The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 305: Cursed

Victor decided to act casually and wait until Caspian reached the venue. He quickly found his cousin Zoe who was with some other guys from the academy and went to greet them while keeping his eyes on the door.

“Hi, guys!” Victor said casually as he inspected the girls’ dresses. They looked nice and youthful.

“Hi, Victor… Congrats!” Zoe said awkwardly, she was feeling a little strange seeing him here in a white suit. He looked very handsome… Very Manly… WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ZOE! HE IS YOUR COUSIN!.... Well, not a direct cousin…. NO….. BUT…..

“Congratulations young master, Victor… Tonight will be tough on you!” Another classmate said. Not noticing Zoe’s blush. 

“Nah… I can take ten more!” Victor said. “Hope you recovered after the… school trip…” he added changing the subject

“Thankfully we survived!” another girl said with a blush.

“We were the lucky ones… Too bad Arni and Kalila didn’t make it…”

“Yeah… Teacher Isabella didn’t want to come here” another student said, “She said it is not appropriate for her to celebrate a wedding after such a tragedy.” 

No one except for Victor knew that it was Tom’s idea for Isabella not to come. He brainwashed her by telling her it was not appropriate. He didn't want her to see him in action.

“Yeah… She is still feeling it was her fault… I feel sorry for her…” another guy said.

“Young master Victor…” Suddenly one of them spoke. It was Elma. “Thanks for your help that day!” she meant about Mr. Toby, but she didn’t say it clearly in front of her friends. Toby also didn’t come here in consideration of that.

“It’s ok! We are friends after all!” Victor replied, totally ignoring a couple of sneaky vermin who sneaked behind him in a hurry, escaping toward the hell's door after seeing him.

…

The couple of vermin was a fat man and a slutty woman. They were none other than Nadia, Margret’s slut friend and her Sugar daddy CEO.

When the CEO realized that Victor, the groom, was the one whom he had put a hit on yesterday, he almost had a heart attack. He decided to escape this place ASAP with Nadia and was destined to be killed after he enjoyed her one last night. That’s why he didn’t break up with her yet. It was all her fault for agitating him against Victor!

Now hopefully, he would be able to cancel that order before the news went out!

As soon as they left the hall and sighed in relief as they turned a couple of corners, they bumped into a handsome guy wearing a simple martial arts suit and a face mask. He seemed to have just left the elevator.

The bump didn’t hurt the young man at all as he didn’t move an inch, but it made Nadia and her sugar daddy who were in a hurry fall to the ground.

“Hey! Watch it, dumbass! Do you know how much my dress cost!” Nadia began to scream like a bitch.

“Young man! Be careful where you walk or I will sue you!” the CEO angrily scolded as he stood up after affirming that the young man didn’t seem to be anyone important. The old man behind him didn’t look important either with his worn-out shoes and gray traditional garb.

The young man looked at them and then smiled behind his face mask.

“You better watch out too…” he said to the fat CEO in a strange tone then walked past them with the old man heading toward the hall.

The couple felt a little disoriented for a second, but there was nothing a second later.

If they were not in a hurry, they would have cursed at the young man more, but they didn’t have time for that.

They quickly made their way to the elevator and took it to the main hall. There they almost bumped into an old man who was accompanying a young woman and a young man dragging a wheel-chaired girl. 

Without apologizing and totally ignoring them, the couple ran to the reception desk where he got their phones back.

“Is there a back door here?” the CEO asked the receptionist.

“Ahh… Yes… Go straight through that door and turn left…it should be straight ahead!” the receptionist said with a frown after secretly notifying the security department in case those two did something wrong.

“Let’s go!” the CEO said then dragged Nadia and quickly headed in the direction the receptionist pointed at.

“Young man!” the old man who was about to go into the elevator suddenly called for the CEO, “Be careful… You are cursed!” he added.

The CEO Totally ignored him as he hurried with Nadia until they reached the back door. There, they exited the hotel as no one stopped them.

They quickly found their car. and drove out of the parking lot in a hurry as the CEO began to call the assassin he hired to cancel the hit… He didn’t get to do that as a drunk truck driver hit his car and flattened it into a stone wall, sending the CEO and Nadia to the afterlife… or another world where they would be heroes, who knew!

