The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 117: A Beginning

When Victor and Rita returned to the hall, Zoe was there too, she seemed pretty happy with what she got.

The grand elder was standing majestically while stuffing his nose with a tissue. He seemed to have suffered a nosebleed. Pervert.

He kept giving Rita and Victor a nasty glare as they left the vault.

“Ahm, Put the things you chose in front of me.” He ordered after a cough.

Zoe rushed first and put down the rusty sword she got. The elder frowned but said nothing. This thing was only kept here because it was appraised as an F-ranked treasure. He was more than glad to get rid of it.

While Victor was flabbergasted. How The hell did I miss such a treasure.

; ; Aspharal Sword F+ / (SSS)
A weapon that grows with the wielder.

Adds 10% to the Player strength. (UPGRADABLE)

This thing might appear weak now, but after a few upgrades, It would become crazy strong.

“Are you sure? You can’t change your choice after leaving her.” The Elder asked her, The patriarch told him to look after her after all.

“Yes, I trust my heart.” She said stubbornly,

“Suit yourself,” He said he returned the sword to her after registering it in his ledger.

“Next,” he said coldly.

Rita quickly put the yang stone she got on the table.

“Oh, a yang stone. Is this for your boyfriend? Is he having a hard time satisfying you?” The elder asked as he inspected her, then gave Victor a knowing look. With some jealousy in it.

“It is for my grandfather.” She answered with a heavy blush. Why would the elder think that Victor was her boyfriend? Did he see the kiss?

“Oh, Ok then, Whatever you say. It’s none of my business anyway.” The elder said as he gave the stone back to her. Making her want to cry out of shame. Bastard grandfather.

Victor didn’t wait for the elder to call for him as he placed the treasure he got carefully on the table. As if he was placing a child.

“Why would you choose this between all the things in there?” The Elder asked him as he looked at it with a strange look.

It was a scroll painting of a naked woman.

; ; The Smiling Lady F
The man looking at it would be fascinated for a blink of an eye.

This thing was pretty much useless. And only perverts would want it. And it was placed there on the wall as a joke, not for the keeping. Some people said that it was here for ages.

“Yes, I felt my heartbeat when I looked at it,” He said, making the elder want to spit at him. What’s wrong with those three? Don’t they know how to select normal treasures? Are the three of them really Elite heirs? When did the familyʼs standards for selecting elites degrade so much?

“Whatever,” The elder said as he threw the scroll at Victor after registering it.

“You can leave.” He sighed as he said, nearly throwing them away. He had more important things to attend to.

…

When they left the building, Rita turned around and looked at Victor stubbornly.

“We will never meet again, probably. As I may have to get married. So forget whatever happened inside.” She told him, “Take care.” she said as she turned to leave.

Now that she was no longer required to be a virgin, her grandfather would probably ship her off to Levi.

“Take this,” Victor replied, as he grabbed her hand and pulled her back then put a ring on her finger making not only her but also Zoe blush. What is he doing? A Confession? He only met her yesterday? Was what that Idiot Luke said about him being a pervert true?

“Don’t get me wrong. This is just a normal gift.” He said casually “We will meet again anyway, don’t forget your status. I will go get you later.” He rebuked as he Spelled “MAID,” With his lips, then put his arm around Zoe’s neck and dragged her home as he waved goodbye with his other hand, trying to act as cool as possible.

Rita just stood there frozen, she slowly raised her hand and looked at the ancient-looking ring with shock. What was going on here? Was he proposing? Was this the reward promised by the system?

; ; PROPOSING? GET YOURSELF TOGETHER B*TCH AND KNOW YOUR PLACE. HE IS YOUR MASTER.
DING….

He Seems to Really Care about You… LOOK INSIDE THE RING.

Inside? What? This thing was a storage ring and not a small one. Hell, this one was bigger than her grandfather’s. Did he really give it to her?

She sighed as she looked at it not knowing what to think. Was he really in love with her? She didn’t know. But this gift was too precious to give to someone at random. Maybe he is not that bad after all.

; ; LOOK INSIDE IT.
The system repeated, making her look inside to find a stack of talismans. What are those for?

; ; REPLACEMENT TALISMAN A
MARK IT WITH YOUR BLOOD, THEN GIVE THIS TO ANOTHER GIRL AND LET HER SERVE LEVI IN YOUR PLACE.

The system made Rita realize why Victor gave her those. He really cared about her. Would he really come for her?

…

Victor and Zoe didn’t return to the mansion but headed directly to the helipad, where Theodore, Iris, and Falcon were waiting for them. They were going to head back to the residential Island. As their work was over. Iris and Theodoreʼs relationship seemed to have grown better, as she was treating him more like a father now. Where did he take her?

When they reached the Residential island, it was slightly afternoon, Victor left them saying that he should return to his own mansion as many girls were waiting for him there.

