PoV: Theosa

My queen gave me the order to explore the island of her aunt and to put the army on alert and to get some of the true elites to come here.

I better get going! "Yu, Yui! You are coming with me! Melody! I need you to bring the rest of the guard squad here and at least of the trump cards. Alexia also wants you to deploy the Espionage unit here as a precaution. Can you get them here by tomorrow night?"

Melody quickly replied, "I believe so! I'll take my leave unless there were any more orders."

"Go!" I wanted to make sure my queen was content!

"Yu I want you to pack at least two days of supplies into a bag for our journey. Yui I need you to help your sister with the supplies. I'll return with a carriage and a boat prepared to sail."

I left quickly and ran to the harbor where I slaughtered the inhabitants of a diseased ship* and started a pyre in a house with some drug dealers.

From there I bought a carriage and a couple of horses and went back to our current residence.

"I have a ship and it's large enough to carry about a hundred of us to two hundred of us back and forth from the continent. Can someone get Melody over here?"

I waited about ten minutes before she arrived.

"Theosa? I heard you got a ship? Did it have something to do with the smoke we saw a while ago?"

"Oh, well yeah. I had to clean off a couple of unwanted to commandeer the ship. Don't worry though! They were going to send it off anyway. They built it for some diseased people. I only killed those people and burnt them in a house fire."

I turned and noted the smoke still billowing out from the harbor. Huh... It appears the people here don't know how to put out a fire... I guess that it's not that important considering that it will only affect the slums by the harbor and none of the business areas nor where we are.

I took one last glance around before saying, "Alexia won't care about the fire. We are in a part of the city where there are no wooden houses so there is no way for the fire to spread. Can we get a move on? I'd rather we not have to deal with authorities attempting to take our boat away."

I took the reins and pushed the horses towards the docks, dragging along four of my fellow soldiers. Two to help me explore. One to bring the ship back to the mainland. As well as one to bring the carriage back to our residence.

"Melody? I know you can get a couple of sailors to assist you in your journey but don't you want another soldier to help you control them? I know that most sailors are unruly and crass. they might even attempt to take our ship..."

"No, I'm sure that I can deal with it. I remember I scored twentieth in our competition remember? I'm certain that I can hold my own in a fight." Oh? I didn't remember that.

On our way out I noticed a couple of people running towards the slums. It appeared that they were cultivators. I made sure that I ignored them even though they attempted to talk to me.

After dealing with them in a dark alley I made my way to the harbor. 

We quickly headed on our way right after we employed a couple of sailors to assist in our voyage.

After reaching the island Yu, Yui, and I got off and split up. I went around the left side of the island while Yu went around the right side. Yui went through the middle of it and told us that we would mark our surroundings into a rough map then section up the search from there.

 I saw only nature on my treck and met Yui about half way through my walk. "Hey, Theosa I think that the island might be bigger than anticipated... Were we running on out treck right? Well, I think that what I ran was almost five miles. You ran more and Yui hasn't even met up with us yet. I think that this is going to take a while without going full strength. Let's continue on your route till we meet up with my sister. Then we'll go as fast as possible."

We started running fast. At our top speed, we could go about a mile in three minutes. That is also taking into account that we are dodging and running through the wilderness. 

After about a half an hour we came upon Yu, jogging along etching a map on her paper. "Hey, Yu! We're going to do an extremely rough sketch instead of a semi-detailed one and we are just going to see in anyone lives here."

"I already met someone who lives here. She says her name is Guang Kaiyo. I already asked if we can build a fort on this island and keep some soldiers here for a while."

Could it be Mistresses aunt? "What did she say?"

She gave me a look and said, "She said, 'Depends on who owns your group.' I replied with 'I am not allowed, under any circumstances to disclose any information about my liege.' then she said, 'Why don't you ask her to come here and ask me?' I said something like, okay." 

I can talk about my liege as long as I don't go past a certain line. The question is, should I?

I decided that I would send one of my birds back asking for permission.

That night I shot to attention as my queen appeared from the shadows. "My lady? I didn't expect you would show up yourself!" She appeared in an instant and I had no time to react.

She appeared to be in a good mood and she spoke to me quite pleasantly.

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"I was bored and wanted to get out of the house. When I heard that Olivia's sister was here I decided that I would come and check her out."

As expected of my lady all she wanted to do was relieve her boredom.

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Secret meeting

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"Are you certain that he wasn't just being an idiot? I know that he is strong but even a Garnet can kill a Diamond when the Diamond isn't paying attention."(They are talking about cultivation levels https://royalroadl.com/fiction/14222/cultivating-queen-of-the-13th-realm/chapter/170235/dumb-info )

"No, I'm certain that my son was completely prepared for the strike! There is no other way than being in the Third realm to knock out a Diamond that easily!"

No one looked happy about the information that they heard. Does that mean that Olivia found a secret bodyguard? 

"Could it be a member of the Main family? I know that Daichi really likes to dote on Olivia and now that he has a daughter that he also dotes on I bet he would send one of his secret soldiers to protect her." 

They all looked somewhat depressed.

"There was also a fire down by the harbor today... I think that we can use that as a go point for attacking them right now... Are we sure that the Golden-Kin can handle the guard?"

"I'm sure they can kill anyone there but they aren't here yet. They are going to be here tomorrow and I don't think that a daytime attack is the best way to go. It would make it hard to say that we couldn't stop them or that we didn't know about it."

