The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 515: Harem Master System

“Nervous?” Axel asked Gloria as the car entered the mansion’s lower gates and began to climb up the mountain.

“Yes… The last time I was here, let’s say my experience was subpar…” she said as she peered out of the window at the familiar lush forest surrounding the road up and the little maids who could sometimes be seen working through the gaps in the foliage.

“Don’t worry, since you have become my woman, everything should be fine…” Axel chuckled. “The same applies to you…” He turned and told Xue, who was sitting on his other side.

“Whatever…” Xue pouted as she looked away, blushing a bit.

“...” Axel smirked just as the car stopped next to the mansion, and he helped his two new girlfriends down.

“So you are back!” someone said, making them all turn.

“Hsssssssssssss…………..” Gloria gasped. “The… the…”

Axel frowned, looking at his supposed brother who stood in front of the mansion. Two days ago, his father called him and told him that the real one was back. That’s why he traveled covertly!

“The real Victor…?” Xue questioned as she looked between the two brothers, who looked like twins.

“Oh… So he already told you…” Victor clicked his tongue as he silently cursed at Axel. The idiot couldn’t hold his tongue; that’s why, after Lin told the former what Axel did, he changed his plan to meet him privately.

“I never planned to hide a thing from them, we…” Axel paused as a girl ran from behind him and jumped at Victor, kissing him hard as she climbed him like a monkey.  Totally disregarding the others.

Lin…

“I missed you…” she whispered as she let go a few minutes later.

“I missed you too… “ he whispered softly as his hand slid down her back. “We will ‘talk’ later, why don’t you guide my two sisters-in-law…”

“Three…” Lin, who was actively groping him with one hand, pointed the other toward a sickly-looking woman who walked from the back seat, then began inspecting Victor from head to toe nervously.  “She is a local who was pulled inside with us when the dungeon opened!” Lin whispered. “Also… She seems to have amnesia…”

“How convenient…” Victor whispered as he squinted his eyes, looking at that woman. He had already seen her through Lin’s eyes; that’s why he had to follow the new plan. 

Although she looked totally different, he knew about this one.

NAME: Bianca / Zorana / Doloris Delos

LEVEL: 31

CLASS: Shapshifter, A

AUTHORITY: 4 + 3

ABNORMAL STATUS: 

OBLIVION LORD’S MINOR BLESSING, SS
Strength: 78

Agility: 99

Intelligence: 100

Luck: 10

Charm: 17

Order: 2

SKILLS :

Shapeshift, A

Mimic, A

Eidetic Memory, B

Survival Instinct,

Dagger Arts, C

Inspect, D

Analyze, D

Acting, D

Cleaning, E

Torture, E

Dancing, E

Singing, F

Cooking, F

Bloodline:

NONE

EQUIPMENT:

Recording Crystal Earrings, B

Connection Jade, C

Storage Pendant, F

FATE:

FATE’S POWER: D

DEFINED FATE: UNDEFINED

It was definitely the same Bianca who scammed the twins’ brother Michel…

Now he was sure that the Oblivion lord might have marked him as a target of interest! Maybe sending this little bitch to double-check things around him after that conversation with the other lords. Although he acted as if he didn’t care in front of them, it was clear he was the very cautious kind! 

Damn troublesome… 

“Is there anything wrong with her?” Lin asked, noticing Victor’s body tensed up, despite his face being that of a pervert as he checked Bianca from head to toe. 

“No… Is she already…?”

“Yeah… Your brother is a total beast… We only knew her for a day when he added her to his harem!” Lin pouted.

“It was an accident! We got affected by that harpy’s aphrodisiac! I had no choice!” Axel, who felt strange hearing them talk, quickly defended himself as the woman looked away, blushing a bit.

“Yeah, yeah…” Victor clicked his tongue. Damn scions, turning enemies into friends using their dicks! “Why don’t you show them around the mansion and introduce them to the others as I get to talk with my dear brother…” he said. Good thing they were still in lockdown mode. Damn, annoying people kept coming one after another! 

“I understand…” Lin said as she heard his secret message through her dragon wife-link.

“Follow me!” Victor gestured to Axel to follow him, and the latter hesitated for a moment, then quickly obliged.

…

“We never met officially, but as you know, I am Victor, supposedly your older stepbrother…” Victor said as he looked at the handsome face of the guy sitting in front of him in the study. According to Margaret’s info, he was born 3 months ahead of Axel.

“Call me Axel…” Axel sighed.

NAME: Axel Von Weise

LEVEL: 16

CLASS: Dirty Dealer, AAA

AUTHORITY: 9 

ABNORMAL STATUS: None

Strength: 64

Agility: 61

Intelligence: 81

Luck: 19

Charm: 22

Order: 34

SKILLS :

Tit for Tat, S

Untruthify, S

Forced Exchange, AAA

Misaligned Contract, A

Manipulate Conditions, A

Inspect, A

Charm, B

Cooking, C

Martial Arts, D

Sneaking, E

Pick Pocket, E

Dagger Art, E

Climbing, E

Quick Reading, E

Bedroom Arts, F

Acting, F

SYSTEM Store Access (LEVEL 0).

