I was reborn as an orphan, But I won't let that stop me

Once Annette is outside the Cafe she starts to use her shadow magic to make her disappear into the shadows and runs off towards the direction that her sister was dragged to. Not only is this faster but it allows her to go undetected. Doing so she disappeared from Clyde's sight and ran ahead of him. She follows the men into an abandoned and run-down house, with broken roof tiles, faded paint, and the smell of mold. She walks in and the men have disappeared together with her sister. But since he has clearly seen them walk in and there is no magical energy here she knows that they must be somewhere. She starts to look around, hoping that maybe there is a hidden mechanism around somewhere. While she does this Clyde manages to pick up with her. " What is going on, Clyde asks. Annette doesn't turn around to look at him instead she continues looking around and tells him:" I saw my sister getting kidnapped."

"Your sister?" He asks and she answers: " We are half-sisters and we got separated becuse she got adopted by the Pentahast family and they did not really like me so I got employed by the Evernights instead. I dont know what she is doing here, but I suspect that she got kidnapped becuse of her god's gift." "What kind?" Clyde asks. " It is called  Affection and those men seem infected by it... Say what is your mana level?" She asks him. " 100, why?" He asks her. " Then you should not come with me as your mana is most likely lower than hers and you will be affected by her god's gift too. YOu dont wanna fall in love with her becuse of a spell do you?" 

"Dont worry one of my god's gits is buff affect immunity, it should not work on me." He answers and starts to help her by looking around. " I am not sure if her ability counts as a buff, your ability might be useless," Annette says. Right then Annette found a hidden mechanism and by pressing it she opened a hidden staircase leading underground. It seems like this rundown building is holding some secrets. The 2 of them decide to go down as that is where Lycia most likely is. Once they are down they discover a huge area with buildings and stalls. They dont need to go far to realize that this is an illegal redlight district as well as a slavery market. 'Why are there so many illegal markets here?'Annette thought while feeling a little bit worried. 'Could it be that those kidnappers were not under her sister's hypnotizes but were in actuality trying to sell her?'If Annette was not able to control her emotions then she would go on a rampage right now until she finds her. but she knows that that would be unwise. She glances over at Clyde and sees the utter disgust and fury in his eyes. Seeing this she taps his shoulder to signal to him to calm down, after all, they have invited guests, and if those here realize it they could be in trouble. After all, they would not want them to leave alive and report them after all.

Fortunately, Clyde understands her signal and quickly calms down. And they continue to walk into the crowd. The more they see the more they like this place, there are humans in small cages destined to be slaves, and then there are courtesans who live in the many brothels, But these Brothels are not normal houses instead they are like rooms with a huge window in the front for peapole to look into. Both men and women show off their various skills in arts like singing, dancing, playing instruments, and painting. They do not have any poverty and the only time they do is when they are with a VIP client as then they are allowed to cover the window with curtains. Unfortunately, they have yet to find her sister.

But soon they soon noticed that a large crowd was building up in one area and thinking about the nature of her sister's God's gift she had a hunch that her sister was in the house that they were surrounding. After all no one who would come to this place would good demenur. They would not respect her and treat her like a princess, instead, they would treat her like a lovely object to enjoy. Since her hunches are usually right Annette decides to push through the crowd together with Clyde. It was difficult but with their skills, they managed to do it. At the front, they now realize why they have not walked into the building since this place is guarded by 15 powerful guards. The guards dont look like normally trained knights and most likely they aren't as if they are why would they work here? Unless they are guarding a high-class noble a knight would not be seen in a place like this. Unless they were banned by a noble. But since they dont even have the stance of a knight when they guard she knows that these guards are most likely hired swords. Seeing these guards Annette decides to sneak inside as she doesn't want to start a fight if avoided as finding her sister is her priority. 

So she casts a spell on both her and Clyde and quietly sneaks inside. But she can tell that Clyde is not as good at speaking as she is she decides to take it slow and help him out. Once inside they look around until they finally reach the last room which is the front parlor. They can hear voices inside and so they decide to hide in order to listen in. 

"Boss, I found a good one." An excited man says.

"Oh, what?" Another man says who is presumably their boss. Then they hear a thud coming from inside the parlor, like something big hitting the ground. " This girl is the price, I would have played her with myself but I still remember my duty and brought her to you. A man says with an enthusiastic and vulgar voice. One can tell that he is almost unable to control himself. " You are right, she sure is a little goddess. You did good, but selling her would be a waste, let make her the madam of our Black mists. " The last thing she hears is a fearful gasp and Annette can immediately tell that that voice belongs to her sister. So without a word, she walks out of hiding kicks the door open, and walks in with an icy cold aura radiating from her. It is so cold that it makes even Clyde shiver. One can tell that Annette is so pissed off like someone touched her Achilles heel. Annette has now uncharacteristically lost control of her emotions.