"How's your scouting mission so far, Miss Saturn?"
A deep voice came from the round mirror inside her bathroom. The person speaking seem to be a young man dressed in a white and golden suit, right on his chest appeared a badge shaped like a lyre. His hair is gold in color while his face is hidden with a white mask without any holes for the eyes, nose and the mouth. His hand, wearing a white gloves were holding a scroll on his right and a quill on his left. He continued to write what was reported by the person in front of the mirror.
"The last of Gilliard..." His voice slow down a little after hearing the shocking news. But he later shakes his head and asking the informer the truth of the matter.
"Is it really the last line of Gilliard? Miss Saturn, you know how much of an impact this news will bring us." A firm voice, demanding an explanation from the informer.
"It is the truth, I looked into his soul. There's no denying the truth of this matter."
She stood still on her place, like a mannequin- not the slightest movement can be detected. Her face is serious and look cold, indicating that the information she reported are not mere lies or something to be joke about.
"Alright, then I will give you another mission to take care of. The Board of Directors has given a new command, there's seem to be a unusual movement of Dentist in Rughdud Town where you're currently at. Investigate the cause of it and report the reason behind, this mission is labeled as Code B thus why we're sending you another reinforcements. Within the time of 2 days, Mr. Galileo will arrived with three other Members of Dawn. Miss Saturn and Mr. Galileo are required to take immediate action of solving the matters without involving ordinary citizens but of course, any capable mercenaries that can be command are advisable."
A long list of instruction and information came from the man in mask. But without wasting any time, Saturn quickly accept her new missions as if she's used to it. After saluting and giving farewell, the connection between the two are cut and the reflection in the mirror quickly dissipates and return to normal. Saturn look at her own image before letting out a sigh.
"This is quite a serious problem indeed if two officer of Cerberus are required to take a mission together."
She washes her face with water before leaving the bathroom. She then released her black robe and throw it at the sofa before falling at bed. The room is dark as the curtains are pulled down, blocking any signs of sun from breaking through. She stared at the ceilings, her mind seem to be somewhere else. It is unknown what she was thinking. Time ticked by without notice, she stayed staring at the ceilings until slowly drifting to sleep.
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It's already six in the evening when she finally woke up from her sleep, she stretches her body out before walking to the bathroom. She took a long time to washed herself, still feeling sleepy. When she's finally finished, she wipes herself with a towel before dressing up again with another black robe of the same design. She walk out of her room and went downstairs, where it's bustling with people chattering loudly and drinking. "The bar is as busy as always," she thought herself. She walk past a waitress holding a couple cup of beers in both her hand. The waitress seem to notice her walking closer.
"Oh, hey Saturn. Did you have a good sleep? I didn't see you last night, are you out again?"
"I had a really, really good sleep just now, Nora. Had to force myself to wake up." She gave her a hug from behind and squished her breast which shock the waitress.
"Get your hands off me, I'm busy here." The waitress laugh before smacking Saturn's hands. The drunk guys who saw them both seem to be gulping their saliva, obviously enjoying the show in front. They stared at each other before bursting with a hideous laugh.
"Now, are you going out for work again?" Nora ask the short haired girl in front of her.
"Nope, just meeting a new acquaintance. The famous playboy in town." The answer gave the waitress a shock. She raised her eyebrows and look at Saturn strangely as if requiring what is the purpose and what is their relationship is.
"It's nothing weird really, The Association are asking me to bring him to work with us. Are you really doubting me that much?" She gave her a clear reason for meeting up with the man, which Nora sighs with relief later.
"Who knows, that guy fuck everything that moves."
They both laughs like everybody else, and continuing to chat for a little while before Saturn excuses herself after seeing the arrival of the target into the bar. The man, dressed in a simple black shirt and a black pants while also wearing a boots starts to look for any empty table available. He seemed to be carrying his black sword on his right hand, gripping it tightly as if afraid of it being stolen. Saturn approach the man steadily, not wanting for him to realize. Upon arriving closer, she teased him by pretending to be a waitress.
"What can I get for you, sir?" The man, completely unaware and not minding to look at her direction gave an answer.
"Just like always Nora, three cup of Marcus beers."
Saturn almost giggles, obviously enjoying the stupidity of the man. "Just how dumb can he be? Is this really a Gilliard?" She can't help but mock the man in her thought. She then proceed to walk away from him, and told the real waitress to bring her a three cup of Marcus beers. After receiving it from the waitress, she brought it towards the table where the man sat. She put the three cup of beers in front of him, which the man still hasn't notice of her identity until she pulls the chair and sit beside him. The man, feeling weird why someone suddenly sit beside him turn to look away. What met his eyes, a short silver haired girl smirking at him stupidly which can't seem to hold her laugh.
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"Hey, if it isn't the pervert." The man, shocked at first but still giving a mocking and sarcastic greeting at her. Saturn burst into a laugh, she smack his back without holding back.
"Ow, ow, ow... Stop it, you pervert." He moved away a little from her, his back screams pain. 'Another lesson learned today, move away when a girl is laughing.'
"Me? A pervert? I'm not the one who's walking around naked." After calming down a little, she finally said something rather than just laughing.
"You're the one who break into my room, unnoticed." He retorts back.
