The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 306: Elise

Alice frowned as she felt something cold creep up her spine.

She looked back and their eyes met. She couldn't have mistaken him for any other guy.

He was finally here, Caspian Drake!

He was looking at her.

She involuntarily looked back and held Yulian’s hand. She was looking for support.

“Are you ok?” Yulian, who felt something strange, asked.

“.Nothing…” she said, letting go of his hand in a hurry.

“What’s going on here?” Elena suddenly asked.

“What do you mean?” Theodore asked as he helped Luna to some refreshments.

“Ever since that handsome guy entered the hall, you, Mike, and Alice started acting nervously, even Victor escaped the hall like a sneaky cat. Who is this guy?” she asked.

“.Oh… Well… He is Alice’s old fiance…” Mike finally said. “Alice refused his proposal in public and humiliated him!”

“I see…. WHAT!” Elena asked, she had no idea that her daughter was engaged to begin with.

“It’s a complicated story… Now I have Yulian… So don’t care about him…” Alice said.

“Oh…” Elena frowned and looked at Theodore for an explanation. He just ignored her.

She sighed. Feeling her husband's reluctance to talk, she decided to stop asking for now and interrogate him later tonight in bed… She knew which buttons to press to make him talk!

…

Victor quickly headed to the reception room where a group was waiting for him. It was none other than Gary who was accompanied by his girlfriend April and a girl in a wheelchair. To the side of them, there was an old man with a mask who was relaxing on a sofa and sipping the quality coffee the girls prepared for him!

“Young master Victor!” Gary greeted quickly when Victor walked in.

“Gary you are here!... I am happy to see you again” Victor said and then turned to face the old man.

“MASTER HARVEY!” Victor greeted, “It’s an honor to host you here at my humble wedding!” Victor said to the Von Gledstadt family patriarch as he bowed elegantly.

“Victor… It’s nice to meet you again!” Harvey said as April nodded to Victor. She couldn’t act out of order as Harvey was here… She really wanted to thank him though. That scroll he gave Gary to make her a player was very precious! One must know, the family would have never accepted her as a wife for Gary if she was not a player.

“I heard you wanted to meet me before the wedding,” Victor said.

“Yes, yes, let me introduce you!” Harvey said in an amused tone as he put his hand on the wheel-chaired girl's shoulder. “This is my great-granddaughter Elize… She is Gary’s half-sister and the girl we promised you!” he said casually as he squinted his eyes as the girl shook a little and bowed her head nervously. She couldn’t see it, but she felt Victor’s burning gaze on her body, inspecting every nook and cranny. Salivating all over her tender skin…. NOOOOO…. The pervert was going to rape her!

“...” Victor, who was doing none of what the blind girl imagined, acted shocked as he looked at Elise then at Harvey then at the girl again before returning to Harvey. “We agreed on Valerie!”

“No, we didn’t!” Harvey corrected him coldly.

“We did! I clearly told you I wanted Valerie!”

“And I clearly scammed you to take Elise!”

“Butt…”

“We signed a contract!” Harvey said as Gary looked at Victor with a sense of awe. He had never seen someone barter with his great-grandfather like this before.

“Oh... You got a point there... Fine… But you said nothing about her being in a wheelchair!” Victor complained, making sure to not reveal that he knew that she was blind too.

“You didn’t ask!” Harvey said. “A deal is a deal!” he said, totally not caring for the little girl’s feelings.

“Fine… We will see about that later.” Victor said “Why don’t we head to the wedding hall, the main event is about to start, and being the groom, I can’t be late!” he said.

“Of course, of course!” Harvey said as he stood up, “Since Elise is already yours, why don’t you drive her there and get to know her?” Harvey said.

“Oh…” Victor hesitated then grabbed Elise’s wheelchair’s handle and began to push the shaking girl by himself. “Oh… She Vibrates!” he said, secretly telling Harvey that the girl is not accepting him.

“Yes!” Harvey nodded as they walked toward the elevator, “The best quality goods!” he played along as he put his hand on Elise’s shoulder calming her. “Exactly what you asked for!” he added, reminding Victor of their deal.

“I see…” Victor said. But it was clear that he was not amused.

“Elise… remember our conversation…” Harvey secretly told Elise as they walked.

She nodded in dismay. Totally unaware that this was meant to be the best day of her life.

“Ah…” she suddenly yelped, making Harvey frown and look at her. Victor had seemingly bumped her chair with a door.

“Sorry about that….” he said quickly.

The rest of their journey was a little awkward, as no one spoke as they walked.

Harvey sighed. Although Elise was being wronged. But staying with Victor was way better for her. He long knew that her position in the family was not safe, but he was too sick to intervene earlier, leading her to end up in a very screwed-up situation.