PLAYER Market Access (LEVEL 0).

Bloodline:

Elder Dragon AAA (Unawakened) 100%

EQUIPMENT:

Storage ring, D

Defensive Talisman, D

Eavesdropping Pin, F

FATE:

FATE’S POWER: S (Scion)

DEFINED FATE: Lead your lord’s armies and warm her bed.

DESTINY LIST: < 10 ORDER POINTS TO UNVEIL>

“I know…” Victor interrupted him.  “Margret told me everything about you… Including that you are a time traveler!” he added as he took a look at Axel’s destiny list. That fate of his felt like the title of some R-rated movie.

DESTINY LIST :

>> SCION: LUCK BENDS TO YOUR WILL!

>> LEAD YOUR LORD’S ARMIES AND WARM HER BED.

>> BECOME A SUPER, FILTHY RICH YOUNG MASTER AND BUILD A HAREM

>> REVENGE AGAINST THOSE WHO SCAMMED ME IN BOTH LIVES THIS AND THE OTHER ONE!

>> RETURN TO MY ORIGINAL HANDSOME LOOKS!

>> FIND THE SECRET BEHIND MY REBIRTH

>> KICK THAT DAMN BOY’S ASS!

“Hsssssssssss………. Axel gaped, totally unaware of what Victor was doing.  “You mean you too are a…”

“Of course not… I was not sure about you either, but you just confirmed our guess!” Victor smirked as he secretly wondered why he never heard of Axel in his past life.  Wait. That idiot died and turned into a Talisman, but how can a scion fall? Did his fate have a problem….

Many things crossed Victor’s mind, and he had a possible answer…

Lily… Maybe this guy had the same curse she had, leading to his death…

Well, who knows…

“How did you make that guess?” Axel asked nervously.

“...” Victor sighed as he picked up a wine bottle and placed it on the table. “This wine makes people tell the truth!” he lied. “It is a rare treasure that I found in a dungeon…”

“When did that happen?” Axel frowned and asked.

“About 5 months ago or so… It was my first dungeon dive… I was trying to force myself on my maid when a wall broke, and I found them there… That night I drank with her, and before I knew it, we were confessing our secrets to each other!” Victor said with a sigh. “Who would have known that she liked anal…”

“...”

“...”

“I meant to ask, when did you make me drink the wine….” Axel corrected his question as he silently cursed Victor. The rumor he heard about him being a pervert seemed right!

“Oh… It was not me, but Margret… She ordered one of the men to follow you and slip it in when you went to some bar… “ Victor lied. Due to that ‘Eavesdropping Pin’ on Axel’s chest, Victor could tell that Bianca or someone else might be listening, so he decided to make up a story fabricated from truth and lies. And also totally reveal that Axel was a time traveler! The fact that the world didn’t stop him from revealing this meant that it would not harm Axel! “Don’t blame us… But when you told her to invest in the GreenSun Coin, she quickly figured things out…”

“Then… How do you know about that coin yourself?” Axel asked nervously.

“A guy named Abe told us… “

“That idiot who wrote the novels?” Axel remembered Abe, who stabbed him that day, causing him to spend a day in jail. He also remembered that guy who tried to kill him there…

“Yeah, I got to know him though, Margret, he is her cousin… That day, out of nowhere, he came to me with those novels. I was not sure about their origin and was worried that he might have plagiarized them, so I also made him drink some wine! That idiot wasted an entire bottle… Still, I got a lot of info about him!” Victor said. “But now I fear that this guy might have told someone else…. Especially after you lost the rights for the novels…” he added, glaring at Axel. 

“Ah… Yes… It was that strange guy with the power to make people forget… Maybe they are the ones who got the news from Abe… They might also be the ones behind his death!” Axel said, feeling the need to phrase it like that for some reason.

“Aha…”

“Can’t you buy those rights back?” Axel asked. “I mean, wouldn’t it be easy to figure out who is behind this just by making the novel, then wait to see who will sue us?”

“Margret tried, and we already found out… The rights had been sold off to many different parties who had contracts themselves about not being able to do anything with the novels until 10 years later… They will have to sue whoever tries to infringe… It’s so much of a mess that even if I can buy those guys off, the cost would be so great that making the movie is no longer worth it!“ Victor explained with annoyance. “Whoever did this didn’t seem to need them, but just delayed us from making the movies….” Victor frowned. Now he could theorize that the Oblivion lord’s goal was to try to preserve the other timeline as much as possible…

“... Oh…” Axel sighed.

“In the future, try not to reveal anything about your time stuff… I don’t know what Abe said, but weʼd better be careful, since you are impersonating me, I don’t want anything to happen to my wives!” Victor warned.

“I know… In fact, I have been planning to speak to you about this… Due to my situation, the family will not be able to reveal the truth about me for a while, so how are we going to split things between us?” Axel asked.

