HIDDEN QUEST:

GRANTING A NEW LIFE: (COMPLETED)

REWARDS: AURA REFINEMENT CRYSTAL

It was none other than the system, because how focused he was during his weapon making sometimes he even forgot about its existence, he had completed a new hidden quest, at difference of the other two types of quest, hidden quests appear only when they are completed, which really sucked for Silva, as only hidden quests granted him aura and body strengthening items.

It was only at that day, he confirmed that there were maybe special conditions to be met, it had to affect the person intimately for it to work, that’s why rescuing Qrow was considered a hidden quest as it involved his personal feelings, the reason why the date of her rescue was her birthday, is because after all of the experimenting, many things they did messed up her mind.

It was only after seeing so emotional during the time she blew the candles, that Silva thought that maybe at this point she had finally put her past behind, just like in the series Neo showed the qualities of a strong woman, yet inside that she was truly emotional, that’s why the best way to get to her was nothing but the Xiao Long-Rose Family, they were just too good at reaching into others, and it was that attitude itself that healed his worn heart, if in the past he did everything for the system, right now he did it all for them, yet now his break at Patch had finally come to an end, it was finally time to put his plans in march.

During the day he was going to return to Vale, he couldn’t help but sight at the gloomy faces of the two girls, for some reason Ruby seemed more upset by the fact Neo was leaving than he, while Yang seemed upset by the fact that Neo was leaving with him.

The relationship of the two was pretty good actually, as they shared a lot of similarities, yet whenever it came to him, they would become just like fire and water, and he had to admit it was pretty funny seeing the wat the silent Neo and the raging Yang fought, it was as if both of them could communicate using only their eyes.

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Taking a deep breath while sitting at his office on the Company, Silva already communicated his plans toward the Ghira and the rest of the board members which were conformed of the Faunus leaders, and while some still had some troubles accepting that the target was the SDC, trusted fully in Silva judgement, even Sienna the one who Silva though was going to complain, just nodded at his decision.

Finally using their closest subordinates, the board members made use of bonuses and raises, in order to dispel any problem the normal members may have, seeing this, Silva couldn’t help but smiled at their support, he had made a great decision at choosing his partners, the only problem he had was that a group of racial extremists were making a rise in the kingdom underworld, yet as they had not made any move against them, he could only watch them, while making preparations of his own.

Deciding to put that to the side, he took out his scroll and sent a text towards General Ironwood, he already knew what he planned, after all, he thought of him as a trustworthy person, and made a few propositions in order to bring both of them benefits, so it was finally time for him to do his part.

Inside Atlas Tower, in General Ironwood Headmaster’s Office, James looked at his scroll, upon receiving the message of Silva, for him the child was nothing but a miracle of mankind, even though in all this years he had not meet him personally, he had considered him already one of his most trusted allies, he had brought with his appearance a technological revolution, and had helped him control the undercurrents of the Kingdom.

Even now the text he received had brought him much hope, after all, for him the SDC were not only one of his biggest support, but one of his biggest headaches, and after hearing Silva plan he had to admit, that only the boy was able to pull that off.

Because of that reason he had let SDC join more projects, and had taken the liberty of handpick Jacques’s oldest daughter as one of his closest assistants, as he knew the only reason why Jacques let it be, was that only with the power aura markings technology, he was to grow the SDC, and only he controlled the project, so this was an opportunity to control them, while the SDC gained as many benefits as they wanted.

But thinking that everything depended of a boy, he couldn’t help but smile wryly, sometimes he thought how lucky their encounter was, as he had to admit with all the bad luck that man has, he was still lucky. Taking a deep breath he made a call towards one of the Academy teachers and asked him to send her.

After waiting for some time the doors of the elevator opened, and beautiful girl entered the office, she walked proudly as she moved closer towards his desk, her head elevated while her hands were behind her back, she wore the standard Atlas uniform, her white hair was tied into a bun to the back of her head, her eyes were cold and proud.

Once she got close enough to his desk, she immediately adopted the military salute as she gazed towards James, she said “General Ironwood, Sir”

“Relax Schnee! Take a seat” James replied towards the girl as he pointed at the chair in front of him, she was none other than Winter Schnee, the oldest daughter of the Schnee Family.

Doing as told, she immediately took a seat while maintaining eye contact with James, the way of she moved was elegant, typical of an upper class family, looking at her James couldn’t help but mentally sigh, even as a student her attitude was what you called an exemplary soldier.

Seeing her in front of him, James nodded and said to her “Winter, I called you here, because I need you to make a trip to Vale for me”

“Vale? Sir” she asked, hearing him call her by her name, meant that he was not talking to her using his status.

“Yeah, I need you to bring something to an acquaintance of mine, maybe it will an opportunity for you to upgrade your blade” he said while using his tone to indicate something subtlety.

“Upgrade? Care to explain, Sir?”

“I cannot give you much information Winter, but I would recommend you taking the designs of your sword with you” Hearing that, Winter couldn’t help but tremble, she could understand many things for that single sentence.

