The Young Master in the Shadows

Hanging up his phone, Victor sighed as he turned around to leave.

He froze. His guts were telling him that something was very wrong here.

Didn’t Poe die too fast for someone with an S-ranked fate? Even if the world was not helping him, this was way too easy.

Victor frowned as he looked at the corpse. He didn’t use the soul poison because he didn’t want the family investigators to ask him about the corpse. He can’t hand them the green goo, after all. He needed it for his other project.

He quickly used his appraisal skill on the headless body, but there was nothing. The head which fell to the side also didn’t show anything.

Was this uneasy feeling in his heart just an illusion? Of course not! Victor had long learned to trust his instincts.

He activated his Eyes of Destiny skill, this time… Nothing happened. It didn’t detect Poe at all.

He looked at Paul.

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TARGETS 1:

HUMAN AWAKENED: +2 ORDER

TOTAL COST: 2

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Nothing unusual. But his instinct was telling him that Paul had something strange about him. Other than the obviously missing parts.

Victor hesitated for a second then paid the cost to activate the skill, reducing his remaining order points to 6.

His eyes reversed their colors as two Yin Yang symbols replaced his pupils.

Many fate threads began to appear around Paul. Nothing else. Victor frowned. That was disappointing.

There were a lot of lines. He decided to focus on the ones connected to him, there were Two. Although one was much fainter than the other, Both of them were black. Did Poul wish to kill him twice? This didn’t make any sense.

Could it be that Poe had somehow merged with Paul? That would be the only explanation. That’s what he was expecting, but he can’t find any signs of that.

Poe had the parasitic regeneration skill after all. As far as Victor knew, this was a way to use others’ energy to regenerate. But what if this sick bastard used it to the limit?

No! That’s not really feasible, that skill was only at A rank. But what if…

Victor quickly used his appraisal skill on Paul.

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Paul Von Weise

LEVEL: 0

CLASS: None

AUTHORITY: 1

Strength: 15

Intelligence: 12

Agility: 15

Luck: 9

Charm: 13

Order: 10

SKILLS :

Sword Fight, C

Charm, F

Quick Steps, F

FATE STATUS

FATE’S POWER: C

SUMMARY (RISING)

NO DEFINED FATE

DESTINY LIST < 10 ORDER POINTS TO UNVEIL>

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Nothing unusual. Damn it!

No, why was his fate rising? Did he enjoy what happened to him? That made no sense. But fate never did.

Victor was getting crazy, he wanted something to appear but there was nothing. Wait!

Victor quickly followed the black fate lines with his eyes. One of them was reaching for his ass. AGAIN!

This was definitely that sick bastard. But how? Unless he transferred his soul, it would be impossible to be a single entity with Paul. And Poe didn’t have any soul skills.

Wait… Victor suddenly froze as he realized something… What if Poe was not really Poe? Then Paul was no longer Paul!

It sounded crazy, but remembering that demon soul that was in the awakening scroll that Theta used, he suspected what was going on here.

What if Poe’s body was originally occupied by an alien soul. It would have changed ship when the body was damaged. It would never go near Victor as his soul would repel it. That would leave only one option for it.

The system of someone was connected to the body, not the soul. But fate was something else, Victor had no idea about its relation to the soul. But this can perfectly explain Paul’s rising fate!

Victor looked at it again.

; FATE’S POWER: B ;

He was correct! It was rising. It was definitely him.

Paul's soul was already in a malleable state due to the pain and the shock it suffered. That bastard must have made the transfer when he impaled him, before the decapitation, as he was still connected to Paul at that moment… He must be eating or merging with Paul’s soul at this moment.

Victor realized that should have killed Paul when he had the chance earlier. Now that he has already called the family, there would be a lot of trouble if Paul were to end up dead. Especially with the family's current situation. Some elders would use this against him despite the lack of concrete evidence.

Was it Poe’s fate messing with his head at the moment? No. That’s impossible as his class would protect him from such effects. It was his desire for revenge. He wanted Pual to live in misery… That’s what you get for being evil.

Victor squinted his eyes pondering what to do, he didn’t have much time.

Looking at Paul, he hesitated for a second, then knelt near his damaged body.

“Don’t worry cousin. That bastard is dead…. I already called for help, and they will be here soon… They will definitely fix you up! Take this healing pill now.” He said, pushing a bloodstained healing pill into the unconscious Paul's mouth.

; Blood Ritual Detected

Do you want to register a new Blood Slave?

YES | NO ;

Oh… this bastard was awake, he was faking being unconscious… Victor quickly pressed <Yes> earning himself a new pawn.

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The family’s team arrived 15 minutes later using 3 combat helicopters and a medical one.

“Young master, are you ok?” An assistant wearing a combat uniform asked as he looked at Victor who had a very pale face that contrasted well with his blood-covered clothes. He was sitting in the car with the girls who were shaking in shock…

“I … I am fine…. It is all those bastards' blood …. ” Victor said, “Luckily, those two teams were from different groups, so I tricked them into fighting each other…. But…. in the midst of the fight cousin, Paul disappeared, so after I finished killing those men, I ran after him…. But… But… “ Victor paused again then pointed toward the forest,

“That bastard … That bastard….. I was late…. I gave him a healing pill but.…. But… Blaaaah,” Victor began to throw up out of the car, making the assistant step aside and then look at his men. He ordered them to check the forest where Victor pointed.

