Somewhere in the capital city, an underground auction is going on for artifacts that had been discovered in the abyss. All kinds of things are on sale for money, some of them are just for decoration, some of them are just for show, some of them are for profit.

"Psst... look it's that weirdo again... why is he here everyday?" One of the security guards looks at a person walking towards the auction site.

"Don't know... I heard that he's some kind of high level manager in a really big company. Strangely enough he never really came to buy stuff." The second security guard replies while looking at the person entering into the underground auction site.

"Mr. Archivist. Glad to see you here again." A young girl looking like a manager came out to greet that person. The girl has long brown hair and deep blue eyes, wearing a black suit, black shirt, black skirt and high heels.

"What do we have today? Is it worth staying?" Trazyn asks.

"We have some power armors from before horus heresy and a power sword that is infested with a greater daemon." The girl looks at the man with an unamused expression: "I don't know if they are really worth selling or not."

"So, the usual? Are any new items coming up?"

"No sir."

"Well, what a shame. But I will still walk around and see for myself." Trazyn walked around looking at various objects. Most of the listed items are rather... boring for his standard. He wants something that has unique value and has a sense of story within them. He kept walking around for half an hour or so until suddenly he was surprised by one item which caught his eye. It's an old-looking artifact made from gold that looked like a necklace with two crystals as its pendant. There were two strange characters engraved on the pendant and engraved into a circle with an ancient rune written in it as well: "This must be a relic from the phyrexian plane."

He examined it carefully for a few moments: "This looks interesting."

"Are you interested in buying that?" The girl asked in a surprised voice while looking at that man as if she didn't believe his answer.

Trazyn looks at the girl with a stern and silent demeanor, as if he got annoyed by this persistent manager: "I said it's interesting. But it remains as... interesting."

The manager was a bit confused with his answer, but she did understand what he meant, she then paused to think for a second: " are you interested in let's say... other worldly items. You know, items that are not of this universe." She said with an intrigued expression on her face.

The archivist has a slight smile on his face: "Show me."

The manager led the archivist to a small room and closed the door behind them. Then they began descending through an elevator. It wasn't too long before they arrived at a very large room that looked like a cave with stone walls and a rock ceiling. After a while, they arrived at a fairly large room that was completely illuminated and the white light was almost blinding. When the archivist arrived at the place, he was surprised to see a time fragment that had a specific scene that he recognized: "What is the name of this fragment?" He asks.

"It's called the great battle of the zeons." The manager replied while showing the archivist the fragment.

He looks at the scene and just shakes his head: "May her rest in peace..." He then secretly placed a tracker in this place but the moment he was about to deploy it. His hands were grabbed by a rather tall man with blond hair.

"Sir, please don't litter in this place." The man asks politely.

Trazyn was very surprised by this, because this is the first time he ever got stopped like this.

"Who are you?" Trazyn asked calmly.

"Just a guard." The man calmly smiles at Trazyn: "The visiting time is almost finished here, I will escort you out."

"That won't be necessary." Trazyn leaves through the exit but before he leaves he stares at him with a cold look: "What's your name?"

"Jenkins."

Back into today.

"What are you three doing?!" A sudden shout from Sannet woke Minka up.

"We...We...i can explain!" Minka said as she blushed. She was holding her cousin in her arms, but then she noticed someone else was hugging her from behind: "Viola?!"

Viola yawns and hugs tighter from behind: "Minka... you're soooo warm." Viola rubbed her nose to Minka's neck to sniff her scent: "And you smells good."

"Eww..." Minka pushed away Viola while still in shock, she then nervously looked at Sannet in her eyes: "Sannet...Why are you here?"

"It's almost noon." Sannet looks at Minka coldly: "Get up, tidy yourself up. We are leaving."

Minka gulps and then is off to the bathroom to ready herself. While she's tidying up, Leanna comes in looking rather apologetic: "I am sorry about... last night..."

"It's fine." Minka replied while going to the mirror to put her hair up. "I think we shouldn't let our parents know about this..."Minka then turned with a blush on her face: "But... that kiss was nice."

Leanna smiled and blushed too: "Same..." Leanna then took a deep breath and calmed herself down: "We should get going." She then left the bathroom.

