Kizuna told Elena that Hibiki was going to be her personal guide for the duration of this trip. After that Kizuna also told Elena about a secret of Hibiki that almost no one knew about.

Hibiki was a fearsome assassin so even the people who knew her had the impression that she was a cold and merciless killer who cares about nothing but her job. But that could not be further from the truth.

Hibiki was an excellent assassin but the virtue of diligence was absent in her. She was super lazy and most of the time completed her missions at the very last second.

She was also not without a hobby. Her hobby was travelling. Whenever there was a task that needed the assassin needed to go out of the Inazuyan Archipelago, Hibiki always stepped forward to take that task.

Her colleagues had always thought that Hibiki was impressive for taking the dangerous "away jobs" but the only reason why she always took them was because it allowed her to travel for free.

Due to this hobby of hers, she had explored almost the whole Inazuyan Archipelago thoroughly and even knew about a few hidden places that even the locals were not aware of. Hibiki was also close to several shrine maidens as they also needed her assistance some times.

For all those reasons, Hibiki was the perfect candidate to guide Elena. She was knowledgeable about the area, had connections with most of the big shots and most importantly had became a huge fan of Elena in a very short period of time just like Kizuna. So she was absolutely the perfect candidate to be Elena's guide.

Elena was obviously fine with her being the guide. She had met her just a few days ago when she and Kizuna went to the brothel. She did not joined in the subjugation of Zarco because at that time she was busy contacting the other demigods. So she had played a valuable part in the operation.

As for the reason why Hibiki was so close to Elena, it was because Elena had managed to earn her respect with her strength. Not in terms of combat but in terms of stealth. Other than that, Elena had also advised Hibiki in various things which had increased her stealth capability by a few degrees. For all those reasons, Hibiki had easily became a big fan of Elena.

After this discussion was over, there was nothing else important matter that the ladies had to discuss. So Kizuna ordered her servants to prepare the documents for the handover of the villa and also some sake to celebrate this occasion.

Kizuna was feeling extremely relaxed after the operation was successful so just like the other inhabitants of the Inazuyan Archipelago, she was also looking forward to enjoying the festive atmosphere with both her old and new friends.

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The next morning, Elena and Hibiki left the villa very early while Kizuna was still busy sleeping. Elena had plans to meet Kizuna at a party just three days afterwards. So she did not feel bad at all about leaving without telling her anything.

Elena had left the tour planning task completely to Hibiki who was knowledgeable about this and she was planning to just be a clueless tourist.

Hibiki was very pumped up for the job. This was her first time doing something like this. All the other times, her job was to either kill someone or to spy on someone. Even though she was good at those jobs, she was not really a big fan of stalking people or killing them, so she had never really enjoyed it.

But as she loved travelling, tour planning and such was her favourite thing to do. And getting the chance to do that for someone she loved and respected was really a happy and big deal to her.

So Hibiki did her absolute best to make a plan for Elena that she would definitely enjoy. And the the location where she took Elena first was a small island called Kaobitsu island.

Even though this island was small, it was extremely famous for a certain reason. And the reason was the existence of a special kind of sakura tree that could only be found naturally in this island. This sakura was not pink like the regular ones and instead it was deep crimson. They looked as if the trees were bleeding. This gave the island a special kind of beauty even in the middle of this super beautiful archipelago.

Elena was extremely impressed with the scene. She and Hibiki sat on the sky while watching the island from the high point of view.

Hibiki told Elena that when she was very young and was scared of blood and gore, she used to come to this island and spend her time just looking at the blood red sakura. This was a way for her to get rid of her aversion to killing as an assassin.

Other than the beautiful blood red sakura, there was nothing else valuable here. So after taking a comfy stroll while being surrounded by the crimson sakura, Elena and Hibiki left this island for their next destination.

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Their next destination was a large island called the Kitsubero island. It was large island with a famous shrine of the thunder goddess. This shrine was famous because here the thunder goddess herself had came down as a clone once. This was a massive achievement for which all the other shrines envied the shrine here.

But the effect of the God's Descent was not just limited to the increased prestige. The thunder jade that could be found here had taken on a special form and had a colour that looked like the mix between purple and gold. This special jade was extremely famous among both tourists and locals, so Hibiki brought Elena here for some shopping.

Shopping was something that Elena loved. Spending a lot money was one of her favourite hobbies. Hibiki was not aware of this before but now she would never forget this fact.

In their shopping spree that lasted for only a few hours, Elena spend a total of 321 million R. She increased the earnings of all the shops of the island by 20 percent or so for a whole year alone.

As for the reason behind this, it all started with her sudden discovery that this island had an extremely good sea food cuisine. But this was only the beginning.

Next she found out that the worker who worked to polish the jades with their magic were getting paid almost nothing. So immediately she helped them to buy a shop and to get a supply source. Now they did not need to work for anyone else and they could sell their own polished jade.

But even that was not all. She next found that some officials of this island were extremely corrupted. So to take care of them, Elena decided to use her brain and not brawn this time around.

She ended up buying almost all the available stock of special thunder jade which the corrupted officials were planning to use in order to fill their pockets. Now with the stored thunder jade gone, it's price saw a huge hike. Just like that, the officals who were planning to buy everything for cheap had to now buy them at a higher market price.

Obviously Elena was unable to solve the whole trouble in just a single day but for the next step of the plan, she could handle that even from far away.

That was how Elena's tour of the Inazuyan Archipelago started with an experienced assassin guide with her.

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