The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 289: Tom sneeks in

Tom made his way uphill while wondering why did that damn Victor have to live up a hill! Couldn’t he find a small apartment in the city like everyone else?

“Nova, you just wait and I will find you!” He said with determination as he reached the lower gate of the mansion he stopped and hid behind the dogs’ house, right behind the freshly painted sign, and watched as three police cars were parked there and a policewoman was dragging three brats who were proclaiming their innocence.

“Don’t worry we will take care of this…” the pretty officer said as she looked around with a sigh.

“I know, officer Lea… I just can’t believe that this little beast dared to slip drugs into my sister’s drinks! He is not even 15 years old!” Victor said in an aggrieved voice. “When did young people become so nasty!” he added, making Lea look at him strangely.

“I am innocent!” Danial shouted, earning himself a smack on the back of his head from another police officer.

“Shut up! Everyone saw you!”

“I didnʼt….” Danial complained.

“Shut up! Don’t lie! What about the aphrodisiac we found in your pocket…” Lea shouted at him. “I am sure your fingerprints are all over them!”

“Ah….” Those were his. His brother gave those to him, telling him to try his luck in the sleepover. Too bad he didn’t even get to use them.

“Take them away…” Lea said sternly.

“But we did nothing…” the other boys shouted.

“And I am innocent too!” the other boy who was a little haggard after hanging from a pole for an entire day also said.

“We will see about that!” Lea said as she turned to Victor. “So you live here…” she said awkwardly, totally ignoring the brats and changing the subject.

“Yeah… Did you get the wedding invitation?” he asked.

“Um..” she nodded awkwardly. She was very surprised when it arrived this morning, she didn’t know what to do with it.

“I want you to be there…” he said as he looked her in the eyes. “I will need your support…”

“Ah…” she blushed. What did he mean? “But…”

“And don’t forget to bring your mother too,” he interrupted her.

“Ah... I have to go…” She turned and darted away heading to the car angrily. What the hell was wrong with this guy? Why was he so focused on her mother!

…

Tom, who watched the entire scene, sighed. Why was Victor so popular? He felt a little jealous.

Tom pondered on his luck as he waited for Victor to turn around and enter the mansion grounds before stealthy slipping past the closing gates after him.

Entering the mansion grounds, he hid and watched as Victor drove a golf cart up the hill before he began to climb while avoiding the dogs. Thankfully they seemed to have been having some party outside, so the hounds were not released… That’s what the system told him!

Reaching up the hill, Tom was surprised as he saw a group of twelve little girls sitting around a campfire in a clearing near the mansion eating marshmallows.

“I can’t believe that Danial would do something like this!” one girl said with a sigh.

“Stephany, don’t try to defend him, you saw him yourself!” another girl said. “What do you think, Lara?”

“I… I think the police will judge that!” a purple-haired girl said after some hesitation.

“I think that too!” an orange-haired girl said.

“See! Stephany, you should find a better guy!”

“I know… I just can’t believe it…” Stephany sighed.

“Now what do you girls think about Lara’s brother?” Another girl changed the subject.

“I was a little surprised when he suddenly ordered the music to be stopped, but I thought he looked really cool when he grabbed Daniel’s hand revealing the drugs inside of it!”

“Yah… He looked very dashing…” another loli said. “He looks just like a movie star!”

“Ah! He is here!” a loli exclaimed just as Victor walked from inside the house making all the girls look at him with dreamy eyes.

Even that girl, Stephany. She seemed to have become a little fidgety as she looked at him while drooling. She seemed to have decided on her ‘better guy’.

“Esteemed brother, is there anything?” the young purple-haired girl, Lara, stood up and bowed respectfully to Victor with a blushed face, making Tom sigh. He thought that the little girls here were a part of some of Victorʼs depraved hobbies. It turned out to be a sleepover for his little sister.

This girl was simply too cute though. Why couldn’t he have a little sister like that too?

“I just wanted to check on you girls, Are you enjoying your time?” Victor asked the dreamy girls.

“Yeah!” they all nodded.

“Good! I am here to tell you the good news! I will be forming an idol group and I decided that you would be the main star!” Victor said as he patted his shocked sister’s head… she always dreamed of being an idol!

“WHAT?” all the girls asked as they jumped from their seats and looked at Victor.

“But father…” Lara said nervously.

“Father had already agreed, The idol group will launch next spring! Victor said with a stiff smile, convincing his father was the most tiresome thing in the world. “It will be supervised by Miss Mira and Miss Monica here! Do any of you girls want to be in too?” Victor asked casually as he put his hand around Monica who was at his side… She began to blush and breathe fast.

“I do!” all the girls replied naturally at the same time.

“Good,” Victor said as he began to pass on some forms. “Make your parents see these then sign them. Give them to Lara by next week,” Victor said as three pretty maids whom Tom didn’t recognize began to pass around some papers to the girls.

