Suspect

His figure appears in the same hall he was before. He looked around and tried to find them around.

"…Sir Collin-"

"25…"

"Sir…?"

"Where are the guest from 25?!"

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Another man in blue suits flinched and looked around trying find the manager but he was already knock out his face smashed into wall.

"…25… which one of you is from 25?"

People look on each other and ask if there are from 25 or not. It was finally confirmed that there is no one from 25. Did Collin make his move?

"…Wake the waste of a manager and Eren… come with me!"

Eren, the young man with purple hair and violet eyes, comes forward. He was wearing black suit with a shade of purple. He was the same young man that accompanied him to the auction.

It took less than second for them to climb down a floor and stand in front of the 25. Collin didn't even bother to knock and kick the door opened. Door flew and smashed into wall and everything inside become clear to him.

His mana sense can't sense anything around because there is a rune that blocks the mana sense. He can destroy it but it will take time so he went with primitive method…

"…You! You Brat! You stole it, didn't you?"

There was a black hair teenager standing there alone in front of the chair as if he was protecting the chair behind. He looks scared and his leg was wobbling. He was barely holding himself from running away.

"…Calm down, Collin! He is just a kid! There is no way he can steal it, so please calm down for my sake."

"…You-u-u…"

The teenager opens his mouth. He seems to have hard talking but he still opens to mouth to ask what he wants to say.

"…You're bad-d-d people, aren't you-u-u…? You're here-e-e hurt my sister-r-r. I won't let you do that!"

"Calm down, we aren't bad people…"

Eren takes a step forward and notice that there is someone sleeping with headphones over their ears. It seems she was asleep all the time when everything was going on…

"…It's fine. There was a misunderstanding we will be going out."

Eren tried to drag Collin out but he refused to even move from his place.

"…These are just pair of sibling, don't cause any scene here, let' go."

"…That's what makes it suspicious, don't you think we should at the least confirm with his sister?"

"…Stop being paranoid! We can't cause scene here just because of some mindless guess of yours."

"Listen, brat…! You might be son of chairman but that doesn't mean you can order me around. So, shut the hell up and check in on her."

Eren turned silent at his words. He turned his head to look at the teenager who was still on the guard, looking at them with wary, nervous and terrified expression. He just shakes his head. He looked outside and noticed the crowd and formed a circle outside the door, looking inside with different expression.

"Listen kid, wake up your sister, we need to do some adult talk!"

"I knew it! You guys are after my sister, aren't you?! My sister is beautiful and it is always the same story with people trying to approach her with dirty look… just like yours!"

Eren looked at kid and his eyebrows twitched. He didn't even see his sister. He had met enough beauties in his life and every woman he had met until now will die to get a night with him.

"…We won't harm her… here we are leaving, so can you wake her up and ask her to come outside to talk. We won't harm her in anyway…"

Eren push Collin slightly and signal him with his eyes to come outside. They are both famous figure in Human Domain even a single mistake from them will turn up into breaking news. They need to deal with this situation in a civil way as much as possible. Collin might have lost his mind but he didn't…

Teenager was still looking at him with wary eyes until he came outside their room. His eyes suddenly caught sight of two slender arms covered in black clothes raised above the chair, teenager was protecting. It seems all the commotion had woken up his sister.

She stands up and teenager went in front of her and explains the situation she turned around and finally her face was revealed. Eren was stunned by her beauty and frozen on his spot! The woman comes out with a cold and serious expression.

Everyone finally see the face of the person that teenager was protecting with his life. An irresistible feeling comes with in their heart out of nowhere as they stare at the beauty, coming out from the private room.

Even anger-driven Collin was in daze for a moment as he looked at her. The woman is not that beautiful, if search around… he is sure that there will be many women more beautiful than her but… just looking at her is driving him in longing and possessiveness over her. He shakes his head to snap himself out of him.

"You…! You bid over Mind Seed, didn't you?!"

"…Mind Seed?"

Ethan finally comes out and bows his head politely.

"Sister… It looks beautiful and I thought it would be good for you…-"

"Did you bid on it?"

Ethan just lowered his head with a guilty expression. Raven moves forward and bring his hand close to his cheek. He prepared himself to be touched by her but her hands stops right few inches away from his cheeks.

"…It's fine. If you think like that, it's not like we lack money in anyway."

"… Lady… It was sold to me at ten billion, watch your-"

"We would have bought it even if it was twice amount of that!"

People murmured with each other. People who can treat billion like that are only Four Families or Three Great Organization. They wonder about her identity as she didn't look like someone they have ever heard about it.

"…That's just put into more suspicious."

Collin doesn't why but he can tell something is wrong with them. He had an intuition that keeps telling him that this woman might be more than she appears. This woman seems to be hiding something… he doesn't know why but it seems to be related to this theft.