…

After leaving Zoe’s table, Victor turned to the nearby table where Anna and Peter were sitting with their friends from high school. Most of them were invited by the twins and Margret. And they were totally bewildered by the lavish atmosphere here.

“Young master Victor… Did you see Tom?” Anna asked after congratulating Victor.

“No… Is he here?”

“Yeah, I saw him at the door!”

“Then he is probably in the ladies' room…”

“Yeah… he would like it there…” Peter chuckled.

“Peter, that's rude!” Sarah said. She didn’t dare to scold Victor, but Peter was her childhood friend.

“Victor is telling the truth!” Peter said, “Tom has changed a lot lately… he is becoming more…” Peter didn’t find the right word.

“He is just revealing his true nature!” Victor said.

“Exactly! In short, he is a pervert!” Peter said. 

“What do you mean?” Georgy asked.

“He is dating the 5 girls in our class and the teacher at the same time!” Peter said bitterly. He was still suffering from jealousy after Tom took the opportunity to sleep with a few girls in the dungeon. One of them was someone Peter was trying hard to court. 

Although Tom apologized late telling Peter that he didn’t know, Peter still felt humiliated. It was obvious he was after that girl, but Tom only saw what he wanted!

Nothing ruins friendships like trouble over women. Especially with a guy like Tom who likes to take them all!

“What?” everyone at the table exclaimed.

“It’s true!” Victor said casually then squinted his eyes and waited for Caspian to come in. 

What was taking him so long?

Could he be coming from the other door? Victor thought as he looked around. That’s when Victor noticed a strange capped man sitting in the back with other invitees but was not talking to anyone.

Sh*t!

Who the fuck was this one? And where did he come from? Wait. There was something under his sleeve, he was pointing it around the room with a camera? That’s impossible, all recording devices were being jammed using the family’s advanced technology. Was it a gun or an artifact?

Victor excused himself under the pretext of needing to greet other guests then began to move toward James Trove who was sitting on the other side. Victor was trying to get a clear view of what was in that man’s hand.

It was not a weapon.

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Zelator’s Communication Mirror No. 2711

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Sh*t… This one was a dark chamber agent? Should he finish him… Probably not. This man was an inquisitor, so he was not here to make trouble, but to investigate him and the girls!

Those guys were probably planning to target him next. So he better not give them a reason to be wary. He just needed to act carefully and ignore this guy for now.

Victor soon reached James Trove’s table.

“Principal! I am happy you made it!” Victor said to the principal who was carefully inspecting Yulian from the back absentmindedly.

“Ah… Victor… I didn't see you there!” he chuckled, “Congratulations!”

“Thanks!” Victor said as the guy whom he was waiting for walked past the gate. Not only he but also James and Amon both looked back as if they were mice and a snake had just entered their borrow.

He was here at last!

What the hell is wrong here? What is “?SCION?” ?

Victor frowned and then quickly clicked on the destiny list.

Victor frowned… The bastard was here at last!

This meant a lot of things and Victor discovered some very disturbing news. 

Caspian already knows that Nova is fake! How couldn’t he… As he also has that fate lord blessing like that woman Mirage who was obviously Luliana’s friend!

They were definitely together… Nova never had a chance, she was being manipulated from the start!

Sh*t… Victor silently cursed. Was his plan jeopardized?

No… This can still be salvaged. But the real troublesome thing was now this FATE LORD’s blessing. First Mirage and then Caspian…

Victor didn’t expect to begin dealing with Lords so early after returning. Those shouldn't have been a problem until after the reckoning! Victor didn’t expect that they had already begun their plan this early.

Lords are troublesome. Victor only knew so little about them after begging Yulian to tell him.

He only described them as very strong otherworldly beings who control different worlds from behind the scenes and use their agents to do their bidding. They can usually create Scions or hire them, but there are some constraints and conditions attached that Victor had no idea about.

No one knows what their real objectives are, as they usually don’t interfere directly with worldly matters, their agents always appear when they are least expected.

In fact, After the reckoning, Scions without a lord are just headless flies that can be dodged if you stay out of their way. Scions following a lord are a real pain in the ass as they usually have access to an entire network of agents who follow their lord.

That’s why Victor dodged Rain and Tulip before, he was not ready to take those on despite having the strength to stand a fight.

