodding their head. When they finally got inside the two were shocked to see so many unfamiliar faces inside their Mother's house, this was already shocking enough because from what they could remember is that they were the Noble Head of the Melvis Kingdom. But what was even more surprising is that even the King was here and from the looks of it, it seemed that he was even forced into coming here.
"I'm going to cut to the chase, what happened when you were out? Don't even try to lie to me, I already saw one of those figurines of yours that has been selling." Yuki asked coldly and because of how cold her tone was Yumie couldn't even tell whether she was angry at her or disappointed this made her break down, and she started crying because she felt like she had disappointed her Mother even though she didn't do anything.
This made all of the people inside who were watching shut their mouths immediately and whatever they were going to say, they just swallowed it because now they were stuck in an awkward position. Meanwhile, the coldness in Yuki's eyes all disappeared when she saw her daughter crying so without even wasting any more time she got close to her being hugged her tightly.
"I'm sorry if I sounded like that, but I'm not mad at you. I know that you are smart and you will never do something like that, I'm mad at the person who did that to you. I'm sorry if I was not there when you were getting bullied like this… and most importantly I'm sorry that I wasn't there when you needed me the most because I had no idea that this was happening even though it was just in front of me." Yuki hugged her even more tightly now and without moving, she looked at all of the Nobles, but she was mostly looking at the King and Skadi.
"Who is this so-called great sculpture that is also infamously a molester?" Yuki asked and even though she was comforting Yumie in her arms, her tone was filled with nothing but endless bloodlust that made it hard for everyone to breathe except for Yumie and the others.
But none at this point, everyone was simply too afraid to ask as their whole body was already trembling in fear, even Duke Wigo who sees Yuki as nothing more than a weak little ant began to change his mind, especially now that she was still alive even though he had already sent an assassin to kill her.
"Are you not going to answer me?" Yuki asked, but this time her voice got even colder to the point where snow began pouring down on all of them which made them even colder than before.
"Yes! I'm sorry, I was just too shocked. But I think I know the person that you are talking about, but just to clarify… the sculptor that you are talking about is a woman, right?" Skadi asked just to be sure because she wasn't sure as even though it was a bad thing to say, this Kingdom has a lot of bad people though most of them are already behind bars, as for the others, they are still out there. But after seeing her nod her head, she just continued.
"Then I think I know who you are talking about, that woman is named Leticia Vox, she is one of the most famous sculptors because she creates amazing art… though all of those share a similar pattern, as most of them are figurines of a child with an erotic outfit as well as pose," Skadi answered.
Yuki who was hearing all of this suddenly felt a shift from her arms and from this, she already knew that Skadi got the right person on her first try, now the only left thing for her to do was to kill that person with her own hands to get her revenge for violating her children.
"I see… then for all of you, this is not an order, but a deal. I want all of you to hunt down every person who brought a figurine that looks like my daughter here, but don't worry this is not a free job. I don't care if you kill the person or let them live, if you can all manage to work together and destroy everything, doesn't matter how many there are whether it is millions or even billions. After you are done… you won't need to pay me a single coin if you manage to destroy all. Do we have ourselves a deal?" Yuki asked as this time she looked at everyone.
When everyone finally managed to process what she just said, all of them saw this as an easy opportunity to get themselves out of debt, but just as they were about to accept this deal of a lifetime, Yuki spoke again.
"Duke Wigo… I'll even ignore the fact that you sent an assassin to kill me if you manage to destroy the most, I'll let that slide." Duke Wigo shivered in fear when he heard that Yuki already knew that it was him who sent that assassin and because of his fear, he could only nod his head.
But the others were looking at him as if he was the dumbest person in the world because all of them were already heavily warned not just by Yuki herself but even by the previous Empress. But it seemed that he paid no attention to it and still went and did things by himself by ordering an assassin to kill Yuki, just because of a single grudge that wasn't even worth fighting over because it was guaranteed that they would lose much more than what can they gain from killing her.
"Good… as for you Skadi and Mephisto, I want you to gather every information that you can get on this woman's background, and I mean everything. I don't want a single piece of information to be left out, I want it sent to me within half a day." After saying all of that, Yuki tossed all of them out of her house so she could have her usual peaceful atmosphere back inside of her house.
By this time, Yumie has already passed out because of crying too much, and she has already fallen into her arms. Seeing this, the others felt bad because they didn't know how to comfort her. Kurokami and Fumiko had also been in the same position as her where they had been violated, but they were grown adults and they could take care of themselves better.
But Yumie was different, even if she was growing to be like Yuki, she was still far from it. She was still just a little child and her experiencing something like that is something no child should ever experience.
"You have heard what I said. There's a freak out there that has molested Yumie… I'm sorry but there is no way that I'm going to let this pass, I want to make this woman suffer a million times what my dear daughter felt." Yuki said as she stood up while carrying Yumie in her hands and she only needed to look at Katsumi so that she would follow her to the room.
When they arrived, Yuki tried to place Yumie down on the bed so that she could sleep better, but she was unconsciously clutching at her clothes which made it hard for her to lie down, so she just let her be and sat down at the bed with Yumie in her lap, her head was resting on her shoulders.
"So… Are you alright? Are you also experiencing what she is experiencing right now?" That was the first thing that Yuki asked as she looked at Katsumi with clear worries in her eyes and this made Katsumi's heart feel warm.