43 Melodrama

"Actually, I'm here on a mission.", Natalie whispered.

"You should have received a mission to collect information regarding the extraordinary gatherings."

"My mission is to monitor the nobles and check if they have become Beyonders.", she explained.

Alexander listened her words and a question mark appeared on his face.

He didn't doubt that MI9 monitored the nobles, but why are you so open about it?

Aren't you afraid that the nobles will impeach you?

He didn't voice his concerns though, but continued on with the conversation.

Some time later, the banquet finally came to an end, but Alexander had yet to achieve any of his goals.

'I should have expected it.'

'Even though Glaint is a Viscount, his power over the Loen Kingdom is pitiful.'

'No great noble will give him face and attend his banquet.', he sighed.

Following behind Natalie, he left the building.

"Do you want to get a drink?", Natalie turned her head and asked him.

Alexander had nothing else to do, so he quickly agreed.

As the two of them walked around the streets of Backlund, they didn't notice that a hooded figure was silently following behind them.

The moment the people around them disappeared, the sound of a gunfire sounded behind them.

At the moment the bullet went off, Alexander's intuition sent a warning.

Immediately, he jumped towards Natalie and pushed her out of the bullet's course.

The hooded figure saw that he missed his target and he didn't hesitate to escape.

Natalie wanted to run after him, but she noticed that Alexander had yet to get up.

Walking near him, she saw that he was clutching his chest with both of his hands, with an expression of pain in his face.

Instantly, she understood that he must have been wounded.

"Fuck.". Alexander couldn't help but curse as he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Natalie didn't seem to care about his pain however, as she started examining the surroundings.

After she made sure that nobody was around, she took the swan brooch off her bossom and started chanting some incarnations.

Green mist started to form as it rushed towards Alexander's injuries.

At the same time, Alexander felt that the pain on his chest was gradually disappearing.

Looking down, his injury was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Half a minute later, he was surprised to find that it had almost completely healed.

Before he could get up, he felt a light punch on his shoulder and looking up, he was met with Natalie's angry face.

"If you didn't push me aside we would have been able to get him.", she said.

Alexander heard her words and started having doubts about life.

Aren't you supposed to thank me? Why are you acting like I'm holding you down?

"Anyway, let's get you to the hospital first.", Natalie said and helped him get up.

"There is no need, I'm a Barbarian."

"As long as I rest for a couple days, I'll be fine."

"If anything, you should inform the Team Leader first.", Alexander shook his hands and replied.

Natalie knew that what he said was the truth and she didn't feel the need to convince him.

"Do you want me to walk you home?", she asked.

Alexander politely declined her offer and they each went off to their direction.

As Alexander was walking home, he quickly took a sharp turn and entered a dark alley.

Instantly, his figure disappeared.

On the other side, a man dressed in a black robe was running in the streets of Backlund.

He was of average height and wore a hood over his head, making it impossible to identify his true identity.

This man was the person who had just attempted to assassinate Natalie.

From the direction he was running, it was obvious that he was heading towards the East Borough.

What he didn't know was that just like he followed behind Natalie and Alexander, another figure was also following him secretly.

Of course, this figure was Alexander.

He wouldn't be stupid enough to use his real body to attend a banquet, as he had already met so many Angels in simulations.

At the same time, he was sure that since it was his first banquet, some extraordinary event would take place.

At least that's how what happened in the webnovels he had read in his past life.

Indeed, just as he expected, an assassination took place.

'As expected, I'm a genius.', he couldn't help praise himself.

He didn't know if this person's true target was Natalie, but he decided to follow behind him nonetheless.