Outside, Sannet looks at Leanna and Minka coldly while Viola is polishing her weapon, as if Sannet didn't exist. Leanna and Minka sat at the back looking away from the gaze of Sannet from the front mirror. Viola then let out a sigh: "Look... We all had a rough day Sannet, I think we deserve a bit of play around no? Next time, I'll invite you for a girl sleepover if that's what you want."

Sannet remained cold as ice but her eyes seemed to be glowing: "No thanks."

"Sannet... we are sorry that we were a bit late on waking up..." Leanna said in an apologetic tone: "It won't happen again..."

"Don't worry about it." Sannet said while glaring at Leanna. "It's fine... But what about the other thing you did?" She asked coldly.

"What other thing did Lea do?" Minka asks with a bit of a panic tone.

Sannet glances at Leanna coldly over the front mirror. Leanna shivered, while Sannet looked at Leanna with her glowing eyes while asking with a cold tone: "Do you have something to say?"

Leanna looks back menacingly: "What I have to say to my family or relatives is none of your damn business." She said coldly, making Sannet slightly mad but she still maintained her cold glare: "I asked him about those things because I didn't trust you."Leanna said.

"Have you wondered why your father always appears from the places where he shouldn't even know about?" Sannet asks Minka.

"No... I just thought Lea told him about them... that's why he appeared...no?" Minka asks with a confused expression on her face.

"Leanna did more than that... she told him about Legend, about everything we've been doing." Sannet said with an angry expression on her face: "I know for a fact that she told him everything about our plan... about our future plans... and about our mission..."

"No way!" Leanna shouted while her hands started to shake from anger: "I will never do any of that!"

"Yes you would, because you know the truth aren't you? About what happened to Legend. While we are on this wild goose chase, you already know from the start... right?" Sannet said coldly and coldly while her eyes started to glow in anger: "You were already planning on betraying us all along..."

"Wait... Lea... did what? Even she told dad about our plans, but it wouldn't mean anything. Right?" Minka looks at Viola.

Viola paused to think for a moment: "Unless... there's something we didn't know about Legend that is somewhat connected to your father..."

Minka suddenly realizes something, she looks for the Terra family crest she and Leanna found, but it's nowhere to be found: "Lea... did you give it to dad?" Minka looks at Leanna with a sad expression.

Sannet turned her attention to Leanna with angry eyes: "How could you do that?!"

"Because this is bigger than all of us!" Leanna shouts loudly: "We shouldn't be even pursuing this. If we found anything that can trace back to our family... everything we love will face an unknown change. I like to adventure with you guys, but not on the expense of threatening my family, if any of this gets out, even rumors. Our family would be devastated!"

Sannet got a bit calmer but she still look coldly at Leanna: "I agree with you... but that doesn't excuse your betrayal..." Sannet then let out a sigh: "You could at least discuss your plan with us. And we would've came up with a better plan than... this."

"Surely you are this mad isn't because of your grudge with uncle Trazyn." Leanna said coldly.

"ENOUGH!" Minka shouts while clenching her fists angrily: "Both of you stop it! We are still a team! You two are fighting over nothing!"

Viola nodded and looked at both parties while making sure everyone was listening: "We have no time for this, we have to focus on finding more clues, whether it is related to Terra or not. No more arguing, we need to stick together no matter what."

Minka then holds Leanna's hands: "Lea... I know you are worried about our family, but... don't worry. If you know anything, can you please share with us?" Minka looks at Leanna's eyes as if begging her: "Lea... can you please trust me?"

Leanna then sighs softly, "Fine... But... you will not be happy about what I am about to tell you... I did some research about this crest... it belongs to... aunt Monika."

"Mom? What does she have to do with any of this?" Minka said, surprised and confused.

Leanna continued with her explanation: "Well... aunt Monika used to work at the guard, not her current job as a supply officer but a frontline squad leader. I don't really know the details but... apparently even until today, her record of confirmed kills and missions successful rate was unsurpassed by anyone over the past decades."

"That's impossible... Mom wouldn't even hurt a fly. Last time i saw it, she just grabbed it with her hand while it's flying and throws it out of the window." Minka said, almost in disbelief: "She is gentle and kind to everyone... what you said is completely unrelated to her."

Leanna sighs softly, "Aunt Monika is just as gentle as you described... but that doesn't change the fact that she is an accomplished soldier. Look... all I am telling you is what I know about her outside of your life. I mean, even you said it, who the hell can catch a fly mid-flight?"