For now, she had a few missions to achieve while she was with Victor.

To spy on him and secure an inheritor with the Von Weiss bloodline, and find out where the hell did he get the awakening scroll Gary used in April.

That foolish grandson of his tried to hide it, but Harvey was 100 years older and 1000 times smarter!

Harvey had a hunch that Victor was not a simple guy at all, and his hunch was never wrong!

Victor would never truly hurt Elise, he might abuse her a little, but she was already used to that, it would also make the girl hate Victor and work harder to finish him off… And when she returns to the family she would have a better standing having proven herself!

On The other hand, if Victor treated her well, it was even better. The girl would get a loving family at last and maybe she would get to have a few peaceful years before the Von Weise family's inevitable demise!

He would be able to extract her then, with all the secrets she got!

It is a good deal no matter what, though the stupid girl didn’t know it.

…

Victor, who was aware of Harvey’s stupid thoughts, sighed as he inspected the girl.

Victor secretly smiled… This was all according to what he read in the reports about her.

Elise was the daughter of Gary’s father William and a prostitute who died whilst giving birth to her.

The Von Geldstadt family was not like the Von Weise. Every male hair was only allowed one main wife and very few concubines who were no better than maids.

So naturally everyone in Elise’s family looked down on her, especially when it was found out that her late mother was in fact a descendant from an old long destroyed family that was enemies with the Von Geldstadts.

The poor girl was bullied for all her childhood until she reached 7 years old. The age at which all the Von Geldstadt attempted their ceremony to become merchants by solving a riddle or doing a mission that the awakening artifact presented.

At that time, someone seemingly secretly manipulated the awakening ritual, making it offer an impossible task for poor Elise.

After one day and night of trying, the poor girl was blasted away from the artifact, sealing her destiny as a failure… She hasn't been able to see or walk ever since.

Harvey, feeling sorry for her, secretly took her to some other minor families to try their artifacts after paying a great price. Although she might only be able to awaken as a semi-player, this was enough to protect her.

But to his shock, no other artifact worked on her!

So she was labeled as a cripple and as a useless heir ever since.

No one could tell the truth that she wasn’t useless, she just hadn't finished her task from her first awakening yet. That’s why no other artifact world worked on her!

It was only later that she would be to full awaken... Maybe with a help of some scion. but Victor was not sure as this was not mentioned.

Victor was very glad that he just got his hands on this treasure!

One must know, the harder the task the greater the reward, as his father told him on his awakening day.

Victor really wanted to laugh like a maniac but was interrupted.

“Young master Victor, why don’t you add Elise to your roster of wives for this wedding?” Harvey asked casually.

“Possible, but not today as that would present a problem… “ Victor shook his head. “You see I am doing the eight kingdoms ceremony.”

“Oh… The one with the dragon priest?”

“Something like that!”

“It has been a long time since I heard of this ceremony! I thought people had long abandoned such traditions!” Harvey said with a nod as Gary and April looked at each other. They never heard of that. They wanted to ask but decided not to.

“Master Harvey is very knowledgeable!” Victor said as he squinted his eyes.

“Yes… When you live for a long time you see a lot!” he said just as they finally entered the hall.

“Master Harvey, the ceremony is about to begin… I need to prepare!“ Victor said.

“Good… Leave Elise with me for now… I will send her to you when the wedding ends!” Harvey said as Victor bowed and left.

“Grandpa… let’s get a seat!” Gary said as he held Elise’s chair, “Sis… Victor is not bad!” he told her.

“Yes, sister-in-law… he helped me marry Gary!” April said. She was feeling very sorry for the little girl, but as a newly admitted wife, she didn’t have a voice in the family at all.

“Um…” Elise bit her lip absentmindedly.

Harvey sighed as he was quickly guided to a table in the front where he sat down with his grandsons. under the curious eyes of the other attendants who didn’t recognize him.

Someone did though.

“Master Harvey! It’s an honor to meet you!” It was Theodore who quickly made his way to greet Harvey. “I thank you for attending my son’s humble birthday!” he said.

“It’s ok… now don’t make a ruckus and let me enjoy the show!” Harvey said, signaling that he didn’t want his identity to be shown.

“Is this the girl?” Theodore asked, looking at April.

“This is my wife April… This is my sister Elise…” Gary clarified pointing to Elise who was a little absent-minded.

“Oh… I see,” Theodore nodded. “Please enjoy the feast!” he said as he retreated with a frown to his chair where his wife began to ask him about this mysterious guest… He didn’t reply.

Harvey chuckled as he gave the other attendants a fleeting look then he paused and gasped on one table in the back. He almost stood up in shock. WHY WAS CASPIAN HERE?

