Violet openly stared Jain who sat not so far from her, just a few sits away.
They were in the hall with the long table and many chairs, but this time Jain sat nearer to Violet - and there was the addition of another guest of course.
Jain was explaining to her everything that happened while he was inside the dungeon. Violet's mind was elsewhere, she couldn't give a damn about what fancy tricks or methods he had used to get the magic core.
There was something that did interest Violet though, and that was Jain's newly acquired unique skill.
Violet noticed it's presence immediately at a glance after he saw him her while Jain amateurishly described the power.
The way he described it made it sound like he had been saved by some sort of miracle power, although him conveniently gaining that power in such a situation could be said to be work of a miracle.
Violet had the normal skill
𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆?
It came as a shock to Violet; however it didn't show on her face - which might have seemed listening attentively to the boy from a 3rd person's view.
Lower ranked individuals couldn't gauge the power of severely higher ranked ones. One had to be higher, equal to or closer to the targets' power for Appraisal to work but if a target was more than 3 ranks above then trying to gauge them was nothing but a pipe dream, this rule however applied to those with unique skills and above - magicians and martial artists would need an artifact or a high ranked spell to completely hide their status from the sight of others.
Right now , she was pretending to be fully interested in what Jain was saying. With her tremendous acting skills , Jain wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
The only thing proving Jain had a unique skill was the 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 flowing around him which had yellow thin light , 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 users could detect people like them after they acquired a unique skill. The 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 presented itself similarly to aura , but with an unchanging color - each Yuki user had a color unique only to themselves.
On top of seeing the yellow color of his 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗶 , he even looked much more physically fit too and the past cowardice with his goofy behavior from when she had summoned him before was almost nonexistent, he completely felt like a new person.
This was bad to Violet , considering Jain was stronger than her that meant he could become an obstacle in her future plans. Normally Violet would have unleashed her strongest attack in that moment, killing him on the spot. After all , even if you were stronger than someone , it wouldn't matter if you were caught by a surprise attack - defenseless.
But she couldn't attack him as the blonde haired boy had brought with him a companion , a taller boy with a red robe , tight looking jeans and a maroon shirt - Vincent Juzo ,the fire mage.
On top of Jain himself being strong enough for Violet to think of underhanded methods such as surprise attacks to defeat him , he had even brought along with him a strong mage who had recently become a B+ ranker and was a breathe away from becoming A rank. It would be difficult for her to deal wih two strong people at once , especially since the mage was no person to scoff at - with his extraordinary talent in magic.
This was a huge headache to Violet, it was as if Jain had foreseen Violet's plan to kill him somehow and purposely brought that mage along him for backup.
" And then , after defeating the dungeon boss we rallied up the others and came back. Hehe, you already know the rest ma'am. "
Jain finished his report , and added the last sentence with a bit of goofiness.
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Violet inwardly sighed , she had no idea how she would get rid of Jain.
She nodded , an act to make the two believe she had been listening all along. On the other hand , she looked at Vincent who had been mostly quiet here , who only added small details to Jain's report.
He certainly wasn't here just for that.
" So you, Vincent right ? "
" Uhm. Yes ma'am. "
" What are you here for ? It's certainly not to just give a report. "
Vincent looked down , he seemed to be hesitating to speak whatever was on his mind. Violet was purposely pressing the matter , she was giving herself more time to think of a plan to permanently get rid of them , letting them walk out alive would surely come back to bite her if they became stronger in the future.
Vincent inhaled and then exhaled heavily, seemingly giving up his nervousness.
" I broke into the Orange stage mana core a few days ago, and I am really riled up to develop more. Well, I was wondering if you could give me a pass so I could visit the neighbouring continent , Azania ? "
Violet's eyes nearly opened wide and revealing her shock and realization.
𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 , 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 ?
Jain gave Vincent a glance out of the corner of his eye.
" Oh and Jain would like to leave with me too. "
Violet was inwardly grinning . if she couldn't permanently get rid of her problem children then all she needed to do was keep them far away in a place where they couldn't interfere with her plans. Yes it would hurt her country's overall military power to lose such talented and strong people , but if the strong people became thorns in her path in the future - then they were no different from rotten potatoes which needed to be taken out.
Violet looked down , eating the muffin on her tray , pretending to be deeply pondering whether to let them go.
She then looked at Jain.
" Are you sure you want to leave? "
"Yes ma'am , I am sure. I did earn a bit of money from the Dungeon raid, but I don't think that's enough, If you don't mind can you also, please let me take my little sister with me? "
Violet inwardly sighed.
She had been planning on brainwashing Elizabeth while Jain was away, making her an insurance just in case Jain somehow found a way to try and stop her plans. If he did , he would have to fight against her sister and Violet at the same time greatly reducing his power or she could use her as a puppet , manipulating her to influence her brother.
But it was fine , Violet wouldn't sulk over it if it meant getting rid of Jain, plus she could always prepare for the worst-case scenario possible if push came to shove.
" Fine, I accept your request. Vincent , do you perhaps have someone you would like to take with ? "
*
Vincent's head was still dropped , and the memory of the fresh death of his mother came to him.
At that moment, the nice lady behind the identity of the king's right hand man had asked if he had anyone to take with , if it weren't for his mother death Vin would have taken her along to look for a cure in Azania. She had died right at the time Vin had been in the dungeon raid with Jain and the others , it had crushed his spirit to return to the tragedy as she was the only family he had.
The following day had been a funeral , Vin didn't want to prolong her burial and let her body stay in the useless hospital that had failed to cure her for any longer than necessary.
The twin sisters , Hanks and even Jain too had been there to support him.
The memory of seeing their pure concern and support was fresh as ever to Vin , which had made him feel especially guilty to Jain for treating him harshly when they were in the dungeon.
But that was in the past , all four of them had underwent a series of challenges that strangely connected them after the suffering and hardship was over.
Vin also would have taken Misha along ,but she was a pair with Nisha - there wasn't a place one of them went to without the other so both of them were out of the option. Barbra loved to stay here with her parents ,so she wouldn't easily agree to go with Vin and even if she did , there was probably no goal Barbra had in Azania so she also was out of the option.
An image of a childish and stupid hunter came into Vin's head , a hunter who wore a vest with jeans and a pair of boots with his black hair and two dual swords. The hunter was Hanks , a person Vin knew would immediately say yes after knowing they'd be going to Azania - the famous great continent which was developed in every way Voz wasn't, Vin had no doubt Hanks would say yes immediately after he gave him the offer without even asking what they were planning on doing in Azania.
Vin heavily sighed , taking him along would be a headache but he didn't have anyone else to take.
" Hanks..... "
Vincent said in a whisper , protesting whether to take him along or just go there alone.
" Excuse me , who ? "
" Uh. I'll take Hanks with me. "
Violet nodded , seemingly satisfied then looked at both of them one by one.
" Is there perhaps an extra person you would respectively like to take ? "
Vin shook his head.
"No madam , you've already shown us kindness by letting us go to Azania. Asking for more would be disgraceful to me. "
Jain on the other had frozen as if remembering something
." YES ! There is someone I would like to take , how can I forget him. "
Vin and Violet all stared at him in curiosity , they simultaneously asked themselves the same question as they stared at Jain.
'Who is this person ?'
And as if he was a telepath , Jain also coincidentally answered their question.
"Don't worry , I am sure you'll all like to meet him..hehe "