Minka pouted her lips and shook her head: "No! Mom is not related to this! Her and dad were always with me when i was a kid. There's no way I wouldn't notice when she's gone to do... this."

"Then what do you think of uncle? Before a week ago, you didn't know he was the CSO of militarumtech. The biggest corporation on this planet." Leanna asked.

"Mom always says that dad is a noble man. And she couldn't be luckier having met him." Minka answered with a sad expression on her face: "I think dad is the nicest person ever. That goes the same to Emilia."

Sannet interrupted their conversation with a burst of laughter. Everyone is shocked because they had never seen Sannet to even have a slight grin on her face. Needless to say, laughter.

"Sannet? What's wrong?" Leanna asks.

"Noble? Your father is a noble man?" Sannet turns over and looks at Minka in a full condescending plus sarcastic look. She was actually laughing out loud at Minka's stupidity.

"Yeah..." Minka said with a serious expression: "Why? What's so funny?"

"If there's a contest for the most despicable person alive. Then your father will out rank anyone that ever existed in this universe. Hands down." Sannet replied with a bitter expression on her face.

"Hey! Don't talk about dad like this." Minka raised her voice with an angry expression: "You are just saying whatever to get under my skin, right? What is wrong with you? First you exposed Leanna over something so minor and now you are accusing my father of being a despicable man?"

"Minka, you're an idiot." Sannet said with a cold smile: "Your father has been lying to you for years. And you're just too stupid to even see the clear lies he has been feeding you. I have known him way longer than you can even imagine."

"All of you, shut up!" Viola finally had enough: "Sannet, if you are so against . Then why don't you tell us what you know about him."

Sannet glanced her eyes at all of them, then proceeded to leave the car and leap on the nearest roof and disappeared. The three of them look at each other in confusion.

"I don't think she's gonna come back..." Leanna said then her gaze met Minka's. Leanna came forward and held Minka's hand: "I am so sorry... I should've asked you if you want to involve uncle in this..."

"Lea... I am not mad about you..." Minka said softly: "I am mad at dad for hiding things from me for years. I don't know if it is true or not, but Sannet might be right..."

"How did you make that?" Leanna asked: "You mean what Sannet said? That's nonsense. Uncle Trazyn is a good person."

"I have no doubt about that, but dad did lie to me about one thing. He never told me about Sannet. And yet... Sannet and dad seemed to know each other for a really long time." Minka sighed and said softly: "He always acted like he was hiding things from me but he never told me why...I love him...but being kept in the dark when many things are happening isn't really a pleasant feeling."

"Don't worry..." Leanna said with a soft smile: "Your father would never do anything bad to his little princess. You can trust him, I know that for sure."

Minka then smile softly at Leanna: "I believe in him too...But we need to find Sannet..." Minka then proceeds to leap on the roof and starts pursuing Sannet.

"Am i not jealous of those physical enhancement..." Viola then takes out her hook gun and holds Leanna by her waist. They then ascend on the roof as well. When they are on, Minka and Sannet are already nowhere to be found. They proceed to scan for signals but the only thing they found is an abandoned factory on the side of the road.

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"Sannet must've ran into this place for cover..." Leanna said as she felt an air current moving toward one of the windows of the abandoned building.

"What about Minka?" Viola asks.

Leanna shakes her head: "I can't sense anything. What should we do?"

"Knowing Sannet... this building is definitely a trap...But if we are going to engage Sannet head on, both of us don't really stand a chance. We need Minka." Viola sighed as she looked down on the factory's door: "This place is filled with traps..." She then glance towards to Leanna: "Leanna, can you do telepathy?"

"Only to a certain extent... The range isn't that far tho..." Leanna answered nervously: "If it's for a short-range telepathy, then i can do it."

"Good... I need you to do something." Viola took out her hook gun and said: "If I get inside that building, I will be trapped by Sannet's distraction. Which will draw her attention to me. However, I need you to stay outside and tell me everything that is going on. You are my eyes from outside of the factory. And hopefully it will make Sannet slow down a bit."

"Understood..." Leanna replied, then toned her mind with Viola: "Please be careful."

Viola grins widely: "I've been doing this for a while now..." she said and opened the door of the factory.

