Chapter 152 - The Ninja Behind The Scene (1/2)

Shall we go back in time? To the time when Sheila was having a meeting with Mia and Angelica at the restaurant in a private room. Meanwhile, somewhere else, in the same district. A girl in black getup could be seen sneakily jumping off from rooftop to another, the sight was quite amazing yet none was there to witness it as even if there was someone looking out of the window or in the balcony, they wouldn't be able to see her figure as currently, her presence was the same as that of a pebble at the side of the road.

The figure had something that outshined her from the rest of the average people, and that is her beautiful silver-white hair. Even if she had simply taken a walk normally down the street, everyone that came across her would at least steal a second glance at her hair without a doubt. The small figure in a strangely black getup was none other than Sylvia.

Currently, she was following someone while making sure that the target didn't notice of her presence by taking advantage of her power to the fullest. She didn't know her target but that doesn't matter as this mission was given to her and she will accomplish it. Sheila is relying on her by giving this mission to her, so why would she let her hopes down? Plus, with her set of skills and class, this kind of mission is just a breeze to her.

In fact, it would have been much harder if not for the bracelet in her hand. This bracelet had the power to detect/sense people with mana in their bodies. Basically, it's a magic item that would alert her if there's a mage around simply having the bracelet with her, at least within five thousand miles in range. As for her mission, she was told to investigate if there's any base for the mages around in the district and memorize their location before informing Sheila of the news, that was the primary mission. There were still a few sub-missions but Sheila had told her it was fine if she didn't fulfill it since it wasn't important, most likely because she could have done the investigation personally after knowing their base location.

But Sylvia didn't agree with that thinking and if there's a chance she could complete the sub-missions, she would gladly do it without any hesitation. Of course, she had kept this a secret from Sheila in case the latter decided to take it back knowing that she would be at risk of exposing herself to the 'not-an-enemy-just-yet'.

With that being said, it wasn't easy to find a mage in a huge crowd of people. It took her quite a while until she found someone in which the bracelet gave her the alert and before the target could escape, she immediately jumped off on top of the building while sneakily looking down on her target. The target seemed to be a male in a suit, perhaps the man was using the corporate job as a disguise from his real identity that of a mage. Or maybe it was his actual job.

Either way, it seemed the target had just relieved himself from his job by the look on his face and was on his way to somewhere, perhaps his home. Sylvia didn't care and just follow the target by jumping off another building when the target had put up a distance from her but still didn't escape from her sight. She didn't follow closely on the street is because she didn't want to alert her target as it's possible for her to get caught by the target, maybe there's a magecraft that would alert them of the danger around them, something like that.

That was why she put a distance from her target yet not far enough to escape from her. Since it was also her first time doing this kind of suspicious job, she had to make sure not to make any mistake. When the target was waiting for a bus near the bus stop, Sylvia also took this chance to eat the bread she had just bought while still sitting on the rooftop of a building. It feels pretty refreshing due to the tall height of the building in which she could feel the strong breeze passing through her body.

Now that she thought about it, she didn't seem to be scared of height. When she was about to commit suicide back then, she thought it was merely her last courage that appeared to shut down the fear of height that most people had, but she was mistaken. Because she had never stood on top of a tall building, that is why she never knew if she had a fear of height or not. Or perhaps, it might be because of her own power that gives her the courage.

When she was about to finish her bread, she could see the bus from afar, it won't be long before it arrived at the bus stop where her target was waiting. With that as a signal, Sylvia quickly eats up the bread before standing on her feet and head toward the building near the bus stop by jumping off from her previous location. While she was following her target, a thought suddenly entered her mind. It was about the event happened in school weeks ago.

Sylvia's POV