Can you even call this, a VACATION?

*smack*

"Okay, okay! I won't fool around anymore... I'll be serious..." Sabastian said after being smacked by Ana this time.

Ana shook her head before giving out a sigh.

"Daniella you can just ignore him. He loves to fool around in serious conversations or situations." Ana said to Daniella before turning towards Sabastian.

"And you! Of course, their relationship is special. They are lovers. Stop fooling around and be serious, Sabastian!" She chided Sabastian for fooling around.

Daniella looked at Ana and gave a slight smile. She did not say anything when Ana said, that Aleksei and she are lovers.

Her silence was her confirmation.

Daniella's face turned slightly red from embarrassment.

She quickly averted her eyes towards the window.

The sun was about to set down.

Looking at the sky, some recent memories with Aleksei floated over her eyes.

Just a few days ago, she went out with Aleksei.

She still remembers skiing from a helicopter with Aleksei.

Sitting and talking together, walking together, falling asleep while leaning on each other's shoulder.

Daniella's eyes got wet reminiscing about her time together with Aleksei.

'Just where are you Aleksei?' She inwardly cried out.

Seeing Daniella's tears, the misfits felt sorry for her.

Erisviel walked towards Daniella and sat beside her before she put her hand on Daniella's shoulder.

Daniella wiped her eyes and turned to Erisviel.

She pulled Erisviel's hand in hers before opening her mouth, "Sorry... I sh-"

"Everything will be fine. Aleksei will be fine, Daniella. We will do everything we can to find him. So try to have a positive mindset." Erisviel said interrupting her.

Hearing the comforting words from Erisviel, Daniella smiled and gave a nod to Erisviel.

The other misfits were surprised by Erisviel's actions.

It's rare for Erisviel to show sympathy towards others.

Feeling the gazes of the misfits on her, Erisviel turned to them.

"What?"

Hearing Erisviel, the misfits averted their eyes.

"Nothing..." Ana.

"Uhm... Nothing, nothing..." Sabastian awkwardly smiled.

"..." Zulkernyn shook his head.

After talking with the misfits for half an hour, Daniella left the hotel.

Before leaving, she mentioned an address to the misfits.

Daniella heard the address from the people she followed to Igor Zhirkov's house, where she found the misfits.

Sabastian promised Daniella to look into it and let her know.

~~~

An hour after Daniella left,

Sabastian looked at the others and spoke up.

"So who's ready to go out shopping?"

The others were confused by Sabastian's sudden suggestion.

"That's... A bit sudden and strange isn't it? Considering our current situation..." Ian said trying to read Sabastian's thoughts.

The others were the same.

They found it strange.

Sabastian sighed and gave a nod to the others.

"Yep, it is kind of strange but I have my reasons. I just want to make sure of something... So what do you guys say? Wanna go out shopping?"

The others were silent.

"..." Sabastian waited for them to reply.

A minute later, Erisviel spoke up.

"Let's just go, whatever it is we'll know soon."

Others nodded hearing Erisviel.

The misfits got ready to go to the mall to buy some clothes and souvenirs.

They left the hotel and rented a car.

They shopped at the mall for an hour before deciding to head back to the hotel.

~~~

15 minutes later after leaving the mall, they crossed the main road and arrived at a junction.

Sabastian instead of going back through the same route they came, chose a different route to the hotel.

There are not many cars on the road.

Their car was moving at a normal speed just below the speed limit.

"They will probably make a move now." Zulkernyn said from the passenger seat beside Sabastian.

Sabastian nodded before looking at the rearview mirror.

He can see the two black SUV's following them behind at a certain distance.

When Sabastian and Erisviel arrived at the hotel with Daniella.

Sabastian noticed some people keeping an eye on the misfits.

Soon he found out that they are on surveillance.

The people who are keeping an eye on them are from the Vassiliev family.

Sabastian found it weird that the Vassiliev's are monitoring them.

Why would they keep an eye on them, when they are their guests?

So to find out the reason, Sabastian hatched a plan!

The road they were on was now empty.

There was no traffic or pedestrians.

The SUV's that were following Sabastian's car soon intercepted them.

