The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 227: Disturbing News

When the girls woke up in the morning, they were greeted by Victor who was having an early breakfast with Margret. They had dark circles around their eyes.

“Good morning.” Theta yawned, as she sat at the table that was full of dishes.

“Good morning… Come all of you, sit down, and have a bite.” Victor said casually as he looked at them then returned to his dish.

Too bad Alpha gave them some decent clothes. He really liked the skimpy maidsʼ outfits.

“Sit down and eat,” Alpha ordered the girls who were having a hard time remembering last night... Did he drug them? They seemed fine in the morning though, with no unusual pains.

The girls looked at each other and then slowly took their seats with Hana who was now more relaxed around Victor after the long talk she had with Theta and Alpha last night. They told her how they met Victor and how he helped them. Maybe he was not that bad after all.

“What’s your plan now?” Alpha asked Victor, as she sat down and grabbed an empty dish then began to fill it with some salad and an egg.

“I will return to Vein city with Margret, Theta, and Hana. You will take the girls to your base, give them some education, then assign some missions to them.” He said as Nightshade perked her ears, she had no idea that all of her secrets were exposed last night, and Victor didn’t intend to inform her. He was going to leave this dirty job to Alpha.

“Oh… Dumping all of the dirty work on me.” She spat back, she was not easy to fool.

“Yup.” He said as he looked at the orange-haired Candle.

“You will be working for me as a maid, but you will have to disappear for a while before that. I don’t want to be associated with Troy’s death.” He told her,

She nodded, wondering why he told her that… Did he find out that she had a crush on him? Impossible.

“Shall I tell them about the awakening?” Alpha asked, making the girl shoot her some questioning looks.

“Yes… Nightshade might be able to do it by herself like a big girl though.” Victor said, making Nightshade pause with an egg in her mouth. Do what? It better not be what she was thinking about. She can already do that by herself… No! It is definitely something else.

It was at this moment that Victor’s phone rang, It was Kai.

“What now?” Victor asked as usual,

“Young master, it’s about the attack on you yesterday… I already told you that one of the parties was sent by a guy named Erwin. Now we have his full background, he is Erwin Flintblood, one of the branch descendants of the Flintblood family.”

“I already know that… Did you grab him?” Victor asked as he looked at Theta who chose to sit next to him, as far away from that girl Mimi as possible.

“We couldnʼt. Someone who must have known of his plot and silenced him. He was found dead in his room last night. The faint blood family even publicly denounced him, expelling him from the family.” Kai said,

“Typical,” Victor replied… According to his calculations, the Bloodflint family would contact him about Theta very soon. They might choose to wait until that attack news died down though.

“Anything else…” Victor asked,

“The other party who attacked you was identified as a group of disciples of the flying myth sect. They were at the auction with you.” Kai said,

“I already knew that too. Would the family pursue this matter? “ Victor asked, this would be a good chance for them to get an awakening Artifact. A lousy one, but it’s better than nothing… And he might get some rewards.

“They intended to, but the Von Zwei family sent an announcement declaring that the Flying sect had decided to join them,” Kai said, making Victor a little surprised… Those guys were quick.

“So the family would do nothing?” Victor asked,

“They… They requested that you send the storage ring that you grabbed from the elder to the inquisition hall. ” He said, making Victor curse silently. Someone was suppressing him in the family, and he will find out who and why very soon.

“I haven’t seen any rings,” Victor scolded, making the girls at the table look at him.

“I understand….” Kai sighed and said, “Young master… Have you been seeing the news lately?” He suddenly asked,

“Is it about the explosion? I already saw it.” Victor said,

“Not that… A big viral video began spreading last night… It featured a young man courting an Arachne… “ Kai said,

“Oh, did they begin to allow these things on social media?” Victor asked, he realized what this meant.

“They made an expectation with this one. It is even on TV... It came with a report about players. It had many facts, many names, and many proofs of old accidents that were covered up! This is a big problem young master, Many people are believing it. “ Kai said, making Victor smile, it was Jane doing a good job. This report would surely be suppressed pretty fast, but people would not forget, and others would start popping up.

This was his plan. After this, the families would start to act more covertly and the secrets they kept would surely begin to be revealed.

Either way, Any planned attacks on his family would have to be delayed now.

“What does it have to do with me?” Victor asked, casually. He was just a friendly neighborhood pervert young master. This had nothing to do with him.

“Ah… Nothing, but the family had ordered that from now on you should be more low key… Your name was on that list.”

“WHAT!” Victor shouted as he stood up, that b*tch Jane… He never included his name in the list he gave her! She was definitely targeting him for locking her up!

“Yes… It is at the bottom. The report is about how you killed your brother and then left the police station the next day… And there is a recording of you throwing grenades on the highway.” Kai said, making Victor frown… He remembers something like that. It was when an assassin tried to kill him a while back.

“Ok, I will act carefully.” He said as he hung up and then looked at Alpha.

“What?” She asked,

“This would be a good mission for you… It is an urgent one. Find the journalist Jane Armstrong. I will give you her secret phone number, trace her through it, then kidnap her and fake her death… Don’t let her know your identity though... ” Victor said angrily as he sat back down. Making Alpha Squint her eyes.

“What happened?” Margret asked, noticing his disturbed expression.

“Look at the news.” He said as he pinched his forehead. This was a big mess… Maybe he can use it though.

“WAH… IS THAT SEBASTIAN!” Hana yelled as she watched the Video playing on Margret’s phone.

“Yes, it is definitely him,” Margret said as she watched. She saw it on Victor’s phone before, but she didn’t mind watching it again... Oh, that arcane would differently sue him after this.

