Chapter 5 the slums of Silken City

After his great escape from his she-devil of a wife, Shinta continued through the streets pondering to himself. 'hmm, I know it's been a while since I've been to the Silken city. but it couldn't have changed that much if I'm right the slums should be in this direction' he thought as he turned into a dark alley and kept walking.

Roughly 30 minutes have passed, and Shinta entered an in-depth run down area with broken and cracked structures everywhere, filled with ragged homeless people begging in the streets. ' finally, iv made it, now the outpost of my faction should be nearby. however, it has been 14 years so they must have relocated multiple times in this area, hmmm what to do' he ponder as he walked along.

Suddenly a bright light shined in his eye's, he grinned, and as he was walking, he dropped a small money pouch on the sly; pretending to be oblivious of it. 'come on take the bait ' he thought as he was waiting for something.

woosh!

a sudden small figure swooped in fast snagging the pouch and kept on running away; the character was a little, dark-skinned boy dressed in rags with black hair.

'Bingo!' Shinta grinned as he vanishes into the shadows and gave chase to the boy. He tailed the boy silently watching him, as he slowed down his pace from Sprinting to jogging. Shinta smiled ' i gotta say this kid is very quick on his feet, not bad not bad at all'.

He tailed the boy for another 40 minutes until he stopped in front of a building, Shinta was bewildered when he read the sign above the entrance; it said "House Pleasure". 'a brothel... you got to be kidding me, don't tell they let underage boys indulge themselves these day's, for god sake he looks just over 11 years old! this cant be the right place!' he thought as watched the boy.

the boy knocked on the Door "knock knock knock!" the door opened it was a girl dressed in pink and purple, revealing silk with long blond hair and blue eye's. "are you lost little boy?" the pulled out a bronze badge and showed it to her.

'huh?' after seeing what the boy had in his hand, Shinta's eye's widened ' the boy has a badge of my faction good heaven's so this is the outpost!?' he thought.

The girl smiled and opened the door wide open "you may enter" She said while pointing inside.

Before he entered the boy looked at the woman and bowed "thank you" he said, then went through the door.

The door closed behind him, Shinta was left speechless of all place's to have as a den for Assassin's it was a brothel, even for Shinta this was a first. he sighed 'welp no point worrying about that now, time to move.' Shinta made his way to the door and knocked three time's, the door opens, and the same girl comes to great him.

the girl smiled "hello handsome if you're looking for some service, please go around to the front entrance, for this entrance is for staff only" she said in a seductive tone.

Shinta just rolled his eye's as he pulled out his gold badge and showed it to her. When the girl viewed the identification in Shinta's hand, she gasped in Shock. "um! Um ah!?" she trembled she didn't know what to do.

Shinta frowned "is something wrong?" he asked.

"ah no my lord it's just that may I know who you are? currently, one person should have a badge like that and shes our current faction leader" she said trembling while bowing respectfully.

Shinta replied in a casual tone "good grief I know I haven't been around for 14 years, but too simply forgot the Assassin god Demon so easily; it seems I haven't killed enough people."

As soon as she heard Shinta's word's, her eye's widened, and her face paled she quickly dropped to her knee's "my lord! you have appeared before us once again it is this loyal slave's honour to welcome you."

Shinta raised his hand" stop that, will you! now take me to the manager of this branch!"

the girl rose up to her feet "ah yes this way my lord!?" she said anxiously.

Shinta followed her through a hallway which leads to a big room filled to the brim with beautiful women, blonds, brunets and even redheads; there was quite a variety. Shinta couldn't help but stare at his surroundings 'since when were there so many females in the assassin business' he thought.

Suddenly a black haired woman called out pointing to Shinta and the door lady escorting him.

"look every one Kelly brought her lover here for the first time, I knew she wasn't single! Look how anxious and shy she look's! that must be her lover!"

boom an uproar broke out, and Kelly and Shinta were surrounded by gossiping female's.

"wow oh my god, he's quite handsome."

"he looks so manly, so that's Kelly's type."

"his package must be quite something to satisfie big sis Kelly."

The banter continued to escalate; Kelly started feeling anxiety praying that they all would shut their mouth's. Shinta didn't want any more of this rubbish and pulled out his golden badge "All of you shut up and clear a path I have business with the Branch manager!" he said loud and firm.