On the other side, after chasing for Sannet for about a few minutes, Minka lost Sannet's sight. When she turned, she realized that Leanna and Viola did not follow up. Then she hears a sound of soft landing behind her. When she turns, it is Sannet who is looking at her menacingly: "You Terras are surely persistent."

"Sannet, please come back with us. We are sorry about those things we said." Minka pleaded to Sannet with a serious expression.

Sannet replied with her signature cold glare and then threw her blade on the floor: "Don't feel sorry about what you think is right. But you need to have the ability to defend what you believe in." She then cracks her knuckles.

Minka stood back a little: "Sannet, I do not wish to fight you. If you have a problem with me or my family then say it."

"I don't care about you or your family!" Sannet yelled: "It's your father that I have the problem with! The real him….After everything he had done... how dare he enjoy life like this..."

Minka looked at Sannet, puzzled as to what she meant by that: "What did he do to you?"

"If I tell you, then I have to kill you for it..." Sannet said softly with her cold gaze fixed at Minka: "I guess I will have to beat you until your father will make sure that you are grounded for good."

"Why would you do that? We are a team, aren't we supposed to work together? Even if it's something that's against my father's will?" Minka asked: "Don't you think you are too overdoing things? "

"It's the only way I can keep things right..my own way.." Sannet suddenly leaps forward and strikes Minka with her fist and follows it by a swift kick.

Minka's eyes widened in surprise and managed to block the kick, but it still sent her backwards for a few meters. Minka is about to speak but the consecutive strikes from Sannet prevent her from even trying to think about anything besides blocking her fists.

"Sannet, I do not wish to fight you!"

"Then stop struggling." Sannet replies and continues striking at Minka, this time sending her flying with a strong kick to her face. Minka is sunken into the wall with sheer force. But it still takes a bit more attacks to prevent Minka from standing up again.

Minka gasps for air with blood dripping from her lips and her hands are shaking from receiving the massive blow from Sannet. Minka grunts in pain and suddenly her eyes start glowing in faint yellow. The air around them is as if frozen and suddenly an invisible force starts applying on top of Sannet. The flower pot near Sannet began being crushed into pieces but she's still standing while looking at Minka with a frown. Even with her foot starts sinking into the floor, Sannet is still standing with a anger expression: "You done?" She rush forward with incredible speed and grabs Minka by her collar: "How can you continue this journey if you can't even beat me?"

"Because... we are friends..." Minka gasps for air and holds onto Sannet's arm tightly: "I will never let you go..."

Sannet's cold expression suddenly has a crack of sorrow after hearing that. But soon she tries to throw Minka on the floor but realizing that Minka has already locked on to Sannet's arm. Preventing herself from being pulled away from Sannet, Minka instead flings Sannet onto the ground with tremendous power.

Sannet tries to get up but Minka already locks Sannet's arm behind her back and pins her on the ground. With Sannet being held down on the ground, Minka immediately notified Leanna and Viola to come. But suddenly Sannet managed to struggled off with a impossible flip on the ground by rotating her body with only two fingers and then held Minka's neck from behind and throws away the phone: "You shouldn't have left the camp..."

Minka is struggling hard against the hold Sannet has on her but Sannet was holding her so tight that even if Minka wanted to break free from Sannet's grip, she would probably crush her neck with the arm that was wrapped around her throat: "Sannet! Screw you!" Minka shouts while having tears dripping out from her eyes: "We are friends! And I don't even know anything about the grudge you hold against my father... I want to help, but... you don't even want to talk about them with me! Why are you always pushing people who cares about you away?!"

Sannet suddenly releases Minka, her expression is rather...mixed with many emotions underneath. But when Minka saw it, it looked like Sannet just ate something really sour. Sannet looks Minka in the eyes: "I just do..."

Minka then crawled over and hugged Sannet's ankle: "Then everytime you push me away... I will crawl right back like this... Every, single, time."

"You are such an idiot..."Sannet muttered while blinking a lot due to all the tears forming in her eyes.

"I do not care about your history or your past... I just want you to stay with me... with us...I promise you that we will never pry any further of your past!"Minka pleads to Sannet while hugging her leg tighter: "Just trust me... please?"

Sannet looks at Minka for a moment:"Are you not embarrassed after saying all of that?" Sannet said in a husky voice with a slight smile: "Fine... I will stay... Now, get your hands off of me."