"Okay, fine... But to walk around naked is not something normal to do." She still hasn't give up from blaming him.
"Dude..."
The man's tone sounds tired at her joke which made her laugh a little again. Ignoring her endless laugh, he take cup of beer to his lip and sip it a little, savoring the flavor. He then turns his head towards her, asking a questions.
"What do you want, I haven't think of an answer yet." He takes another sip.
"Take all the time you want, I'm just here for a chat." She take another cup of beer and took a sip before continuing.
"So, what are you doing all day? I thought you would spend the rest of your day here at the bar but it seemed not for today. You came a lot later than usual." She finished her drink in one gulp.
"Cleansing, of course. Killing some Dentist here and there, got to make some money. I've a lot of debt already."
A few hundreds of years ago, while fighting some of Primordials army. Humans realized that the bodies of dead Primordial can be made into something precious, such as weapons, armors and any related items with weaponry. In some rare cases, some even contain crystal of mana which can be used for related use of magic. Magic were first discovered after the descend of the Second, which further boost human's survival in this apocalyptic world. It took a lot of time and effort for humans to finally able to crack the mysteries of magic, at first it was only a basic level of magic following the rules of nature.
After countless research and development, magic started to expand thus increasing the percentage of survival rate among humans. It grows into one of civilization's strongest asset to resist the terrors of Primordials. In today age and time, hunting various kind of Primordial has greatly improved. The Association is responsible for paying money to hundreds of mercenaries, a lot of other organisations were also developed such as The Merchants Foundation which served as collecting mercenaries hunts of Primordials and contributing payments and also research to The Association.
"The Dentist appeared a lot in here lately, folks are even scared to go outside the borders. That's why a lot of us are working even harder at hunting them down." He speaks his mind while finishing his last drop of beer.
"I'm aware of that. That's why I was sent here to investigate, the safety of people are the top priorities nowadays. We can't afford another loses anymore." Saturn take the last cup of beer and drink it half before pushing it to him.
"You? Investigating alone? What's with The Association decisions of sending a woman like you, risking her very life?" His choice of words, felt like an insult towards The Association. It seem he still have a little bit of animosity towards the organisations. But it didn't bother her at all, instead she just smiles.
"Are you looking down at me? If you don't know, I'm an officer of Cerberus. We always take actions alone, some rare cases are accompanied by Members of Dawn. But that's only for training and promotion purpose."
Cerberus, the fourth rank within The Associations are consist of a few hundreds of officers. Unlike others, Cerberus officers always take a dangerous missions alone. While some cases sometimes took two or three of Cerberus officers, in this case, it is always considered by the dangers level of the missions. Ranges from the lowest, Code D to the highest one Code A, the amount of officers involved is determined from the danger level. Code D until Code C, only required one officer of Cerberus while Code B sometimes required one or two officers. Only Code A are done by three officers.
Hearing the woman's rank within The Association give a shock to him. It is well known for everyone that to become an officer of Cerberus, one must have a high level of magic and unique abilities. Cerberus officers are also required to have high intelligence in decision making and judgement. Almost every mercenaries dream of becoming an officer of Cerberus, they have the highest authorities among mercenaries and are often being a leader during subjugation and annihilating missions. They also got paid the highest, even some of them are chosen to work under the Board of Directors directly. The second highest authorities of The Association.
"Wow, then you must be hella strong huh." He drinks the last of the beer. Not knowing what to say anymore.
"I don't really know, I've only work on trivial missions such as scouting and investigation. I haven't received any dangerous missions since I've become Cerberus officer."
Saturn let out a sigh, she's disappointed with her missions so far. The only missions she received are the only boring one for her. Sometimes, she wishes she could lead a team of Members of Dawn on her own or joining a Code A missions with some of the top officers of Cerberus.
"What're you planning to do tonight, Noah?" Saturn turns her head towards the man.
"Drink till I reached my limits. Haven't done that in a while." Noah smirks before continuing, "Why'd you ask? You're inviting me to your room later huh?" He raised his eyebrows a couple of time, teasing the woman which she replied by rolling her eyes.
"I'm sorry to tell you this, uncle. But, I'm only 19 this year. Isn't it well known that you're not interested in underage girls? Are you changing that now?" She copies him by raising her eyebrows a couple of time.
Noah were dumbstruck. He didn't expect the girl's age were only 19, even if it's above age level for some people. He still has some principles, never play with girls below the age of 20. They are still considered as a teenager, plus by the end of this year, Noah will turn 30 years old. He's considered old already. Although he still look handsome and young for most people, by his age, he should've been married already.
"I know what people say all the time, they all said I look like I'm in my 20's. Guess it's my fault I look old, ugh..."
Noah still shut his mouth, not knowing what to answer. The situation is really awkward for him. That is not what you should say to a teenage girl. He only manages to give a dumb smirk to her.
"Alright, if you're not doing any 'deed' tonight. Accompany me with my missions then." Saturn raised from her sit and look at the still silent Noah. It took a little while for him to answer.
"Uh, where to exactly?" Noah look at the girl with confused look. He felt even weirder when the girl gave him a playful smile, as if saying this mission won't be an easy one but rather a difficult and troublesome one.
"Where else to go, of course, it's the Dentist's Lair."