After viewing his golden badge while hearing his words, the room instantly went quiet. All the girls present made a formation clearing a path than bowed, "welcome lord!" they all said while saluting him.

Shinta nodded than smiled "I'm glad you are all disciplined when it matters, you may carry on with your duties; dismissed!" he waved his hand. Everyone bowed once more than departed and went about there business.

Kelly breathed a sigh of relief than continued to lead on, with Shinta following behind her. After being lead through a few hidden doorways and stairs cases, they finally arrived at a pair of wooden doors.

Kelly turned and faced Shinta "my lord forgive me, but I must go in first and inform the lady who is visiting her, so this humble servant requests that you wait here for a moment."

"very well but I don't like being kept waiting" He frowned.

"thank you my lord ill act with all haste" she bowed once more than went through the doors.

Kelly's POV

Kelly entered the room behind the doors and saw an ethnic lady with black hair sitting behind her desk counting gold coins while speaking to the boy who she let come just moments before Shinta appeared before her.

the lady looked up noticing Kelly's presence " what is it, Kelly, why have you left you to post, cant you I'm busy here you better have a good excuse" she said while glaring at her.

The ethnic boy sitting in front of the lady smirked than chuckled at Kelly's misfortune.

Kelly coughed nervously, she bowed "my lady Rosa his lordship Demon has arrived and want's to meet you, he's currently outside the doors."

Clang!

All the money in Rosa's hands dropped on the table, Rosa started trembling "Who did you say has arrived Kelly?" she said tensely.

Kelly responded more clearly "the Assassin god Lord demon has arrived and wishes to meet you."

Rosa gasped " this can't be happening why me! I received word that Lord demon has reappeared somewhere within the six Kingdoms, but I didn't think it would be slovark! Why did he have to come here of all places!" Rosa was in complete despair.

The young boy, on the other hand, was utterly overjoyed," the real Assassin god has come here that's so cool! Lady rosa can I meet him and get his autograph!" that called out excitedly.

Rosa was ignoring his words and finally manage to calm her self down "ok kelly you did well show lord demon in and I will greet him" she stood up.

Back to Shinta POV

Shinta was standing in front of the doors waiting however due his Sharp senses and hearing And rosa's loud mouth, he heard the entire conversation.

Shinta couldn't help but frown 'Good grief whats the point of making me wait outside? If the idiot manager is going to be so loud anyway, she might as well let me in' he thought.

Finally, the doors open slightly and Kelly popped her head out " the manager will see you now" She said, then opened the door fully, making way for him.

Shinta walked inside and saw the boy who lead him here and the ethnic lady standing next to him; both were bowing paying respects.

Rosa raised her head "Greetings, my lord; I am Rosa the manager of Silken city Branch of the Assassin faction, I am honoured to meet you" she said respectfully.

however, when the Boy Raised his head and looked at Shinta, He was surprised "AH!" he yelled.

Smack!

Rosa walked him in response " what the hell is wrong with you, hurry up and greet him, Introduce yourself" she said solemnly.

The boy quickly gained his composure and saluted him " greeting's my lord my name Karn D rank Assassin and your biggest fan I'm honoured to meet you" he said nervously.

Shinta couldn't help but grin Mistchivsiously at the Karn " I think referring to yourself as a D Rank thief is more fitting" he chuckled at the boy.

Rosa had a bad feeling after hearing Shinta's word's; she looked at Karn "what's he talking about?"

Shinta Followed up "yes Karn what am I talking about?" he spoke slyly.

Karn tremble and fell to his knees and kowtowed "I'm sorry! When I stole your money I wasn't aware who you were my lord, please forgive me!" he yelled.

Rosa felt very troubled; she glared dagger's at Karn "You stole his money? Do you mean that money pouch you brought me filled with 100 gold coins Belonged to Lord Demon?" She asks solemnly.

Karn couldn't answer, he continued to kneel there shaking in fear, hoping that this all just a bad dream. Shinta, on the other hand, smiled then waved his hand "ill deal with this matter later, for now, wait outside with Kelly I need to speak with the lady Rosa" he said casually.

Karn Shot up to his feet "yes!" gasped still shaking as he staggered to the door and left slamming the door behind him.

Rosa lowered her head and sighed "my lord I apologise on for my subordinates misconduct towards you, please forgive him, ill return the money he stole from you right away" she said while bowing respectfully.

