An Assassination Attempt x A Family Meal

Inside a clothing store, located in the city center, a man was trying out several models of suits.

"Dark blue or a classic black?"

The boy thought. In the end he opted for the classic black suit, with a simple white shirt, and a black tie. He also choose dark shoes to match the outfit.

After finishing his shopping, he returned to the hotel to shower and change into his new clothes.

After about twenty minutes he was about to arrive at the girl's mansion.

Upon arrival, Shakal paid the taxi driver. Then he walked towards the entrance of the house. To his surprise, Chloe was waiting for him.

"Hello! How are you? "

Chloe upon hearing the boy's question, answered.

"Very well, I was waiting for you. Go ahead."

The girl said as she pointed the way to her savior. Shakal entered the main hall of the mansion, where all the members of the family were gathered. The young man quickly greeted everyone respectfully, and was invited by Chloe's mother to sit in one of the free chairs around a huge table.

Chloe sat next to him and they all started talking. Apart from the people sitting at the table, there were a few guards standing in every corner of the room.

The waiters also came with some of the food. Shakal was sitting next to Chloe, and her parents were right in front of them. About two meters away. On the right side of Shakal, sat a man. Shakal deduced that it was the girl's uncle.

A little while later, and before all the food arrived, everyone fell silent. Then the girl's father began to speak.

"First of all, I would like to thank you for saving my daughter the other day. She is the treasure of my life, so I am indebted to you. "

Shakal, hearing the man's words, with a subtle movement, thanked the man. Without saying a word.

Seeing that the young man was keeping silence, the father rebuked his speech.

"From what I understood from my daughter's explanation, the robbers were looking for something that is in our possession. What I'd like to know is how you related her fiancé to the robbers. "

Shakal was about to reply, but Chloe was ahead of him.

"My ex-fiance. I don't want to know anything about him anymore. "

The father, a little pissed off at his daughter's words, replied.

"Chloe, that is not a decision that belongs only to you, you know what your wedding would mean to our family."

Shakal looked at the girl's face, and from her appearance she seemed to be very angry with her father. To help her out a bit, Shakal decided to interfere in the conversation so that they wouldn't fight anymore.

"To answer your previous question, I have several reasons to suspect your daughter's ex-fiancé.

First, he was the only one who had no interaction with the robbers. They haven't even tried to steal his wallet, which they have done with all the other clients.

Second, normally during an armed robbery, people tend to have a certain fear, and that fear is reflected in everyone's face and body expressions.. Instead he was too calm for that situation.

Third and last reason, when I defeated the robbers, I told him of my suspicions about him. He reacted very abruptly, running out of the restaurant. "

Hearing the young man's explanation, all the members of the room made a surprised face, but remained silent.

"I see, it certainly seems to have something to do with the heist. We will have to contact his family. In any case, I would like to ask you, would you like to work for us? You seem to be very skilled and we have the means to pay you a lot of money, in addition to other facilities. "

Shakal, without much thought, replied.

"Thank you very much for the offer, but I'm not interested."

The people sitting around the table again had a surprised expression, since it is not very common that the family patriarch was rejected, especially by someone so young and without apparent social position. Even Chloe was somewhat surprised.

"Why don't you think about it again?, it's not an offer that comes to you every day especially for someone as young as you."

The girl's father seemed to insist too much, although from his tone and expression, Shakal realized that he was not bothered by his rejection at all.

"For that very reason, I would like to take advantage of my youth, to explore the world."

Seeing that Shakal was very decided in his answers, the girl's father stopped following the topic.

After a few more minutes of talking, the food had already arrived and everyone started eating. It was really a totally new experience for the young man, since since he came to this new world, he never had a meal with so many people around him.

Just as they were about to serve the dessert, the guards began to act strangely.

The four guards present took out their daggers and began to walk slowly towards the people sitting at the table.

Only Shakal noticed the strange actions of the guards, and quickly increased the size of his aura to envelop the entire mansion.

With this action, the young man wanted to warn the other guards of the strange behavior of the four people.

Feeling the increase in the boy's aura, the four guards increased their speed. The people at the table also became aware of the movements of the four people and began to panic.

Shakal, noticing that the reinforcements were on the way, quickly reduced his aura, to protect the family members..

The guard who came from behind him, arrived near the table before the others. Shakal drew his own dagger, and without even messing up a single hair of his head, slashed through the attacker's throat.

His body fell to the ground, soaking everything in blood. Chloe's mother by the huge impression of the scene, fell unconscious. Her husband caught her in time, before she hit the ground.

The other guards were very close to the family members, just as they were about to attack with their weapons, a woman in her thirties appeared near them. The woman trapped them within her aura, and the remaining three guards quickly fell to the ground.