Alex returned to the Alchemy association and went to talk to the leader. He told him what had happened and asked a few questions as to who else knew about his father.
It didn't take long for the leader to come to the same conclusion as Alex that one of the 10 sects and families were trying to have him killed, maybe even multiple ones.
"Go and rest for now. I will let you know when the slots are all filled in. Also, I will increase the security around here," he said.
Alex nodded. He wondered if it was time to let 'Alex' die and live as 'Yu Ming'.
'No, I have way too much going on as Alex to disappear right now,' he thought. 'Father won't find me if I'm gone.'
Alex went to his room with the thoughts still in his head. He couldn't get it out of his head that there was someone out there that wanted him dead.
Once he reached the room, he remembered something and brought out a storage bag from his clothes. He wiped the little blood that was on it and pulled out a talisman from inside of it.
This was the talisman from the Insight Pavilion he was supposed to get monthly. He hadn't checked the one for the previous month, so this was it.
He started reading them one by one and overnight, he was done with it all. He didn't find anything important once again, but reading this gave him another sense of security.
"You people from the big sects and families love asking about me," he thought. "Sooner or later, you will slip up and ask something you weren't supposed to. I will just have to wait for that moment."
He put the talismans back into the bag and went out to get the list of pills.
Within a week, he was once again done making all the pills and got his portion of the sales income as well.
The leader handed him his money and asked, "Do you plan on leaving again? You will have to do it in secret."
"No, I don't think I'll leave now," Alex said. "Not only is it dangerous, but the Orchard is also going to open up soon. I will need to stick around for that."
"I do believe that's a good idea," the leader said. "But are you sure you still want to make pills for the council members? Even while knowing that they might…"
"What else can I do?" Alex asked. "I can't ignore the biggest players in this continent just because one of them might be against me. I can't antagonize them any further, can I?"
"No, you're right. You will have to do this," the leader said. "But you'll have to be very careful. This is much more than just jealousy at play here in my eyes."
"Yes, someone is angry at me for some reason, and I will have to figure out why."
The leader heard that and hesitated a little. "There's another thing you might want to learn about," he said.
"Hmm? What's that?" Alex asked.
"It's been over a month since I've received messages from the investigators I've put on the task of finding your father. None of them had tried to contact me since," he said. "In all likelihood… they may have died as well."
* * * * * *
In a dull room devoid of the most light, a woman walked in with a fearsome gait. She looked around the room and at the table in front of her and slammed on fist on the table lightly.
Even so, the table cracked and the room shook with the sound of the slam.
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