"Lord Felix!" A catkin shouted as he walked into the room with a panicked look on his face. Inside the lavish room sat a white-haired man with white catlike ears, green eyes, and strong facial features. He was Felix Feline, Rune's brother and another contender for the successor's position. *Picture* "Leo, why are you panicking like that? This is very unlike you." Felix commented with a calm look on his face. On this matter, he resembled Rune a lot. "It is the Assassin Group we hired! T-They say that they have already captured Lady Rune!" Leo, Felix's most loyal servant and a peak Saint Stage Cultivator reported with an urgent look on his face. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂 "WHAT!?" Felix's shouted in shock. "How is that possible!? They shouldn't be that capable!" "I do not know how they did it, but…" Leo extended his hand toward Felix. Felix's eyes fell on the finger in Leo's hand, he picked it up and smelled it. "It is Rune's…" There was no doubt about it. He didn't even have to check the content of the storage ring, that finger belonged to Rune. "They sent this finger as a proof. They are asking for an 11-Star Artifact otherwise, they are going to release her." Leo reported. "Were they hiding their strength…?" Felix questioned with an annoyed look on his face. He didn't like how things went awry from the start. "That is most likely the case." "We have no choice, I need to contact Aragorn," Felix spoke. "…are you sure? What if it is all a trap?" Leo questioned with a doubtful look on his face. "What kind of trap could it be?" "Lady Rune might be alive. There are chances that she is suspicious of Aragorn, this all might be a trap she set to confirm if Aragorn is working for you." "And how would she know which Assassin Hall we contacted? Not to mention the place where our man is hiding. The details of the Mission. How would she know all that?" "…what if the Assassin Hall contacted her and she came up with this plan…?" Leo replied. "…" Felix turned silent. That was possible. Although Assassin Halls never do something like this since it would largely affect their image, Felix couldn't just disregard this theory. "Then what should we do…?" He questioned with an uncertain look on his face. "We need to see Lady Rune." "Huh?" "Whether they have captured her or not, we need to see it with our own eyes." "What if that is the trap in itself? Tracing us through the people we used to give the mission isn't possible. Even if Rune has her doubts that we are the ones who hired assassins to kill her, she won't have any evidence. Us being in the assassin hall would be a definite evidence that can be used against us. And we can't send just any subordinate either, since if that Assassin Hall has actually captured her, then we need someone who knows about the entire situation and can deal with them." Felix voiced his doubts. "It is not like we have to go to them ourselves. You can just ask for 'their' help." Leo spoke up. "Huh?" Felix's expression changed. "If we use them, then even if all of this is a trap, Lady Rune wouldn't be able to do anything about it and her doubts would be resolved, then once she returns, we can simply attack her here and continue with our plan. We won't have an Assassin Hall to use as a scapegoat, but we would just need to make sure a situation where we need a scapegoat doesn't occur." Leo explained and the more he heard, the more Felix felt that it was a great plan. After considering everything, "I will contact them." Felix nodded. Leo nodded, Felix then took out a sphere, he infused Mana into the Sphere and the Crystal Sphere started shining. Soon, a cloaked figure appeared inside the Sphere, "I need your help." Felix spoke. [Already?] "Something happened and I do not wish to move recklessly." [Alright. We will meet at the usual spot in a week.] "I understand." Felix nodded, the Figure disappeared and the Sphere returned back to its original appearance. "Why a week?" Leo couldn't understand. "We need to remain as natural as we can. If we move strangely as soon as something happens, we will be suspicious." "Then shouldn't we wait for at least a month?" "That much is unnecessary. Plus, the Assassins of the Assassin Hall aren't the patient lot. If possible, I would prefer Rune to be alive." Felix replied. Leo nodded. "Anyways, act naturally and continue with your daily task. Don't mess up." Felix spoke. "As you command, Lord Felix." Just like that, time passed. Unlike how Rune, Amaya, and Nux expected, Felix and his men didn't make any moves and acted normally. No one contacted the Shadow of Silence either. Rune even started having second doubts about her theory of her brother being behind all this. What if Aragorn was never on her brother's side to begin with? What if she was thinking in a completely different direction? This time, Amaya and Nux were silent as well. Usually, they would use this chance to keep an eye on Felix and Aragorn, however, the problem was, the two never left the Lord's Manor. Nux was confident in his conceal since even Melia's father, Orpheus couldn't sense his presence, however, Oberon was a Catkin, they were experts when it comes to conceal and sense, if it is just senses alone, then Oberon was better than Orpheus. It was okay for an hour or two, however, Nux didn't dare to stay there and keep an eye on Oberon's son for days. He could only wait outside the Lord's Manor and wait for Felix to come out. An inefficient plan and a plan that he was about to give up on, However, Felix finally moved. Rather than moving in the middle of the night, Felix decided to move in the afternoon, in front of everyone's eyes, acting as naturally as possible, soon, however, he turned into his Cat form, activated his invisibility, and moved towards a secret location without knowing that there was someone following him. He was meeting an ally, And when Nux's eyes fell on this 'ally', his expression changed. He finally found a lead.