It was dark and the light of the three moons was bulwark by the thick clouds unfazed through the sky. He was given a task by lady Eletzia Alustroll though, Akatosh had already made plans from the beginning even before lady Eletzia Alustroll commands him.

As an inept man who knew little about raiding a manor's house, he had to slowly champ his ways into the mansion. Circling the villa at a safer distance, reviewing the guards in their pattern ways he notices only five of them are in their serious duty while the others are slaking off.

Knowing little of the mansion's outer shell he stakes his opportunity through the backdoor where cooks and servants are. Lucky for his mysterious existence, undetectable by magic and concealed presence he easily slips through the place aided by Lady Eletzia's item. It was an invincibility gem and activating its magic was through shattering the gem.

Cold and visible breathing he put on his mask to better hide his vulnerability. But before he steps into the house, he first undoes his boots mar with mud, leaving him barefoot.

"Sneaky little bastard, are we?" Amaragnum said watching him maneuvering the place like a sly rat.

Akatosh may have a chance in raiding the estate but what concerns him is the stillmage amusingly watching his moves. He may have passed the guards and the barrier that detect unwanted visitors but Amaragnum might create a ruckus unveiling his ensconce.

Ignoring the chattering words of the stillmage Akatosh plans his next move. After several minutes of skulking in the hallway, he averts his eyes towards the large windows. Akatosh smile, the clouds have begun to move, allowing the moon to give light throughout the land. Luck was on his side but even then, it was just the beginning of his first task.

Just then he heard a noise loud and furious words coming through the corners right where he was sneaking.

"Milord, I guarantee that they will find that man."

"GUARANTEE!? IT'S BEEN WEEKS AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T GOT ANY NEWS FROM THAT PERSON! IF THE OTHER COUNCILS FIND OUT MY INVOLVEMENT, IT WILL BE THE END OF ME. DAMN, I SAID THAT BASTARD TO DESTROY THOSE DOCUMENTS! BUT HE DIDN'T."

While they're busy exchanging words Akatosh takes a quick sneak-around. "Endeve Threshfoll!" He reckons as his eyes brighten.

As he watches him conversing with his royal servant Akatosh examines the surroundings but, the moment he shifts his eyes Endeve Threshfoll and his servant enters a new chamber. Once they close the door the four guards move from that position securing the door.

"Damn, ain't this more complicated. I can't afford to lose sight of them." Akatosh bitterly pressed his teeth together.

"Noob!" Amaragnum laughs.

Rather than arguing with the stillmage, he focuses on sighting the earl without making the slightest commotion. Avoiding scouts from the hallways his concern begins to burst. Time is fading, and no matter how hard he searches for an easy entrance leading towards the second house, there were guards all over the place blocking the door.

After patiently keeping his disappointment, he was given an opportunity. Two guards that are guarding the entrance can barely keep themselves awake. Guards that are in this situation tend to react to the slightest noise if they still got some energy to stay awake.

Now that he finally found a way into the manor's place, he needs a diversion. Hiding near the furniture where on top are vases containing plants and flowers, just a few seven meters apart he takes out a sack. Inside the sack was a rat. Normally, he needs this to extract information from the slime.

"I hope this works."

The moment he pulls the rat out of the bag it has begun to noise, alarming the guards. "Who's there!" One of the guards said after he heard the squirming sound of the rat.

Tapping his partner's shoulder, they initially slowly step forward. To speed things up Akatosh drops three vases making the guards run towards where he was. Thanks to the moonlight's shadow he was fully merged with the illusion and the darkness completely masking his presence.

A few seconds thereafter they arrive Akatosh quickly maneuvers from their back. Letting the animal crawl through one of the guards, he quickly hides through the shadow.

To his success in disrupting the guards, he didn't wait for them to recover but, the moment he leaves his hiding spot two guards sprung out from the other side of the door.

Drawn from the noise of his confusion they left the door open allowing Akatosh to slip through.

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"Lucky bastard," Amaragnum says.

He however was far to entertain Amaragnum's attention for he was fully merging with his next step. Once he enters the main house, he was met with the silence which concerns him.

Thanks to the high-class item that Lady Eletzia gave to him, Akatosh easily walks through the hallway without even projecting a shadow.

Time is of the essence and the silence of the place nerves his spine. He could ask Amaragnum for assistance, yet his help would be a double–edge sword.

"Oh… I sense some danger." The stillmage says high for an expectation.

Amaragnum's words rang Akatosh's alarm and without a doubt there it appears. A wisp in blue-orb form slowly marches its way towards him scouting the hallway. Shinning likes a star, its strips of energy swing throughout the place detecting any invisible force.

"Run", his instinct rushes his feet away from the wisp's radar. Yet not a couple of minutes there was another one at his left corner. The inside of the house was unparalleled to his familiarity. And with hopes of keeping his presence undetected, he dashes out smoking the-wisps.

