6 CHAPTER 6

Well they were very good looking. Both Rachel and Arata. They also decided to change their hair colour, because now they could. Igsem had made a hair colour. You should know that at this time, Nobody changed their hair colour. So, having an unnatural hair colour would not be good for assassins. But they decided to colour their hair because it looked cool. They were going to hide it behind their cloaks and anyways their job was all in the night.

Arata had dyed his hair blue and Rachel had dyed it green. For some reason, they looked more good looking than before. Solork guided them in the path of assassination for the next three days. Both Rachel and Arata grew a lot. They were both evenly matched. Arata continued developing his attacks and Rachel developed her dodging and defense skills. Even though they had just broken through Novice rank, they could take on any bronze level opponent.

"Isn't Enhancement class the most useless", Arata asked. EVen Rachel had this question in her mind. What did Enhancement do?

"Initially, it's not that good, but as you grow in rank, you will get stronger. You will have stronger will, a good sense of mind and of course more physical strength. More than anyone. A bit more time and you guys will be stronger than anyone in this squad. Then we will have to leave the fighting to you.", Solork replied.

That was true, They could not beat Igsem and Wakatoshi in combat, even when they are in the Novice rank. They could beat a silver rank. So that was the power of enhancement.

Arata had two things in mind. First he decided to ask Rachel about her past. She was the closest to him, and it would kind of give an idea how they ended up here.

"So, what did you do before you came to the squad.", Arata asked Rachel hesitantly

"Honestly, nobody talks about their past here much, but since I know yours, you should know mine. Also, you are the closest to me in this squad now !", Rachel said.

"I was a chess player. A top class chess player. I have held the title for the past 3 years. But now I have disappeared from the world. The Prokofiev has completely erased my existence from everyone's minds. And yours is still in the process.", Rachel said.

Arata was surprised that Rachel was actually a chess player. And a champion at that.

"So did you learn attacking through chess.", Arata asked Rachel.

"Yes, Black Vatican is an original by me.", Rachel answered. Arata was still writing Black Vatican through memory. He also wondered what he should name his attack style. He decided to test some more pieces with Rachel and then decide the best.

"Do you wanna play chess", Rachel asked. Her hair looked absolutely beautiful in the room light. Apparently Igsem also had created a ventilator so that air from outside reached the underground.

"Let's play", Arata said. Rachel brought out her chess board. Arata had played it before so knew the rules. But he lost to Rachel badly in all the three rounds he played.

"Why do you blunder your queen so easily ? She is an entity you have to protect and is used mostly to scare your opponents. She shouldn't be left out in the open.", Rachel said. That was true. Arata made most of his moves with the queen.

"Alright, my Empress, I will do as you say.", Arata said.

"Hmph", Rachel said.

They played two more rounds. This time he learnt some chess openings and standard moves against some situations. He got better, but still got beaten badly.

Next day, Solork invited Arata to go on their first mission and Rachel also came along.

"So this mission is an easy mission. We have a spy in the area and we have to capture him. Capture him, not kill him. You can learn a lot from this. I don't think we need much enhancers in this but just in case he is strong. Better be safe.", Solork explained.

This time, Solork was staying behind. He didn't want the whole crowd to go. Funnily, this actually was more like a double date. Little did they know this romance time was going to take a very sharp turn.

The spy was to go to the concert hall for the owners of that place for information. The concert owners were Clover spies according to intelligence, but they haven't made any movements until now, so the empire had not gotten rid of them. But this time, they were helpful because now the empire had information of the spy meeting the hall owners. In the area of Cumae city, there were mostly C and B ranks of the squads. The S ranks and A ranks, all operated outside the city at the heart of the underworld.

Hmmm.. This world is totally different after all, Arata thought. So let's go to the concert hall.

It was an orchestra performance today by the Rising Horizon Orchestra. It started at 10 pm. As usual, late at night. It was 4 hours until 2 am. The location of the meeting of the spies and hall owners was unknown, so Wakatoshi started searching around the hall. Igsem took the job of asking around shops for the type of person and also was planning to buy some medicinal herbs. It was sure that the spy would come in the night while the hal was full, so there would be no disturbance for their meeting.

Arata and Rachel, of course, went into the concert hall to listen to the music. It wasn't the first time for either of them. Arata did not have anyone he knew from Rising Star Orchestra, he actually had mostly hung out with Masamune. He wondered what he was doing now. And then, the Rising Star Orchestra came in and started to set up. And the Concertmaster (Head violinist) was Masamune.

And that was surprising. Why would Masamune want to come to this orchestra, Arata thought.

"He is here huh ?", Rachel said.

"Who ?", Arata asked.

"The concertmaster. He was your friend right ?", Rachel asked.

"Yes, That's right.", Arata said.

"What do you want to do.", Rachel asked. She was checking whether he had any emotions for the outside world anymore. It has been almost one month since Arata was here. For Rachel it was two months.

"No, He doesn't really know me. Hope he shines bright and writes many Concertos in future.", Arata said nonchalantly.

"By the way, are you done writing Black Vatican. It took me a lot of time to make that technique.", Rachel asked.

Both Arata and Rachel were emotional people. And they were peerless talents. They were also battle freaks. They both loved adventure and used their bodies as tools to experiment and experience. Definitely not normal in the Period of time they lived, the place they lived in.

"I guess let us enjoy… as we are not much needed", Rachel said.

"Yes", Arata said happily

"You there !", Igsem's sudden voice came in.

You said it was not supernatural. F*ck that ! Damn you Solork. Everything about this supernatural !

"Yes we are there.", Rachel replied. Igsem was able to maintain a mental communication with everyone. So she was the best Support.

"Keep observing and don't let your guard down.", Igsem said. I am going to search the area. I have a new idea for development. Like, a brain function which can search the area, thought Igsem. It would make life easier.

Anyways, the person hadn't shown up yet. The person who was the spy. All they had was a picture of him sketched by a person who reported the incident of clover spy.

For the next two hours, nothing happened. So, Rachel and Arata enjoyed the concert. The Sibelius Concerto and Tchaikovsky COncerto. It was brilliantly done. It was a nice serenading session for them.