CHANCES - Battle of Heart: Online
Chapters 13. Xarx

...『️Researned wise because this is only fiction, not real️ 』...

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"What should we do if we manage to find that person, my Queen?" asked Aria doubtfully.

The Demon Queen crossed her legs and raised her hands in boredom.

"Bring him to me. "

Let me decide to directly destroy it or make it my partner to raise a new Demon King...

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A few weeks finally passed quietly. Although I miss my Myles enough, I live my life with the same daily routine.

Every morning, I train with Nina so that I can see a significant change in her status while continuing to gasp until she counsels me,

...「Status」...

【 Name: Nina 】

【 Age: 16 years 】

【 Degree: Spade Kingdom Spy 】

【 Original Name: Nia Rosemary 】

【 Level: 57 】

【 Occupation: Heart Kingdom Servers 】

【 Race: Human 】

【 Power: 75(B) /Potency B 】

【 Health: 78(B) /Potency B 】

【 Agility: 85(B) /Potency A 】

【 Magic: 55(C)/Potency B 】

【 Magical Resistance: 56(C) /Potency B 】

【 Knowledge: 56(C) /Potency C 】

【 Luck: 55(C) /Potency B 】– Special

【 Taste Like: 80 (Love) 】

【 Trust: 80 (Trust) 】

【 Talent 2/5 】 ▶

【 Skill 4/5 】 ▶

Looking at the level of his Suprise Attack for me he was already very fast and if I did not have a System, I would have already exhausted him. Every look at the numbers in his likes and beliefs to me makes me a little distrustful of how he who used to be so cold and cool became cool and yet so sweet

Okay, after training with Nina, I had breakfast with my family members as usual and the atmosphere wasn't as intense as before even though Myles wasn't at the dinner table.

The queen of Milan looks a little somber maybe miss Myles, as well as Sebastian who is a little dazed. Is he worried about Myles ?

Wishing Myles would be fine at the creepy-sounding War Training School, I ended up finishing breakfast and going to paint or sometimes visiting the library if I realized Nina looked exhausted after practicing a fight that was quite excessive because she was too eager to be strong.

In the afternoon, after lunch with Nina and Sebastian, I was allowed to go visit the Red Eye Gang headquarters. As usual, there are times when I bring Nina who will fight with Raven or sometimes I do not bring Nina because Nina has other work.

This time, I wasn't as well held inside the castle as before.

Perhaps due to the gripping feeling of fear that there would be an impromptu attack from the Spade Kingdom disappearing, some people started to stop giving rumors about me.

There are still other rumors scattered but I think it is less than before...

Arriving at Raven's room, she greeted me cheerfully and immediately hugged me. Night nodded and greeted me coolly but sometimes behind his eyes he looked a little still scared of me. I greeted the two of them and immediately asked with the progress of my plan.

Night answered me proudly that Red Eye has already recruited over 500 people with levels over 25, even some beggars and vagabonds have started to wane in the streets of Heart city because they all already have a place to live from the money I give. But I gave them a job of course.

One of them is selling the chocolates I created. Although I was a little hesitant at first but the Spade Kingdom turned out to be very generous in buying chocolate...

Even Night suggested building a special place to create more chocolate with a field of chocolate. Hearing that I immediately agreed. Night immediately ran out to find a suitable place. As soon as I was about to ask Raven how she was progressing, she grumbled, "I'm sorry, Akai...I haven't been able to do as well as Night.but e"

Raven muttered then finally nodded before continuing, "We have some problems, and it seems like now is the right time for you to come with me to meet a slave seller who is respected by all the other slave sellers..."

I crossed my arms, "What does it mean to be respected? Did all the slave sellers report to him first if it had a slave who would have a high selling value?" my question got a brief nod from Raven.

"Like that, some slave sellers even felt afraid of him. If I'm not mistaken I hear his name is Xarx? His name is hard to mention," Raven grumbled as she ruffled her red hair. His yellow eyes trembled slightly so I asked, "Have you met this Xarx yet?"

Raven growled and nodded doubtfully, "Unfortunately, already. This Xarx is a little strange and I don't know but his aura.I don't like it.ugh," while sticking out his tongue as if disgusted, Raven stroked her arms like she wanted to cleanse herself of anything she thought.

I looked at him in confusion before we finally walked towards the place where Xarx was. After walking through the city to the end near Red Harbor. Raven entered a narrow path that only one person could pass through. This narrow road, I think, is a little dangerous, if anyone wants to attack us from behind, our movement is a little hindered and it is difficult to run fast if you do not want to hit the walls of buildings around this narrow road.