Theodore sighed, then reminded him that he was returning to Vein tomorrow in the afternoon and that Victor should go with him. While Zoe gave him a strange look. He was acting like a pervert, but she had a feeling that he was not. Strange.

Victor nodded then left them and walked home. The sun was hot. But he felt nothing, he was too excited to return home and sort through his new toys.

There were no accidents on the way. No foolish women this time.

When he reached his mansion, he was welcomed by Lily, who jumped onto him and hugged him then initiated a kiss. Making him freeze a little in shock, this girl is getting bolder, especially after he confessed to her. He didn’t mind.

“Let’s go inside, I didn’t forget your punishment for telling mother about my bad habits,” he told her as he walked inside while holding her waist.

Aria was talking to the girls in the living room While watching TV. She seemed much better. So did the girls, they had some color on their faces. “Hmmm. They didn’t look bad, should probably test them as pillows.” He thought.

“Ah, you are here. How was your trip? Did you eat up any new girls?” She asked sarcastically, as the assassin girls stood up and saluted respectfully. They couldn’t afford to be disrespectful like Aria.

“Yes, I got a new one, stolen goods. She is a little hard to swallow, but with some processing, she will get better.” He said giving Lily who was beside him the urge to step on his foot. Pervert young master. Why did he have the smell of more than one girl? Two? No Three. Wasn’t he only with Iris and Zoe? Who was the third one? Bad young master.

“Have you eaten yet?” he asked them, ignoring the sulking girl by his side.

“Not yet, been waiting for you,” Aria answered, making him look around.

“Where is Kai?” He asked.

“I am here, young master.” Kai materialized out of nowhere.

“Oh, you are still alive. Anyway, we will head to Vein City tomorrow at noon. So prepare some IDs for the girls.” Victor said, “ And I have something to do at the study, for now, you prepare some lunch with the girls, we will eat together later.” He said as he dragged Lily to the study and then firmly closed the door.

The study here was mostly empty. Containing only a desk and a couple of leather couches. He really needs to furnish this place.

“Is there anything wrong, young master?” Lily asked him. He had a weird smile on his face.

“First things first. How was your mission?” He asked,

“As the young master predicted. There was a bug in your mother’s bedroom. I left it alone as you told me, but I told her about it. Lara’s room was clear.” She said,

“Good,” He said with a sigh, “and about John and Luke?”

“I couldn’t enter their room because Adele kept an eye on me. It is as if she could smell my intentions.” Lily said.

“It’s Ok, I didn’t expect you to succeed anyway.” He said.

“But I did succeed.” She said,

“What? How?” He asked.

“That idiot Rex brought them new weighted training swords. So I applied it to the handle.” She said, “Young master, wouldn’t applying an aphrodisiac to them dangerous. We can get discovered.” She added worriedly.

“It is a diluted solution. Its effect would be gradual and help them awaken their bloodline as they abstain themselves.” He said.

“I thought you wanted to harm them?” She asked.

“Awakening our family’s bloodline on a teenager is more efficient than a thousand aphrodisiacs.” He said with a smile. “Didn’t you notice how all the adults in the family have many wives? It is because of the bloodline.” He said with a smile.

“Ah, but what if they managed to keep their virginity until the ceremony?” She asked

“That would be unfortunate. But do you think abstaining for a full year while on an aphrodisiac is easy? At the very least they would not be able to train and would have to suffer a little. That would get them off Lara’s back at the very least. As for the ceremony, I might have other plans.” He said with a smirk.

“Ah, Ok.” She said but sounded unconvinced.

“Now to the other matter. We are rich now dear Lily,” He said as couldn’t contain his laughter any longer and began to laugh loudly.

“What, wasn’t the young master already rich?” She asked him as she cocked her head.

“Not this rich.” He said as he waved his hand and the table in front of him was filled with GEMs and Skill books.

“Did you steal the vault?” She yelled, then quickly put her hand on her mouth and looked around.

“Yup,” He said proudly. Making her speechless.

“But…” She wanted to say.

“Don’t worry. There is a hidden room inside the vault, that’s where I got those. No one knows about it.” He said, making her a little relieved and a little scared. Her young master was really Terrific.

Today when Victor kissed Rita, he activated his disguise as he knocked her off. Then quickly used his Shadow Shifter ring to transport himself, not up to where the better things were placed, but down to the hidden vault.

This was where the family kept the really precious stuff. And only the patriarch and the great elder had the key. It was dark, but it perfectly suited Victor as he avoided the detection formations using the ring and a bunch of talismans.

Victor was careful not to let the Elder notice anything, he even went out of his way to disguise a dirty show with Rita, which the elder has definitely watched with great interest. One does not become a great wizard without being a little perverted.

