Zosia: Quick Transmigration System
Chapter 86 - 84- Arc 3

At night in the Imperial Palace.....

At the Wealth Courtyard....

Zosia's senses tingled in her sleep and a frown surfaced her face.

Sitting up on the bed, she spread out her spiritual consciousness which has grown to how it was in the last world.

"Tsk, the range of my spiritual consciousness is too small." She muttered, her voice clear and no longer cracked as it was before.

Calling out on her system, she clicked on the map function which immediately brought out the people 100 meters away from her with her at its centre.

She noticed a red blinking dot and a blue one that seemed to be approaching it.

Using her spiritual consciousness, she had noticed someone had joined their ranks yesterday evening.

Thinking of if the person was someone the Emperor sent to watch after her, she decided to go check it out.

It would be easier for her to clean up the spies that has been trying to infiltrate the Wealth palace.

Donning on a black apparel which she had embroidered together, she followed the window to go out. Her existence slowly melded into the background.

During her spare time alone, she either enters her personal space which she uses as a training ground. Now, her skills as an assassin is beginning to reveal itself in this body. Now her reactions were now much faster and her reflex has gone up a notch.

From Zosia's position, she could already see the two people she had noticed. Moving forward a little, she extended her spiritual consciousness again, this time she was able to see what was going on.

Since, the person she had noticed yesterday had dealt with the intruder, Zosia decided to reveal herself.

"Who are you?"

"Did my Father send you?"

They both asked their question at the same time to which neither of them answered. The place turned quiet for a while before the shadow figure reacted and bowed.

Zosia noticed that his bow was not that deep, more like a bow to give respect and not for greeting.

"Greetings Princess. I have dealt with the intruder, you don't need to worry about anything and you can go back to sleep and Yes, the Emperor sent me." After talking he carried the intruder that has been put unconscious on his shoulder and left.

Zosia followed behind him despite not being asked to follow. She wanted to know who actually sent someone to assassinate her and as well see the face of the shadow figure.

"Is this world a martial artist world?" She asked herself Inwardly. If it was and the Imperial family is less than them, she didn't mind leaving the imperial palace to go look for them or get one to accept her, that is if, there is any school or sect.

"Princess, why are you following me? Do you want to ask him questions?" He asked.

His question wasn't out of the blue, since the princess could detect him and even learn how to blend into the shadows. He could also see the firm resolve in her eyes.

The more he looked at her, the more he appreciated the Emperor's decision of wanting to train her as the heir to the throne.

"She would make a good Empress."

He turned to look at the Seven year old princess who was not tired despite following him through various bends and entering many places in the Imperial Palace.

"You can take it like that. Now that we have both revealed our identity, could you now properly lead the way." Zosia said straightforwardly.

The figure did not know what to reply to her and decided to throw her off by moving faster, if she could follow him despite his speed, he would properly acknowledge her and maybe teach her some skills if the Emperor was willing. They could even start training her at this age. The more he thought about it, the more sparkle his eyes gave off.

Zosia increased her speed, even sending some Qi to her legs and wrapping it around it.

The figure arrived at the dungeon alongside Zosia. He was surprised that she was able to keep up.

"Such a monster. The Emperor is lucky." He thought inwardly.

As they approached the dungeon's entrance, the heavy iron doors creaked open, revealing a long, dimly lit corridor.

Zosia's eyes adjusted quickly to the darkness, her senses heightened by the adrenaline coursing through her veins.

The shadow figure glanced back, his eyes betraying a mix of curiosity and respect. "Follow closely, Princess," he instructed, his voice low and serious. "This place isn't good for your eyes, you can also return."

Zosia nodded, her expression resolute. She was determined to uncover the identity of her would-be assassin and learn more about this shadow figure who seemed to hold secrets about her father's plans. She wasn't planning to go back empty handed after being tested like that.

As they moved deeper into the dungeon, the air grew colder, and the walls seemed to close in, creating an oppressive atmosphere.

Zosia's spiritual consciousness remained alert, mapping out the surroundings and detecting any potential threats.

They finally reached a small, cell-like room where the unconscious intruder was thrown unto the ground like a sac of potato. Even sacs of potatoes were treated better.

Another figure appeared, this time around it wasn't shadow, but Zosia would not have noticed him if not for her spiritual consciousness and the map.

The new figure walked up to the shadow figure and they discussed in whispers for a few minutes before the new figure left.

The new figure came back immediately with a bucket of water while the shadow figure bound the intruder to the chair, his technique looked so practiced and was too fast. Her brain was slow in processing it but it didn't mean her chip didn't.

"Princess, do you want to take the lead?" The shadow figure asked.

Zosia turned to look at him, despite the little light coming from the candles placed on the wall, she still couldn't see his complete silhouette, only knowing it's a man from his voice.

"Can you remove the shadow on you? I just want to know whom the Emperor sent to protect me."

"Only on the Emperor's orders."

Zosia raised an eyebrow at his concise response. Since, she was putting on a veil, she wasn't sure if he noticed any of her facial expressions.

"Alright."

"Princess, if you don't want to do it, it's alright as well." The shadow figure continued.

"If I don't do it, how will what I have learnt from books be put to use." Zosia looked at the assassin who had been caught, her eyes scanning for marks of poison that when activated could kill him.

Zosia turned to him again and asked, "May I know your name, then?"

The silence in the room continued for a moment. Zosia noticed a flickering silhouette of the head turning to look at her. It's deep piercing eyes like as if it wanted to pierce deep into her soul.

