Chapter 16
When Ivona Beltrez came to the Archduchy, Michelle was wearing a long dress with long loose sleeves which perfectly covered up all her wounds, so Ivona didn't notice a thing.
Michelle led Ivona into the drawing room where tea and snacks were already prepared, all the while, having a slight smile on her lips, but it was different from the smile she showed during the banquet. The smile was only small, but it was wild and untamable. It was like a lazy beast satisfied after a meal, but still prepared to fight if something happened. A beast that never let down its guard.
In the drawing room, the two girls talked for a long time about many things, and after finishing the talk about their future plans, they felt like chatting and thus, Ivona stayed at the Archducy until late evening.
As they chatted, Michelle could see more and more similarities between them, and it caused her to smile. By mental age, Ivona was much younger than Michelle as Michelle died at the age of 28 on Earth, and Ivona was only 18, but her thoughts were very similar to how Michelle's were when she was that age, and that was after she had already been an assassin for over five years. It was clear that Ivona was through her fair share of troubles that turned her into a person similar to Michelle.
But there was one big difference between Michelle and Ivona. While Michelle was like a lazy beast, that could turn pretentious out of boredom, Ivona was an active hunter that never stopped moving, who, too, was pretentious.
There was also one thing that Ivona didn't have; blood thirst from being an assassin for over fifteen years. That caused Michelle to be sometimes quite maniacal, and she wouldn't even mind putting herself in harm's way if she could achieve her goal.
In her past life, her body was covered in many nasty scars, and most were from when she had to take a hit to succeed.