After a few moments, he reached the place where the treasures were.

First, he headed where the nether stones were placed and took a big one. He can’t take too much, just what he needs. The family only had 30 or so that they collected from dungeons through the ages.

He walked around collecting one or two of every material he liked. Some of those he needed for his various plans. Some of them were blood vials that he believed Alpha would be interested in.

After that, he went to the skills section where only a handful was placed. All of those were rare A or S Ranked.

; ;
The Dragon Fist, S

Fire Breath, S

Evil Sword Art, A

Winter call, A

Black Steps, A

Frozen Tears ( PART 3 ), S

He didn’t care about those, as they were one-time-use items, and the family would suspect him if someone from his subordinates used them after they went missing. What he was looking for was something else, something is hidden behind the skill books shelf. Behind the wall itself.

He quickly shifted into the shadows again to reach inside the hidden chamber on the back. This place was hidden using a very sophisticated formation that even the family had no idea existed.

It was dim, But Victor could make out a skeleton of a man who was sitting on a jade slab and seemed to have been reading a book.

The familyʼs ancestors. Nickolas Von Weise. This was his secret retreat. He must have died here in retreat and no one knew.

In his past life, Victor only found this place thanks to the destroyed formations. It was buried under tons of rubble.

Victor bowed respectfully, then stored the bones, the slab, and the book in his storage ring.

Those bones were the same ones he used to extend his life in his past life. But now, he had other uses for them.

They were not normal bones. But have some strange dragon properties to them which led Victor to believe that the legend of the ancestor finding the orb was a lie. This man was definitely not from this world. Too bad the blood was all dried up.

The book was a bodybuilding skill that he couldn’t practice in his past life because he lacked a suitable bloodline. Maybe he should make a copy and then trade it with grandma for some benefits. But he must make sure that the family was clean before revealing it.

As for the ring, it was full of Weapons, Artifacts, Skill books, and GEMs. Those were Mostly B to A, and some S Ranked.

With this, he can equip his army. The signs of the reckoning would begin soon. And he must be ready to steal the chances as they arise, so he needs a well-equipped team.

After getting everything and photographing the formation he went back and woke Rita with another kiss, making her think that she was stunned by his technique.

As for the scroll of the naked woman, This thing contained a secret. He didnʼt expect to find it in his familyʼs vault. In his previous life, he heard of it in the news. It was probably stolen when the family was ransacked.

“Take This,” Victor said taking the shocked Lily’s hand and putting a Silvery Ring in it, making her blush.

; ;
The Protectorʼs Storage Ring S

Effect: Energy Shield A

“This is for your own protection, and it would make things easier.” He said, “I will get you a better wedding ring when I find one.” He whispered, making her nod in embarrassment.

After that, he began to sort through the treasures.

Sadly, the Artifacts were mostly offensive. Not much defensive, support, and intrigue stuff.

As for the skill books, those were the really good things.

“Look through those and choose some suitable ones.” He said,

“Don’t we need to clear a dungeon for them to activate? Why the hurry?” She asked as she began to look around,

“Yes, there will be a chance soon, father has invited me to a raid. It would be next month,” He said, making her nod as she skimmed through the skill books. Some of them really caught her eyes.

“I want this one,” She said,

; ; Major Lie Detection, A
“That’s fine,” He said with a smirk, she wanted to use it on him. But sadly for her, those types of skills are Authority based and didn’t work on him at all.

“What about this?” She asked

; ; Voice changer, B
“I think it would be useful.” She said

“Yes, probably.” He thought they needed to develop strategies for using those.

”I will take this one.” He said, taking a skill that he had in his past life.

; ; Eidetic memory, A
With that Victor and Lily began to sort through the skills, especially the weapons proficiency ones, choosing not only for them but also for Aria, Alex, Margret, and the Twins. As for Alpha, she was already a bucket of skills, so he didn’t want to waste any on her.

After some time there was a knock on the door.

“Come on in,” Victor said as he hid the stuff, they were already finished here.

“Young master, you should see this. They are airing it live on the TV…” Kai, who opened the door, said with a pale face.

Victor quickly went to the living room where the girls were frozen, their eyes glued to the 80” TV hanging on the wall.

It showed a terrified anchor who was pointing somewhere to a faraway street, where a giant mantis about the height of a two-story building was fighting a kid who held a spear. He had a mask on, but Victor recognized him. Sebastian.

The kid kept slashing at the mantis while throwing fireballs at it. They seemed somewhat effective, but the destruction of the city buildings around them was great.

Wait, this is The Silver Lightning City, the one near the thunder sect. He recognized it from the high pointy skyscraper in the background. What the hell is going on in there? Victor didn’t know, but The appearance of monsters was the first sign that the world fabric was getting weaker. This was the first sign of the reckoning getting near.