The Villain Can't Lose

The next morning I wasn't sure what exactly was happening, but I woke up in a pretty good mood.

After yesterday's fight, I was one more step closer to surviving, "that's good," I muttered as I glanced at Serenu who was standing next to my bed, "Good morning, young Duke," his voice was smooth and calming as always.

"You came up early today." I sat up in the bed and stretched, "anything wrong?" I asked him.

"Nothing, I'm just worried about your progress," he paused for a moment, looking around the room.

Serenu knew about Rowen's mana for a long time, and he knew very well that Rowen needed more work on his power control. "Worry not, I already found someone to train me," the left corner of my lips lifted on its own as I got up from my bed.

The nightwear in this place was ridiculous and I chose to wear just underwear or even sleep naked sometimes. I knew that Hector wasn't going to send any of his assassins any time soon after the last conversation we had, I made him doubt his political power.

As far as I know, his main focus was to make sure the crown prince sits on the throne, "That reminds me, Serenu," I called out, "tomorrow is that spoiled brat's birthday, tell Irene to bring Nari along with her," I ordered while beginning to put on the white shirt.

"Yes, master," he replied, bowing his head respectfully.

Irene was the perfect one to bring Nari along without Hector finding anything suspicious.

"You may leave now, I need to study," I said, waving my hand before yawning.

One thing I liked about living in this world was, I could just be lazy all day and no one would say anything, but then a momentary thought went through my mind as I remembered my mom, "I really hope she will manage to live a good life now," closing my eyes, I squeezed them with my palms.

It wasn't the right time to think about my past life, I needed to focus on the current one no matter how hard it was, and it was not an option, I had to.

After Serenu left my room, I sat back on the bed, it was time to call for Zuri.

"Zuri!" I called aloud, hoping she would hear quickly.

*CLINGG*

The fairy-looking creature appeared before me again, [I got it...]

Her soft sentences made me sigh deeply, knowing how much I annoyed her by calling her like that. But I still didn't know her name yet.

[Are you ready?] She asked me while slowly opening her wings and spreading them wide open.

"Hmm."

As soon as I nodded, her wings started to flutter at great intensity, almost making me feel dizzy.

And soon enough I could see everything that she had found about him.

[Name: Ace Hildon]

[Age: 15]

"Hmm, same as me, good, continue," I leaned back, placing my arms on my bed, allowing me to keep my balance since the dizziness was a bit too much to handle while still reading the information.

I then continued reading further.

[Skills: Fire Technique, No other skills were found]

[Magic power: Lvl 3]

[Love interest: Lvl 22]

"Even lower than mine," I smirked, "that's it?" I questioned, "what about his occupation, where he's right now?"

[Can you let me finish?] She furrowed her eyebrows as if she was mad for interrupting her, and she then directly continued.

[He is the first son of Baron from the west. His parents were in a lot of debt and so sold their daughter to one of the crown prince's people.]

This was it!

I needed to make sure it was the right information before I could proceed.

The girl was sold to the same people as Nari was sold to before, and if I could find her and give his sister back to Ace, and also make sure to protect her, Ace would definitely join my side in the future.

One reason was good because I had already promised Nari to destroy that clan, so killing two birds at the same time would only be due to my luck.

"Do you know if he has any friends?" I asked.

*CLANG CLANG*

[What kind of question is that?] She asked, staring at me as if I was stupid.

"Well, I want to know if there are more people who might attack us, especially assassins," I explained.

*CLANG CLANG*

[Fine, I'll try to find out about it,] saying that she flew away.

I waited for a couple of seconds before I heard a high-pitched noise coming from the walls, as the door opened and in came the panting Irene, "Rowen, we need to talk!" her voice sounded worried.

"Talk." I looked at her nonchalantly.

I saw her roll her eyes, but that didn't matter, I wanted to know what she wanted right now, "The crown prince is celebrating his birthday tomorrow," she said as she sat on the chair, "he requested you as one of his right hand."

"Really?" My eyebrow raised, "isn't that a little surprising?" I snickered.

I knew it must be Hector's job, he was planning to humiliate me this time, probably.

But I wasn't going to let that happen, so that was also why I was going to bring Nari with me.

Her observation skills and talent for moving in silence and expertise in being unnoticeable were something I needed on my side.

If I could find Ace's sister, I would be able to easily take care of Hector myself, and also further make sure that Nari would remain safe.

"Don't worry about me, Irene," I assured, "I can handle that."

She nodded in agreement and another deep breath, "Hmm, you're right, let's focus on what we will be wearing," she stood up and began walking towards the door, "I'll call Nari and prepare her for the party," saying that she walked out of the room.

Irene surely was intelligent but not enough to understand who Nari actually was.

In the mansion, that assassin was just a sloppy maid for everyone.

No one would suspect anything about her true abilities and instincts that would allow her to kill someone on the spot.

But currently, Nari was in a hopeless spot, she couldn't do anything to me or anyone inside this mansion just yet.

And my goal was to remove that chip from my own body first before I could remove hers.

Staying alone in the room, a nervous shiver went down my skin making my heart race, there was a heavy feeling rising inside my chest that I couldn't fathom, "Am I starting to feel anxious about the party?"