"No I won't! Unless you promise me that you will never leave us!"Minka said while wiggling on the ground like a big worm, her hands still wrapped around Sannet's legs tightly: "Promise me..."

"Fine...i promise" Sannet said and gently pushed away her hands from her legs: "Now stop crying and wipe your tears..."

"I want to hug a little longer... I don't even get the chance of ever touching you..." Minka said while wiping her eyes with her sleeve.

"You..." Sannet pulls away her legs hastefully and picks up her sword again and hangs it on her back.

Minka also gets up and pats the dust on her clothes and hair, making sure no dust is stuck into her hair. Sannet walks over and extend over her hand: "Sorry i beat you."

Minka smiles widely and hugs Sannet tightly: "I won't let you go this time."

Sannet was left speechless, she could only manage a blink of her eyes and then was pulled into the hug. The two girls hugged for some time before pulling away their embrace. Sannet looked at the other girl with a serious expression while pulling herself up: "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah…Well now… we need to find those two…" Minka said while rubbing her forehead: "I have no idea where they are. I called them but nothing was replied."

"Don't you need to worry…" Viola and Leanna then crawled on from the edge while sounding really exhausted: "Sannet, what the fuck?"

"Viola, Sannet is back on the team again! Please don't be rude to her." Minka said with a pouting expression.

"No, I am not talking about this. Sannet laid a decoy in an abandoned factory but there's a freaking hell spawn abomination in there, yeah, a freaking hell spawn abomination. Did you really have to go this far?" Viola complained while walking towards Sannet while shoving her back.

"What are you talking about?" Sannet protested in disbelief while standing still as well: "I didn't lay anything on my way here."

Viola then looked at Leanna: "But you said that you sensed Sannet was in there."

"I did, unless something else simulated it…" Leanna paused to think for a few seconds: "Someone or something knew that we were chasing Sannet, so they laid a trap to distract us."

"But at least the ending was good… right? Sannet is still with us and we won't ever ask about her past again." Minka said while smiling.

"Wait, since when did we agree to this?" Viola asks while crossing her arms: "Did Minka promise you this?"

"Hey, Viola. We are all friends here…" Minka then turns towards Leanna: "Lea… you will support me right?"

Leanna nodded slowly as she was looking at the other girls' faces carefully, as if trying to analyze them. After a while, she finally spoke up: "Look… whoever distracted us clearly wants to protect Sannet's that person knows how Minka will act when we are not here. Whoever this person is behind this, definitely knows about us and knows how we think…"

Minka turned towards Viola with a puzzled expression: "Why does this person want to protect Sannet?"

Viola pulls Minka's earlobe: "Because Sannet knows something we don't! And the only chance we can get that information is gone! Because you're a pushover, Minka!" Viola then released her hand and walked away, she took several deep breaths to calm herself.

Minka stood still for a while before she asked Leanna: "Did I do something wrong?"

Leanna looks at the other girl before sighing: "No, it's not you…Someone played us…"

"Whoever you are… I will find out the truth… when that day comes… you will see…" Viola stares right into Sannet's eyes and proceeds to leave while looking really pissed.

After that, they all started walking in silence while carrying their equipment.

Minka sighed deeply before she asked Sannet: "Hey...are you alright?"

Sannet looks at Minka for a few seconds then proceeds to look forward again: "Fine as usual."

"If there's something important that you think we should know about… will you tell us?" Minka asks while sounding a bit lack of her usual confidence.

Sannet continues to look forward: "It's none of your business."

Minka then slows her footsteps, so she's not walking alongside Sannet. After that, she stopped and said quietly: "If you dare to harm anyone of us… you will regret it."

Sannet looked back at Minka, and has a cold smirk on her face: "Your best chance of hurting me is probably annoying me enough for me to kill myself."

"You…!" Minka was about to do something but Leanna stopped her. Minka then buries her head in Leanna's chest. She's not sobbing but finding some comfort. Leanna looked at Sannet and her expression was hard to read. It's an expression that mixes helplessness and disappointment.

They spent the rest of the day looking for clues in this new area, but nothing had surfaced. They have asked many old people in the area but no one had heard anyone named 'Legend'. It seemed that every place they went, they found a similar answer: nobody heard of this guy before… or nobody wanted to talk about him.