Arriving at the end of the narrow road, stood a serious blue~ tent. Two burly men stood between the doors and looked at us suspiciously before gazing with an extremely disgusting and unusually disrespectful look at Raven.

Even I tried to restrain my anger from directly sticking a knife into their bodies and taking out their eyeballs to make a gift to Raven.

Seeing me who was a little upset or maybe he could read me, Raven immediately embraced my arm so affectionately that it made the two men pout and looked at me sharply.

"I'm fine, don't mind those two who are just losers" whispered Raven.

When we were near them, one of them asked, "Miss Red Eye? Have you returned to Mr Xarx?"

Back again ?

Raven patted my arm casually and replied, "Don't talk like that, this time I brought my lover to talk about the business I offered Mr. Xarx before, is Mr. Xarx there?"

"I'm not sure if I want to bring Mr. Xarx together with this man.." arrogantly, the burly man crossed his arms while looking at me sharply. Raven was a little confused as she did not want to barge in.

I looked at the other burly man who had been silent since.

Oh, so ?

"What do you see?!" finally the burly man opened his mouth after seeing me keep looking at him. I grinned at him while replying, "No, I only doubt if you continue playing with me like this...Mr. Xarx, you will lose the greatest catch you have ever had in your entire life."

The burly man who had been arrogant towards me immediately attacked me quickly swinging the axe he was carrying, I skillfully caught the axe with my bare hands. Even Raven looked at me in disbelief as her hand reached for her sword.

...Just barely.

...「I told you before, it's that careless and forgetful attitude that will kill you faster despite having a System, Host」...

His eyes looked wild as if trying to read me, but due to his failure he finally sighed and smiled while turning off his illusory spell. His burly body turned full of fat and now his height was probably as high as mine in Kyle's body.

He wears a tall, blue round hat in a blue suit whose buttons are almost missed holding his body wide. His yellow teeth grinned at me and his hand that wrapped his yellow mustache was the same color as his hair.

"Mr Xarx?!" Raven gasped while the arrogant man simply threw away the axe whose blade was no longer shaped.

"I'm sorry, my lord. Lately some Royal bodyguards have always come to ask for a bigger than usual spot tax money so to avoid that, I disguised myself so that if my whereabouts were absent, those bodyguards would leave," he cried while wiping the sweat on his forehead.

Master Xarx's blue eyes looked at me again, "I guess my Master is also using illusion magic but it seems that it's just me? All right, let's go in and discuss!"

Raven had a glance at me that I replied with a blink of an eye and smiled casually while following Xarx's steps.

Seen from the outside, I think this is an ordinary tent...

For the holy ruler of nature

My nose immediately smelled the smell of dried blood, the stench, the odors that would dissipate appetite for months. However, those smells were inferior to one smell I was very familiar with...

Death's smell...

On each side of the tent and even the row in the middle, were gathered many iron bars, both large and small. Groans, moans of pain sounded faintly as Xarx continued his pace down the several iron bars that were suddenly silent as he watched it pass by.

At first glance, I imagined how Nina that time ended up in a place like this...

All the pairs of eyes of the slaves behind the bars were directed at me and Raven. I could hear Raven muttering, "Even though I visit a place like this often, I will never like it."

Xarx laughed and we finally reached an open room at the end of all the bars. Xarx rubbed his palms while smiling at me, "Alright, is Master really Miss Red Eye's lover over here? Judging from the fight just now and how Master guessed me, it seems like Master is no ordinary person. What does your Master need from me?"

I smiled and leaned against the table in the middle of the three of us, "I need your cooperation, you could say.I want to hire you," xarx's eyes looked slightly sparkling but he held back his reaction, "What kind of Master do you mean? Despite being like this, I managed to run my business well and almost all the slave sellers in the entire Kingdom entrusted me to take care of the slaves with high quality."

"I intend to pay you if you will do what I ask."

"..and what is it, my Lord?"

"10 bags of gold pieces, if you, Xarx, will give me and my people to take care of and train this slave for the better and obey us.."

Xarx immediately grinned, "15 bags of gold every month, I will directly sign our cooperation, Sir."

From behind his smile, it seemed like he doubted I would accept it, even Raven looked paled hearing how much money would be spent. However, to me, it was only money that could be sought again.

"Sure," I said casually and placed 16 bags of gold pieces on the table that filled the table instantly. Ohoo, look how his yellow eyes turn yellow when he sees these money on the table. Xarx tried to restrain himself then looked at me confusedly, "But, my lord is over one bag?"

"Take it as a tip because our discussion is going very well" I replied calmly as I blinked one eye at him. Xarx looked very happy and nodded his head.