"…Mind Seed had been stolen and you bid it. You are under suspect of being in cahoots with thieves so we need to ask you some question right now."

"…Hee… Hee… Haaaa."

Raven release some short laughter with her head down and suddenly burst into laughter like she found this whole situation utterly funny. People found themselves staring at her too hard. Her laughter seems to be so melodious that they just wanted to see her keep laughing. There is a weird feeling on their skins. They don't know why but every want to touch her or hug her. This feeling keeps increasing as they stare at her.

"…You first threaten my brother and now you got audacity to force me into an interrogation!"

Raven said with an angry tone. Ethan looked at her from the corner of his eyes. He doesn't why but it seems like she is the center focus of everything here. This space… air… and everything around is covered by her presence. He doesn't understand it but Raven seems to be different than her usual aloof and prideful personality.

"…Manager!"

The manager with black hair and red suit finally comes forward with wobbling legs. His head is still spinning due to injury on his head but he still come out and only to get stunned by a look from the beauty. He was feeling same as crowd and was unable to do anything besides stare at her.

"…Do you agree with this…?"

Raven asked in a calm voice but there is sense of oppression that seems tied his tongue. He is unable to decide what to do. In first part, there is a customer privilege that involves protection of all guests and their privacy. He can't break it but…

On second hand, the one who demand it is one of the leaders of Ataraxia, Government! If something went wrong, it would end his life fully! He knows that in the end he needs to decide…

"…Miss, Please cooperate with us…"

In the end, He choose to side with Collin. He can't do anything about it. In one side is an unknown lady with unknown background but on another side, it is Ataraxia!

He can do anything but can't turn government into his enemy. Government is ruthless recently since the last chairman had died in the last war. It had turn into a dictator instead of democracy! He doesn't want to offend them in any cost. This lady might have a background comparable to Four Families but he will rather offend her than Government!

"…Are you really going to break the privilege…?"

"…Ma'am. I am ashamed of it… but this guest had suffered quite a loss here. I can only hope you will cooperate with us."

He tried to explain with her politely. Even though he already decided, he still doesn't want to offend her at all if possible. There is a sense of authority and nobleness in lady that keeps telling him that this lady is someone he must not mess with!

"…Since, it comes down to it. I had no choice but to agree with your investigation… but!"

Her last words made him flinch back. He can tell that whatever she is going to say is not something he will like.

"…If I am proven innocent… then you would have to hand over the Thompson Contender, I bid for my brother for free."

"…Ma'am that-"

"I don't want to hear any excuses. You already broke the privilege, just how much more unprofessionalism you are going to show us…"

Manager looked around while wiping the side of face. The people seem to be whispering among themselves. He is in B-Rank, He can tell that what they are talking about and if he didn't clear this matter smoothly, this incident might push his business into an end.

He turned his head to Collin in hope for some help who just snorted in disdain. He is the last person he should turn to, because of him… Collin lost his chance to create a legend of himself. There is no way he will ever help him. This is also a blind guess from him. He doesn't even have any proof of it.

He just wanted to confirm his suspicious but seeing the confidence of lady. He has second thoughts of this already.

He is frustrated enough to kill everyone here. He can't believe he lost his chance to level-up his proficiency like this!

"…We will compensate you appropriately…"

Manager had no choice but to agree due to pressure from the gaze of all crowd. The lose today he had suffer is so much that he is almost out of his business. He lost more than 1.5 billion today!

Raven didn't say anything and get in the room with the Collin, Eren, Manager and few more people with authority along with an interrogator.

"…What is your name?"

"Katrina Bennett."

"That's a lie…"

!

Collin moves forward but Eren put his hand in front of him and asked her with a calm voice.

"…Why did you lie?"

"Because it's not my true name…"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I don't want to use my family name… it will tarnish their reputation. I hope that you will ask what you want to know."

Eren nods toward the interrogator and he turned toward Raven and asked multiple questions. There was also a detector that can check if she is hiding it or not but they found nothing at all.

Collin clicked his tongue in disappointed. He already knew it but he still felt like this… He can't believe he lost his chance like this… No, He can't give up yet, He need for some other way. He can't just give up on becoming first GrandMaster Rune User…

Ethan was waiting outside when Collin comes out. He gave a look on the kid and his eye caught sight of his storage bracelet.

"…Kid, go and have your storage check inside."

Ethan nods politely but Collin didn't wait and left. He can't do anything here. He needs to get back and use everything he can to look for Mind Seed. He will utilize all his resources and connection to found it… no matter what!

Ethan went inside but they didn't ask him anything since Raven already answered in her stead. He also comes out clean after having his storage check. Ethan receives Thompson Contender with a big smile but manager had a reluctant look on his face. He really lost too much today…

Both of them were leaving when someone called them from behind.

"…Hey…"

Both of them turned around the same time and look back. The one who called them was none other than Eren, the same person who was accompanying the Collin all this time.