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Igarashi got down from a black shiny car and stood infront of a glass building. She stared at the building through her shades and strode towards the entrance. It was a newly opened gallery and she had invested on it before it was built.

As she was about to enter,the security stopped her. It seemed like they didn't recognised her.

"Do you have a pass or an invitation?",one guy in a suit asked politely.

"Do I need one?",she asked.

The guy frowned. "Of course ma'am. No one can enter without a pass or an invitation"

She looked at the guard and removed her black shades revealing her eyes. "Lang Igarashi, is my name enough?"

The guy was taken off guard. Who would expect her to come out of nowhere. He immediately bowed in respect. "My apologies. I couldn't recognise you ma'am. Please enter this way"

Igarashi nodded boredly and wore her shades again before entering the building.

The guy immediately tapped on his Bluetooth earpiece."Another VVIP entry. Announce this to the staff"

Igarashi walked on the white marble floor,clicking her heels soundly. She would pass as a high class model with her tall and elegant body. She attracted few glances here and there and she was sure that she had given another news to those thirsty paparazzi out there. She was a complete art inside the gallery. The snow white had given a visit to a place where she belongs. The art gallery. She was the masterpiece everyone talks.

She stopped seeing a figure who was immense in a big picture. His built body was backfacing her. He was in a business suit which hugged his body perfectly. Even in his mid fourties, he looked elegant and beautiful.

She stood beside him.

"You came,doll. ",he turned to her. The Emperor, Wu Yifan.

Igarashi bowed slightly and looked him on the eye. "Mn"

He again turned to the big frame."This looks majestic. I am gonna buy this. Do you like anything here?"

"No"

He only chuckled. "I thought you had changed. It seems like your new personality is only for those little rascals. Your attitude towards me hasn't changed a bit"

Igarashi looked at him. She wasn't sure how to respond. She didn't really know what he meant either. So there was no point in answering. But it didn't mean she hated him. He is her role model. Her saviour and she would always respect him.

"It's okay. I like my doll's attitude",he smiled affectionately and patted her head.

"I came to Korea for some business. Just thought to have a look into this famous gallery you had invested"

Igarashi nodded.

"Oh I heard that you sent Qin Xiu back? He had reported me that he was gonna go to China again. Why? Wasn't he doing a good job? Did he do something wrong?You want me to teach him a lesson?"

Igarashi stiffed with the question. But kept a calm face as always. "No,he was good. And helped me. But I can do my things by my own. I don't want someone from the organisation to enter  into my personal issues"

Emperor laughed shaking his head. He started to walk around the gallery with Igarashi. "You are so hard on yourself. But doll,you are my heir. The organisation will be yours one day. And it will be your life. So,it won't be a big issue to ask help from me. I will always be by your side. You know it right?"

Igarashi nodded slightly. "But,I want to be independent before everything"

Wu Yifan was really proud of his doll. He had gotten his hands on the right person who deserves his throne. Igarashi is his biggest achievement and he is still achieving it. She wasn't still ready to be the next Emperor but he is on his way to make her ready.

"Hmm. As you say then. So,how is things going on with your mother?did you meet her?",He asked eyeing her from the corner of his eyes.

She hummed.

"You couldn't kill her?"

Igarashi paused. She blinked few times and looked at the Emperor. "I never intended to kill her"

Yifan raised an eyebrow and somewhat a shocked expression was on his face. Didn't intend to kill? It was confusing him.

"You didn't? But you were searching for her. Why?"

Igarashi stared at the next picture which had a weird figure of a woman who was seemed to be in agony of pain throwing her hands in the air. It was scary yet painful to watch.

"I wanted to take her back with me. I,....wanted to keep her by my side. That's all"

Emperor seemed a bit annoyed by her statements. He didn't expect it. "She tried to kill you. She pushed you to your death and here you are. Are you serious?"

Igarashi was just blankly staring at the weird picture. Her lips moved to answer him."At one point,I wanted to. I wanted to kill her. I loathed her. But wouldn't it be another miserable memory to me in the future? She is still my mother who once used to give me her best smile. Those sweet memories will put me into another hell once I killed her"

"But won't it be painful to keep her by your side? Every time you look at her,you will be burnt"

Igarashi nodded. "I know. But I want to. I want her to suffer looking at me but at the same time,I,.....,",she paused for a second."I want her to give me her smile",it was a whisper. A mere whisper but he heard it. She still has the child who was abandoned by her mother,inside her. The child who yearns for her mother. The child who was waiting for her mother to take her home.

"If you met her,didn't you ask her to come back to you?"

"I did",Igarashi remembered the night she went to meet her. But she was turned down by her. "But,she didn't want to"

"Are you gonna try again?"

"No. I gave her a chance. But she rejected. I don't really have second chances with me"

Emperor smiled in satisfaction.

