Chapter : 9

It's been a few days since the butler's arrival, and he seems to be acting quite normal. Although I might have doubted him because of my 'instinct', I still felt I should not let my guard down.

I quickly went down to the dining place and saw the chef setting up the food.

"Ah, uncle Mark what's on today's breakfast?" I asked.

"Green pepper curry, young master," he said.

I quickly began to eat and noticed something strange, my body was shivering, I was getting goosebumps, and my mind constantly screamed to get away from the place. That's when I noticed the butler and he was staring at me probably.

'Why is he staring at me ?' I thought.

'Is he here for my assassination, then was it he who tried to assassinate me the previous two times?'

As my thoughts were about to go crazy I was interrupted by Mark,

"Young master, I think you should eat and leave fast, that man seems dangerous," he said.

'It seemed that he noticed it too, hmm did he manage to sneak into this household, then some kind of a spy, I need some kind of proof if this is true, I'll need more evidence' I thought as I quickly left the place after eating.

I went upstairs and wrote it down in my diary, and quickly called my maid, "Jenny"

"Yes, how may I help you, young master?" she asked

"I need you to restrict the movement of someone, is it possible? " I asked.

"Of course young master, who is it?" she asked.

"Jon, my butler, I want you to restrict his movements only till the mansion"," He must not be allowed outside the mansion, and keep on monitoring his actions," I said.

"Why is that young master, did he offend you of some sort?" she said.

That's when I felt something was not right, she usually doesn't question me, hmm is his acting so good that even the head of the Ishtart family could not recognize him?

"You don't need to know that for now Jenny, anyway is sure to observe him," I said.

'Now let us see what you can do Jon' I thought.

SCENE CHANGE..-

In a dark broken-down building somewhere very far from the Ishtart mansion, there was a hooded man who wore a beak-like mask with weird patterns on them.

He wore a necklace that was bound by a bone.

His outfit was not seen due to the mist covering his body.

"Did anyone from the Ishtart mansion doubt your presence there?" the man asked.

A voice appeared from the mist, "I would believe not but it is too early to say, I think I gained the trust of the lord, at least." the voice from the mist replied.

"Hmm if anyone doubts you make sure to correct it, if too extreme finish them, anyway is the information of the empire safe with you?" the hooded man asked.

"Yes, I have hidden it for now, but I am not able to find 'that' in the Ishtart mansion yet," the voice said.

"It's alright you just infiltrated right now take it slow, not too slow, and how's Beta doing?" the man asked.

"There has been no response from Beta's side, the last I heard was after I escaped the empire's forces"

There was a click of anger in the hooded man's eyes visible,

"Be sure to not mess it up, I already sent Delta to clean up the mess you and Alpha made, and due to that I had to kill the whole knight squad, the holy knights are searching for us very efficiently now, if Delta hadn't covered your tracks the you would have given some clues about ourself you Buffon " the man roared in anger.

"Yes I'm sorry I will not mess it up you don't need to worry, and I need you to take Delta back if he is still roaming near the empire, even though Delta is an upper Ghoul, he might lose to the holy knights, then they will discover all our secrets, " the voice replied.

The man stayed silent for a while,

"Fine, if even you found some difficulty facing the holy knights, then I guess I will call him back, but if you ever don't complete this mission, then you do no that boss won't accept it unless a clear substitute existed." the man spoke.

"Yes I understand, I will contact you after I receive further information." the voice said.

Then the hooded man quickly disappeared from the dark old building leaving behind rotting corpses that looked like they were freshly cut.