chapter 4

"Fuu~"

Taking a breath as he spread his legs casually lying covering half of the king sized bed

His body dripped wet but his face had a smile

"Lad come on, what ye doing?"

"Mr Hopkins... I'm just relaxing, it's a ritual"

"Ritual?"

"Yes!"

He said as he stood up he was already wearing a dress as he went near his closet

He wore a pair of brown leather gloves

"Let's go to the basement, i need to make preparations for my antic sale"

He said as his legs moved a little faster than usual

Creak-'

Opening the basement door we could see old looking gowns which could be correlated to noble wear in 18th century

Beautiful custom bags, jewels, full sized mirrors, lamps, books, some weapons but most importantly full sized sculptures

They were neatly arranged and the sculptures were covered by thick jute cloth

With the dresses being neatly displayed in mannequin and covered in a plastic bag as Hopkins asked

"These things look quite old eh, did you collect them"

"No it's the work of three generations, my grandfather and father and myself, the thing is they both are skillful

"Their skills are impeccable, the sculptures, you see are made specifically by my father, the dresses you see are worn by noble ladies yes, but some pieces are made by my grandfather to correlate it as a wedding dress

"The way they collect and sell the things in the shop made this one of the best antique shops both offline and online since i was the one who bought this online...

"But i don't have their skills... To make any sculptures per se since the sale of some sculptures which are duplicated are good"

"So you sell them saying it's an antique"

"No come on, sculptures are already displayed in museums and some are just brought for ridiculous price

"We just duplicate them and sell them according to clients request"

"Well i thought it could be used as a substitute for yer nonexistent girlfriend"

Allen chuckled as they both looked at a statue which was covered by a thick jute cloth

But still exposed it's small dick

"Well at least he will be intelligent unlike your need for a fluffy dick" (1)

He said as he looked at Mr Hopkins fluffy body as he shook his end

"Ye don't go around thinking fantasy ye know"

"*Cough* Yea yea now let me get started!"

He said while waving his hands

They then looked at a full sized mirrors as Allen took it slowly to his studio

He placed the mirror upside down on the table with Hopkins help

As he smiled

"It's something I bought in online auction, it truly is magnificent"

"How so?"

"It's made from oak, the mirror has a history of being famously used by ladies in the 18th century, is what they said"

He said as he wore a mask

"The mirror is made from Mercury and tin, i already checked that one out and considering the wood frame and the writing here, we could say it is"

He said as he bought a tape which he taped behind the writings which read

'To be everlastingly beautiful for thou arts beauty shines'

After which he slowly used a hot air gun

Placing it in safe distance and slowly heating the old wood while prying it with a blunt chisel

He slowly opened the wood frame of the mirror

As he took the upper part of it to see a bunch of documents

"This...."

"It looks like a love letter and a map"

"Now this is interesting"

"Hehe"

Mr Hopkins was silent as Allen laughed by himself

"Superb"

He thought as he took out the papers and gave it Mr Hopkins nonchantly and continued

He took out the mirror

As he placed it carefully at the side

Looking at the frame he removed, he nodded

"It's not that damaged but just a bit lose here"

He said as he pointed at the ridge of the frame

It had two such spots as Allen slowly tried to pry it closer

To spot a nail, he removed the nail carefully with a hammer while using a clamp to hold it tight

"Good!"

He then applied wood glue and then left it as such

"We will be back tomorrow!"

"Huh?"

"That's it! This is the first step, i don't really have big restoration process that needs to be done quickly nor am I in rush since the sale starts in next 7 days and this is the last equipment i need to work on"

"Brother!!"

His brother came down as Hopkins was nowhere to be found

Allen looked at Jamie holding a box

"It's for you!"

"What? A gift?!"

"No it's this!"

Jamie said as he handed over a box to him

"This..."

"Yes, this had your name so I bought it in"

"Come on Jamie that is not how you should do! Many people have my name!"

"No no see see it has your full name Allen!"

"Huh?"

He looked at the box and noticed his name written in black letters filled in the recivers coloum

"The sender is... Janice? The football girl?"

"Hmm??"

"Whatever, she is my friend, from highschool i never thought she would send me a gift now"

"Open it!"

"No! She always sends bizzare stuff! I have always said to her that i am an antique shop keeper! Not some voodoo baba!"

"Hehe but you did sell her gifts for good price!"

"Shut up Jamie! Now come on upstairs!"

He said as he placed the box nearby the mirror

**********

"Yo!"

"Oof how did you guys find my place?"

"It's easy be placed a tracker on your body, you should be more cautious"

Max said as he petted the owl sitting on Ryan's shoulders

"Hehe! Human remember we are a sect and the weapon you have is powerful why don't you give it to us!"

"Fuck off, Asmodeus, whatever... Since we are here anyway why don't you help us?"

"Why, are you still dead set on making me join the cult, Ryan?"

"No no of course not-"

"Nope not after you put a taker on me, I'm changing house!"

"Calm down... We really need your help"

"Yes yes! If not this bitches will get impaled and die hehe! Are you ready to be dead!"

"Yea no!"

Slam-'

"Who is it brother??"

"Some weirdos"

He said to Jamie who came to the door

"Now get back in"

Allen said making Jamie go back upstairs

The door opened itself as Mr Hopkins chuckled

"Ye lads can't keep it in ye mouth eh?!"

"Mr Hopkins why don't you chase these fuckers off of here!"

"See... This"

Max handed a paper to Mr Hopkins who took it in his hands

"Hoho! I see, quite tough mission ain't it? Lads"

"What is it Mr Hopkins"

"You see Allen, they do need your help"

"Regarding?"

"Racoon Man"

"Racoon man?"

"Yes, it's a recent legend among children! An imaginary friend of theirs"

"Hmm okay so?"

"Our cult wants him to join us but he is strong and hard to capture! Made with pure energy it's hard to entice him!"

"Really Ryan?"

"Yes! Since you didn't join us, i want someone else to join plus... There is a reason news that this guy hurt a children so we need to get a report from him"

"Our mission is to meet and get an explanation as to what happened, that's it and our pay is 25,000.. well If there is any complications it may rise"

"Well since we know you... We kinda took this mission ...or else we will seriously die"

"We are going to die eitherway i don't see the point of him joining but one more soul to accompany me to hell"

"Hehe hell!! Hahah!!"

"Such ruckus, dear friend, they will give you 7000 and basic information regarding this world of Yuri, you need people's wisdom and you lack that now"

"What do you say Mr Hopkins?"

"Let's go on a adventure lad!"

"Heya than its decided, welcome to team hydra!"

"Lame"

"The team... Were you will die rent free"

"Hahaha welcome welcome! Make sure to be comfortable untill he awakens!"

Asmodeus said pointing it's chest as Allen nodded

"Since you are our team mate now"

Ryan said pushing past Mr Hopkins inside

"We need to know your abilities"

"I have telekinesis, shape shifting, i can use half the strength of people or animals, i shape shifted to even some myths! But the toll is that i will have bone broken every minute well based on the power spectrum that is

"If it's a rat then it might take 3 minutes if it's a myth then it might take 1 minute to 2 seconds or death

"My job title is trickmaster"

"I can control fire and light to bare minimum, high chances that i might get burnt to death if i use it more than 20 seconds based on context that is

"I can also die if i don't use it correctly or control it correctly so any mental attacks while i fight is instant death

"My job title is priest... Yes i can hold special rituals to summon some help... Not big enough to escape death"

"What about you??"