The Retribution of the Ice Cold Maiden

31 - Can I offer you some tea?

"An Assassin...?" Selena jolted, "Are you sure?"

"Well, there's a guy hiding in your closet with a sword in hand and is closely observing your movements from within. Unless that's normal around you, I am pretty sure that he is an Assassin."

"This..." Selena felt disturbed, "Can you see his face? What else does he have? Anything that can prove who hired him?"

"Hmm... He's wearing black clothes with a scarf around his face but thanks to the radar, I can see his face clearly, but unfortunately, we have never met this guy before." Soul replied as he showed her live feed of the person in question. There was indeed a man in the closet. He had opened the door of the closet slightly and was carefully observing Selena. He had a sword in one hand and looked extremely concentrated at the moment, ready to jump out, kill and escape in one go as soon as he gets the chance. With Soul's radar, she could see his face which had a glaring scar on his cheek. Unfortunately, he didn't have any identification on him or any letters saying who sent him. He didn't even have any money on him. This assassin was a professional.

Selena calculated her chances of survival. The Assassin can use Wind Elemental Magic, which means he can run extremely fast or even fly. Even though his skills were not as good as Rhys, he was still too formidable for Selena to handle, and given the fact that he was on alert, surprise attacks may not work on him. In fact, if Selena even hinted that she knows of his existence, he would probably jump out and kill her before she calls for help.

Selena gritted her teeth. She had been meaning to learn defense combat from Rhys to avoid exactly this kind of situation, but she was too busy preparing for the Royal Court Case.

"Soul, please tell me you have a plan." Selena was desperate. She truly couldn't find a way out of this. If this situation continues, she will definitely die today.

"I-I am sorry... Everything was too sudden. If you had removed the ring before going into the room, then maybe I could have warned you in advance. But as things currently stand, I can only offer you some guidance at most." Soul replied as he frantically tried to think of a solution.

Selena clenched her fists. It seems today she would probably die. She was not giving up though, but every part of her brain told her that there was no way to escape this situation. The enemy was simply too strong.

"..."

"..."

"Calculating..."

"Eh? Who?" Selena was surprised.

"Protect the King... Destroy the enemy. Calculating chances of winning..."

"The Chess Program...?! That's weird, I didn't activate you...!" Soul was surprised after hearing the electronic female haughty voice. He had created the Chess program to defeat Lady Nina back then. The program was capable of calculating over a million moves per second and it utterly annihilated Nina so such extent that she went home crying.

"Master's Life is in danger...!! Bypassing Social Protocols to ensure the survival of the Primary Host." The Chess Program replied.

"But... this isn't chess." Selena replied with a confused look.

"Everything is like Chess...!!" The program replied, "Everything has patterns, everything moves according to those set pattern. The only thing is, it is pretty complex compared to a normal game of chess, I can only calculate up to a thousand moves ahead per second instead of million."

"A thousand moves ahead...?!" Selena was shocked. "Soul, can it do that?"

"Calculations require data of previous moves... Acquiring memories of the host's previous actions to create better results..."