Now that Queen already did her job, she quickly went back home, but she didnt entered through the main door but instead used the darkness to sneak in the house. Although she seems very cold and indifferent person, she was still respectful and afraid of her mother.

After entering the house, she cautiously looked around to know whether her mother was still awake or not.

They decided to live a normal life, her mom set some rules stating that she should not go out past 10 in the evening.

She then went upstairs, seeing no one was around, she sighs with relief and when she was in front of her room, she revealed herself from the darkness.

Just as she was about to open the door someone spoke behind her.

"And where have you been, Ruby?" Queen, or Ruby, suddenly felt chills in her spine. She slowly turns around, her face no longer the same cold and indifferent but was replaced by a sheepish smile, as if a kid was caught by her parents doing something bad and that in fact was whats happening right now.

"Mom, I just went for a walk." Ruby slowly muttered, she looks at her Mother who was leaning in the wall with her arms crossed. Ruby forgot that although she was stronger than het mother, her mother stealth skills surpassed hers.

"Sighs, I know what you did, Ill let you off this time since what you've done this time is justified, if it was me, I would also done the same thing. But remember, we both decided we need to be low key, you are the Empress, Blood Hand's strongest assassin, they have intelligence all throughout the city, although I know that they will never find us but being cautious is better." Queen, no, she was now Empress Ruby, the strongest assassin, shyly smiled, this is what she was afraid the most, being nagged by her mother.

Not knowing what to reply, her Mom, Shine, suddenly pulls Ruby's hand into her room, both of them sat in the bed.

"Who is that man together with you?" Shine suddenly asks. Ruby was somehow caught unprepared, she didn't expect that her Mom would question this.

"What do you mean?" Ruby confusingly asked.

"That hooded man, he is quite formidable to the extent of being terrifying. You do know that what I'm excelled the most is my stealth skills but somehow before that man revealed himself completely open, he took a glance at me and smiled, at first I was completely unaware, I only noticed when I randomly looked at his direction. I knew then that he already discovered me for some time. " Shine suddenly looked serious, of course she would be, since this was her very first time someone saw through her while she was using her stealth skills besides his daughter, the Empress, but she is certain that that man senses exceeded her daughters since her daughter can only find her if she went super serious, even the Empress, strongest assassin, find some difficulty in discovering her mother while in stealth. That's how terrifying Queen, Shine's, stealth skill is. In fact, she doesnt usually take assassination contract but infiltration and spy ones since thats what she most excelled at, and never once did she fail.

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When Ruby heard what her mother said, she was somehow shocked, even earlier when she met up with the hooded man in the entrance of the mansion of CEO Phillips, she was completely unaware of her mom being in the scene, moreover is that she only discovered him when he revealed himself in the open, mind that at that time, she was completely awake and her senses spread. And still didnt discovered her mom and the hooded man, what's more is that the hooded man discovered her mom while she didnt.

That clearly signify that the hooded man both exceed her and her moms: he was clearly powerful.

While Ruby was still speechless, her mom continued .

"After I was discovered, I immediately left. After all, I didn't notice any hostility from the man towards you." Shine put her fingers in her chin, seemingly in deep thought.

After a moment, Ruby spoke.

Ruby recalled everything from start, even their first meeting of the robbery, on how she intends to stop a thief but gets help from someone. She told everything to her Mom.

Her mom was somehow shock when Ruby told the part where the hooded man threw a nail size rock exactly towards the back of the wheel of the robbers bike. Although both of them can do that but they cant afford to do that as due the possibility of the rock deviating from their intentional path.

Both of them doesnt want to risk innocent people's life, but this hooded man actually dared to do such thing, there are only 2 possibilities why that man did it, either he was a madman or a much more powerful man. They believed the latter.

Ruby then proceeds to talk about what happened in the restaurant, she recalled every words that Mark said to her and the hooded mans sister.

Shine thought that since the hooded man has a sister, then his sister must also be a formidable person. But Shine was cleary infuriated when she heard the words that tainted and defiled her daughters dignity and the hooded man sister. If it was her being spoken like that, she would not hesitate to kill that man, even though its against the law, the organization will clean up of their doings. She was also shocked when she heard that the hooded man stopped Ruby's punch, she was clearly aware of the agility Ruby possesses, even more so her speed but the hooded man still stopped it.

She was becoming more and more astounded by this mans capabilities.

Ruby then continued to told what happened, after dozens of minutes, she was finally done.

There was only silence lingering in the air. Both mother and daughter in deep thought.

Shine was stupefied by all the feats the hooded man did, some of the feats he done can also be done by both of them, like knockng 6 guards instantly and also the hired guards inside but they can never do it as fast as him which takes less fourth of a minute. But the most she was astounded was his affinity in things like healing and constricting.

Aftet a few moments of silence, both of the, which eyes was full of confusion earlier was now replaced by excited gleam.

Both of them had an idea who that man is, then both of them muttered the name at the same time

"Emperor."