In the evening, they finally reached a settlement for the adventures guild. Their ID had proven to be useful so they got a room and managed to rest for the night. Viola went out of the building for a cigarette, she stared at the distant star and for some reason… some memories of the past had surfaced again.

"Entry team 1 heading in." A group of soldiers wearing plat black armor headed into a deserted building. They began sweeping every corner for something they were looking for.

"V, did you see that?" A soldier asks while pointing at something in the shadow.

Viola looks into the corner and activates the night vision plugin: "Negative, this area is clear. What is your status, Team five?"

"All clear, no sign about the target." Team five replied.

"Keep looking… we can't let this chance slide away." VIola then walks towards a door leading out from the building. She activates the night vision again and continues her way as she carefully listens to her surroundings. After that, she saw what she was looking for, an old door that had been rotted by the weather for years: "All teams, reroute to my position…We found the daemon's last recorded position."

The door irradiates corrupted aura to its environment. There is no doubt that being behind has something to do with Nurgle. Viola and her team began setting up a heavy fire encampment outside. But this moment the entire building started shaking and a beast of Nurgle rushed out and began 'playing' with every soldier it saw. Viola fires her las gun but it did very little to the beast: "Damn it, we didn't arm for this shit." Viola began ordering troops to retreat but the beast had already run into a group of people and was tearing them limb from limb. The beast turned towards Viola, its face twisted with bloodlust and smiles as its tongue licks the air.

The first instinct from Viola is to run, but when she sees the dead teammates on the ground. She stood her ground and picked up the boltgun on the ground. The beast sniffs around for her, then suddenly charges straight towards Viola with its mouth wide open.

Viola charges forward as well and suddenly slides below the beast and fires her first mag to its stomach before it can reach her. Blood spilled all over the ground but the beast still persisted. It growls as it feels the pain of joy, its roar was filled with agony of happiness as it continues to charge forward again with a roar that shook the ground itself. Viola reloaded her gun and aimed at the beast's head but suddenly there was a sudden movement behind her. A swift strike that was so fast that it warped the space around her. Without her even knowing, the beast's blood is already pouring out from the huge open wound that had been done in less than a second.

Viola drops her gun on the floor and drops her knees. She looks around blankly and sees the corpses of her allies. And she knows that they can't be buried in peace because all of their body had been contaminated by the beast of Nurgle. So they had to be burned into nothing. But before that, she had to find something to give them a decent burial. Viola grabbed everyone's dog tag and hid it into her bag. This is the least she can do for them.

"Are you alright?" A hand reached Viola: "Sorry we can't get here faster." The voice was calm and kind. Viola turned to look at who had saved her and saw a girl wearing light armor. She has long brown hair that flows down her shoulders and emerald green eyes. She doesn't recognize her, and the lack of lighting plus the blood all over the girl didn't help either.

"It's fine... it all happened way too fast..." Viola then packed the last dog tag with her.

"You know, it's against the regulations to keep contaminated belongings... right?" The girl asks with a smile as if she were not bothered by anything at all.

"I know... but I can't leave these... I need to bring these back to their families." Viola said, showing her bag filled with dog tags, "It's the least I can do..."

"Yeah... you know what? Screw the regulations. Just leave before other people come." The girl pats Viola on the shoulder: "Everything will become better." The girl then walked away before Viola could ask her name. But Viola knows that this girl is something special, just like those heroes she used to read about in her childhood days, or even those that she read about in her younger sister's book of heroes that she left in their hometown before she went into war.

When Viola came back to her senses, the cigarette had almost reached her finger: "It's been that long ago,huh?" Viola murmurs to herself and steps on the lit cigarette: "It was her... was it?" When Viola connected the pieces together. She realized that the path they are on is far more dangerous than they imagined. They can choose to step out now and live a peaceful life or keep pursuing the 'truth' they are looking for. Viola for the first time began rethinking the choices they made until this point. Viola kicks the dust on the ground and when she looks up, Sannet is leaning outside of the hotel while crossing her arms together. Their gaze crossed each other for a moment before Sannet said coldly: "Seems like you already know."

"Oh? What am i supposed to know?" Viola asked, slightly annoyed by Sannet's attitude towards her.