As failure and despair closing in, he lay to rest on the side of the cupboard after he barely escaped the wisps. Then, as Akatosh takes his time calming his mind and collapsing emotion he rips a blank page, drafting and tracing the mansion's floor plan while he skulks in the shadows.

When he reaches the third-floor things take tremendous turns. He was lucky to make a slight connection. From the rear end at his spot, he heard a slight commotion.

"Take this message to him. And make sure no one will see you." Endeve Threshfoll says, with a voice of unease tension.

It was a low conversation but Akatosh was able to track its location thanks to the silence of the night. And when he peeks to where the voices are coming, he saw the earl's servants carrying a two parchment each bears the sign of Endeve Threshfoll's crest.

Just as the servant goes to a safer place to cast his magic, Akatosh swoops in. With a piece of cloth soaked from Chifya's sleeping potion, Akatosh bitterly pressed the rag to his nose. Using half of the potion the pack of its power was so great it easily left the man dozing in a mere second.

Dragging the servant's body, he wonders why there are no guards patrolling the area. "Maybe the earl was desperate. Maybe he was so aggravated and endangered, so much so that he grew deluding its servants and guards."

Seconds of ciphering the events that surround him. He was able to hide the body underneath one of the tables. The thick sheet cascading down from the legs of the table was enough to hide a person. Coiling the servant's body, Akatosh was forced to fit the man underneath the table. The only thing that concerns him is the wisps patrolling the house.

Now that he had what he needs. Akatosh craves more secure evidence. He wants to barge the earl's office which he didn't know. Even then, he follows where the servant had last come out. Using the second and last invincibility gem, and when he returns where he last saw the earl's servant walk out from the room.

"Damn! I hope that man got what he deserves!" Endeve Threshfoll says scuffing out from the other side.

While in the sanctuaries of the shadows, his mind crank. When he saw the earl in his desperate look, now he knows the connection, now he realizes what he got himself into.

During his time cleaning and sorting his inventories there at the Merchants' Inn. Akatosh also carefully reviewed each and every document. And the ones that intrigue him the most were the documents which he seized back at the bandits' camp.

He was left questioned by the document's seal and the golden card given to him by lady Eletzia. Analyzing the crests and little time to compare the two family's seal, Akatosh saw one tiny similarity. By carefully looking at the two signatures. At the top right corner of the seal, both bear the sign of the three towers of Mavigrid.

After he gained a piece of information between these two royal families that aren't hearty with each other. Akatosh was rout through this situation.

Without dropping a sweat, he easily enters the earl's office. The lights were off but the moonlights coming from the large window were enough to illuminate the room.

His agitation and the lateness of the night drive him to one choice. Every parchment and document related or unrelated to his target are all sack. Not only papers but objects that glitters his eyes.

"You're one gluttonous thief." The stillmage says.

"Yes." Akatosh reply just as he exits the room.

Barley executed his plan, the stillmage had one thing to entertain himself. Evaporating some of its dark energy, the wisps all over the house were alarmed by the strong essence of Amaragnum's chaotic energy.

"RAAAAAGGG!" Akatosh scream at the stillmage the moment he felt the dark energy emanating from his body.

"Oh, this is going to be so much fun."

Not even a minute to prepare two wisps emerge from his viewpoint followed by three more. The color of their energy wasn't blue anymore rather red in berserk mode. A sign that an intruder was detected, and, at that moment, the entire mansion was filled with guards' stomping noise.

Carrying his feet, he manages to reach one of the balconies, the only problem is. Ten meters below lays rocky ground that could injure his feet and may even cripple him. However, it was not enough to stop him from jumping over the fence taking the pain with him.

With a beating heart and adrenaline blood, he drags himself to safety deep inside the small pot of forest. From there on, he conjures a scroll of teleportation and then starts calling Amaragnum to trigger the spell.

"W-what. P-pardon me sire but, could you make it louder?" The stillmage says.

Akatosh had enough. Fueled by pain and malice he takes out holy water forcing Amaragnum to trigger the scroll. Leaving no traces of energy, the place changed once the golden light erased from his eyes.

As plan by lady Eletzia Alustroll and Akatosh, they are to meet in a private place.

In regard to his trust issues, Akatosh prepares for any twisted act from the person he'd made a pact.

"Oh, there you are." Lady Eletzia Alustroll says, dressed in a black shroud.

"I was worried." She continues unhooding her cloak.

After three days of laying rest within the mansion, Lila reunites with her brother. Akatosh didn't know how but he knew the connection from his mission. While the siblings are having their tearful reunion Akatosh swiftly left the place without a word to say.

Now that some weight is lifted, Akatosh initially begins his main target.

"Now then. What awaits us from that ship of the queen." Akatosh says, with a sneering smile of excitement.