"Did we lose any of our businesses? I know that it was nearby my private storehouse but it was saved by one of my servants."

"I lost some of my criminal operations."

"The rest of us didn't lose anything..."

"I lost many of my attendants and a couple dozen pounds of drugs during the fire. It was the steroids we were going to use on our contenders and our soldiers. We don't have the time to make more and refit our soldiers with our higher-ranked tools. At least we still have the equipment for our soldiers."

"We lost all of the weapons..."

Everyone turned to the speaker.

"I had put every weapon into a ship docked in the port... I just received word that it was missing. I didn't think that anyone would rob a ship that housed lepers and other diseased people..."

Everyone felt like they were falling into the abyss of despair at all of the problems going on.

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PoV: Alexia 

I think that this is the least fun I've had since being birthed...

At least back then I could still amuse myself with random stuff.

*tik tik tik* 

Huh? I sat up on my couch and looked to the window.

There was a bird sitting there with a scroll tied to its leg.

It must be from my exploration team! I quickly went to the window and read the message.

Dear Madam.

At the island, I came upon a woman claiming to be Guang Kaiyo when asking for permission I was asked by whom was the fort for? I refused to answer but was given a chance to ask you if I should tell you who you were or if I should just leave.

Please write back sooner rather than later...

Yours truly

Theosa

My Aunt is on that island right now?

I should go check her out! It will give me something to do!

"Mom? Is your sisters name Guang?"

My mother entered the room as I was getting my stuff together.

"What did you say, sweetie?"

"I just got a letter from one of my girls asking about my aunt. Is her name Guang?"

"Yeah. It means light, though I don't know how someone named light is such a mysterious person."

"I'm going to go and meet my aunt, she's on the island right now. Do you want to come with?" I kind of want her to come along. I would rather my Aunt meet someone she knows and not someone she only knows of. As I looked at my mothers face she made an indecisive face.

"I'd better not honey. If I went I would only slow you down."

I gave my mother a hug then said, "I'll see you tomorrow. Stay with the three girls in blue shirts. They will keep you safe from anyone dangerous."

After heading out I went to the harbor and stole a small skiff and pushed it along as quick as it could survive. Reaching the island at this speed won't take too long! (Remember that she can move things with her mind?)

I smiled as I felt the breeze on my skin. This was relaxing.

As I can upon the island I noticed the presence of my girls, they were relaxing in an open area by the beach they looked quite pleased with their work and they seemed to be preparing to sleep.

I bought the skiff up to the grass before leaving it. I'd rather not have to swim back to the city! I approached my guards and asked when I got close "Where is Guang?" Oh, they didn't hear me? I must have slacked off while teaching them to maintain awareness...

As I approached further Theosa caught her eyes on me. "My lady? I didn't expect you would show up yourself!" It seems like she didn't even notice me before...

I gave a look of 'No shit Sherlock' then I spoke the truth, "I was bored and wanted to get out of the house. When I heard that Olivia's sister was here I decided that I would come and check her out."

She stood up and directed me deeper into the island. it took about five minutes before we reached a small cottage.

"Theosa why don't you go sleep you've been up for a while now."

"Yes my lady!"

I walked over to the door and knocked.

After waiting a minute I knocked again harder.

After another minute of waiting, I decided that I should just go inside. So after a quick mental sweep of the room using my psionic powers, I noticed a sleeping woman lying in a bed. 

I entered quietly and walked over to her before taking a glance at her face. She looked like my mother and my grandfather... It appears this is my aunt.

I pinched her cheeks a couple of times to attempt to arouse her from her slumber before giving up and using killing intent.

The next moment she was almost grasping my throat. 

I quickly moved backward escaping the reaching hand.

"You are Guang Kaiyo correct?" I spoke softly.

"Depends on who's asking." It appears that she is very cautious. 

"You met some of my girls today and wanted to know who I was. So I'm here!" She appeared to be searching her memories for the encounter. 

"Ah! I remember now! Do you own her group? I expected someone older... Why do you want to make a fort here? I take it you know that I am a noble in the nearby empire. I doubt you are staging an invasion."

"No, I'm looking for a place to house about two thousand people while my mother and I visit the Kaiyo clan. They made a couple of offensive movements directed at us and I'd rather have a group of people who can move in and protect us while we are in the city."

"My family isn't that dumb I doubt they would try to do anything to you unless you did something to them."

"Even if my existence may cause trouble in the long run? They want me dead and want my mother gone to make an opening to gain more power. I think a couple of branches are making moves on the head family position. We are sort of in sorts with them hence the dislike for us."

After a moment of pondering, "Is it only two thousand people? I think that it should be fine if it's that few." 

"Thanks!"

"No problem. Can I keep any building you build? I would rather like to have a better home here but I'm just too lazy to put forth the effort."

"I can just make you a mansion..." I can't see the resemblance to my mother anymore... My mother is never lazy.

"Make it huge and pretty! Also, does your group have any pretty boys you can lend me? It gets lonely out here without company at night." *Wink*

"It's an all female military group... I know a couple of my officers can please a woman should you be interested though."

"Hmm. Why don't you do that!"

I have a Bi aunt... This backward savage world does have some good things right at least!

Damn! I want to see this!