"Why am I even bothering communicating with you? You are clearly not going to tell Minka about it." Sannet sighed deeply.

"But I will. She deserves to know the truth." Viola insisted with a serious face, but Sannet continued to shake her head slowly as if telling no one will believe it anyway.

"What good will it do? She won't believe it anyways, and even if she did she will go and find her mother to confront her about it." Sannet added more explanation.

"And why do you care? Sannet. What does Terra's affair have to do with you?" Viola said firmly. The two girls kept staring at each other, neither of them showing signs of backing down.

"Because I want to keep Minka happy. Not needing to worry about the past of her family. Is that a bad thing? Because it is true that there is nothing wrong with keeping secrets from someone... right?" Sannet replied coldly: "If the lie can bring happiness we should keep it."

"Sannet..." Viola started in shock after hearing those words: "You don't... think things through, do you? That's what worries me!" Viola exclaimed angrily in fear for Minka: "If Minka finds out by herself that we all knew this before her, it would be devastating for her."

"But who cares? It's just Minka's feelings that will get hurt but everyone else will be safe. And as long as we keep everything under the table, less people will get hurt by this information." Sannet said with an emotionless face.

"It could ruin their life, Sannet! You emotionless piece of shit!" Viola yelled at Sannet but the girl didn't flinch or even blink. Her eyes were dead cold and had no mercy or kindness in it at all. But Viola knew better than to continue insulting her friend.

Viola decided to walk away and leave Sannet behind. She entered the hotel again and went back to their room. Minka is currently sitting on the bed reading some books: "Oh, you're back. Are you feeling well?" she asked while closing the book she was reading earlier.

Viola nods, then she sits beside Minka: "Look... there's something I need to tell you... it's about your mother."

Minka blinks a few times: "What about her?"

"Your mother... She did everything on that field... and I can tell you that she killed all of those guardsmen. I met her once during one of my deployments... the sheer force of the attack trace we found, there's no one else on the planet can do that. If that field was the final place where the Legend fought. Your mother was on the scene. But Legend did not leave." Viola said with deep sadness in her voice, knowing that the information she told would probably make Minka mad for a little bit but it would be okay after a while.

Minka looks at Viola in disbelief for a moment before looking away as if trying to think deeply about what this means for her family as well as herself: "Mom killed legend... And she didn't tell anyone about it...But why?" She kept asking herself as tears rolled down her face: "Why didn't mom ever mention this? Why didn't dad say anything? She murdered a hero among the imperium!" She turned to look back at Viola while having a shocked expression: "I need to find mom." Then she left the room without another word.

Viola let out a heavy sigh and followed after Minka. They reached outside the building, finding their car parked right outside: "Minka, wait!" Viola shouted, only getting silence instead: "We don't know where your mother is!"

"Dad knows. He always does... I need to find him." A furious feeling rose up within her chest. Her anger was burning like fire but she still couldn't put it into words, the only thing she could muster was some frustration. But even then she had her mind made up about what she wants to do next: "I will confront my dad and let him take me to mom. I need to make this right."

"Minka." Leanna's voice suddenly came from behind her: "We need to discuss this before you act."

"There's nothing for us to talk about! It's time I take things in hand!"

"No you can not..." Leanna let out a sigh: "This matter is bigger than all of us... if this thing is really that secretive... we will be fine, but what about Sannet and Viola? What happens if they send people after and kill them because they know the information they shouldn't have?"

Minka huffed as she heard Leanna's explanation, she looked away with her head hung down. There wasn't any point in continuing as she knew there was no way she would win with that: "Then... what do we do?" She asked with a look of defeat.

"We need to know why... What did Legend do before aunt Monika eliminated him." Leanna said calmly: "What did he do that shortly after your birth that letting aunt Monika abandon everything to kill him?"Leanna then came forward and holds Minka's hands: "We are in this together, i am pretty sure mother also hid this from me... i hope i can ask her about this, but i doubts that she will tell me anything."

Minka hugs Leanna tightly: "You're the best, Lea...I can always depend on you..."

"That's because I'm the smartest person here. And so it goes without saying." Leanna smiled and held back a giggle at their moment.

Viola and Sannet both glanced at each other and let out a sigh of relief. The two girls had their backs against one another for a while now, maybe this little chapter is exactly what they needed to relieve the tension between them.