“You may return Schnee, you will be leaving tomorrow morning, don’t waste this opportunity” he said ending the conversation.

Taking a deep breath she quickly saluted as she moved towards the exit of the room, there were many thoughts crossing her mind at the moment, that night she sent a text towards a member of her family using her scroll, the next day she quickly departed.

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During the time Silva waited for Winter to reach Vale, he gave Ghira the third batch of Silver Series Weapons, while he gave both Blake and Neo specialized weapons, modifying Gambol Shroud and creating a beautiful umbrella.

Many things still maintained their similarities to the Series, Blake was still the same book addict and Neo proved herself to be the perfect support, as ever since she returned to Vale with him, she had become Silva’s secretary, because of her, he didn’t wasted time reading miscellaneous papers, he could just give her the instructions and the past mountains of papers transformed into a few.

In the past Blake used to help him with it, yet because of her love for books, she really didn’t do a great job, while Adam simply wasn’t suited for this kind of things, while Neo was simply born for it, now he truly understood why Roman Torchwick could be a free spirited as he was.

Talking about him, his name still didn’t resounded in the streets of Vale as they did in the past, he had tried to find information about him, but he hasn’t been able to find anything at all, not only him he had tried investigation the rest of Cinder Faction but for some reason his attempts proved to be futile.

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Taking a deep breath Winter reached the Silver Company Hangars, from inside the Aircraft she looked at the place her aircraft was parking, she couldn’t help but be surprised. She had done her research of the Company, and she knew that the company itself was less than seven years old.

She knew that the actual situation of the Schnee Dust Company was all related to this place, from their complications to their actual success, even though her family company had some difficulties because of the aura markings, this were completely overturned the moment they gained access to them.

Many things changed that day, the company was able to lower the cost of productions and augment the purity and quantity the dust they obtained, and while this forced her father to leave behind some of his business partners, the amount they exported and the applications of the technology they gained made up for the loss.

In fact, she was full of mix feelings in this place, while she resented them a bit, for some hard times they caused her, she was thankful that they were able to change the direction her family company was moving to, in fact she was full of admiration towards the man that made this possible, after all with the status of her family, General Ironwood provided them with some secret information about him.

She knew that everything was thanks to one person, that person gave almost everything that Atlas Technology now researched, and most the advancements in aura technology were thanks to him, he was not but the mysterious so-owner of the company, the man whose weapons could make everyone lust for them, the Silver Class Weapons.

And right now she was to meet that same person, she was an intelligent woman, so she realized that this meeting represented more than meet the eyes, there was a reason why she of all the General subordinates was tasked to come here, but knowing the General he wouldn’t do something to harm her.

Finally the aircraft had finished parking and she got up her seat to escort the package she was tasked with, as the cargo doors opened, she was finally able to take a better look at the place, she moved while behind her two soldiers followed behind her.

Around her she saw different masked individuals, she knew who they were, the silver claw force, special members that could only be leaded by the top members of the enterprise, and elite team conformed from elite Faunus and Human Huntsmen, yet, out of them, two people gained her attention instantly.

A red haired man wearing a long sleeved black suit with red designs with tow horns on his head, he carried a sheathed sword, the other one was a woman with three different hair colors, heterochromatic eyes and a tricolored outfit of the same color of her hair, on her hand a stylish pink umbrella.

What grabbed her attention was the were the silver wolf emblem in them, of course he recognized the man, he was the first carrier of the Silver Wolf Class, the first personalized weapon the mysterious owner made, yet, she couldn’t recognized the girl, but the fact that her umbrella hasn’t appeared in any of the past two auctions, meant it was completely made for her.

What this meant was simple, she was someone who knew the mysterious maker, and for him to do such a simple design for her meant, that she was quite close to him, and looking of how everyone was standing behind her, including the red haired man, meant that she was occupied an important position on the Company, this surprised her as she thought she already knew every one of the top figures.

Taking a deep breath she moved to introduce herself to the girl, offering her hand while saying “I’m Winter Schnee, I come with orders of Sir General Ironwood. It’s nice to make your acquaintance”

Seeing that the girl made an exaggerated welcoming gesture and offered her hand in handshake, yet she never spoke a word causing her to be confused, right when she was about to say something a voice interrupted her.

“Miss Schnee, she is Neo, the Boss’s secretary”

“I apologize in her behalf, but she is incapable of talking” the one who spoke was no one but Adam, he had already done this a few times.

The moment she heard that, Winter was surprised as she saw a small trace of apology on her Neo’s eyes, seeing the awkward situation by changing the conversation.

“I understand, I been tasked by the General to bring something towards a special someone, I was not given a name, so I hope you give the directions” She said towards Neo.

As an answer Neo nodded and made a follow me gesture, as she walked away, seeing that Winter immediately followed after, and behind her the two soldiers did the same too, while the other members of the aircraft unloaded other things brought here from Atlas technology, while an unmasked Faunus took care of the situation.