"Tatsumi… Again."

"I turned into a slave." The boy roared.

Standing in the dining room, the boy was crying, while he was forced to cook for the set of Night Raid. Seeming to enjoy his cooking, each of them took pleasure in asking for more food.

"Your food is excellent, Tatsumi." Bulat asserted, eating a bowl of rice.

"Where did you learn to cook like this?" Scheele asked him.

"It was Sayo who taught me."

" Sayo? " Aura wondered, seeming to recognize this name. " I remember! It was this ungrateful girl who almost turned down Galadriel-sama's offer to work under her ."

Looking at her own food, Aura sighed. Even though Tatsumi's cooking was good, it was far from reaching Nazarick's level. As a result, not being able to count on quality to be satisfied, Aura decided to fall back on quantity.

"Once again, Tatsumi." She cried.

"What? You've already served yourself three times."

"Hahaha." The tomboy just laughed, scratching the back of her head. "I have always had a huge appetite."

"Why there is only me who takes care of the chores? The two twins have to help me too, right?"

"It's already done." Leone assured. "Aura takes care of hunting animals with Akame, and we can admit that she knows perfectly well how to find the slightest trace of animals."

"And Mare will become my assistant in my bookstore." Continued Lubbock. "I'm so happy that a girl as lovely as she is now working with me."

"Lubbock." "Called him Akame." I think that Mare is ab… "

"Mare will do a great job." Assured her sister, finding it amusing that the other members of Night Raid still believe that she is a boy and that Mare is a girl.

Staring at Aura, then Mare, who ate her food without saying a word, Scheele asserted.

"For twins, you are totally opposed."

"We often tell us." Aura asserted, while continuing to smile.

"In any case, I'm glad to see that you like yourself here." Bulat assured. "I must admit myself that I am happy to have you with us, Aura! Usually, when I train, it's only Leone who wants to be my partner! Lubbock constantly refused to come and train with me."

"I don't want to die."

"In any case, Aura, you are already a very good fighter." The great man assured her. "If you want, we can fight again this afternoon."

"Why not? I have revenge to take, after all."

"What?" Tatsumi wondered, turning to them. "Wait! I too want to train with Aura."

"Idiot! You already have your household chores to finish." Mine retorted.

"But ... it's not fair, it's always Bulat who has the right to train with him."

Seeing his sudden popularity among the boys of Night Raid, Aura continued to smile. However, for her, fighting them was boring. Even if Bulat had a very good level for a human, a pleiad would be able to defeat him, even if Tatsumi fought alongside him. Who is, having to live with humans was not paradise for her. Although she didn't hate humans, she found them inferior to her and unworthy of sitting next to her thinking they were equal.

However, there was something that had caught his attention since arriving here: teigus. In the old world, magical items were diverse, and Nazarick had a large number of them. Having been able to see each of Night Raid's weapons, Aura noticed that they were quite interesting. Far from having the level of a world item but, being each unique, Aura was certain that her lady would do anything to collect them.

Honestly, she wasn't afraid of Bulat's armor, Scheele's scissors, or Mine's laser gun. However, she still kept Akame's sword in her eye. Aura had only seen one power when Akame stepped in to kill the last mercenary. And Aura had very distinctly felt the strange dark aura enveloped the sword, as well as the symbols appearing on the victim's body, which ended up killing him.

Akame might be just a human, but Aura would much rather not know if a simple cut with his sword could kill a level 100 dark elf.

" I must at all costs report to Galadriel-sama on these weapons. "

"Tatsumi, I'll take you with me." Akame informed him.

"Great! What are we going to do?"

"To fish."

"Huh?"

Reading a new report, Galadriel couldn't help but frown. Standing in front of her desk, Albedo questioned her.

'' Is there a problem, my lady? "

"If I make a summary of the distribution of our forces, we have spies in the army of the Empire and at Night Raid! Demiurge takes care of dominating the surrounding kingdoms! You, Albedo, take care of the underground organizations! And finally, I sent LupusRegina on another mission! However, now that I notice this, there is another group of people we need to infiltrate. "

"Which?

