Vacation? What is it?

Sabastian left the hotel at 9:30 in the morning.

The rest of the misfits stayed at the hotel suite.

Mr Aleksandr Sobolev's administrative manor is not too far.

After driving for 15 minutes, Sabastian arrived at an area where there is no entry for vehicular traffic from here on for the public.

Only administrative vehicles are allowed.

He stepped out of the taxi after paying the driver before started walking along the road.

The road goes straight north. After walking for 10 minutes, Sabastian turned west.

He walked for another 10 minutes before he arrived at his destination and stood in front of the gate of Aleksandr Sobolev's administrative manor.

The manor was surrounded by brick walls.

He could see security cameras every 100 meters on the wall.

At the gate, four security guards were present.

As soon as Sabastian approached the gate, one of the security guards walked forward towards him.

"Halt! State your purpose." The security guard said in Russian.

"I'd like to see Mr Aleksandr Sobolev." Sabastian replied in fluent Russian to the security guard.

"Minister Sobolev is currently busy, he is also not expecting anyone other than his family members, friends and members of the parliament." The security guard said to Sabastian.

"I see he's busy... Then I guess his current work is more important than his son, Aleksei Sobolev." Sabastian said in a calm voice.

The security guard looked at Sabastian in alarm.

"Who are you? And what relation do you have with Aleksei!"

"I'm here to tell that to Mr Sobolev, not you."

The guard's eyes turned red in anger hearing Sabastian's response.

He was about to tell Sabastian off when Sabastian introduced himself.

"My name is Sabastian Heilige. The youngest son of the Sword Saints of the Heilige family."

Hearing Sabastian's identity, the guard froze up.

His face turned pale, devoid of blood. It looked like a sheet of paper.

In Russia, it's impossible to not know the names of the 23 Sacred families and clans.

Even a 5-year-old can recite the names of the 23 Sacred.

It's because one of the 23 Sacred's the Vassiliev family is the sword and shield of the Russian Empire.

The Vassiliev family has protected Russia generations after generations.

It's one of the strongest Sacred Noble Family among the 23 Sacred families and clans.

Hundreds of years ago, The Vassiliev family ruled Russia.

But one day, they abdicated their monarchical authority to the Tepes family.

The reason is unknown but since then, they vowed to protect Russia and serve the Tepes family.

They have a unique status in Russia that compares to the ruling royal family of Russia.

The Vassiliev's are the pride of Russia.

And someone with a status equal to the Vassilev's was in front of him.

The security guard almost leaked, but quickly composed himself and bowed to Sabastian.

~~~

In the Control Room inside the manor, Guille Klein was sitting in front of the screen watching the event happening at the gate.

Guille Klein is the security head in charge of Aleksandr Sobolev.

When Sabastian introduced himself to the guard, Guille picked up the intercom beside him.

"Sir, the youngest son of the Twin Sword Saints of the Heilige family is at the entrance. He has mentioned Aleksei. He wants to meet with you, Sir." Guille said in the intercom.

A tired voice replied to Guille through the intercom.

"Let him in."

"Okay, Sir." Putting down the intercom, Guille picked up another intercom.

"Escort the Young Master to the Minister." He said to one of the security guards at the gate through the intercom.

~~~

The security guard opened the gate and let Sabastian in.

One of the other security guards bowed to Sabastian first before escorting him on a stone-paved road.

Sabastian took a look around, following behind the guard.

The exterior of the manor was beautiful and very modern.

There was a large car porch, 6 luxurious cars were parked on the porch and 4-5 more cars could be parked there effortlessly.

There was a flower garden on the side and a swimming pool near the garden on the other side.

After walking for a minute, Sabastian entered the manor.

The interior of the manor was beautifully decorated.

Contrary to the outside, the inside gave an antique vibe with a modern touch.

A guard in black came down the stairs.

He had a gun slung over his shoulder.

Sabastian took notice that the guards outside of the manor and the guards inside both have different uniforms.

"Please, follow me." The guard said before turning around walking up the stairs.

Sabastian followed the guard from behind.

They walked along the long corridor on the second floor. After coming to the end of the corridor, they turned left, and after passing four doors, Sabastian and the guard stood in front of a reinforced steel double door with a fingerprint scanner on the side.

The guard put his hand on the fingerprint scanner before standing beside the door.

Soon the door opened, the guard motioned Sabastian to go inside.

~~~

"Hey, you have been on your phone ever since we came here. We are here to take a break from work, why are you still working on our vacation!"

Zulkernyn said to Erisviel, who had her head glued to her phone screen.

Erisviel shrugged.

"Yeah, we were supposed to take a break and have fun but one of our friends is in custody for questioning and another went to free him. Say, are we having a break right now?" Erisviel replied nonchalantly without turning her head from her phone screen.

"..." Zulkernyn.

"Sometimes I feel like we are cursed. Trouble seems to find us all the time. Feels like we can't ever have a good relaxing time, to be honest. Also, Zulk, I'm not working I'm chatting with someone."

Hearing Erisviel, Zulkernyn raised his brows in interest.

"Oooh! Who's the lucky guy? Anyone, we know?"

"Actually, yeah! We know a bit about her but you guys have never met. And it's a girl!"

Sabastian was surprised at first before he formed a mischievous grin on his face.

"So, a girl, huh... So you went the Yuri route!"

Erisviel stopped chatting with Kathryne.

She turned to Zulkernyn and looked at him for a few moments.

"I don't know yet..." She said to Zulkernyn.

Zulkernyn raised his brows.

"You don't know yet?"

Erisviel nodded.

"To be honest, I really don't know... I feel attracted to her. Generally, recently I found myself being attracted to both men and women. So I'm really curious about my sexuality! There's no denying that I have a special feeling towards her, but that aside, I don't know my sexuality yet. I'm really curious, about myself. I'm trying to explore the newfound feelings and gain a good understanding of my self. It's all experimental. Although, sometimes I feel guilty that I'm using her as a means to gain a better understanding of myself and learn these new emotions..." Erisviel's voice trailed off as she unconscious turned towards her phone.

There were a few moments of silence before Zulkernyn spoke up.

"Eris, don't think too much. Knowing you? To satisfy your curiosity and your understanding, you tend to think too much. Human relationship, emotions, your sexuality, if you think too much you won't get a good understanding of them. Take it slow, try to learn at a pace you're comfortable with. There's no rush."

Erisviel turned to Zulkernyn.

She nodded to him before she picked up her phone.

Looking at the chat, she remembered the advice Aaron gave her once.

"The first step is to let your feelings known. And the second step is to be honest, huh..." Erisviel whispered to herself.

Deciding on what to do next, Erisviel opened up to Kathryne about how she feels about their relationship and how conflicted she feels about using her as a means to get to know and understand herself better.