“What are you watching?” Theta who was sitting next to Victor asked.

“This is not for little girls.” Alpha who was watching from the other side scolded her, making her sit down dejected. “I am not that young… I already know everything… ” She said as she secretly took her phone and opened it under the table. She had already seen enough movies in Titus’s mansion as training material…

“Hsssssssss.” She gasped, What’s wrong with that kid… “Is that a spider girl?” she asked as the three other girls put their hands on their mouths in shock as they peeked at the phone.

“Yes, they call the spider girls Arachne. I can’t believe such perverts exist.” Victor signed too, making Alpha glare at him. He was the one who drugged Sebastian in the first place. Wasn’t all of this his? He was the biggest pervert of them all!

”Is this fake?” Hana asked in a lost voice,

”Who knows.” Victor said, ”But you know him better than anyone...” Victor added,

“How can it be him!” Hana didnʼt want to believe it, but she could recognize that mole on his butt. She saw it before due to a bathing accident. It was defiantly him!

Her face turned white as the Video ended and Janeʼs picture appeared. She began to talk about the facts Vivi told her about. In a very logical and orderly way.

…

Malcolm watched with the other mud-covered children as the doors of their respective caves opened. Their eyes took some time to get used to the sunlight then have a look at their beautiful captors.

How can such a group of pretty girls be this deadly? Malcolm wondered as he looked at the eight girls looking at the dirty kids that left the caves.

Malcolm only had one girl in his eyes though. The veiled one who he didn’t see since that day.

He shivered a little when he remembered what she did to his former boss, but he couldn’t take his eyes off her, not since that day.

He was faking passing out not wanting to watch his boss’s dissection anymore… That’s when he saw it for a brief moment when she removed her blood-stained veil to wear a new one. It was just a glimpse, but it was enough to rock his entire existence. How can such a pretty girl exist?

She was absolutely beautiful.

No! Beauty did not give her justice. She was… He knew no words that could describe her better.

Ever since that day, he dreamed about her every night...

“So those are the survivors?” She said in her melodic voice.

“Yes… We divided them into groups with a chosen and three sacrifices at every cave. The sacrifices were chosen from the worst lunatics and criminals.” She explained, “We gave the chosen ones a strengthening pill and a technique booklet each so that they would awaken their latent talents under pressure. And look! In all of the groups but one the chosen was the one to survive” Nora said, looking at the 21 children… There was an additional one.

“I am more interested in those two,” Lily said, making Malcolm notice that she was looking at him and the hateful girl beside him, she was the one at his cave, the one who stabbed him after he helped her.

“I didn’t expect two to survive in this group… let me see..” The other assassin girl Sky said as she took a booklet and checked it... “Yin… Age 15… Crime, killing her entire family with a knife then setting the building on fire… She is a little crazy and was scheduled to be executed.” She said looking at the girl who looked back with cold dead eyes.

“And Malcolm… He is our chosen one for this group. He is an orphan from the gang we killed earlier. He only has some minor robberies on his record. A good seedling.” She added.

“Good… What about the sacrifice that killed the chosen and survived,” Lily said, ignoring Malcolm and looking at a boy covered in blood standing alone to the side.

“Dim… A cannibal…” Nora said as Dim looked at Lily and licked his lips with very dirty eyes checking her thighs. How dare he?

The next moment he lost his head, making the rest of the children shudder and gasp. They only saw the shadow of the chained sickle she used.

“I don’t care what you did in the past. Now you are all mine. And I will train you to be the best of the best.” Lily said to them, “But if you ever disrespect, betray or try to harm me or my properties, I will make you die like him or a little worse.” She said coldly,

Malcolm was scared a little at first but a second later squeezed his little hand. He was not afraid.

He will work hard and make her fall for him by herself.

The cold girl by his side looked at him strangely… then shook her head and looked at Lily too with admiring eyes.

Lily looked back at her.

“Nora gave her a strengthening pill and a fighting manual… I am giving this one a chance.” She said, the girl didn’t smell bad like that evil kid. On the contrary, she smelled extra pure. Like refined wine.

Oops, the young master would defiantly scold her if he knew she was smelling people again.

…

After hugging Alpha and the girls goodbye, Victor took a hotel car to the airport where a private jet was waiting for him.

He relaxed in his reclined luxurious seat as the plane took off. He needed some sleep. Theta chose to take the chance and occupy the seat beside him.

Margret was busy counseling Hana who was still really disturbed by what she saw.

First, it was about the situation. Then it was about Sebastian. Victor was right, he was definitely not a kid, a kid’s ***** can’t be this big.

“Why are you so annoyed… Perhaps you like that perverted kid?” Margret asked as she brought Hana some orange juice. She was making herself at home in the private jet.

“I…. He is my younger apprentice brother…” Hana said as she blushed,

“You are the kind who likes younger boys arenʼt you?” Margret nodded at her as she sat beside her.

“I… No... Maybe… “ Hana said as she looked down in shame. She was a little disappointed in him though after he yelled at her at the auction house. And for not telling her the truth about his true age. She wouldnʼt mind.

“I only like guys older than me,” Margret stated, as she raised her legs leaning them across the empty chair in front of her as she slid back in her seat next to Hana.

”Ah... really,” Hana was surprised. She never expected that Margret would say such things in front of Victor who was differently younger than her. Didnʼt they sleep together last night?

“Definitely, The older the better. Experience comes with the age you see. You will learn that yourself in the future,” Margret said, winking at Victor who was looking back at her with a threatening gaze.