Fooling A Young Prodigy

"Papa is coming home Claire Bear,"

The bandit leader said to himself while looking at a photo of his daughter hugging his wife tightly as they both smiled to the camera.

"Aww. They are both so cute. I can't wait to....." The one eyed bandit uttered while rubbing his family photo to his already reddened cheeks with joy and excitement before.....

*Boom!*

A huge concentration of mana condensed into a ball was shot directly onto the bandit's hot air balloon which was connected to his ship. With the only means of keeping the vessel afloat now destroyed, the ship steadily hovered downwards.

"Tch... Those blasted bastards," The bandit leader cursed as he caught glimpses of his assailants. Three huge ships headed towards his and he could guess who they were from.

His employers had planned his demise from the onset, without bothering about what the results could have been. If he had successfully annihilated Dante, the results would have been the same nonetheless. This meant that in spite of the outcome, his fate had been sealed.

"Fucking idiots. I ain't going down that easily. Die! Motherf**kers!!" He grabbed a magic cannon and placed his hands on the rear of the cold metal cannon.

The cannon absorbed a specific amount of mana which was then condensed to form a cannon ball before being aimed and projected towards one of his assailant hovering above his already descending vessel.

*Pow!!*

*BOOM!!*

Another ship shot there own cannon ball, which collided with his cannon ball to ultimately changed its trajectory.

"Tch!! Second time is a charm," He said angrily before shooting a second, third and fourth cannon ball.

*Pow!* *Pow!* *Pow!*

But the same thing occurred again and again, enabling all the assailants ships to be left intact.

With the excessive usage of mana, his mana had now dwindled after exceeding his limit.

Noticing the non-responsiveness of the bandit, the leader of one of the assailant ship who was actually an assassin yelled in command.

"Fire!"

Four to five assassins gathered around a magic cannon to place their hands on it. All three ships had their men doing the same thing.

Each cannon absorbed a huge chunk of mana to unleash a destructive beam of rainbow like energy which surged through the bandit leader's vessel.

"Fuck!!" The bandit leader yelled in indignation while gritting his teeth as a solitary tear dropped on the family photo he held in hand.

Being assaulted on all sides by the enemy's magic cannon, there was simply no means of escape for the bandit leader before his ship exploded. This resulted in countless debris dropping off as an aftermath of the explosion.

Several assassins dressed in black trousers, black jacket and a hooded cowl just like a ninja, jumped off their vessel to inspect the remains of the ship so as to ensure no survivors remained unnoticed.

With no survivors in sight, all three ships dispersed from the scenery.

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<Several hours later>

Deep in a forest within the borders of the Rosswell Empire, there lies a small cabin house with a very restricted space. This was the home of two cat girls who were related by blood.

Right now, inside the cabin house, the silhouette of a man with a tobacco pipe in hand was seen standing before a young cat girl around the age of twelve who knelt down in disbelief.

The young girl placed both of her hands on her head while weeping by the unexpected news of her sister's demise.

"No!! No!!! Why!! Why would you leave me all alone? Sarah? Why!!..*sobs*"

"I'm truly sorry for your loss. I did all I could to save her but it was already too late. I promise to find whoever did this," The man with a tobacco pipe said before heading towards a nearby chair to sit.

"*Sobs!!!*" The girl kept crying.

"It's okay little one. Crying isn't gonna bring back the dead. All we need to do now is to act. To make sure the ones who killed your sister gets the punishment they truly deserve. Justice will prevail," The man said with a deceiving saddened tone.

"*Sobs*.....That's right, my sister deserves justice. I'll find whoever did this and I'll put an end to them myself." The girl replied while wiping away the tears from her eyes and the transparent mucus from her nose.

"That's great. Like I've said before, my offer still stands. I'll rightfully provide whatever you need to continue your training till you've become a full fledged Assassin. All you have to do is to say YES," The man said, not concealing his ominous smile.

"...." The girl remained quiet with her head hung downwards as she stared at the floor.

"Oh? It seems your resolve to have revenge is actually feeble. I guess I was wrong to have faith in you. Do not worry about what I just said, just go and sit down on a couch and cry all day long for someone who isn't coming back while I send someone else instead to seek revenge on your sister. After all, she was one of my favorite maids," The man declared before standing up from his seat to head towards the exit.

"No wait!!" The young cat girl grabs hold of one of his leg.

"Yes?!" His lips widened more than before.

"C....can you find the one who did it?" She timidly inquired.

"Of course I can and I have. He's currently an adventurer working very close to the Empress. The truth is, I knew he was a fraud and so to silence me, he sent a bunch of assassins towards my way. Your sister sacrificed herself to save me. He's a really strong adventurer, one who might be too much for a prodigy like you to handle. On second thought, I'll have one of my men kill him for you."

" No!! I'll do it. This is my revenge. Sarah was my sister and she deserves to rest in peace knowing that I sought vengeance for her," she declared in a determined mind."

"Are you sure about this? There's no going back once you agree to it,"

*Nods*

" Very well. I'll hire some of the very best assassins. You'll be trained beyond your limits to acquire the ultimate revenge. You have one chance to seek revenge for your sister. Remember this. There can't be any room for mistakes."

"Thank you so much Minister. I'll do everything I can to make sure my sister spirit rests in peace. I'll kill anyone and everyone he cares about,"

"Oh I know you will Naomi. I have good faith in you,"

'You might be a twelve year old now but your strength equals that of a Sapphire rank Assassin. For my plans to become successful in the future, I'll need a soldier whose heart will be filled with rage. I can't have that adventurer thwarting anymore of my plans in the future. To prevent that, I'll need you to become at least a gold rank assassin by the time my experiments come to its conclusion.' The minister thought to himself.

Due to her naivety towards how the world works, the minster aimed to exploit her strengths for his own personal benefits. He had huge faith in her and this made him more confident of what the future has in store for them both.