Chapter 11

"Wait a moment Grace, don't tell me this two brats would also be coming along?" Zedd asked, as she pointed at Senro and Sasha.

"Don't call my children, Brats!" The huge woman, no, Grace retorted at Zedd with an angry scowl on her face, which caused Zedd to unconsciously shrink a little.

"What do you mean, bitch? That we aren't comp-"

"How dare you call your aunty a bitch!!!" Grace retorted louder, cutting him off with an even angrier scowl emerging on her face.

"Ohhhh, you sure have no shame showing up here Senro, after I almost bent your nose to form a new angle." Zedd folded her arms, as she scoffed at Senro in derision with a condescending grin.

Senro's face darkened in slight anger, as he glared at Zedd. Zedd was the opponent, which he and Sasha exerted all their strength and effort in battling. It was only supposed to be a spar to keep them fit, in case of any unexpected mission coming their way, but Sasha just decided out nowhere to up the tempo, by telling Zedd to come at them for real, without holding back. Sasha didn't even bother asking for his opinion, before making such a decision. Zedd, then went ahead to make things worse by declaring match a 'kill or be killed situation'. Senro guessed that Zedd was just bored from sitting on her ass all day, doing nothing and saw this as an opportunity to have some fun, which was why she made such a declaration.

'Beating up her nephews just to experience some sort fun, that's just the kind of bitch she is' Senro thought to himself.

A snazzy remark at Zedd's taunt popped up in Senro's head. He then revealed an annoying smirk and indicated with his finger towards the scar he created on Zedd's neck in the fight.

"I can see that you are really rocking the new tattoo I designed on your neck."

"Oh wow, what a nice comeback." Zedd paused for a bit, before she continued with a wider grin emerging on her face. "For someone who has been unconscious for close to six hours from just a single punch."

That remark caused Senro to darken his face the more in anger. This bitch of an aunt sure knew how to really get on his nerves. He knew normally that he should respect his aunt and treat her more cordially, but she just had a way to push his buttons every single time and respect and cordiality would just fly out the window.

"You da-"

"Alright, that's enough both of you!!" Grace, again, cut her son's words short "There is no time for this. We have a serious matter on our hands."

"Big sister, we have no choice in this matter, let's just accept the mission. We don't want the capital to stop giving us missions to handle now, do we? They might start to think that we are incompetent, if we reject this, you know how fickle they are." Zedd said, ignoring Senro's piercing glare.

Grace pondered deeply for a moment, before she sighed and nodded in agreement.

"Mom, what's the mission all about?" Sasha asked.

"There's no need for both of you to know. You br-" Zedd immediately paused before she completed "brats", quickly eyed Grace, before clearing her throat and continuing. "You kids aren't going."

"Huh?!! What do you mean by the two of us aren't going? We are definitely going! Tell her mom, tell her I and Sasha are definitely going on this mission!" Senro exclaimed, ranting loudly at the top of his voice.

Senro had been anticipating a mission for months now and now that one had just fallen on his lap, he definitely wasn't going to allow his bitch of an aunt to stop him from going. Grace sighed deeply again and stared at the expectant faces of both Sasha and Senro, before speaking to Zedd.

"Honestly, I don't want them to go on this mission. It is too dangerous and full of uncertainties, but I can only spare half of my men and I, myself won't be going as well. Believe it or not, I have a more tedious assignment to accomplish and I need my men for it too. That was the main reason why I was skeptical about accepting this mission in the first place. But you are right, we don't want to give the capital any form of silly excuses and discourage them from giving us anymore missions. Besides, since I will be putting you in charge, I have no doubt that things would run smoothly." Grace paused and took a glance at her children. "Take Senro and Sasha with you. They will prove to be more useful than all the men that would be assigned to you. Also, this would be a chance for both of them to gain more valuable experience."

"Alright big sister. No problem." Zedd readily agreed, but silently complained to herself in a whispered grunt. "Still, I can't believe I will be babysitting this brats."

"So mom, what's this mission all about?" Sasha asked again.

Grace silently walked to a wooden table positioned in the middle of the room, picked up a folded up, yellowed scroll, which was neatly placed on the table and handed it over to Zedd.

"All the information about the mission and the target is in the scroll." Grace, then turned to face Sasha, as Zedd opened up the scroll and browsed through it. "Zedd will fill you guys in about the mission when the whole team is together, okay?"

"Okay, Mom" Sasha agreed "But at least, shouldn't we know the town we are headed to, so we could prepare adequately?"

"The town of Fleming." Zedd answered Sasha's question and continued speaking after a brief moment of looking through the yellowed scroll. "It would roughly be a half a month journey by carriage, so it's better to embark early. We leave the day after tomorrow, after we have gathered enough supplies for the trip."

"Alright, Aunt. Come Senro, let's go quickly prepare dinner." Sasha said, as she latched on to Senro's arm, like a leach and pulled him towards the kitchen door.

"But, I just became conscious recently. I have a severe headache, I still need to rest!! Hey Sasha, quit it! Let go of my arm! This isn't funny!! Ssashaa!!!!" Senro protested, as he fought desperately to remove Sasha's hand from his arm, but Sasha's hand didn't even bulge a bit.

"Oh and Senro, make sure you clean up that your room, it's freaking messy. If you don't clean it up, I won't allow you to leave for the mission." Grace warned Senro, before Sasha dragged him completely into the kitchen and locked up the door to prevent him from escaping from his duties.