“Did you call father, and he told you to sort it out between the two of us?” Victor asked.

“Yeah…” Axel sighed. “Only one of us can be in public at once…”

Victor sighed. “I think we can work this out… But… First things first, I don’t want you and your damn harem to live in this mansion!” Victor stated flatly.

“I don’t want to be near your damn harem either…” Axel replied directly. 

“...” The two brothers glared at each other.

“Let’s do this… Why don’t you arrange your girls at the white hotel for a while? This would make things easier….”

“Wouldn’t that be a problem as I would be in public…” Axel frowned. He really didnʼt want to be in this mansion near that birch Margret, but the hotel was not that private.

“I will only need you to hide for a few days as I will have to attend a friendʼs wedding, after that, I plan to go dungeon raiding for a few months to enhance my level… Things should settle by the time I return!! Victor said. “So if you don’t mind staying cooped up with your harem for a while…”

“I don’t…” Axel nodded quickly. Using the hotel, being full, as an excuse, he might be able to force them all in one room and try the legendary foursome…

He involuntarily smirked.

Victor, who could read his filthy brotherʼs mind, also smirked. “Then why don’t we have a drink!”

“Another truth serum?” Axel quickly said, feeling danger for some reason.

“Of course not… Come on, we are brothers, we have to trust each other!” he said as he took a bottle of high-grade Elven wine stolen from a certain Alchemist workshop. He quickly poured two cups before Axel could refuse.

“Come on…” Victor said, pushing one toward him.

“I…” Axel didn’t even reach for the cup as he felt very strange. Although the mead looked very delicious and tempting, something was stopping him from drinking it. As if doing so would put him in grave danger! “I just drank and….”

Axel paused.

The world around him suddenly turned dark. He couldn’t move at all but just glared at the guy who sat in front of him. Victor. 

“This is…”

“Axel von Weise… You owe me three things!” Victor said with a sweet smile… His lips never moved, but Axel heard him. “For your time travel… For my talisman slave marks on your soul, and being me for the last few weeks…!” Victor said.

“What I…” Axel didn’t get it. What Talisman slave marks? What did he mean by owing him for the time travel? Slowly, the active skill filled him in on what was going on.

He was so shocked by what this all meant that he didn’t know how to respond. Victor was the one who brought him back in time? How… “How…”

“If I tell you, you wouldn’t be able to afford it… And it wouldn’t matter!” Victor just said. “In exchange for all of that, I demand two things… The first is that you will immediately and willingly drink everything in the cup in front of you, and the second is that you will totally forget we had this conversation the second this arbitration ends!” Victorʼs smile grew wider as he said that.

The world was not stopping him, and this was for a simple reason. He was doing a fair trade!

“I...” Axel wanted to say something, but couldn’t. “...”

“You don’t have a saying?”

“What is in that cup?”

“Not something you should concern yourself with…” Victor said. ”Letʼs...” he paused.

ERROR.... AXEL VON WEISE IS USING ʼMANIPULATE CONDITIONʼ TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR TRADE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT AUTHORITY.

ALLOW SKILL ACTIVATION?

YES / NO

Victor smirked and pressed No...

”Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......” Axel screamed in pain as his skill back-lashed.

”Since you have nothing, letʼs finish this...” Victor said, flicking his finger to complete the execution of the skill.

Booooooooooooom

The blankness receded.

Axel found himself a little absentminded for a second there, but looking at the cub in front of him, he couldn’t help grabbing it and drawing it up in one go…

“Ah…. wh….” Axel said as he felt all his body flare with pain. The price of a failed skill activation that he no longer remembers.

“It is just the effect of this thing!” Victor said as he also drowned his own cup. In his vision, a prompt showed up.

Blood Ritual Detected

Do you want to register a new Slave?

Blood Slave \ Flesh Slave \ NONE

He pressed Blood Slave as he smiled at his dear brother, then…

Ahhhhhhhhhh…………. 

He began to cough up as he collapsed in his chair like his brother…

“Whaa.. Whatʼs wrong with this thing?” Axel asked as he looked at Victor, then at the empty cup of wine. What was this thing? Although it tasted good, the pain was not worth it! Damn it... It hurt so much that for a second there, he felt as if his body hurt from even before he drank that cup!

“Sorry… I forgot it was not meant for humans....” Victor said with difficulty as he stood up.

DAMN SCION BACKLASH… 

”Not for humans?” Axel frowned.

“Nothing... Let’s go meet up with others...” he said as he stood up with difficulty.

Despite the pain, he was glad with the result. Now he seemed to have found a good way to make scions for his slaves. All he needed was to make them indebted enough to him!

Now, all he had was to wait for a few days, then let the ‘Whimsical System’ find his new host… Wait, should he try to make another system for Axel?

Maybe he should… Since Axel was his brother, he decided to pamper him a bit and give him a ʼHarem Masterʼ System! All he had to do with it was set a target and his brotherʼs powers would do all the work! This will also be able to check what was that thing about him warming a lordʼs bed!