shadow guard candidate

Salma, Selmi, and David followed their father to his office. David wanted to go for a walk with his mom but due to the behavior of the twin sisters, his plans were ruined.

They finally arrived at Lewis' office. Lewis immediately told Salma, Selmi, and David to enter. After Lewis made sure his children entered he immediately closed the door and sat on a chair while looking at them then started talking.

"Why are you fighting in the courtyard of the mansion, explain to me"

"Dad, it's all because of David," Salma said.

"What? Why is it my fault that you two attacked first?"

"Huh... we did it because you have no manners towards us who are older than you"

"Huh..manners? seriously you can talk like that, which older sisters throws plastic gum at his younger brother"

"You..."

"SHUT UP"

"If I see you fighting without my permission again, you will all receive punishment from Father. UNDERSTAND"

"Understood, Father" Salma, Selmi, and David said simultaneously.

"Alright, Salma and Selmi can go while David stays here I have something to talk to you about."

Salma and Selmi left Lewis's room and left David alone, David wondered why his father didn't let him go.

"David how old are you now"

"14 years old, so what?"

"Because you are 14 years old, I plan to choose you as a shadow guard"

"Shadow guard!!!... Is it time Dad?"

"Yes, you can have it now I will take you to the Garren family and tie up a contract with one of the shadow guards there"

David was happy about this, he was happy for no reason. In the Hilbert family, if one of the children of the main family is 14 years old, they are allowed to choose their shadow guard, the shadow guard is a bodyguard as well as a personal informant for the Hilbert main family. the Hilbert family formed a shadow guard to cover up the weaknesses of their family, they are not very good at close combat especially if their opponent is an assassin who has speed.

At that time the Gerren family was born, the Gerren family is a family whose members are specially trained to protect the Hilbert family, they will receive all the training until they are finally ready to become shadow guards, and after that, the Hilbert main family will choose one of them then undergo an absolute contract.

"How would you like to?"

"Of course, I want to Dad... but can I choose a shadow guard outside the Gerren family?"

"Hmm... Outside the Gerren family?"

"Yes Father, that's because I already have my suitable candidate for shadow guard"

"Is that okay Dad?"

"Hmmm... alright"

"Thank you, father"

"Oh... yes in 5 minutes you come to the dining room we will have breakfast there with the others"

"Ah... eating together, it's a rare thing Dad usually we are always alone"

"Yes, occasionally gathering is also not a problem, while I have free time"

"Alright Dad then I'll go first"

Lewis answered him only by nodding and David immediately left there, after David left again Lewis thought about everything David said because according to Lewis he was a unique child and always beyond his expectations, he simply did not know the way the boy thought. Lewis also began to be confused why his attitude and behavior changed completely, he remembered that David was a lazy and useless child.

"Zee"

After that came a man who immediately appeared in front of him while kneeling.

"Yes, sir."

"After breakfast, you go watch David, I want to know what my son will do next"

"Yes sir"

Zee disappeared immediately and Lewis smiled again, he couldn't wait to see what other surprises David would make.

Meanwhile, David went straight back to his room, he wanted to go with his mother but considering that in 5 minutes he had to go to the dining room. David was forced to postpone it and decided to take a short break.

5 minutes later, the entire Hilbert family began to arrive for breakfast together, starting from Lewis, Salma, Selmi and the other wives also began to gather and sit on their respective benches, David finally came and sat on his bench. He could see that there were only the wives, father, and Salma, Selmi but that was normal because Lewis' three children were on a mission from the Empire while the other three were still at the Academy but to David's surprise he did not see his mother at all.

"Dad, where's mom?"

"Your mom won't eat here."

Before Lewis could answer, one of his wives answered David's question, she was Lewis' second wife Alice Hilbert. David who heard that was not happy he did know that Lewis's other wives did not like his mother but that did not mean they could bully my mother at will, after all my mother was also the legal wife of Lewis Hilbert.

"So why can't my mom be here?"

"Heh... of course because mom is a maid and maids can't be here"

"Yes, that's right," said the other wife.

"Whether my mother is a maid or not doesn't change the fact that my mother is still the legal wife of Lewis Hilbert, does it Dad?"

Lewis remained silent until he finally began to speak.

"What David said is true, she is still my wife after all"

"But honey...we don't agree with her eating here too," Alice said and the other wives agreed.

"No need to make excuses, I will still call her here"

"DARLING!!!... If you still insist on calling her then we will leave here."

Lewis who heard that immediately frowned, the air around the room was getting claustrophobic due to the pressure Lewis exerted, and everyone who was there began to feel scared as well as David after all Lewis Hilbert was a 9th circle wizard who must be very strong, just by releasing a little mana he had exerted this much pressure.

'So this is the power of a 9th-level wizard, what a powerful force' David said to himself.

"Are you threatening me?"

"N…N...No honey, I...I just..."

"I'm still going to call Bianca here, is there anything you don't accept?"

"N...No...No honey"

The air around the room began to subside and unlike before, everyone in the room began to feel relieved with panting breaths.

"Get Bianca over here," Lewis said to one of the maids.

"Y... yes sir"

The maid immediately went to call Bianca and after a few minutes, the maid finally managed to bring Bianca to the dining room. There Bianca was greeted with hateful stares by Lewis' other wives so that Bianca could only bow her head. David who saw it immediately approached his mother.

"Mom, why are you still standing here? Let's eat together"

David took his mother's hand and led her to the dining table, Bianca sitting next to David.

"Alright... we can eat now"

Everyone in the room just nodded and started eating.

After the meal was over David went straight out of the mansion, he did that of course to recruit his new subordinates. He remembered that in Ren's Fantasy World novel, there was an extraordinary Great Assassin, in the novel he was a reliable assassin not only that he was also a master of disguise and gathering information. The assassin also has unique skills that help him in doing his job. Later in chapter 58, the Great Assassin meets Ren who is 17 years old. the battle between Ren and the Great Assassin was very fierce until finally the battle was won by Ren.

But in the novel, Ren didn't kill the assassin at all, because when the assassin was about to be killed he begged for forgiveness and said his goal of becoming an assassin was for revenge. He began to tell Ren about his past and after that Ren and the assassin agreed to help each other because they had the same goal. Since then, the great assassin has become a loyal subordinate of the MC Ren.

But in this life that will not happen, because David will become the master of the Great Assassin, although at this time he is still not strong he knows that the unique abilities and skills of the Great Assassin will greatly help him in the future. David not only wanted to be strong but he had to have strong subordinates as well to increase his life chances.

David went to the slum housing area on the outskirts of the Empire, according to the Great Assassin's past he should have stayed around here. David continued walking until finally a boy of the same age as David accidentally bumped into him.

"I'm sorry," the boy said while bowing down.

David could see that the boy's clothes were dirty like he was one of the residents in this area.

"Well... it's okay but be careful next time."

"Yes, then excuse me, sir"

The boy just ran away, David just looked at the boy and a few minutes later he smiled.

The boy immediately ran to the deserted alley there and took out a bag of money that he managed to steal from the man he hit earlier. He started counting the money in the bag and he found 35 gold coins.

"Wow... that's a lot of coins, stealing money from a nobleman's son is so easy hahaha... I'm lucky"

"That's a lot of coins isn't it... do you want more?"

The boy was shocked when he heard the voice next to him, he immediately took out his knife to fight back, there was a man dressed like a nobleman. It was David who had been following the boy.

"Hey... let's talk for a minute"