Magi Reincarnated

Four: The Deal

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The sun had long since settled into the far horizon and the air had turned slightly chilled by the time the trio had arrived at their destination.

Led by the black suited man, he took them through numerous back-alleys and streets strewn with filth and decay. Passing by pubs already filled this early into the night and night stalls selling questionable wares and products.

It was like the black suited man was being pulled along by a string because every now and then, he'll abruptly pause and retrace his steps before taking a completely new route. This continued for too long and when silee could take it no longer, he suddenly stopped and said, "This is it. Here is where your master lives."

Silee and her small companion looked up at their destination wearing a mixture of expressions. While one was surprised by the shabby appearance of the two story building where this supposed master lives, the other was shocked by the sign board plastered above the double doors or more specifically, the words on the sign board. Not to mention, the scantily dressed woman hanging leisurely around the doors and windows of this squat building, calling out to men and women alike to join them in their fun, for a fee of course.

"Old man...what is this?" Asked the small girl.

"This is where your master lives, didn't I already say that."

"Not that!"

"Then what?" The black suited man looked over in confusion.

The smaller girl waved her hand at the sign board plastered above the doorway that said 'The blossoming flower" and all but screamed, "This is clearly a brothel! What master, ah! You're trying to trick us into selling our bodies aren't you!"

Simply not giving time for the black suited man to reply, she pulled up the edges of her robe and turned around to leave but not before uttering words of a threatening nature.

"Old man, I'm leaving! If you dare do anything to stop me, my father will surely hunt you down until the end of your death!"

"If you leave, then you will no longer be accepted into our Burning sun sect!" The black suited man yelled back, successfully stopping the girl in her retreat.

To further insult her, he added. "And you should count your blessings we would accept a null like you with no mental power! Any other sect will surely laugh at you!"

The smaller girl looked with a pale face at silee who merely raised an eyebrow in return. What? Having cold feet are we? Is what her look said.

"What's with all this noise!"

Appearing in the doorway of the dreaded brothel, there now stood a lazily dressed man. His long, lustre hair the color of dark honey was left to flow unruly down his back and over his shoulders. His arched eyebrows sat above a pair of exceptionally green eyes and the skin peeking through his loose robe held the appearance of Jade, smooth to the touch and endearing to the eyes.

Silee was never good at using illusions nor did she have that much of an interest in them but she was good at picking up on whether someone else was using them or not, and this man in front of her, was definitely using an illusion of sorts. If you looked closely at those using an illusion on themselves, you'll see a layer of white light surrounding the person in a sheer cover.

Is it an illusion to enhance his beauty? But silee instantly shook that thought away.

There are many in this world who would only practice the art of illusions to either shroud themselves in mystery or enhance their natural beauty. The majority of users fell into the latter category but this man didn't feel like the sort to use it in vanity. It was a gut feeling and silee strongly believed in following her gut feeling, because whenever she did, it would always work out.