The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 316: Getting rid of the hot potato

Hearing the priest talk to her, Mirage didn’t even flinch… That guy was facing the wall opposing her. She was not sure if he really knew that she was there. Her hiding cloak was a top-tier artifact after all!

“...”

“So you want to play hard ha… Well, I noticed you since the moment you stepped into the temple… Do you know why I let you see all of that?” He asked with a dirty smile.

“...”

“Because I will enjoy you later… It should be about time…” he said as Mirage began to feel dizzy! Sh*t! She was poisoned.

Slowly she felt her strength disappear, having no more power to activate the cloak that she was wearing, which stopped working seconds later.

She needed to act… But she couldn’t move… It was as if she was frozen in place.

Mirage could just silently curse as the priest turned around to face her…

“Oh… Sorry, you were here…” he chuckled, showing a mouth that had more than one decaying tooth.

“What kind of poison is this?” she asked with difficulty as she felt her mouth grow stiff… She tried to move again but failed.

“Something new…” he said, not explaining any further as he grabbed her cloak, looked at it then put it in his ring…

“You have some nice treasure here… Let me see what else you got!”

He took a dagger from his ring and then professionally began to peel Mirage's clothes layer by layer until she was totally naked. He must have done this hundreds of times before!

The dagger was so slow and steady, that the protection talisman she had on her body failed to register it as an attack before they were cut… She had no energy to activate them forcibly.

“Damn you…” she cursed… She couldn’t believe it as the perverted priest began to check her perfect body. She quickly tried to activate her skills… all of them, but none worked.

“Don’t try… This poison is a newly developed one that disabled someone’s powers! Its only drawback is that it is very slow to activate!” he said. “I will make sure to fully enjoy you, then I will pin it on that pervert Victor… By the time your master realized that it was all a ploy, it would have already been too late!” He added as he took her ring from her finger, took a look at it, and then stacked it in his robes.

She glared at him as his eyes darted around her body. 

“Calm down…” she told herself. The Fate lord's protection would save you… She believed in her lord!

“You are pretty!” he said as he began to touch himself indecently… “Your lord should have sent someone more normal instead… I was only able to discover you because I kept checking you out at the ceremony… You are my type!” he said in a depraved tone as he began to unbutton his pants. “Especially that ass!” he said groping her butt with his other hand.

Mirage’s face turned white as she closed her eyes and silently cursed, not wanting to see that man’s things as she felt his dirty hand touch her pure body that was dedicated to her lord.

“He he he…” began to chuckle lewdly then paused. “AHHHHHHHHHHHH” He began to scream, making her open her eyes to see that he was holding his crotch with his hands as blood seeped out.

He quickly took a pill from his ring and ate it desperately… But from the look on his face when he fell to the ground it was clearly not working.

“DAMN IT. IT MUST BE THEODORE! HE POSIONED ME BACK THEN!” He screamed. “I AM GOING TO FIND HIM AND FUCK HIM UP!”

“DAMN HIM”

“DAMN HIS FAMILY”

“ahhhhhhhhhh”

“Damn…”

“Noooo”

“Please….”

“Help”

“AA......”

“...”

The priest’s voice slowly disappeared as a river of black blood exploded from all his orifices above and below. No one came to his rescue as the room was fully soundproof to hide the old man’s perverted hobbies!

It was not a pretty sight at all. No matter how many pills he took, they were not effective.

Mirage was terrified not knowing what poison was this… She could only watch as the old man died and slowly began to decompose after that for the next three hours with a very stinky smell… only his old bones and two storage rings were left of him.

Slowly she began to feel that her body was no longer stiff… The moment the poison affecting her was weak enough and she could move, She quickly took herring from the floor with some difficulty, and then took a general antidote pill from it and ate it. 

It was super effective. She could move freely 30 seconds later!

She quickly took a silk scarf and wrapped it around her face covering her nose and then put on some cloth before she began to search around the old man’s room.

Finding nothing interesting, she just took a sample of the priest's black blood and his storage ring before escaping.

…

Victor who was sitting to the side of the room smiled coldly as he watched Mirage leave with the hot potato! Lily’s fate!

It was all him before she closed her eyes… and the real priest after!

Yes, it was all a ploy by him to make the fate sect forget about him and start focusing on some imaginary enemy that he didn’t name on purpose. He was not sure what powers worked for the fate sect after all!

He hoped that they would make a connection between the mirror and the dark chamber, but this was not that important. Just a side detail.

Mirage was poisoned initially at the party. And the poison was activated later with an additional substance that he released when he entered the room!

The ring Mirage took was not the priest’s ring, but a fake one he prepared. No one would be able to open it the normal way, not even the Fate lord as it needs a lot of authority to remove Victor’s imprint.

