Inside the mansion, kenshi wears the kimono that look like it came from Japan. This made kenshi to question himself if he was still in his old world.
"Are you ready son?"
At his father's question, he nodded.
He was wearing a black silk with the design of a large white flower while kenshi was just plain black kimono.
He didn't want to be the center of attention as a Shinobi. They are killers not presentation.
Meanwhile, Tanaka was different.
He didn't wear the kimono but rather he wears a gray jacket and black trousers. For kenshi, he look like a student in the late 17's in his world, but the difference is he has a fur coat.
Which it ruins the sense of tradition in his previous causing him to twitch his face.
"How do I look like."
At his brother's bold question. He has a urgent to burned that fur coat while his father only shook in disappointed.
"Tanaka, drop the fur coat."
At his father's word, Tanaka look at him in disappointed, but with the deadly glared at him. He couldn't disappointed his father even more.
Stomping his feet, he went back to his room and stored the fur coat.
"What a disappointed child."
As takumi said. Kenshi agree more, unlike him who work very hard in training.
Tanaka trained less than him while most of him time wandered in the city, using his father's money to flex on someone and even got himself in to trouble.
Only to be punished hard by his father and takes extra training in the training hall.
Once he returned without the fur coat, takumi said to his servants.
"Is the carriage ready?"
"Yes master."
"Good, let's go."
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At the party, the guess are all making connection, some even make a conversation that doesn't related in politics, while others just an old friends hanging around.
Kenshi who was holding the glass of wine look at the people.
Right now, he watching every move of the people, he saw Tanaka talking to someone with his aged.
Judging from their actions, they are already friends but, kenshi who watches his brother's friends can tell they are no ordinary people.
Unlike the dress he wear, they wore luxurious and kenshi who was a good eyes at expensive stuff, knew that they are not from lower houses.
Kenshi knew that this people are not a good influence to his brother. But after he heard all the reputation of his brother. He already a lost.
This disappoint kenshi towards his brother. But there is nothing he can do.
Everyone choice their paths and his brother was the same like the rest.
When kenshi shook his head, he saw her in the corner of his eyes.
It was shell.
She was staring at the food in the table drooling.
"Shell are you hunger?"
Both shell and kenshi can communicate with their minds but people from the outside may not know it. Since shell was just a gun and her human appearance was just a spirit.
Resulting Many people didn't saw her.
"Yes but am not after the human food but what's inside it."
"Inside?"
"Yes, they contained a small dose of magic energy."
At her words, kenshi became a little surprised and said.
"Is it bad?"
"No, they more like a energy pill to reduce the exhaustion of the body."
When kenshi sigh of relief, he ask.
"Do you want to try it?"
As she sigh in disappointed. Kenshi can already tell that she couldn't do it and watch the party in the back.
Waiting for a little while, the party starts when the butler walk towards the stairs and said.
"Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you. Lady Christina and her husband loid."
As the guess clap with the smiled. Two couples wave everyone and continued.
"Now us all applause to young master Glenn the star of the event."
When Glenn make a appearance. Everyone cheered including Tanaka. This made kenshi to look at his brother in suspicious.
Unlike the two couples, he clap ordinary but when it came to Glenn. It was more louder than before.
Is he connected to Glenn?
As he thought this, he make a mental note to watch this Glenn person.
At the party, the who celebration was lovelier than before, nobles dance in the hall, guess watch and even laugh despite they hating each other.
For the nobles, the light a is place for peace while in the dark is for the scheming.
Kenshi didn't dance, he just watch as he knew that everyone here are snakes waiting to strikes.
"You look like lonely."
At shell's words. Kenshi click his tongue and said.
"No, am just calculating."
As he said this, he decided to leave the hall and when to the garden.
The garden was huge, beautiful and some of the nobles wanted to rest, while those who was a couple wants to elevate.
Kenshi didn't meddling with other nobles as some drunk people starting to insulate each other.
But kenshi didn't stop them and watch the show, once he got bored he went deeper and he was a large lake.
He watch the dark blue sky where the moon shines.
He remembered her.
Her smile.
Her beautiful, lovely smile.
And also, he misses her.
"Joann."
As he said those words, shell hear this and ask.
"Who's Joann?"
Asking in curious, kenshi didn't answer about her but rather he said.
"The gem of my life."
As he said this, he gave a smile. The smile that shell surprised and she replied.
"Wow, I like your smile owner."
As he laugh lightly. He heard a sound of a broken twigs causing him to draw his gun and pointed at the direction of the sound.
Unlike before, his face was replaced with cold calculated moves.
"Who's there?"
At his words, the person came out from the shadow. She wears a dirty clothes, messy hair and she has bruises all over her body.
What's more, her eyes was cold as him.
"Judging from her height. She must be a little older than you."
At shell's words, he didn't replied but the girl answered.
"My named didn't matter, what matters is why are you in my lake?"
"Lake?"
At his question, the girl suddenly vanish and for the next moment. She was already in front of him. Holding a butcher's knife and swing it.
Clang!
Kenshi didn't hesitate to fired his gun but to his surpise. The knife returned to her hand and change it into a short sword.
Swoosh!
Lucky for kenshi, he didn't got hit but the kimodo he wears was cleanly cut.
"Kenshi, you need to be careful. She's carrying a curse weapon."
Upon nodded. Kenshi become dead serious as he prepared to kill someone.