Shinta chuckled "there's no need for that, Karn actually didn't do anything wrong, you I deliberately dropped that pouch hoping that one of your errand boys would find it so he could lead me to the current location of this branch; so the boy did his job, keep the gold as payment."

Rosa's eye's widened "oh I see that was very astute of you my lord" she raised her head and pointed to a chair; in front of her desk "please have a seat, my lord". Shinta leisurely took a seat, Rosa soon followed and sat in her desk in front.

Rosa coughed awkwardly "so how can I be of service my lord?" she asked courteously.

Shinta frowned "well before we get down to the business of why I'm here, there are some things I need to ask you before we get started."

"ah yes?" Rosa responded slightly taken aback.

Shinta started "firstly since when did the assassin faction of the order Have so many females, or rather since when have there been so many Assassin's in the Assassin business, what the hell is going on here? The only male iv seen here is a 12-13-year-old boy, please explain this to me" he said frustratedly.

Rosa bit her lip trying not to laugh at Shinta's ridiculous questions," oh that, it all started over 10 years ago when a new faction leader came to power during your absence." her tone lowered as she continued" her code name is Demon Queen and due to her philosophy with woman being superior Assassins than men are. Her biased favour towards the female's made most of the males of our faction transferred to the Knights and warrior factions. "

"WHAT!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!" Shinta yelled, "THIS SO CALLED DEMON QUEEN HAS CLEARLY DECLARED WAR ON ME! " Shinta was furious 'this woman obviously chose that code name Demon Queen to tell people that she rules over me the Demon.'he thought.

"Eeeeek" Rosa screeched in fright not knowing what to do.

After Shinta regained his senses " Tell me who this woman's real Identity right now" he said Solemly.

Rosa Panicked "but sir that's classified...." Shinta Glared at her murderous, which made Rosa change her mind, instantly spilling the beans "It's Sharlet! Sharlet Flarando her front cover job is a merchant, She live's south of Silken City in the countryside, three day's ride from here with her two daughter's Tina age 12 and Kiara age 14!? that's all I know I swear please don't hurt me!"

Shinta was utterly Taken aback not knowing whether to laughed or cry 'curses that bitch AGAIN! Heavens did I offend her in my past life or something, how can she be this cruel!' he thought frustrated; however, Shinta just thought of something "whats her husband's name?" he asked curiously.

Rosa still trembling "umm according to our record's Lady Sharlet never married and he got her children from one of her sex slaves who we don't know the name of..." before she could finish she felt a terrifying dark aura emit from Shinta's body.

Smash!

Shinta smashed the desk in half with his fist; Rosa yelled "AHH! Sorry don't hurt me" she ducked her head in fright.

Shinta panted in rage; he was cursing to himself for 10 minutes before he finally calmed down. Rosa looked up at him carefully and decided to ask him "my lord??" she said slowly but firmly.

Shinta rais his hand " its ok I've calmed down now, everything makes sense now, no wonder you've chosen a brothel as your base, know that money loving bitch, she probably has her special servicing customers with bottomless pocket's or something along those lines, am I right "

Rosa was stunned, she nodded "indeed, you are very perceptive my lord. However that is just a side job for the lady who wishes ladies who wish to make easy money, we have normal whore's work here as well to help sell our cover. Since the Demon queen took the power of the faction, all female Assassin's are trained in the way of seducing male's and females; who swing in that direction. hence most of our Assassinations are conducted through seduction and false relationships and so on."

Shinta pushes his palm on his forehead "figures that women will be the death of me" he Pouted.

finally, something clicked in Rosa's head "my lord may I ask do you perhaps know Sharlet Flarando?" she said curiously.

Shinta scoffed "of course I know her; she's my wife, married for 14 year's," he said agitatedly.

"EHHH!" Rosa Gasped in Shock this completely this caught her, Unprepared, she finally understood why Shinta was so angry "how is that possible" She asked.

Shinta took a deep breath and pondered 'that wife of Mine is my worst nightmare, of all the enemies I have ever faced she is the strongest and most frightening.' Shinta looked Rosa in the eyes.

"listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you can never leave this branch or ill kill everyone here including the boy and Kelly standing outside listening in on us."

Wack! The door shook slightly, and you could hear Kelly and Karn panic.

Rosa sighed "you have my word my lord, all that is said here will stay here."