"Those who run the city alongside the Prime Minister: the nobles! If they have enough money, they are the ones who do what they want! According to Sebas, it is enough to pay the right people not to be disturbed by the police. "

"I understand, my lady." Albedo asserted! If you want, I volunteer to help you with this task, knowing that I would visit the head of the underground organization once in a while! You can trust me to take on both roles. "

Listening to him, Galadriel was almost forced to admit that Albedo, despite his hatred for humans, was the perfect person for this kind of mission.

However, in this capital there was a problem.

"It's a race for power." Galadriel remarked. "Nobles do what they want, while wanting to have as much power as possible! There is no real alliance between them, but above all betrayals to see a potential competitor disappear forever! Even if you manage to infiltrate their ranks, I doubt the nobles will accept you among them! You will only be seen as a new competitor. "

"What do you want to do in this case, my lady? Do you want me to go to a noble and order him to obey you by threatening to kill him?"

Reflecting on the idea, Galadriel ends up smiling, while declaring.

"Not worth it, Albedo! You see, I had already foreseen this problem and I already have a solution."

"Nothing surprising from you, my lady! What can I do to help you?"

"I'll explain! Your role will mainly be to serve as an" advisor "for a certain person who will be happy to help us."

Poking her head out of the water, Tatsumi began to roar.

"Again missed."

Standing in the middle of a pond, the boy growled, as he saw Akame smell a huge fish out of the water, with startling ease. For her part, Tatsumi could not even approach the fish, without scaring them away.

"Damn it!"

"Getting upset won't change anything." Akame retorted. "Fishing is like murder! If you want to kill your target, you have to hide your presence to strike it by surprise! If you can't do it, you will never become a good assassin. "

" I'm not sure my parents are disappointed with this. " Tatsumi retorted.

However, taking a deep breath, he plunged back into the water. Then he came back seconds later, with a fish biting his arm.

" AHHHHHHH! He bit me! Help. "

" HAHAHAHA ! "

Hearing a laugh, Tatsumi then saw a pebble hitting the fish, managing to pierce it, thus killing it.

" What ? " The boy wondered, seeing the corpse of the animal floating on the surface.

" You are really not very good. " Aura noticed, as she sat on a tree branch.

" Will have? " Akame wondered.

" What are you doing here? " Tatsumi asked her. " I thought you were going to train with Bulat. "

" I abandoned him after the meal and I followed you here! I hope for you that you have managed to feel my presence! Because otherwise, that means that I could have killed you hundreds of times. "

Surprised, Akame couldn't help but grab his teigu. However, just laughing, Aura retorted.

" Calm yourself ! I was just claiming that if I was a traitor sent by the kingdom, I would have tried to kill you already! Is it my fault that you are not competent enough to feel me following you? "

" What do you want ? " Tatsumi asked her.

" Not much ! It's just that I like going to the forest! It's like a playroom for me! And as for Bulat, I let him train with Mare. "

" You let your sister train with this guy ? Do you want him to break her bones, or what ? "

"They still think Mare is the sister and I, the brother. "

" No matter, Mare will be able to manage! So, what are we fishing ? "

" You don't have the right to leave the base without the boss's permission. " Akame cried. " It's against our rules. "

" Oh, don't be your killjoy, Akame! I don't see why we should remain trapped in the base while we are surrounded by miles of forest! What is she afraid of? That we meet someone? I highly doubt it ! And even in this case, I would have no trouble defeating the enemy. "

" If we want Night Raid to survive, we must listen to the beings. " Akame insisted.

" Aye. " Aura said simply, with a mocking smile. " I'll try to remember that next time. "

Suddenly hearing a twig snap, the trio turned around and saw what looked like a huge deer. Searching the forest floor to find fallen fruit or other, the animal had ventured not far from the pond, while not having noticed the presence of the assassins.

Seeing the animal, Aura smiles a little, before leaving her perch. Falling to her feet, she then crouched down, before getting into position to run.

Then, before Tatsumi and Akame could say a word, they saw the young girl running towards the animal. At that moment there was a long silence. Opening her eyes, Tatsumi couldn't help but be amazed, as was Akame. The forest floor was covered with dead leaves and twigs. And yet, Aura ran silently. She was so fast that the leaves didn't even have time to get crushed under her feet.

