The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 137: Unnecessary Plans

After going downstairs, Linda crossed a dimly lit corridor as Victor followed closely. This place’s walls were full of sound isolation foam. As if they didnʼt want a sound to escape this place.

Linda was headed to a room at the end of the Corridor. Where she entered quickly and closed the door behind her as Victor slipped in behind her.

The room was mostly empty, besides a tattered bed placed in the center with a monster chained to it surrounded by piles of bones. And a maid sitting on a chair to the side.

Looking closely Victor quickly realized that the monster was in fact a girl that was covered with black hair and her face had a wide jaw full of sharp protruding teeth. Her body was shivered like a mummy in some places while others were muscular. But he could easily tell that she was a girl…

She was dressed in some kind of a straitjacket that constrained her hands that had sharp bones protruding from their joints. She was very lively. Her eyes which glowed red were full of anger and savagery.

When Linda entered the basement, The girl looked at her and growled like a feral beast. She even tried to attack Linda but was constrained by the chains. 

“You are lively today.” Linda mocked then looked at a maid that was sitting on a wooden chair to the side. Seemingly monitoring the girl.

“The medications are not that effective anymore… and we didn’t dare to give her anything stronger fearing for her life. The doctor thinks that she is nearing her limit….” The maid said. Was she a nurse?

“Oh….Leave us.” Linda said coldly, making the maid bow respectfully and then leave the room as Linda sat on the chair with a mocking smile.

“What shall we talk about today? Ah yes….. Today I went shopping with my friend Kuku, the one from school. We were choosing a dress for MY wedding..” Linda said, Making that monster girl look at her angrily. Then try to attack her again before retreating in pain. Victor could see blood dripping from her. It looked like her skin was breaking up in some places and then healing again.

“Oh. don’t be angry. Are you that upset that I am going to marry your fiance?” Linda mocked, making the girl who was withering in pain look at her angrily again.

“Don’t worry, I will not…. Well… Seeing how much you are bleeding, the demonification should be reaching its last stages…. Since you will not live longer I will tell you a little secret.” Linda said, looking back and making sure that the door was closed. Then stepped forward till she reached a line drawn on the ground. This was the limit of that girl’s chains.

“The reason you failed the ritual at that time was not your incompetence as everyone thought.” She whispered, “In fact, I changed the offering in your bowl. I added some sludge from one of Mother’s discarded vials. I only expected the ritual to fail. But didn’t expect you to be possessed by some demon.” Linda said, chuckling as that girl froze in shock and her mouth split wide while rows of demonic teeth sprung forward trying to bite Linda who just stood proudly at a safe distance.

“Who would have thought that the engagement was so important that Mother chose to give me, the lowly maid who used to follow you, your name and status…” Linda added as she laughed, 

“It was because I always followed you, so it was easy for her to tell everyone that you were the maid. I became the bride while the genius Miss Linda became the slave. I can’t stop my laughter every time I remember how you begged your mother for me to attend the ritual too. Not realizing I was plotting against you.” She laughed hard while holding her stomach, as the girls screeched loudly and Victor stood behind her in shock. 

Was this girl the real Linda?

He met “Linda” for the first time when he was 10 years old at the familyʼs archipelago. Her mother brought her then to meet her fiance.

The switch must have happened a little earlier. And this girl must have been here since then.

The Von Rosen Ritual, the way they turn their heirs into players, was different from the other families.

Their awakening artifact acts as an intermediary. Every heir would attempt a demon summoning ritual, they would fight the demon that got summoned.

If the summoning fails then they would lose the right to be heirs. If they win, they would gain the demonʼs powers., if they lose they might die, or worse, lose their body to demonic possession. although that rarely happened.

Sometimes though, a demon that is more powerful than expected appears, making the heir face mortal danger. By winning, he would gain immense power, by losing … No one can save him.

This girl must be in the latest possession stages. And when the possession finishes, the world would kick the demon to its original dimension and kill this girl.

Victor wondered why they let her live until now. The pain of being possessed by a demon was not something a young girl can tolerate. Like how Rita was weathering in pain earlier. Couldnʼt they just kill her and relieve her of her misery?

Was Amelia really that indifferent to her daughter’s suffering? Not likely.

“Let’s see,” Victor thought as he activated his appraisal skill.

