What Do You Mean There Are Other Transmigrators In My Harem Fantasy? Chapter 90 Her Real Circumstance

I had honestly expected to need to wait at least a few days or even a few weeks before getting a reply. My expectations were thrown out the window, however, when Katsuki ca to the next morning with a letter.

The more surprising thing was that he even accepted my request to et with tonight and picked a spot outside of the city within a forest clearing.

To that, Katsuki just said, "Letting the assassin pick the location is the worst thing, Mistress… We should ask him to let us choose the location instead."

Well, I'm already expecting him to be rigging the entire place with traps and stuff for our eting anyway.

I shrugged, "It doesn't really matter either way. Do you think he knows who I am?"

Katsuki shook her head, "If he did, father would definitely not act this brazenly. I suspect he thinks you are just a run of the mill noble who sent here for maid training."

"Would he attack this mansion though?"

"I… I do not believe so, Mistress."

"Hmm… Oh well, I guess we'll just deal with him by ourselves."

Granted, Mary or even Sebastian could most likely handle him but I feel that this is a personal matter to be settled between Katsuki, him and myself. Otherwise, none of us would be able to feel at ease.

That's why after putting on my dress, I told Mary where I was headed to and made my way to the eting place with Katsuki.

Mary didn't even stop and rely told that she would have so sweets prepared for when I get back.

Now that's our Head Maid for you.

"Quick question, Katsuki… What are your thoughts of both your father and fighting?"

She looked at with an apologetic expression, "I… Sincerely hope that it will not co to that, Mistress. But if it does… I will lay my life down to protect you, Mistress."

I was quite surprised by her declaration, "You will go against your father for ?"

"Mistress. That day I should have t a fate worse than death. When I was sold to slavery and captured by those goblins, I was already prepared to be used, tortured and killed by those monsters. It was Mistress who had pulled out from that and granted a new life, even giving a position that I do not deserve. If I do not reciprocate the kindness my Mistress has shown , I do not deserve to live."

Damn, I an… I knew she had devoted herself to after that day when I gave her her new na but I think that was amplified even more after I appointed her as my personal maid too. Actually, I have a feeling that Mary's tutelage had sothing to do with it as well.

The rest of the trip was done in silence until we were nearing the agreed eting place where a lone man was standing with his back facing us.

Katsuki scooted a little closer to when she saw him but did not leave my side.

I tried to use [Screen] on him, only to realise that I couldn't see any stats. So he really did prepare for huh.

"So you ca, Hisei," The man called out, not even turning around to acknowledge us. "I see you've also brought the belligerent who thought she could own one of us. Kill her quickly and I may even consider letting you back into the family."

That's cold.

I guess in stories, this would be the ti where Katsuki would stab in the back and reveal that she had been tricking all this while.

Fortunately, this isn't that kind of story.

Katsuki stepped up beside , "Hisei is already dead, I am Katsuki, the personal maid of my Mistress and you are no father of mine."

There was a snort coming from the man before he sighed, "So that's your answer?"

"Yes, please leave and never bother us again."

"You really think you can fight , the one who taught you everything? Last chance Hisei."

"Say what you want but my answer will not change, I have chosen to serve my Mistress and devote everything I have to her and her alone."

"So be it."

I heard the rustling of wind and I quickly pulled Katsuki away from where we were standing, allowing the dozens of throwing knives to pass through where we had been monts before.

Looking to the side, I tried to see where the knives ca from, only to have Katsuki pull out of the way as a second bunch of knives passed though where we were from another direction.

I see, so those are part of the traps he placed so that we couldn't tell if he threw those himself or not.

The reason why I'm not paying attention to the 'man' in front of was because that was simply a mannequin placed there to divert our attention.

I knew it wasn't the real person when my [Screen] showed what it really was.

[Trap mannequin - A mannequin that is designed to divert other's attention to it. Also filled with explosives rigged to explode when soone goes near it.]

Yeah, this boon is quite a cheat. I'm going to guess he's probably hiding in one of the trees while activating his traps without revealing himself.

Of course, I wasn't going to let him dictate the flow of the fight anymore than he already has.

"Katsuki! Now!"

Having already discussed my plan with her beforehand, she knew to imdiately jump up into the air while I raised my fist.

With [Body Current] and [Lightning Clad] casted on my fist, I punched into the ground, causing a mini tremor that shook the area around while also creating a spiderweb shaped fissure that stretched towards the trees.

The mannequin fell into the hole and exploded while the tremor set off multiple other traps that fired off all at once, all of them hitting nothing as Katsuki and I hid inside the fissure I made.

This was why I didn't mind letting him choose the location since I could just ss it up later anyway. Even better when he thinks he has the field advantage only for to ruin it just like this.

That's not all, I imdiately instructed my summons that I had called out earlier to comb through the forest to look for him.

He must not have been expecting that since he leapt out from one of the trees as soon as he saw my summons closing in to surround the area, forcing him to appear in front of us.

He was dressed in black from head to toe with only a slit in his head dress to allow his eyes to be seen, just like those stereotypical ninjas you might know.

I imdiately used [Screened] on him.

[Na: Sho Kurayami

Title: Patriarch of the Kurayami family

Race: Inugami

Stats:

120 Strength

435 Dexterity

80 Endurance

98 Magic

Skills:

Assassination (Tier 3), Leadership (Tier 1), Alchemy (Tier 2), Hunting (Tier 2), Tracking (Tier 3), Martial Skill-(Dagger Proficiency (Tier 3), Throwing Proficiency (Tier 3), Unard Proficiency (Tier 3))

Magic Skills:

Umbramancy (Tier 2), Cryomancy (Tier 2), Mana Managent (Tier 2)]

Wow, he's basically a pure Dex character huh.

"Who are you?" He muttered, narrowing his eyes at .

"I am Aster, Mistress of Katsuki and the one who is going to get those guys to kick your ass if you don't apologise to us right now," I smirked while gesturing to the multitudes of shadow summons around us.

He looked around him before turning back to , "Do you think I'm unfamiliar with Umbramancy? You may have the numbers but it's aningless when they're all weak."

I cleared my throat, "Did you see break the ground with my fist? Do you think my shadows aren't able to accomplish the sa thing?"

His gaze went to the ground that I literally split apart, "I see… I may have underestimated you slightly. In that case, I do not understand why would you protect this girl? She is not especially talented and definitely not worth your ti, you could get an even better servant elsewhere with your talents. Hisei is as weak as they co, even her little brother is better than she is."

Wow, so he's going to just air his family's dirty laundry out like that huh?

I turned to Katsuki, feeling a little surprised when I actually saw that she had her head down and was even shivering noticeably.

Her father must have noticed it as well since he continued his tirade, "Let guess. The slave trader must have told you how talented she was, didn't they? It's true that she was indeed an orange tier in Pyromancy but that was all she was good at. Her siblings achieved the sa results she had in half the ti and she couldn't even win any of them in a spar. Did she even tell you why I seek her life?"

He then took a few steps closer to us, his hands going to his waist to draw out a dagger which I was quickly on guard against.

He ignored to point the dagger at her, "It was because she failed the mission she was assigned to that led to her fate in the first place! Tell her, Hisei, do I speak the truth?"

"I… Yes…" She muttered, almost too soft to be heard.

"What mission did she fail?" I asked.

"Her target was Linette of the Tiara rchant Company. Yet she abandoned her mission to tell because she had beco attached to soone! What kind of assassin would abandon their mission like that?!"

Oh… So… The whole thing about her being sold to slavery to repay a debt was a lie?

Things just got a little complicated…