Caspian was the fiance of his granddaughter Valkyrie, so although he didn’t meet him officially yet he knew a lot about him and was looking forward to him becoming his grandson-in-law.

“Something is not right!” Harvey said as he began to inspect the attendants in a hurry.

“What’s wrong Grandpa?” Gary asked as he helped his little sister with a bowl of soup.

“I don’t know yet, but I may have made a mistake…” Harvey began to have some other thoughts… Caspian was not sitting in the front, which meant that he didn’t officially declare his identity. Why was he here?

“What mistake?” Gary asked.

“... We will see…” Harvey answered mysteriously. If Caspian were to be Victor’s enemy it would be troublesome! SH*T!

…

While her grandfather was having an existential crisis, Elise was too for a totally different reason. She was utterly shocked.

Since last week she was in despair after she knew that her great grandfather, one of the few who didn’t bully her in the family, had sold her off to be married.

If the groom was any normal guy she would have just sighed and wondered about her fate, but the groom was none other than Victor Von Weise. The Ultimate Pervert.

Ever since she was young, she heard her relatives scold their children not to be like him. He raped a maid when he was just 11 and broke every family rule and norm!

She heard about him a couple of months ago, when her elder sister Charlotte got humiliated at a party. The pervert wanted to touch her indecently in front of his fiance! How much depraved can someone get?

She also heard from the others about what he did at the auction her brother hosted last month. About how he was so obscene and vulgar that many high-class girls almost had to be re-educated... Some of them were beyond redemption after gaining the forbidden knowledge about the existence of vibrating eggs

Now, she was chosen to be the wife of this pervert who was about to marry 8 wives in one wedding.

Her cousins have been secretly mocking her ever since the news broke in the family, telling her to be ready to serve not only Victor but also his men. They told her that he would throw her to his dogs when he got finished with her. And that dogs are the only grooms she deserved.

So, despite her grandfather explaining to her the benefits of marrying Victor and telling her how Victor was only fooling the public with his pervert act, she was not convinced. She was really scared of what this guy might do to her when they arrived here today.

She almost wet herself when he held her chair earlier, but it all changed when she heard his charming voice whispering secretly to her.

“Don’t worry! From the beginning I didn't want your sister Valerie, but you! I will marry you today. I have a way to help you take back all you have lost and make you a full player. But we can’t tell anyone that, so you better be obedient and enjoy a little show first!” he said. She felt strange, not understanding what he meant.

“Don’t let anyone know that I am talking to you… Now, it will be too boring being here without seeing, so I will use my power to let you see. Don’t be surprised!” he said as the world around her turned bright. She could see. Not with her eyes though, she quickly realized that. It was her mind that was able to watch what was going on around her.

“Ah…” she was shocked, they never told Victor she was blind. She was supposed to tell him when she arrived at his mansion. Did he truly know about her? Can he heal her?

“Don’t say a thing! I am using my disguise ability with the hotel’s formation to grant you a 360 vision!” He said as they reached the hall, “I will also give you some advice. Keep your eyes on the handsome gold-haired masked guy who is frowning in the back and the blue-haired woman hiding her face behind the third column on the left. They are the stars of the next show!” he said casually as they entered the venue.

“NOW… The wedding will start!” he added as he went away.

...

Master Amon, being an agent of the dark chamber who had seen a lot, had to confess, this wedding was really amusing. He didn’t expect these turns! Being a Master Inquisitor, allowed him to watch things others didn’t after all.

He was sent here to appraise Victor and his results were not different from their data.

Victor was a merchant. The only difference from their data was that his level was a little higher than expected than someone his age should have. But other than that, he was a pervert as stated by his very impressive repertoire of skills. It was not easy to get all of those at his age, considering that he couldn’t touch a woman until his ceremony.

Amon nodded as he quickly sent the info he got to his boss. Who was also busy watching the show.

Victor had just entered the hall with Harvey Von Geldstadt and then headed toward the stage. It was about to start.

“He is a little too scheming…” Amon said.

“Yes… But, I would have suspected that something was wrong if he wasn’t. No need to kill him…” he heard a sound from the mirror.

“Yes… He is perfect for our plan!” another female voice said.

“He has too many enemies though!” another said. "Would that guy be able to survive this?"

“We didn't finalize our choice yet... But our agent will babysit him for the first few months, so he should be ok. ” the first one said, “We just have to make sure to secretly neutralize the real one first!”

"There will be a chance for that in a month or two... Maybe after the tournament!" the woman said.

"Yes..."

“That’s if he survived today!” Amon commented to himself as he watched the show unfold.