Chapter 85 85:Date

Chapter 85 85:Date

The revelation this time was too hard for him to swallow.

Leon coughed as his voice cracked seeing Sophia's fiery gaze that might burn him down.

Sophia leaned back, crossing her legs as she stared at Leon, a mischievousness glinting in her eyes. "Blind, clueless, or just plain ignorance? You really have a talent for underestimating things, Leon."

Leon, feeling the weight of the conversation, tried to lighten the mood. "Come on, Sophia, don't tell me you're upset over a picture."

Her soft laughter echoed through the restaurant, turning heads. "A picture? Leon, the Queen of Ace is no ordinary figure. And I have an 8k HD picture in the profile so...."

Leon scratched his head nervously. "I guess I missed something important."

"Sophia, the reason I couldn't identify you is because the real you is much, much, more beautiful and perfect than the picture. Moreover, I didn't spot any beauty marks in the profile pic."

"What? Really?"Sophia asked skeptically, trying to suppress the happiness fluttering in her heart, after hearing Leon's praise.

"You know I am blunt and don't like to lie. You look stunning for real."Leon answered, teasing a smile.

If he was in his real self rather than in disguise, the smile had a profound effect. Sadly he wasn't as it was a hassle to go out as Leon and then draw troubles.

"Thanks, "Sophia acknowledged his response with a slight blush.

"Then do you know this woman Feng Ruoxi," Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

"Why are you looking for her, "Sophia raised her brows with a suspicious look."Do you want to add her to your harem?"

Leon gave a dry laugh.

"No, I am just curious about the title Feng. There isn't any Feng family in the noble circle as I know and as per records Feng meant Phoenix."

Sophia nodded and lifting her spoon, scooped a portion of soup, and drank it elegantly in a gentle manner.

"She is my half-sister."

Leon's movements halted again. Fortunately, he hadn't taken anything otherwise he might have spat out in shock.

'What's going on today? I am getting shock after shock.'

Leon cast a weird look at Sophia who looking down at her food continued taking small bites and spoke nonchalantly.

However, Leon's expression became strange the moment he heard about her sister's running away from home.

"Why did she run away?"

"She felt suffocated."

"Really," Leon gave her a suspicious glance."Is that it or she ran away from the engagement?"

"Why are you always sharp at unusual things, "Sophia sighed, hitting Leon's hand softly.

"You are right she ran away due to an engagement problem. She was in love with a man who also loved her but on the day of engagement, he cheated on her with one of our cousins. Both were cooking some wild thoughts about how to destroy her pride and throw her out of the family later and luckily she heard that, "Sophia closed her eyes as that day still haunted her.

"Leon, she was madly in love with the man and it hurt her a lot. So, she started doing assassin missions crazily to vent her frustration and our target was mostly men as I said before. And I was really worried about her so I also followed through. Even if we're doing something dangerous at least, we will die together. And I have regretted that decision. The only reason she is ranked below is because she wasn't able to break through into Martial King Level due to her inner demon."

Leon's mind became blank on hearing all this. As he analyzed the situation, he quivered inwardly at the sudden realization.

'I thought she was the heroine but now it seems she is fit to be a woman protagonist.'

Leon's expression worsened thinking about this as the situation might become complicated later.

...

While Leon and Sophia were enjoying each other's company, a bit away from them a group of people dressed in black robes lay hidden around La Belle Saveur...

"Captain our Target Noel Star is dining inside with a woman who might be his lover so how do we proceed?"A man reported to the captain of the group.

They were Red Falcon, an assassin squad trained by Jeffson who was now working with two Martial Lord 4-Star assassins Mob and Harry.

Larson, the captain of Red Falcon, pondered for a moment and relayed the information.

"Just stay put and don't try anything funny. From the data collected, Assassin Noel Star is found to be a fearless willful guy. He was able to ward off Martial Lord pressure. For now, we assume his combat power to range from peak Martial Grandmaster to peak Martial Lord."

"Let them come out, I will distract Noel Star while you all kidnap the girl to use as a hostage. Remember, though our primary goal is to kill him, we need to extract the information of what exactly he encountered in that mysterious realm and whether he had killed Master Reno or not."

"Do you copy?"

"Roger that!"

"Roger that!"