Evaluation

Just as they walked away from Ki and the others, the guard stopped and turned to the young master in a helpless tone of voice. "Young master, there was nothing that we could do.. it seems that she has people protecting them all in secret but from her attire I would guess that she is someone with enough status to be able to follow through with her threats. At this time the master said not to cause any problems during our time within the city until we have fulfilled our purpose. If it was any other place then we may have been able to act according to your wishes but not this time."

He noticed a subtle change of atmosphere once Ki sent out the signal but also the way she talked was as if everything was within her control.

Not many people could handle themselves so well after being put in a difficult and threatening situation, especially when they had those with them who they wished to protect from harm.

Instead of panicking, she was calm and steady as if she had expected something like this to happen at least once or twice during the festival and was prepared to deal with it but the look in her eyes was one who had experienced bloodshed.

Instead of the look of an immature girl who was scared by their presence, it was more like a lioness that was protecting its cubs and was ready to attack at the risk of its own life if it means taking down her enemies with her just to ensure the others safety.

Ki had taken up the role as their protector so held herself responsible for everyone's safety so if anything went wrong then she would blame herself, once they are all grown up and able to handle life's difficulties on their own then she would take a small step back to watch their progress.

When the signal was given by Ki, the guard had also noticed the nearby people that had closed in and had a threatening atmosphere about them which made him feel a great deal of danger from.

His instincts told him that they must not make the situation any worse otherwise they may all end up losing their lives.

Even if it was just the young master who died and he and the others had failed to protect him, they all would receive punishment from their master afterwards for failing to uphold their duty.

There was also her clothing which his young master seemed to miss which seemed to be made using high quality materials which suggested that she was someone of high status so he could not risk his young master offending someone they shouldn't at this time.

The younger generation that were with her also caught his attention a little, the young male seemed to be ready to kill the young master after hearing his young masters words and the other young girl was calm as she went to protect the youngest child which showed that their upbringing wasn't a sheltered one.

However the young master did not seem to care for his guards evaluation and said. "Just wait for this young master to tell his father, you will soon receive punishment. Hmph… my senses are not wrong. I am sure that I have just missed out on a top class beauty, if we meet again she will surely fall into my hands."

The guard shit his mouth and continued to walk close by but his thoughts told a different story. 'That would be difficult… that is not the bearing of the average person. Even if they look young, looks can be deceptive and to be able to raise such a strong character is a heavy and difficult task even for most regular noble or merchant families in this area. They must be someone with a lot of power or influence to raise someone like that."

He couldn't help but be a little impressed by the young lady but at the same time compare her to the young master and feel that in terms of nobility and grace the young lady best showed the behaviour that should best fit someone of a high status.

He knew that his young master was spoilt by his family which lead him to become hedonistic, vain and to develop a liking for many pretty ladies which had resulted in many problems.

Either he would spend all of his money and cause trouble in the city while being surrounding by his followers who constantly would praise him or he would chase after young and pretty ladies.

Sometimes a beautiful young lady would be dragged off the street by him and his followers or guards just to satisfy his lust which resulted in many problems that the family had to solve but also any other troubles that he had caused would also be covered up.

The problem was that he was never truly punished and had become worse over the years since his family held some power within the city that they lived in for a long time.

However that was the past and they had come to this place to seek aide so they could not afford to let him continue as he had been acting previously.

As his excessive spending of the families money and problem causing continued, so did the troubles for the family and their businesses were not doing so well, in order to cope with this rising issue they needed some help or they would all lose everything within the next year.

Perhaps if he was given a more strict parenting and teaching towards upholding his responsibilities and reading others then maybe he would not have offended Ki today.

However now that it was too late, fate would be the one to decide if they cross paths once again and if their next encounter will be unpleasant once again.