Chapter 39 - Mother and Daughter

"Woah, that is so cool!"

"Look at that swan! So pretty~."

"This is a suitable spot for a good picture; let me get one snap."

Among the people here who visit famous attractions in every part of the world as a tourist, there's one particular person who didn't care about the surroundings gaze and attention she received from the people around. Her outer appearance could be said, very outstanding. Without no doubt, there's a reason why she attracts attention just merely walking by. A lot of lone wolves had tried looking for a chance yet the chilling gaze from her stop them from planning anything. But of course, idiot still exists. There's one particular idiot who didn't listen to his friend and decided to talk to her even though she was giving warning at him.

The guy thought that the girl was just shy, and if they talk, it would be fine. He was confident that with his look and skill, any girl would fall to him in no time. In a way, he has the confidant of himself from the fact that every girl that he chases after, all of them is nothing but an ordinary girl. If I tried a little harder, then any girl would be within my reach, this was what he thought inside his mind. But today, he was woken up to a cruel reality that not everything will work out just as it always been.

Before he could even open his mouth to talk, he feels sudden dizziness and the pain coming from his neck. He didn't know what had caused the dizziness at first, but when he looked at the girl with her chilling gaze staring at him, he realised that she is not prey but a hunter instead. He didn't know how she did it, but the pain from his neck and the dizziness is real, and before he could even do anything, he fell unconscious right there on the spot. The surrounding people were surprised to see the idiot guy to suddenly fainted right when he was going to chat. They didn't know what had happened, and the girl walks away while taking a picture from time to time.

The reason why the guy fainted was simply; she gives a chop to his neck in a speed that no average person could see with their slow sight. She had no time to waste on idiots; she would rather use it to visit another tourist spot instead. After she had done her mission, she immediately went to visit all kind of tourist attractions, not wasting any time at all. And now, it was already dusk, and she had already visited enough to fill up her happiness-o-meter. She wants to visit more, but most of the attractions are closed at night. And she also has to do one crucial thing, that is to report back to her superior.

If she keeps her silence and enjoys herself more, it could bring trouble to her even if the mother is on her side. Her mother could protect her if she stays in the family, but if she leaves the family premise, it was hard to say that she would be safe, which was why she had to even if she didn't want to do it. Thankfully, her superior is someone close to her.

When the girl arrived and got inside the room of the hotel, she brings out a laptop from her bedroom to the living room and put it on the table before she goes to the kitchen to make a coffee. Once she was done, she put the coffee beside the laptop and opened the video chatting program and click on a familiar name. Within seconds, the video call connected and a familiar appearance appears on the screen of her laptop.

"What's the report? Is it done?"

To be honest, she wanted to know exactly what happens too. But all the information she had was the last location from the compass said was in the alleyway she visited yet no figure of it could be seen. The only thing that could mean was it got defeat by someone else. Perhaps it was someone who knows about the Otherside. But she was not so sure since the one who knows about the information about the Otherside could be count in one hand.

There's no way it was one of her generations who came from the same family because by then, he/she would have spread the news, and she would be called to go back home and had no time to go full tourist mode. She didn't want to point to other people since the relationship within the family is entirely in a dangerous zone at the moment. A single slip could cause a war to broke out once again. She didn't want such a thing to happen, and so she decides to tell the whole truth.

"...I see. Good work."

Her puzzle expression must have been evident as the person on the screen immediately answer back.

"Do you want me to criticise you?"

"No, of course not!"

The woman smiled and chuckle at her daughter's panic expression.

"Even with the help of the compass of guidance you didn't find out anything. It could only mean one thing."

"But mother..."

"Shush, I know. Only people with sufficient knowledge of Otherside could potentially do such a thing. But that person is definitely not from the family as I haven't heard anything about it. And there's also no information on the other ends; basically, it could only be someone who we didn't know about their existence or a secret that not even the family know about such person."

"Is there really such a person?"

"Of course, Hun. Haven't you read the history book?"

"But that person should be dead already, right? It has been a thousand years after all."

"You're so naive. Just because the person is already dead doesn't mean she couldn't pass down her power to her children."

"If that is so then how come we haven't heard about it at all? Wasn't there a time where the family was close to that person?"

"Well, I heard our ancestor lost contact with that person after she sent her gift to the ancestor. Her existence disappeared completely afterwards as if being wiped away by the world itself as no one know what happens or where she is.."

"Anyway, that's the only conclusion that I could come up without any more information. Did you have fun there?"

"Of course not!"

"fufufu, alright. Make sure you come back home fast, or the other will be complaining that I spoil you too much."

"I love you, mother! Take care!"