She decides to go to Regis, but with backup

In truth, Venus didn't have to respond at all to Yorin's letter at all. She could easily excuse herself by claiming she was too busy with her hunts, or that she had been delayed by weather, but the idea of being used as a pawn didn't sit well in Venus' stomach.

The young woman had always believed that the Shadow Hunters were the shield that held off the darkness, but with the vampire LaSalle predictions being spot-on, at least so far, a seed of doubt began to grow in her head. She had to know. She had to believe that the Shadow Hunters stood for the same things that she did. Because if they didn't, what was the point of all this killing? What purpose did she have in her life if they would never help her in her quest for ****? Venus decided that the only way to learn the truth was to step into the lion's den. She would go to the capital of Fyrona, Regis, and meet with Master Yorin.

"I take it you've finished reading the letter?" Ace remarked, his thumbs hooked into his belt.

Venus nodded, tossing the letter into the smoldering fireplace.

"And that means my role as little messenger boy is over now, right?" Ace grumbled as he turned to leave. "No word of thanks from you or Master Yorin? No 'good job, Ace, now go run along now'? Not even a tip?"

Frowning at Ace, Venus suddenly had an idea. Assuming LaSalle prophecy continued to hold, she would eventually be putting herself in danger by going to Regis. She might need help. People she could trust. True, Venus could just ask her fellow guildmates from Namina to help her out, but doing so might spark an inquisition or even a civil war amongst the Hunters. But having a single person watching her back, especially one as skilled as Ace, would be both discreet and efficient. And she had caught rumors that Ace quietly held a flame for her, so asking him wouldn't appear suspicious.

"Would you like to spend some time with me, Ace?" Venus began innocently.

"I'd think that-....wait, what?" His head snapped back when he heard her correctly.

"I'm thinking of travelling to Regis, to meet with Yorin. It was in his letter after all. I haven't seen him in such a long time, so I don't want to waste another minute, but it might take more than a week and sometimes it gets so lonely on the road." Venus quietly said, lowering her eyes demurely. "It would be nice to have someone to...talk with."

"Uh..." Ace replied brilliantly. "I, I-I really ought to get back to my own hunts, Venus. You know how it is. Taxes wait for no man, not even a Shadow Hunter, hahaha..." He tried to play it off with a bad joke, but Venus could see him heating up.

"You could just send a letter back to Yorin. Let him know I got the letter and I'm coming there straight away." She took a step closer to Ace, until her breasts were almost touching his chest. "Your hunts can wait."

"But..."

"Please?" Venus said, fluttering her eyelashes at him.