Sh*t… he cursed again.

Things began to fit in but still… One thing didn’t. 

If Caspian was meant to rule the world, then what about LIly’s fate? There was a conflict here! 

No… SHIT SHIT SHIT…

“Are you ok young master?” James asked.

“Hell no!” Victor said, “Excuse me!” Victor said to the principal who was also disturbed by Caspian’s appearance then walked away.

It just occurred to him. He realized it all!

The Fate sect was probably never after him like he thought. But After Lily all along!

It made sense. They already had their guy, and she was a nuisance!

They must have known about her and were the original cause of her demise.

Saving her must have triggered some chain reaction that alerted them!

The misfortune curse must be them trying to fish her out!

They must already know that the disturbance in fate was in Vein city!

Victor frowned as he analyzed things further. Ignoring the attendees who congratulated him as he made his way to the side of the hall.

He had one question.

Why did Caspian fail in his past life despite his amazing fate… Was his fate changed or was he defeated by someone else?

No… The Fate sect was against Caspian at that time… The FATE LORD must have discovered that he was a demon and turned against him!

That made sense! And this provided a good way to kill Caspian!

Still, there was no evidence of Caspian being a demon, and it was very hard to prove. He had 'KILL DEMONS' fate AFTER ALL, but it was weaker than his own Fate so he could ignore it probably, or was it to kill enemy demons?

Demons clearly have a way of hiding their fate, but it was not clear how they were doing it… He should probably monitor Poe more closely… Or eat him and get his memories!

Victor made up his mind as he watched the old man walk behind Cebatian and ask an assistant to help him find a table in the back because he couldn't walk.

Just another insect…

“Victor. CODE RED!” Alpha’s voice suddenly sounded in Victor’s ear.

“What?”

“Caspian entered the restroom then stayed there for a while before leaving… We couldn’t monitor him as our array was jammed. “ Alpha said. “I sent a girl there to check on it, but she never returned! I used my eye to inspect the place, but there was nothing, only the girl collapsed on the floor…”

“I will go there immediately!” Victor hesitated for a second then said as he began to walk.

“There is something else!” Alpha said

“What?” Victor asked as he left the hall through a side door.

“A group from the Von Geldstadt family is here… They have the wheelchaired girl you told me about!”

Victor frowned, “Delay them!”

“There is no need… They wanted to meet you before the wedding, so I sent them to the reception room on the 11th floor.”

“Perfect! Understood!” he said as soon as he reached the restroom. Harvey must not know that Caspian is here to make trouble. Or he would be having other thoughts.

Victor took a deep breath, then quickly cast an SSS protection talisman on himself and stepped into the restroom.

Victor saw a light that tried to hit him shatter as he looked around. There was a girl who collapsed to the side with signs of rot on her skin. She was cursed, but thankfully she was still alive.

Victor knelt beside her and quickly activated a dispelling talisman then placed it on her. 

Victor sighed in relief, then dragged her to the side before looking at the roof where a strange-looking blood array was painted and then disguised using a talisman. It didn’t stop his vision.

SH*T

Cursing, he took out a bottle of concentrated soul wine, put a drop of green goo in it then shook it a little before he began to splash it on the blood. This was the fastest way to safely clean this sh*t as Victor was sure it would make more trouble after clearing it with water or alcohol… It was the norm to put traps within arrays.

There was a hissing sound and the sound of screaming then there was nothing... EXTRA EFFECTIVE!

Sh*t this was close! If someone tried to clean the sealing circle, those demons would have escaped.

This guy Caspian was really being arrogant. Was he so sure of his father’s power, that he was not afraid of Von Weise’s retaliation if something went wrong?

No! They must have known that the Von Weise family was about to collapse… They wanted them to make trouble so that a war could be fought!

SH*T…. Victor cursed for the 1000th time.

“Alpha… Send someone to clean this place. Your girl is alive, but quarantine her for a few days!” he said as he adjusted his suit.

“In a while… The cleansing on the second venue had already begun and I can’t spare any girls. As expected, those guys are total nutcases… They are brainwashed death soldiers aiming to kill as many VIPs as possible!” 

“I see… Then clean them up and watch out for flesh bombs! No need to take prisoners!” he said as he walked out to face his new bride.