"Alright, my lord has bought me quickly! Now, what does my master want? Should I show you one of my best slaves? I had already kept the only slave who, despite many who had asked me to sell him, I was waiting for the right person to sell the slave. It seems like my Master is the right person!"

His statement made me laugh, "Why do you need to bother selling slaves in such a way? I thought all slave traders only needed the money?"

Xarx smirked, "Of course we're not that stupid my Lord! We want our best quality slaves to fall on the wrong people because it would be bad for us. For example I sell slaves to you My Lord and that is of the best quality. Soon enough if my Master killed him easily or the slave died as soon as my powerful Master tortured him then other customers would hesitate to buy such slaves on me because good quality ones are easy his death.I'm sure my Master understands what I mean by this."

I shook my head in disbelief as I grinned, "Truly slippery.You also use your customers as a place to promote your slaves?"

"My master is absolutely right! I really like my Master! What if I prepare two special slaves specifically for my Master in addition to those top quality slaves?" Xarx rubbed his palms vigorously.

Raven immediately embraced my arm again and smiled at Xarx, "It seems like your plan needs to be put on hold first, Mr. Xarx. My dear, Akai seems to have been visiting here for too long and we'll be back later!"

I laughed and nodded my head, "Red Eye is right, I better have to hurry because I still have other business. I'll be back later, Xarx."

"Ohh, of course my lord! My tent will always be open to you, my lord!"

After saying goodbye, the two of us went out of the tent with Raven who seemed to be in a hurry to pull me out of the deserted area towards the main street in Red Harbor. I finally asked curiously, "Why are you suddenly in such a hurry? At least I still have half an hour before I go back to the castle?"

"Um, I just don't want you to meet the special slaves offered by Mr. Xarx.Seeing you like that for sure we'll be there for a long time if you meet them."

I fell silent and thought for a moment before replying, "You mean...that's what those two special slaves are special slaves for...umm..'that'?" Raven immediately nodded her head in silence.

"..but Akai. I didn't even realize that Mr. Xarx was disguised as one of the men guarding his tent. Is the illusion magic he has so powerful?"

"Strong enough to make a strong person like you unaware of it, Raven. I also almost missed it if I didn't feel the strange aura of that person."

"You feel it too, Akai? Mr. Xarx seems to have something hidden but I don't know what it is."

"Yes, I'm also a little strange when he's just a human being.Why?" I muttered while following Raven's steps back towards the Red Eye Gang's headquarters.

System, is there something I'm missing here? My premonition was quite uneasy after meeting Xarx..

...「Don't know」...

A little irritated by the System's indifferent-sounding response, I finally decided to heed my premonition since I didn't find anything strange about Xarx's status.

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Aria flew into the blue tent located not far from Red Harbor. Xarx, the fat man who was now wearing his blue suit alone without his round hat greeted him with a wide smile.

"Ohh, Miss Aria! It's been a long time since Miss played in this place. Did Miss find a new toy or Miss need my help as usual?"

Aria snorted listening to Xarx and walked around the whole tent watching some terrified male slaves see him.

Xarx wiped his sweat off his forehead using his handkerchief and asked again, "It looks like Miss is in a bad mood? What if Nina rented a regular toy for a fairly cheap price? Coincidentally the day I got a really big fish catch."

Hearing Xarx, Aria raised her eyebrows as if interested, "What do you mean by a huge catch of fish?"

Xarx smiled grinning and rubbing his palms, "Like his words that is a very large catch of fish, he said, this time I found a very strong noble Lord giving me a lot of money just to take better care of these slaves and will help me produce slaves of the highest quality!"

"A very strong noble lord? Who?"

"I don't know his identity in detail but I'm sure that he's named Akai."

"Akai?" Aria put her palm over her chin before asking again, "How did you know she was so strong?"

Xarx wiped his sweat again, "As you know Miss, I am being chased by the Royal Guards. I used my only best magic ability in disguise using my best illusion magic that had even gone through the Grim Heart King. But my Lord, Akai easily guessed that it was me. I'm sure that my lord, Akai is very strong."

Aria was silent for a while before a sufficient grin made Xarx gasp and his fat body tremble.

Aria placed a bag of gold pieces on Xarx's front desk, "It seems like my mood is improving thanks to you, Xarx. I'll be back later and it's a payment for the information." As quickly as she came, Aria flew out of the blue tent faster than before leaving Xarx who ended up sitting limp and terrified.

Aria was standing on the corner of the roof of the highest Church in Heart City, she laughed as she flapped her wings which were blown by the wind.

"Finally, Queen. Looks like I've got the latest information about the person my Queen is looking for..."

Where do I live to find him ?

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SERIATE..