She felt exhausted from all the running and escaping. The people slowly left as the woman just took all the children with her. Maybe they were a family, or maybe she was just going to adopt them. All that matters is that she hopes they will stay safe. There were people coming as they started to follow up on the people that just left. They were curious about the chaos or as some could say 'they were nosey', People loved drama as it made their lives exciting. She saw no one she knew and frowned at the fact. It did not matter though since she had to go towards the castle now.

She moved past everyone and went up towards the hill that leads to her destination. The weather was pretty cloudy as it looked like it could snow any minute now. The crisp air tickled her nose as it became rather cold. She was not really dressed for this weather as the flakey powder falls from the heavens that she will someday destroy. Her eyes closed and wrapped her arms around herself. Silently she continued on her way towards the castle. What will be expected there and what will she have to do? Her eyes gazed away from anyone who gave her stares. Sabertooth was slowly getting known, but not enough around here. In the East, they were well known already, but when it came to the South, North, and West they were nothing as of yet. She herself thought it was known, it wasn't enough.

She wore the same robe that was white as snow and her hair was messy. She did not have the time to really get ready for what was about to come up. She approached the higher class area as the houses were cleaner and the places were quite beautiful. She looked at the house of her client as Zhongli resided there. Softly, she sighed and moved forward to see where this was going to go. This was the way to the castle, right? She was unsure, but within a matter of minutes, she could finally see the castle. Kuri was still at least several meters away from it, but it was tall enough to see most of it. She remembered that the preacher said that the leader was in the castle for some business. Sadly, she did not get enough details on it so she will have to go on what she had.

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Castle Alvalen was a large beautiful white castle that would be in any if not every fairy tale. She did not want to imagine how many rooms there were in there nor how did anyone find their way in and out of there. The place looked as if it could be a maze itself. Was that intentional for it to be a maze like that? The castle was named after the family who resided there as they are the ones that built this city financially. It was quite remarkable to be able to afford that.

She will be rich and powerful like that someday.

The front was guarded, but she saw that there was also a backyard that she could possibly go into. She walked casually away from the front and then took a sharp turn towards the inner back. Her fingers grazed against the bush fence as she could feel it wasn't fully stacked like; brick, cement sort of fence in the inner part. Her water body could easily be used to just go through it so she slowly went inside. Her head peeked out and looked around to see if there was anyone that would be able to see her. She so far has seen no one so she just slowly stepped out like a deer into the road.

Once again she looked around and into the headlight she went if there was one and a deer. She should go in and perhaps find a room with some female clothes. There was no point in that though if someone notices her. Her mind was becoming clouded by so many possibilities. It was not very helpful at all. She took off the robes and had on her red and golden dress that was beautiful and rich in a fabric sense. She took deep breaths before going further away from the fence and closer to the door to go inside. Will she see anyone that she knew here? Will she be caught by some royal that was here?

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Oh how much she hated the royals and nobles. Not like they deserve the fame like her and a few others she knew. These guys were born with it. It was disgusting how they abused it as well like in the war. She made all the good, light guilds fight for them. For their war! And for what? To enslave their people, to enslave other Countries' people as well as races of all kinds. It made her almost sick to her stomach. It was part of the reason she made a neutral guild. She was going to be no one's slave, no one was going to boss her around. Kuri went up the marble stairs and approached the door slowly. The woman wanted to make sure no one else was around when she went in, but at the same time, Kuri did not want to be suspicious at all. With her soft hand, she opened the large doors that let her enter the inner castle.

How many guards and servants does one remember? She knew that there were thousands of maids and guards that lived here so it made her wonder if she could disguise herself as one. Will they notice her at all if she did? She could act like some mistress or perhaps she could be some important person like she already was, but that would be too easy now would it not? Her hair was a mess and her outfit was clean so one and one did not make it two for this. She had to find some restroom to get everything cleaned up when it came to her appearance.

Kurisa walked in naturally and gazed around as if she was looking at the art of the place. She realized that there were some people coming towards her way. Of course, her heart was racing as she anxiously continued on her way as if she was supposed to be here. The people walked past her as if she was not worth their time. It was better than being noticed. She wondered if she was the knight, the noble/royal, or the maid to them. There were many cards to play. She decided to maybe look around in rooms to see if there were any empty ones with clothes.

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Last thing she wanted to do though is to make it obvious that she was sneaking around. The guards were not suspicious of her yet. Did this make her a bad person? A thief? Not in her book at least since she was here only to find a bad guy who did her wrong and knows something. Her mind felt really mixed up between good and bad, right and wrong. Softly, she sighed as she opened the first door and saw no one here, but it was only full of junk. It was just being used as some storage for random junk they must have gotten from different countries.

Her eyes gazed around as she walked through the halls. The rug was maroon with swirls of a caramel brown as it was a pretty mix. She wondered if they just had someone work many hours on this and if the person died doing so. This rug went so far down the hall that she could not even see it anymore at this point. As she was looking around the place she realized that there was someone just standing by a pillar. He had black robes and it looked like from where she stood he had a mask on. Was he perhaps the guy she was looking for all along? It was not this obvious, was it? She wanted to look around more, but then the guy noticed her. He froze in place which caused her to be suspicious of him. She waved to him, acting casual as she slowly approached him.

He slowly backed away as he looked around. Quickly, he ran off fast to the point of disappearing. She quietly approached the room he was gazing at to see there were people talking on a large long table. Were they voting for something or perhaps discussing something important? She listened in, but it was then that she noticed there were footprints that lead to the guy she needed to go find. Her eyes rolled and went towards the footprints. She quickly started to go through the places within the same hall to make sure he was not hiding anywhere. She wished at that moment she had some type of enhanced smelling or even sight that could see through things.


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She had to try hard to find this guy as she also tried to not be suspicious still. Once again she found him gazing in the same room, but on the other side. What was his deal? Why did he care about what was happening in there? Did he know something that she has not heard of yet? Swiftly, she went up to him and shot a water bullet towards his legs to make them stop. It was irritating her greatly as she then went up to the guy. Sadly, her strength wasn't that big so she could not just pick up the guy and press him against the wall. She dragged him towards a door, opened it and dragged him into the room. Lastly, she sighed and sat with the man who wore the mask.

Finally, she got to question him while relaxing for a bit. Kuri wondered if he was going to say anything before she decided to torment him till he does. Sadly, he answered nothing as he sat there quietly. She wondered if she should go at him like she did to that panther guy. She could break his fingers, violate him with her magic even or smash his face into the floor, but she could not make it all so obvious. She licked her lips and put on some gloves while going up to him. She gave him a warning about what she will do and what she can do if he does not talk. She had so much reputation built up and prepared for something like this.

Slowly, she created a blade with her water as she hardened it. She placed it close to his shoulder as there was no point in threatening him with death. People like him were prepared to just die, but she wanted to make sure she would get information first. There was no way she will just let him go off like that. After a little bit, he finally started to talk. The guy said that there was some guy here who was in that meeting who knew what she was looking for. She was confused at first, but then he said that the guy traveled here for what appears to be a dancing ball. A guest that was a real traveler. Traveling to different countries sounded fun, but why would a guy like him trouble himself for being here? It was really questionable.


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