Returning to the city, Beril was annoyed that Shiro had returned not too long later.
But when Shiro explained the situation with the seed along with the fact that there were three main buyers for spirit trafficking, Beril agreed to help her out.
Telling Shiro to wait by the side for a while, she returned with a crystal butterfly.
“Is that Quella’s familiar?” Shiro asked.
“No, it belongs to a different sister of mine. I suppose you can say that her familiars are better than the ones that Quella can make but Quella should reach her standard soon.” Beril shook her head.
“It’s rare for you to contact me and to top it all off, seems like you have a guest. Mind introducing me to this cutie?” The feminine voice rang out from the butterfly.
“This is Shiro, she’s already completed Ouranos’ Trial and is currently doing the skip for Gaia. The second step that she needs to do is give the seed blood I suppose. So we figured that we might as well kill the ones that have been buying the spirits since she’s a spirit herself. You should know Adriel Tarn, Behmut Neiha and Elin Jaheri no?” Beril said as the voice stayed silent for a moment.
“Ah you meant those three. We’ll we’ve been keeping our eye on them for a while so we were planning to move out for them. But if the cutie here wants them I can give them up.” The voice chuckled.
“What’s the price?” Beril asked.
“Oh you know me so well. I want a batch of your best medicine that you don’t sell to the rest of the world.” The voice laughed.
“Che, you always want the most expensive stuff.” Beril pouted.
“Aw come on~ Can’t you pamper your cute little sis some more? You give the others this medicine but not me.”
“No because unlike you, the other’s don’t use this medicine for torture.” Beril furrowed her brows.
“Hais… don’t tell the cutie I do torture now.” The voice sighed.
“Whatever, I’ll send you the medicine if you give us all your information on these three people.”
“Sure. So Adriel Tarn and Behmut Neiha are two nobles from the Section of the Underworld. They both have rather large factions and their l.u.s.t is rather revolting. They love spirits above all as they’re blessed with beauty from the moment they’re born. They’re both people with three divinities and they’re combat based.
“The key divinities that you need to watch out for is the Divinity of Ares owned by Adriel and the Divinity of Zeus by Behmut. Their other divinities are negligible since their third dominates their skill set.
“As for Elin Jaheri, she’s a bit more annoying. She’s from the Section of Night and she’s rather close to the centre. When I say annoying, I mean ANNOYING. She’s disgusting I tell you, she’s managed to obtain the Divinity of Aphrodite and she’s charmed quite a few monsters. Not sure if she’s bed them yet but I don’t want to find out. She’s constantly got monsters around her and like the others, her favourites are spirits since they’re very handsome. Her charm also extends to females so you should be careful when facing her.” The voice said as Shiro listened carefully.
“What about their precise locations?” Shiro asked. So long as she knew exactly where they were,she could deal with them nice and quickly. While she doesn’t know if they could provide enough blood, she can just kill a bunch of monsters for their blood instead.
Plus, there was always Hellmouth Valley that she could visit for blood. With her Divinity and True Spirit Nature, she’d be able to escape if things get out of hand.
“I’ll get one of my familiars to send you a map if you keep a shard of this one on you. That way I can track where you are and send the familiar to you.”
“Sure.” Shiro nodded her head.
“I’ll go to the Section of Night first since it’s closer then I’ll go to the Section of the Underworld.”
“Good choice.” The voice laughed before the crystal butterfly dimmed down slightly.
Breaking a small piece off, Beril handed it to Shiro.
“If my sister offers anything, just know that she always wants a price for it so ask carefully. Otherwise things could get annoying.” Beril warned.
“Got it.” Shiro nodded her head and placed the crystal into her pocket.
“Take this, it should also help you out a little when you try to kill them.” Beril opened a draw and handed her a pouch of sorts.
“What’s this?”
“Sleep powder. A potent one too. If they aren’t prepared, they should fall asleep quickly. Even if they harm themselves, it’ll only speed up the process but the range is short and I don’t have much of the powder. For it to work, you’ll need to make sure they breathe this in. It lingers for a while so if you force them to breathe it’ll work too. As a precaution, take these pills, it’ll stop the medicine from affecting you. I’ll give you 5 just in case. The other two can help you dispel poisons, sleep and other effects.” Beril explained while passing her 5 pills.
“Well aren’t you quite kind.” Shiro smiled and grabbed the pills.
“Of course I am.” Beril huffed before pushing her out of her shop.
“Now go. Don’t waste so much time.”
Hearing this, Shiro smiled and quickly patted Beril’s head before running away.
Pouting for a moment, Beril sighed and closed her door again.
Once she was out of the city, Shiro activated her Divinity of Ouranos and launched herself into the air.
Flying as quickly as she could towards the Section of Night, Shiro wondered if she’ll meet Demos again but remembering that he travels around the world, the chances were low.
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Arriving at the Section of Night wasn’t hard as her flight speed had increased dramatically.
While flying through the Section of Night, Shiro had spotted the town that she woke up in along with the one that she had spent a few months acting as Demos’ assistant.
When she was roughly a third of the way into the section of night, she was greeted by two crystal butterflies.
“Cutie, your flight speed is quite impressive.”
“Mn. Where’s the map?” Shiro asked.
“Cold and straight to the point huh? Fine, here it is.”
Just as she said this, one of the butterflies shook its body for a moment as a piece of parchment was revealed.
Taking the parchment, Shiro could see an overview of the world along with the locations of the three targets. Plus, there were notes on the side telling her their location and number of guards.
“Thanks. You should take your crystal back now, I won’t need it anymore.” Shiro said, taking out the crystal that Beril had given her so that this woman could track her.
“No need. Keep that on you so I can give you a hand whenever you want.”
“I’d rather not. I don’t like having someone always keeping a note of where I am. If you don’t take it I’ll probably throw it away or break it.” Shiro narrowed her eyes.
“Fine fine. Give it to the butterfly on the left then.” The voice sighed.
Giving the crystal to the butterfly on the left, Shiro checked her map before flying towards the centre of the Section of Night.
Her first target, Elin Jaheri, lives in the city of Nius. The city of Nius is constantly veiled by darkness due to the influence of Nyx’s tower hence why lanterns and house lights fill the city.
Due to their environment, their light development is much better compared to the other cities and hiding in the shadows will be quite easy since the lights provide harsh shadows.
However, while hiding in the shadows is easier, there are plenty of guards patrolling around the area to keep public order.
Thankfully, Elin lives rather far out of the city since she has a horde of monsters acting as her guards.
‘Some of the monsters she has have very strong senses so sneaking into her place is gonna be hard.’ Shiro furrowed her brows.
Thinking about it for a moment, she decided to scout out the situation first. If Elin has quite a few flying type monsters, this would be easy thanks to her divinity.
Flying past the city, she found Elin’s mansion with ease and to her joy, flying monsters were quite abundant.
Curling her lips into a grin, Shiro hovered over the mansion.