They quickly  ran there, then returned pale-faced to get the stretcher. Thankfully no female members were dispatched.

“Young master, why don't you relax in the car for a bit, we will escort you to your residence as soon as we finish here.” The assistant giving Victor a towel after listening to one of his men who whispered something in his ear, making him frown.

“Oh… Ok,” Victor nodded then rested his head in Margret’s lap as if he was still in shock.

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Two hours later, Victor was escorted to the Hotel, where he thanked the men and then climbed to his room with Margret's help. He regained his spirit the moment the suit’s door was firmly closed.

“Good acting.” He told Margret, then glared at Hana. “You need more training.” He told her just as Alpha left her room. Making Hana look at her in shock. Her blood was resonating.

“I am Louise Von Richter.” Alpha introduced herself, making Hana gasp… Victor had told her he had another maid from her family, but she didn’t believe him back then.

Tears began to well in her eyes, making Alpha approach her and hug her tightly,

“Ah... Don’t! I have a poisonous curse...” Hana objected, but Alpha didn’t let her go.

“It won't affect me,” she said. Her new eternal body constitution was very resistant to poisons and curses. This gift was for Sebastian.

“Oh…” Hana said as she felt Alpha's hand tightly around her. Her eyes began to tear up. This was her first family contact. She hugged Alpha back and began to sob as she rested her head on Alpha's shoulder.

“I am getting jealous now.” Victor suddenly said 5 minutes later, destroying the intimate atmosphere, and making Alpha glare at him as she slowly let go of Hana, who wiped her tears with her hand.

“Let’s go and sit down…” Victor said casually,

“Um... “ Hana nodded with a slightly blushing face, “How did you resist the curse?” she Alpha as she looked at her making sure she was fine.

“It’s a skill I acquired recently… What is your curse about? Where did you get it from?” Alpha said,

“It was an accident at the sect’s ruin…. Everyone I touch would be randomly poisoned, some get it lightly…. Some die…” She added as she looked down remembering some very sad memories.

“Why don’t you let Victor remove it for you?” Alpha asked, making Hana who sat down at a lavish sofa surprised,

“Can you do that?” She asked,

“Yes… Victor said as he quickly sat to her side and took out a talisman then stuck it to her forehead before she could realize her mistake and change her mind.

A white light shone from the talisman then slowly dimmed as some black smoke burned out escaping Hana’s body.

It only took 10 seconds.

“Am I cured?” Hana asked in surprise after looking at the dissipating smoke in surprise… A certain feeling of darkness in her body seemed to have vanished.

“Yes,” Victor said as he hugged her tightly. She was surprised… She was shocked… She was disgusted… She quickly wanted to push him away but failed.

She looked at Alpha who shook her head in remorse, making Hana realize her mistake.

She should have never let him remove that curse. It was the only thing protecting her from him.

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It was near morning when Harvey stepped into his grand office on Golden Mount island. He was welcomed by a man kneeling on the ground.

“Kolmier, do you know your mistake?” He asked as he looked at his son.

“Sorry father, I didn’t expect that piece of sh*t Clint would hide his movements from us. I had no idea he went to Vain city… Dark Chamber might be suspecting that I am a double agent.” Kolmir replied,

“It doesn’t matter… The real problem is that they found a new spy! Charlotte. She seemed to be working with them now.” Harvey said as he sat down at his lavishly decorated desk.

Kolmar gasped. “That’s why you ordered me to get her log file? Is she a member of a parallel network?”

“Yes, probably… I long suspected that your network was not the only one. Do her recent activities contain anything suspicious?” Harvey asked, squinting his eyes.

“Nothing… She had some business relationships with the white faction in the Von Weise family, but nothing major. She went to see many Proctologists a lot lately… “ He pondered,

“How many suspicious people did she meet lately?” Harvey asked,

“A lot… She had a lot of meetings with shady businessmen from all over the country. But that was expected from her as a major family head candidate. She is building her own network.” Kolmir hesitates, “That man we told us to investigate… Toral. He met her twice… He is an antiques dealer who works in the capital. We found nothing strange concerning him… Can I examine the body?” He asked,

“We don’t have it… The guy who murdered him kept the body.” Harvey pondered, could it be that Victor was scamming him? Probably not, the Mirror is clear proof of Dark chamber’s involvement.

“Who did it?” Kolmir asked,

“Keep it a secret. It was Victor, Theodore’s youngest son.” Harvey said,

“What? The pervert?” Kolmir asked, opening his eyes in surprise.

“Yes, Keep an eye on him, he might be the next Von Weise patriarch. I am going to send Elise to be his concubine. So make the necessary arrangements.” Harvey said, making Kolmir gasp.

“Father, we have way better girls than her… She might not cooperate if we asked her to do our bidding…”

“That’s what I wanted to tell you about. Elise will not be a spy… I already gave Victor our entire B4 Network anyway, So I need you to cut all connections with them.” Harvey said.

“I see…wait …. WHAT?” Kolmir gasped as he looked at his father who was smiling…. “What did father get in return?” Kolmir asked, quickly realizing that his father must have got something very important to sacrifice his share in a cake that was about to be cut.

“A new life,” Harvey said with a wicked smile. It was completely worth it, especially with the tournament's date approaching.