Like the wind, she approached the deer and was soon close to its neck. Putting his arm around the animal's neck, the elf grabbed it, before pushing his finger into his carotid artery. The effect was instantaneous. Piercing the animal's carotid artery, Aura killed it before it could even react. Seeing the poor animal collapse to the ground, lifeless, Tatsumi couldn't help but say.

" In… Incredible. "

Akame also couldn't help but be flabbergasted by what she had just seen. She and Leone were the quietest people in Night Raid. Still, Aura seemed to be on a higher level. It was nearly impossible for anyone to perform such a feat.

So who was Aura ?

Whistling merrily, Galadriel was making his way to the fifth level of Nazarick's tomb. Finally stopping in front of a door, she gave him a few knocks before asking.

" Neuronist! It's Galadriel! Can I go home ? "

The door opened immediately, as the grayish creature cried out.

" Welcome, my lady! I could never let you know the rudeness of refusing you entry. "

Entering the torture chamber, Galadriel finally stopped looking at a small figure, sat on the ground and leaned against a wall. Staring blank, Aria was in a terrible state. Still naked, she now had big wounds on her body, bruises, whip marks, ... And despite the healing spell that Galadriel had given her, the poor girl's body was now covered with scars from old wounds.

Seeing her like this, Galadriel couldn't help but feel some form of satisfaction. Yes. In front of humans who implored her like a goddess, she always showed her compassionate and human side. But in the face of criminals or anyone who stoked her anger, she readily showed her demonic and sadistic nature.

" Aria, can you hear me ? "

There was no response. The poor girl was so traumatized that she didn't even seem to have noticed the Empress's presence.

" It's been a long time since she stopped screaming, my lady! Neuronist taught him! Now all she does is cry while waiting for her torture sessions to end! It's not much fun to play with it anymore. "

" Oh ? "

Getting closer to Aria, the Empress suddenly saw a wound in the young girl's abdomen, closing. Seeing this, Galadriel couldn't help but lift her foot and hit Aria, at the site of her wound. Feeling the heel of the demon's boot hit her hard, Aria's gaze grew more emotional, as she began to scream in pain. Rolling into a ball, she positioned her hands in front of her face, before screaming.

" Stop! Pity! Stop! Kill me ! Pity ! "

Seeing this made Galadriel eerily happy. She loved torture. She loved seeing people moaning at her feet. She loved to hear them begging her. Most of all, she loved to see their minds break in front of her.

" Hello, Aria. "

Opening her eyes wide, Aria stopped screaming and lifted her face to see Galadriel.

" It's been a long time since we saw each other! So what do you think of your new life here? "

Staring at Galadriel, Aria could only show immense fear against her. The Empress was the person who had brought her here. Yes. For Aria, she had been reincarnated in the underworld and Galadriel was the demon in charge of punishing her for all these crimes.

Eventually bowing down to Galadriel, Aria cried out.

" Ga… Galadriel… -sama ! I… I beg you. "

" Hum? What do you want ? "

" Kill me. " Aria begged her/ " I understood my sins and I understood how much I had hurt all these people! I am very sorry ! So I beg you! Galadriel-sama, kill me. "

Just smiling sadistically at her, Galadriel pretended to think.

" I don't know ... "

Then, finally, she started to walk out of the room, asserting herself.

'' Me, I came here to ask you to do me a little favor! But if you don't feel able to help me, I think it's in my best interests to leave you here. "

" No, wait! I beg you. "

" Yes ? " Galadriel questioned, turning to her.

" I will do everything. " Cried Aria. " What do I want me to do for you? Household chores? The kitchen? Be your slave? I would do anything without complaint, Galadriel-sama. "

" Really ? Would you do anything for me ? "

" Yes. "

" Good ! In this case, here is what I want! I want you to become a noble again. "

" Sorry ? "

Level power :

Esdeath : 51

Bulat : 38

Akame : 35

Leone : 35

Tatsumi : 26

Ieyatsu: 25

Sayo : 24