My Servant System

Chapter 588 Chapter 587: Dastardly Plot (2)

Bessie walked behind me, the Cowkin trying her hardest to remain inconspicuous, and surprisingly she did a semi decent job, controlling her nervous expression and walking rather softly down the street as we trailed just behind the three robed figures, who were rather easy to track through the crowds.

My eyes flickered over towards the rooftop that Anput was resting on, the Jackalkin nodding at me before slipping into a nearby alleyway and moving to cut the targets off whenever they turned into an alley, with Jahi and Leone already waiting inside the dark corridors.

If they went to my right - where Anput was located - we would converge on them and work together, but if they went to the left I would pursue on my own for a few moments before the others joined me; either way, we were getting these three idiots tonight, and I was going to figure out what they had planned for us.

Where I would then respond accordingly.

Perhaps a few hours of torture lied directly in my future; hours that would do well to satiate my craving for blood and pain for a little longer...

If not, then I could at least learn who it was that decided to provoke House Asmodia for a weapon that they couldn't use in any way at all.

With Bessie following behind me, we walked calmly through the crowd and maintained some distance between us and the group of three, who were cutting through the crowd and drawing more and more attention to themselves with each passing moment.

They suddenly turned and slipped into an alleyway on the left, making me sigh softly before I followed quickly behind them, my ears twitching as I heard the quiet mutterings of the three people as they spoke aloud, be it to one another or to someone else...

Protective slipped into my palm, the heavy dagger hidden behind my forearm as I stuck to the wall, straining my hearing and listening in to them for a few moments as I waited for Anput to lead Jahi and Leone over to us.

"-posed to meet us there today! They were inside the Dungeon for the last two days..."

"Maybe they were killed? Subdued, perhaps? This is THE Asmodia Family we are talking about, after all... that wouldn't be out of the picture, no?"

"Hng... No... Realistically speaking, no... Perhaps our Lady was wrong? She seemed... adamant about the Asmodia Scion being an 'uncut gem', but perhaps she didn't take into account that even uncut gems are valuable, if you get what I mean? We should pull back..."

The first voice was a strained, wary feminine voice, higher pitched and clearly stressed at the situation, while the second was a more mature feminine voice.

As for the third, it was an older, raspy feminine voice, rounding out the assumption that the three targets were likely female, and with the thirds words taken into account, they worked under a Lady as well...

Hearing the soft click of Anput's boot on the ground, I nodded as I turned the corner, wearing a harmless smile as I gazed out at the three robed women, who were huddled together in the center of the dim corridor, conversing amongst themselves.

Their heads turned towards me as I rounded the corner, my body casting a shadow over the ground by their feet and alerting them to my presence, but I didn't mind as I observed them for another moment, watching in interest at how the reacted to being caught by an 'innocent'.

The older one cursed softly before tossing something at their feet, which burst into a large cloud of smoke, making me chuckle as I just waved my hand and blew the cloud away, revealing them trying to jump up onto the tops of the buildings around us.

Ethereal blue light shimmered on the walls around us as I traced out some runes, before flicking my hand forwards again, sending thin needles whistling through the rather quietly as I targeted their limbs, my lips curling up into a small smile as they found their mark.

The thin slivers of ice sliced through the black robes and pierced the women's skin, causing them to slip from the walls and fall back onto the ground, the sudden eruption of pain and chill making it harder to climb, even with mana flooding their veins.

Anput and Jahi dashed forwards from behind me, their fists falling hard onto the skulls of the women, knocking them out cold and making us all raise our brows as we glanced at one another, wondering if that was meant to be that easy.

Jahi scooped up two while Anput dragged up the other, with the Demoness saying "Let's get going to the Palace then... get some fresh set of eyes on everything. And some damn food..."

I rolled my eyes at her before glancing back at Bessie, who was staring at us in awe, her jaw hanging open before she slammed it shut when she felt my gaze.

"Come on then... let's get these three back to the Palace and rest."

Anput snorted at that, smirking at me - though her eyes remained hard - and saying "Didn't someone~ here already have more than enough 'rest' though~? With a rather soft, cushy place to sit down and sip on tea~? Hmm~?"

My gaze met my mate's, and I rolled my eyes at her as well before quietly leading us through the alleyways and bringing us towards the Palace, during which Leone coldly slipped past Bessie to walk beside me, leaving Anput to bring up the rear as she trailed a few steps behind me.

The journey was quiet, the only sounds being those of Anput and Jahi rendering their cargo unconscious again as we reached the halfway point of our walk, and eventually we reached the gates of the Palace, where the guards rushed forwards to help us, taking the three women from us and guiding us inside, with one running ahead to gather the Marquess and Empress.