"Is the princess here for me or the assassin."

Zosia smiled and refrained from commenting further, else she might step on the tail she isn't meant to step on.

"Wake him up." The shadow figure ordered, "Is the princess, still interested?"

Zosia wanted to decline, she didn't really care much about the assassin, she was much more interested in this shadow figure.

"Is it human or something else?" She questioned inwardly.

"I will watch you do it and learn. I realized I may mess it up and we wouldn't be able to find anything from him. It would be so bad if that happened."

"Do it." The shadow figure cold voice sounded in the room.

Zosia thought he was referring to the other figure which she could at least see a silhouette of, unlike him.

"Princess, you don't need to bother about messing it up. Just do it."

Zosia was stunned, she thought that after she has disagreed, they would just let her be. Unfortunately, she thought wrong.

Knowing that she couldn't keep refusing, since she was the one that followed him here and even asked to do it before, she took a step forward.

"I don't have enough physical strength, so I would need your help." She gave a slight bow .

"Help her." The shadow figure said to the other figure.

Zosia had expected him to call out a name, what the hell is with such concise talk. At least, call the name even if you wanted to make it concise.

Sigh!

She sighed inwardly. She didn't know if to categorize her coming here as fruitless. Well, at least she knew that it was the Emperor that sent him to protect her and he only answers to the Emperor.

She had only two choices, either mess it up or reveal her true self. In the palace, no one is true to him or herself, how could she be true to herself.

She decided to do the interrogation without shedding blood. Most assassins are tight lipped, so without shedding blood, she didn't think they would talk.

"Open his mouth, remove the poison in his teeth, a poison patch on his neck, two in both of his armpits, two needles underneath his right and left leg."

The figure nodded his head and began carrying it out.

The shadow figure was a little surprised. He has been trained with poison, so sniffing out those areas isn't a new thing, but for the princess...

His eyes couldn't help but trail after her. Meeting the veil that covered her face, he was reminded of the fact that she now has a poison constitution and it no longer seemed surprising to him.

What surprised him is the benefit of such body constitution.

"Wake him up." Zosia ordered and a bucket of water was splashed on the assassin after the places where the poisons are located were removed.

The assassin woke up, startled. He first looked at the figures that stood before him, the most glaring was the short figure with a viel and from her posture, he figured it was a lady.

"What is such a short lady doing here?" This was his first thought, before he realized he was in a dungeon.

Staying true to the oath, he was prepared to kill himself. First he flicked his tongue against the teeth to cause the poison pill in there to roll out but he didn't get anything.

He hit his neck against the chair but it only brought him pain.

He tried again with his armpit, but nothing. He was starting to feel despair with his only hope being the ones on his feet.

When he tried it with his foot and didn't feel any stinging pain, it was then he realized — He was fucked up.

"What do you want? Don't expect me to say anything."

Zosia chuckled at his words. Was he trying to be fierce when things didn't go his way.

"I will try to be civil dear, don't make me... Make you wish that you are dead." She said calmly. As her voice has fully returned, she could speak without one hearing her childish undertone or cracks in her voice.

The assassin kept mute. He wasn't planning on saying anything, his plan was to keep playing them till they left him.

Zosia smirked. Since, he didn't want to speak, she didn't mind trying the skill she had in mind.

She walked towards the candle on the wall. Taking one of them, she walked back to the assassin.

The assassin's eyelids fluttered, his eyes revealing a hint of fear.

"What is she up to?" Everyone in the room had the same thought with the plan to watch and see.

Zosia gently wrapped her life power around the candle. Since the candle wasn't something she was sure could withstand her powers, she wrapped it around the candle instead of injecting her powers into it.

Gently bending the torch (candle), she allowed the fire melt the wax around it, releasing melted wax.

She dropped it on the skin of the assassin. The pain penetrated deep into it's body. Something that could have been endurable became 10 times worse.

The smirk on the Assassin's face also wiped off replaced with pain and terror accompanied by screams.

By the time she was done, the assassin had revealed everything he was aware of.

The two figures stood in shock by the side, especially the shadow figure. He was more in the know of how old and how the princess has been cooped up inside the palace without any teacher.

"There you have it. Hope you wrote them down?" Zosia said with a smile as she kept the candle back in its place.

Her gaze landed on the other figure who was nodding his head at her in a daze. Shifting her gaze to the assassin on the floor who kept having spasms, "What do you plan to do with him next?" She asked.

"It's not Princess duty to worry about that. I would send you back to your room. The assassin has cut in on your sleep time, child."

Zosia blinked first before she registered that he was trying to remind her of her position.

She rolled her eyes and took the first step to leave. It was true, she shouldn't be here anyway.

"Princess, let me." The shadow figure appeared in front of her. Before she could register anything, she only felt the wind and before she knew it, she was back in her courtyard.

"Oh!" She muttered with her pouty lips. She thought she could use this time to stroll through the areas that they hadn't passed through.

"At least chip was able to make a rough map of the palace." She thought Inwardly.

She wondered if that shadow figure would tell the Emperor, "Unfortunately I don't have access to information, and I didn't even get his name." She thought as she removed her cloth and laid down on the bed.

Zosia decided to make more plans for her safety, she knew that since this assassination did not work, The family behind Consort Ella would still come for her. Only until she had enough power to go against them and squash them to the root.

For now, she still appreciates them coming, they can become training dummies for her. As for those spies who had joined her ranks, she can't do anything to them yet, she'd have to still keep them till a planned day or snuff them out, one by one.

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