It would take them a while… And if they did ever manage to open it using some other underhanded means…. He he he…. What happened in Troy’s mansion would be an example of what would happen!

Victor chuckled as carefully he left the temple and began heading home while whistling to himself. This was destined to be a long night!

…

Alice collapsed on her chair after returning to her seat from the ladies' room. She had to go wipe and adjust her skirt after two rounds of dancing with Yulian and one with her father… She couldn’t believe it but she was having fun. Yulian was a good dancer.

At first, she was reluctant but had to do it to please her mother who also danced with her father for an entire hour!

“What’s wrong?” she looked at Yulian who was sitting at her side and asked.

“I may have drunk too much…” he said feeling strange, he never got drunk before... It was a strange fuzzy feeling.

“Oh…” she said as she watched him lean on the table.

“Shall I prepare a room for the young master?” A thoughtful maid suddenly approached and asked. “Many guests had already collapsed…” she noted. Many attendees had never drunk this much in their entire life, but the party was wild and the drinks here were of the best types!

“Yes… Please do!” Alice said with a sigh. As two other maids came and helped Yulian who was clearly drunk stand up.

“Alice… Go with them! He is your boyfriend!” Elena, who was also resting after a wild dance with her husband, scolded.

“Ahh.. yes…” Alice nodded as she also helped support Yulian as they dragged him out of the hall

They quickly found a presidential suite on the top floor and slowly put Yulian on a big bed.

“Do you need anything else my lady?” one maid asked Alice.

“Ah… No... you can leave!” she said with a frown then watched the maids walk out and close the door behind them, leaving her alone with Yulian.

“Damn it…” she cursed. She couldn't just leave. It was not appropriate to leave her ‘boyfriend’ and continue to party!

She sighed as she sat on a side couch and looked at Yulian.

She had to confess, he was handsome… His features were those of a prince somehow. He was destined not to be ordinary… Too bad he grew up in a poor family... No. He was the lucky one, he didn't have to marry against his will like she did...

Looking at him for the next few minutes, she began to feel strange, wanting to touch his face.

Not knowing why, she slowly stood and approached him, touching his face… his hair then his lips…

A strange feeling rushed through her body…

She slowly knelt beside him on the bed and kissed him… she wanted just a taste, but she couldn't let go.

He opened his eyes and looked at her… She looked stunning up close… He couldn’t help himself but touch her.

She yelped and wanted to step back in fright but he caught her…

She could have easily gotten rid of him and kicked his ass but couldn’t…. She didn't want to...

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“See I told you he is a bastard! Isn’t that a little overboard? I mean Victor fixing his sister with that hobo using the wine and libido effect?” Alpha cursed as she watched from the cameras in the control center.

“He must have some plan! You saw how he scammed everyone earlier!” Camellia said. “And using the relaxing and the Libido effects of the shard was really amazing… Just look at how wild the party is downstairs!”

“Fun my ass…. Many women will get pregnant tonight…” Alpha sighed.  “Yin, you don’t have to look…”

“Ah… Sorry… but… They are both pretty like sculptures and… AH….” Yin screamed as she put her hands on her face, covering her eyes. The scene on the monitor displaying Yulian and Alice had just turned into something that someone in her age group should not watch.

“Mission accomplished!” Alpha said as she turned off the monitor, disappointing the few girls who gathered to watch. They even brought some popcorn.

“He never technically forced them!” one girl said.

“Beta… You have been corrupted by him!” Alpha retorted. “Putting two drunk horny teenagers in the same room is the same as forcing them!”

“But…”

“Just look at the other two! Lea and Archie, they have been at it since the morning! We stopped all effects on them hours ago, wanting them to go down and attend the ceremony but it is to no avail!” Alpha yelled angrily.

“You got a point there! But they are very compatible!” Nora, one of the assassin girls said, “Now, can you turn on the monitor again?”

“NO! Don’t you have no shame?” Alpha cursed, “Why don’t you go watch your big sister Lily get f*cked instead?” she asked the assassin girls who finished their mission earlier and were now relaxing.

“Do you want us to die a gruesome death?” another one of the assassin girls exclaimed.

Yin nodded. From the time she spent with Lily, she realized how ruthless she could be.

“Why does the young master like Lily anyway?” Alpha asked, turning to Beta. “He has many better girls! Personally, I like that slut Margret better!”

“I think because she is completely loyal to him!” Beta said. “She would literally die for him!”

“The twins would too!” Alpha interjected. 

“I think it is because she is the prettiest!” Camellia proposed.

“Prettier than me?” Alpha asked. She didn’t know why.

“By a bit…” Camellia answered nervously as she looked away.

“I think because she was his first one…” Theta said.

“You heard him… He said that Mira was his first love….”

“Then what?”

“Love is a strange thing…” another said.

“I guess we would never truly know…” Alpha sighed.