"Then what are you still doing in Korea? Aren't you gonna come back?"

Igarashi took away her gaze from the weird picture. It was a masterpiece yet Igarashi felt nauseous just by staring at the weird woman in it.

"No. My brothers are in a danger. After sorting out things,maybe I would come"

Emperor hummed. He noticed her tone. He had never heard her tone so soft. The word 'brothers' left ever so softly from her lips.

"Do you know who is causing them troubles? My guess is,you already know. Am I right?"

Igarashi stared at another ridiculous picture which was filled with various types of blue colours and red.

"Mn"

"Would you mind sharing the information?"

Igarashi of course trusts him. So,she had no problem to say. And it didn't even matter to her if anybody else knows about the information.

She really wished that the name in the tip of her tongue would to another name but it was the truth. This name would bring so much pain to her brothers. Their brothers truly loved thus person. That was the only thought which kept her slow. The only reason why she let that person live upto today.

"Kim Mi Sook"

Kim Mi Sook,grandmother of the family. The lovely grandmother everyone loved. Acting in her best behaviour, she played a big role. A big role which might shatter the family into pieces. The very person who was plotting the murder of the seven boys. And it turned out,Lang Qing had been serving Kim Misook all this time.

But Mi Sook couldn't go under Igarashi's skin. It was a matter of time that Igarashi got to know about it. Igarashi had the best investigators and she only had to give her words. Soon,every information was on her palm.

The truth will hurt everyone.

"Hmm. It's upto you to do what you have to do. I have no saying in your matter"

Igarashi nodded slightly.

"So,since we met after a long time,wanna do some sparring?"

Igarashi nodded without hesitation. She used to sparring with the Emperor when she was still an assassin. It wasn't easy. She would rarely win against him but when she wins,it is her day to celebrate.

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Yifan flexed his muscles,looking straight into the mirror. He had a built body with pretty big muscles and his suits did not do any justice by covering his pretty amazing body. But today,he was wearing sports outfit and it reflexed his body perfectly.

Igarashi stood at the opposite side,doing some warm ups. Her hair was in a high pony tail and she was wearing gym outfits showing her gorgeous body filled with scars. A black sports top and black shorts.

She turned around and at the same time,yifan turned around to face her. Both of them went to their poses.

"Doll,do you think you can win today?",He asked cracking his neck.

"Mn"

He chuckled. "As always,only 'mn' leaves from your mouth",He gave the first attack and she successfully dodged.

And like that,their 'sparring' started. It was a fierce fight. They almost broke the mirrors which were glued to the walls. They were the master and the student. Of course the master has to be a step ahead than the student.

He always showed her who is the boss. A man who rules a whole ass assassin organisation which took the world shiver under his palm. An Emperor to a bloody hell. A king to a kingdom. He had to live upto his reputation.

Igarashi was his best achievement, so of course, she was worth enough to fight against him. The only challenge he could name if someone ever ask. The next empress he is preparing.

Yifan halted the fight before taking two swords which were hung on a sword holder.

"Your favourite. Here",he threw a sword to her and she immediately caught it."You never liked gun shits. Always had eyes for daggers and swords. You should have born as my daughter",he smirked.

Igarashi didn't utter anything. She didn't really have any problem with what he said. And she knew why he said it. Both of them had similar likings. Both of them liked daggers and swords than guns since they both liked silence than the loud noises. Also not to forget that they had the same cursed eyes. But it was a pity that she was not his daughter.

Spining her sword,Igarashi went on her pose.

The blade clashed together for a furious and dangerous sparring. The two pair of burning savage red eyes battled to focus on each other's moves. Their moves were smooth yet furious and dangerous.

Yifan's sword made a small cut on Igarashi's cheek. But he had no cuts even though he had a hard time blocking her attacks.

At last,her sword flee away and one leg movement from Yifan made Igarashi fall onto the floor with a loud thud. He pointed his sword to her neck and smirked.

"Not bad my doll. But you gotta win against me next time"

Just when he was about to take away his sword, her leg kicked his sword and it was thrown away. Next,she kicked his stomach by her both legs making him fall backwards. He didn't expect her to attack him when he finally let his guard down.

She jumped onto her feet and put her knee on his chest pressing him onto the ground not letting him stand up and threw a punch only to stop few inches away from his face.

He laughed at her tactic. She knew that she wouldn't win that easily when he was on his guard and when he let it go,she attacked.

"A cunning dirty trick you played doll"

"You taught me",she mumbled before standing up. "You said that I'm not a hero but a villain. Then might as well use my brain as a villain"

He sat up and smirked. He made a perfect villain. Villains have no rule to play. The rule breakers who keep dirty tricks under their sleeves to play when they feel like they are losing. Win. That's the only thing they want. Cunning rule breakers always end up in slytherin.

Nothing is over until it is over.

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