Chapter 75: ~Double agent.~ (2/2)
Then I realize that my mouth fell open during the exchange and I snap it shut. Those two are fun to watch. “Care to tell me what's inside that box?”
“National secret!” Celestial shakes her head.
“You won't get any.” Ascathon's face hardens and that settles the matter.
“Hah!?” Now I want to know!
“It's something called chocolate, Empress. He is an addict. Celestial is brewing this drug in her kitchen. Back then when I worked here under cover, I tried to acquire some samples. But he guards his weekly doses like a hawk. And Celestial always makes just enough to supply him.” Tjena solves the mystery for me and I arch an eyebrow.
Chocolate a drug? “There is no chocolate in this world?” But then again, I learned that Celestial seems to be quite capable with chemistry and medicine? Why shouldn't she be able to create something that tastes and looks like chocolate? “And it's not a drug, but a candy. ~PfahahhAHAHAHAHA~ Does that mean that she just traded a box of candies for a nuclear device from her husband?”
Celestial's expression turns sour. “Unfortunately that's the type of guy he is. If you know his triggers you can get almost everything from him. And that makes him a little frightening too.”
“That sounds like I am looked down upon! I am just acting according to my desires, that's all. It just happens that my desire for chocolate is bigger than pressing a button.” Ascathon replies firmly.
Celestial hugs her husband from the side and snuggles up to him. “I would never look down on the guy whom I married.”
He frowns and takes another look at his globe. “Hey, something is happening!”
***Norfolk, Border Town Raure, Sewers***
***The Nameless***
“You failed.” The dark hooded person across from him starts the conversation with a displeased voice. “Why are you here?”
“To inform you that the price for his death rose. He is far more capable than I thought and his self healing skills aren't just for show. I will need some very expensive poisons to ensure his elimination.” He sneers at the hooded figure.
The hooded figure steps closer and whispers. “I already paid you to kill him and his family. If you aren't capable of dealing with him, then target his wife! Gut his mother, behead his sister. Start a fucking slaughterhouse in his mansion! We didn't pay you just for him, yet you dare to show your face here? If you are too incompetent to accomplish this, then kill his child! Can you manage at least that!?”
*PIEP*
A sudden noise startles him and the man in front of him. The noise came from his chest? He touches himself while wondering.
*PIEP*
No. To be more exact. It came out of his chest!
“What's that stupid magic trick of yours. Do you want to joke with a hero of the gods!?” The hooded figure reaches for his clothes to find out what he is hiding.
*PIEP* *PIEP* *PIEP*
*PIEEEEEEP*
***Norfolk, Sarn***
***Jazira***
The vision inside Ascathon's crystal globe turns black. Celestial started mashing the red button like a madman when the hooded person mentioned killing Sera.
Celestial's expression turns satisfied and she drops the device on the table between us. “Whew. How lucky that I was in control of the trigger.” Then she looks up. “What?”
Ascathon shakes his head. “You could have waited a little longer. Maybe he would have been led to their headquarters?”
“But they threatened Sera! And it was clear from their words that the assassin was just a hired gun and not trusted. The hooded guy disliked him, so it's unlikely that he would have taken him there.” Celestial answers.
I make a mental note to myself to never put Sera in any danger ever again. This woman has a tendency to overreact.
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