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LIN???DA???? CROSS/VON ROSEN

LEVEL: 0

CLASS: ACE SUMMONER (AAA)

AUTHORITY: 5

ABNORMAL STATE : 

DEMONIZED BY DEMON DEVOURER KAZAR (STRONG) 97%CURSED SSS: PARASITIC POSSESSION - IF KILLED THE DEMON WOULD POSSESS THE KILLER OR THE ONE WHO INSTIGATED HIM.DRUGGED SSUPPRESSED SS
Strength: 23 / 980 

Intelligence: 23 / 997

Agility: 10 / 983

Luck: 1  

Charm: 1/35

Order: 10

SKILLS :  

DEVOURING SS

DEATH BLADE S

SELF HEAL S

DEATH SHRILL A

RESISTANCE BUILDING C

ENHANCED SENSES C

Poison Resistance A  

Drug Resistance A  

Summoning Art B  

Demonic Command D

Drug Brewing D

Staff Arts D

Alchemy E

Charm F 

Sleeping F 

EQUIPMENT:  

DEMON SUPPRESSING COLLAR SS

FATE STATUS  

FATE’S POWER: F  

FATE’S Direction: SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE(CHANGING)  

FATE’S DESIGN: PAINFUL DEATH  

TOTAL: F -

So that’s it. They couldnʼt kill her, or the Curse would transfer to them. 

Victor frowned as he watched Linda mock that girl. Is this how she relieves her anger? What a b*tch.

“I wonder what mother would say if she knew I was mocking you. Hehe… Let me tell you... She probably knows…. She just doesn’t care,” Linda said, making the girls try to attack her again.

“Don’t be angry. Do you know why I am telling you all of this? I probably won’t meet you again, you know. In a few days, Mother would send me to the family for some kind of a before marriage class. But Let me tell you another secret….I will not go there” Linda whispered so faintly that even Victor had difficulty hearing her. “ Hehe…. His name is Bill, he is 100 times better than your fiance. He will come and take me away. He already told me that he would not let me marry any other man. I will be enjoying myself as a princess, While you rot here like a cockroach.” Linda said proudly, enjoying the feeling of superiority and ignoring the girlʼs angry look. as she thought about how she would dump this bitches pervert, fiance, for the better man.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door that made Linda flinch and jump back in fright. Did anyone hear what she said?

“Come in.” She said,

The maid who left earlier returned making Linda frown.

“The mistress is back. She wants you to go meet her.” She said, Making Linda nod then turn and give the girl a smirk before heading upstairs after making a strange sign with her hand.

Victor thought for a moment then followed Linda after giving the pitiful girl and the pitiful nurse a last look.

…

Linda quickly headed to her mother’s study, where Victor entered behind her.

Amelia, who was sitting at her office, looked up with a frown as if she felt something wrong when Linda entered the room.

She moved her fingers in a strange rhythm, making a shimmering demon, that Linda didn’t see, enter the room and look around, then disappear after finding nothing.

Victor was surprised, this woman was more dangerous than he anticipated.

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NAME: Amelia Von Rosen (CROSS)

LEVEL: 75 

CLASS: Ace Summoner

AUTHORITY: 7

Strength: 215

Agility: 188

Intelligence: 221

Luck: 31

Charm: 37

Order: 30

SKILLS :

Demonic Instinct A

Summoning Art A

S*x Arts A

Energy Drain A

Demonic Command B  

Drug Brewing B

Needle Arts C

Quick Steps C

Charm C 

Sword Art D

Accounting D

Alchemy D

Surveying E

Cooking F

Poetry F

Poison Resistance F  

EQUIPMENT:

Defense Talisman, A

Demon Repelling Necklace, B

Summoner Grimoire D

Storage Ring, E

FATE STATUS

 FATE’S POWER: C

FATE’S Direction: NEUTRAL

FATE’S DESIGN: UNSPECIFIED

TOTAL: C

“Do you want anything, Mother?” Linda asked respectfully after bowing,

“I just got some news that Victor has visited his father, where he was ordered to propose to you as planned. He should come here in a few days. So make sure to dress perfectly and don’t do anything stupid.” Amelia said, making Victor frown… There were some spies in his father’s mansion it seemed.

“But… Bill will be here on the weekend.” Linda said,

“Didn’t I order you to stop contacting him?” Amelia asked angrily.

“I did… But he kept sending me messages. I can’t ignore him….” Linda said,

“Well, I will be streaming the proposal Live to Ann, so even if he showed up it would be useless,” Amelia said with a frown, making Linda squeeze her fist hard behind her back, as Victor watched the drama in amusement.

This situation was trickier than he anticipated, and all of his plans were now thrown out of the window… He never expected that all of his plans were for nothing. This b*tch was going to destroy her familyʼs scheme by herself…..What should he do?

Simple, he would delay the engagement for a few days until Bill comes and takes Linda.

They would not try to find a new von Rosen wife for him before finding out where Linda ran off to.

Maybe in a week or two, Someone would tip his Grandmother about Billʼs affair….

And maybe, just maybe…. What if Bill discovered the truth about Linda’s baby? Wouldn’t he try to kill Titus, bringing both of their factions into a war? Wouldn’t that be good for him And his brother, who was like Bill, a patriarch candidate? 

There are a lot of ifs in this plan, but it’s not that bad at all.

All he has to do now is wait…. And maybe facilitate Linda’s escape.

Victor had the urge to kiss this B*tch at that moment. This girl was really great.