9-10 people dressed in black stepped out from the SUV's

They had guns pointed at Sabastian's car.

~~~

"You know... This is the second time today I found myself in this kind of situation..." Erisviel said from the back seat.

Hearing Erisviel, Sabastian also sighed.

"Let's go find out what they want from us..." Sabastian said stepping out of the car.

Ana followed after Sabastian.

The two failed to see the complicated expression on Zulkernyn's face.

Erisviel turned to Zulkernyn and spoke up.

"Trust him, Zulk. He didn't become a king just by acting like a fool." She said to Zulkernyn before stepping out of the car.

Zulkernyn from the car watched the back of his silly friend.

Nodding to Erisviel, he stepped out of the car following after her.

In front of Sabastian was a young handsome man in his early 20s, wearing sneakers over jeans and a navy blue shirt with a white checkered tie under a black suit vest.

The handsome young man is Danil Vassiliev.

The third son of the Vassiliev family.

Danil had a fierce gaze, looking at Zulkernyn.

Following his gaze, Sabastian looked at the person Danil was glaring at.

He now noticed something was off about Zulkernyn.

Zulkernyn's shoulders were slumped and he was looking elsewhere not meeting Danil's eyes.

Sabastian frowned looking at his friend.

He was confused about why Zulkernyn was behaving like that?

Turning away from his friend, Sabastian turned to Danil.

"Danil, what's the meaning of this?" He said raising his voice.

Hearing Sabastian, Danil looked towards him.

"Sabastian, I'm not here for you. I'm here for him! Hand him over to the Vassiliev family!!!" Danil said in an authoritative tone.

Sabastian narrowed his eyes, he was furious!

Just as he was about to reply, the phone in his pocket vibrated.

It was a unique vibration, Sabastian has set for Erisviel's calls and texts.

Gritting his teeth, he glanced at Erisviel before taking out his phone to check what Erisviel has sent.

Reading the text, Sabastian turned to Erisviel with a surprised look in his eyes.

'Are you serious!?' Sabastian's eyes seem to say these words.

Erisviel nodded slightly.

Confirming what he read, Sabastian's gears in his head turned faster than ever in his current life.

What he read was, Zulkernyn's grandfather once owed a debt to the Ji family. The Ji family head called in for the debt and tasked Zulkernyn's grandfather to assassinate the ruler of Russia, two decades years ago.

Having no choice but to accept the task, Zulkernyn's grandfather assassinated the ruler of Russia.

Making Hassan's the enemy of the Vassiliev and the Tepes family.

In just a few moments, Sabastian has gone through more than various scenarios and simulations, trying to find a solution for the current situation at hand.

Finding a solution, he turned to Danil.

Sabastian's face was unreadable.

His gaze was much sharper than before and his aura changed.

"I'm sorry, Danil. I can't hand over my friend to you." Sabastian replied with a calm voice.

"Sabastian, he's an enemy to the Vassiliev family and the royal family, the Tepes! Hand over that Hassan to me or we have no choice but to use force." Danil demanded once more, he turned to the Elite security guards of the Vassiliev that he brought along and gave them a nod to get ready and wait for his further instruction like they have discussed beforehand.

Sabastian shook his head.

"I'm sorry, but I can't."

Suddenly, a huge amount of bloodlust descended on the people in front of Sabastian.

The feeling was akin to having a thousand swords stab through their hearts.

Even the misfits were surprised and felt pressure from Sabastian.

The elite guards of the Vassiliev gulped their non-existing saliva, feeling fear looking at Sabastian.

Danil Vassiliev unconsciously took a step back.

Sweat formed in his forehead and the guards.

Sabastian put his hand under his pockets and took out a coin.

He tossed the coin towards Danil.

"Catch!"

Catching the coin, Danil inspected the coin.

Seeing the symbol of a Yaksha mask, Danil's legs almost gave out!

Although Sabastian was a bit scary right now with the pressure he was exuding.

The fear Danil felt just by seeing the symbol of the Yaksha mask, almost made him faint!

"You should know what that token is, right?" Sabastian said to Danil, who came out of his fear-induced stupor after hearing Sabastian.

Danil didn't reply to Sabastian.

Of course, he knows.

He would not deserve to call himself a Vassiliev if he didn't recognise that symbol.

The Yaksha, also known as Onyx Viviana Heilige.

One of the strongest and dangerous individuals in the Abyss world.

A Half-Saint and the 'Mercenary Queen' of the Abyss.