Reincarnated as a Son of the Sword Saint and the Sage

Chapter 384  Locating That Person

The next day, I told my parents that I would be going outside for a while to settle some things. Meanwhile, my parents and my sister went to the Imperial Palace to propose my sister's engagement with Christine to the Grise Archduchy in the presence of the emperor. At the moment, I was inside the Jeffer branch of our company's fast food chain, eating my set of burgers, fries, and drinks. I could not just walk in as the prince of Raevender or the marquis of Lavender, so I was currently under the disguise of the Raffy identity, one of the profiles of my Unique Skill: Alter Ego, the upgraded version of Parallel Profile. The reason why I was going outside was that I received a telepathic message from my accomplice regarding the current situation of this organization's high-ranking member, who just recently visited the empire. Even though they confirmed that person's arrival at the capital, they eventually lost track of her and could not pinpoint her location anymore. He reached out to me, hoping that I could help them find this person, to which I voluntarily complied. Apparently, this visitor was a female, and she was reportedly powerful and actually not a human being at all. There were no further details other than those, so I have to be careful if I ever encounter this person. However, I realized that finding her was difficult. Even though I already maximized the coverage of my Unique Skill: Omnidirectional Perception, I was not able to detect anyone powerful in the Imperial Capital and the outskirts except for the members of my family, and I had been searching for around an hour already. She might have left the capital already unannounced or undetected, but I had a feeling that she was still in the city, so I continued searching for her trace. It did not always give me what I wanted to find automatically. My unique skill had the capability to detect anything within its spherical range and collect all the data acquired, but I had to pay attention to it and filter out the categories in order to find what I sought. Meaning, even if she was within my range, if I did not have that much information about her, I would not be able to locate her. It was like manually typing in the search bar of your file explorer to find that specific document out of tons of files. However, I had some speculations about this organization. My accomplice said that the Five Headed Hydra was connected to them. If that was the case, then they were probably correlated with the corruption of the Kingdom of Astley, including the ones who provided those data crystals to the late Prince Richard XVI. But before that, I first tried to search for blue quartz, the narcotics the syndicate was cooking. Unfortunately, I found those drugs scattered around the capital despite the empire's efforts to eradicate them, and there were even hotspots where the quartz was distributed. It seemed like I had to tip the authorities again. After taking a mental note, I next tried to look up data crystals. Of course, they were literally everywhere on my radar, as they were present in the majority of the magic items and devices. During my fight with Prince Richard, the mana of the source of his powers was somewhat detectable and recognizable. With its unique mana identity registered in my mind, I tried to filter out the data crystals using that mana. But, unfortunately, nothing came out. I did it again and again, but the results did not change. I also attempted to search for that mana itself, but it was futile. My hypothesis for why it did not work was that either she was not the same as that one or she did not imbue her mana into anything. It seemed like I could not pinpoint this person this way, but that did not mean that I was out of options. "Thanks for the meal." After I finished my food, I exited the busy establishment and began my preparations to execute my plan. ◆◇◆◇◆◇

"Thank you for sending me here, Edward." "It's nothing, Edith. As expected, my mother still won't accept us. But I hope that she will realize that we are truly for each other and approve our engagement."

"I hope so." In front of the door of her hotel room, Edith was having a conversation with Edward, who was accompanied by two bodyguards. However, unbeknownst to him, the one he was talking to was not actually the one he loved. Her body had become the vessel for an individual named Melville. With her family kept hostage, Edith was forced to become a tool to seduce the crown prince of the empire. Every time Edith met Edward, she was ordered to snap a data crystal for Melville to gain control of her body. With her excellent seductive skills, she easily caught the eye of the prince as well as his friends. But whenever Edith was being bullied, Melville just let her be and even threatened her not to waste resources on useless things. Every time Melville left her body, Edith vividly remembered those moments and felt guilty for the actions she did not actually take. But the more she spent time with Edward, Edith could not help but understand and recognize his feelings. There were times when she wanted Edward to talk to her instead of Melville. "I apologize that I cannot join you on lunch. If Celeste and Warren had not returned to their domains, I would have asked them to accompany you." "But I already have you, my friends. You are more than enough for me." "I feel the same way too. Well then, I have to go. See you later, Edith." "See you." With that, Edith watched the prince and his knights march along the hallway before they descended through the staircase. When they were out of sight, she drew a grin of satisfaction. And when she was about to open the door, she suddenly felt something she did not expect to "?!" (This aura...it can't be...!)

The moment she sensed the presence of someone she knew, Melville immediately went into panic for a few seconds. (If he is here, then why...?)

Without any hesitation, Melville cloaked herself in invisibility, and then her presence instantly vanished in the hallway. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om