“Now I will let you enjoy your evening,” Victor said, winking at a girl who was standing nervously to the side. She nodded back.

“Can’t you stay with us?” Stephany asked like a nymph. The other girls nodded.

“I will only make the atmosphere awkward! This is a girlʼs sleepover after all,” Victor said with a chuckle as he turned around. He was obviously enjoying toying with this loli’s feelings. This made Tom very jealous… he wanted to toy with loli’s feelings too!... Why did he just think that? Was that even legal?

Tom watched as Victor departed and the girls returned to their seats and began to talk excitedly about being an idol.

Tom sighed then turned away and began to inspect the mansion looking for a way in.

Under the instructions of the whimsical system which was strangely cooperative, he quickly found an unlocked window and sneaked inside… The system must be aware of the seriousness of the situation!

…

Once his feet touched the mansion’s floor, Tom slowly activated his boots artifact and jumped to the wall, sticking to it before applying a hiding talisman then he began to move like a spider on the ceiling.

The system only told him to explore around for clues about Nova, so he had no idea where to go.

There was a very sensitive loli maid who almost caught him as she looked back suddenly, but thankfully she could not see him when she looked at the place he was hiding in as the system helped him.

Tom found the study after a few minutes. The door’s lock there seemed to have been broken by some pervert, and it would not stay firmly closed no matter how someone tried.

There was a voice from inside. And Tom could easily recognize that flirting tone. It was that slut Margret.

“You have to make out with us!” she demanded as a slut would.

“Have to?” Victor asked in an amused voice as he raised one eyebrow.

“Yeah… Mira told us what you guysʼ did! We demand the same treatment!” Margret said just as Tom peeked inside.

Margret, Monica, Mina, and Mana were standing to one side, confronting Victor who was sitting at the desk with Lily pinching his shoulders… She seemed to be pinching them a little too hard. Tom could swear that her fingers were almost piercing their way through Victor’s flesh

“What did she tell you?” Victor asked with a lewd smile.

“That you spent yesterday with her, making out in a lawn out of town!” Margret said.

“Ouch… Careful Lily…” Victor said to the pouting girl behind him then looked back at the girls.

“Oh….”

“Now, will you make out with us?”

“Well, I can’t simply make out with all of you at once… You have to take turns!” Victor said.

“We already decided on that!” Margret said, “Lily would be first, then Monica, Mina, Mana, and I will be the last one!” she said, making Tom growl. Slut!

“Oh…” Victor said with a smile as he looked at the girls who had no idea they had just got scammed by Margret. She kept herself for last on purpose. Her taste would be the one lasting in his mouth for the rest of the night after that!

“Are you sure?” Victor asked, even glancing at Lily behind him. She nodded. She wanted to be first!

“Then you accept?” Monika was the one who asked in surprise.

“Why would I refuse… the truth is that I was a little embarrassed asking you before. I thought that Mira as a known star would have more experience kissing you know….” he lied straight in their faces while scratching his head. The truth was that he wanted them to ask for it! He was that kind of a villain… Tom could easily see that. He would do the same!

The girls smiled sweetly at his response, expert for two. Margret and Lily… They were not fools.

Tom could tell this from their reactions. He could only sigh and ponder how the girls fell for Victor… Wait! Did they just say make out? Didn’t Victor sleep with them?

“SYSTEM! What’s wrong here!” Tom asked.

; ; DON’T BE FOOLED!
VICTOR HAD ALREADY SLEPT WITH THEM ALL AND MORE THAN ONCE… BUT THE GIRLS ARE YEARNING FOR A MORE EXOTIC PLAY. THE WORD ‘MAKEOUT’ IS THE CODE THEY ARE USING TO ACT VIRTUOUS. THE TRUTH IS MUCH DARKER.

“Really?” Tom was not convinced.

; ; THE KEY WORD IS “IN THE WOODS”, GO TO THE BASEMENT AND YOU WILL FIND OUT THE TRUTH.
The system said mysteriously.

Tom nodded, and just as he wanted to turn around, he heard Margret speak again.

“About the wedding…” she said, making Tom stop in his tracks. “Aria told me that she found a cooperative young priest who was swayed by money… We just need to start doing rehearsals! It is a mass wedding after all and we can’t afford mistakes in the ceremony!” she said, making Tom turn around and frown. Wasn’t this a double wedding?

“Oh… You can do the rehearsals yourselves! I will be busy for the next few days!” Victor said. “You have eight girls, missing one or two would not hurt!” he added, making Tom gasp… Eight at once? When did that happen? Was that even allowed?

“We can’t do it without the groom!” Mina clarified.

“Nova is already missing… one more missing person would not hurt!” Victor repeated as Tom squinted his eyes and crept closer to listen better.

“AS MINA SAID, YOU ARE THE GROOM!” Margret shouted as if she was trying to drill this into his thick skull, “And no one is missing, Lily will play Nova’s part in the rehearsals! The dance is very intricate!”

“Let Alex play my part then… “

“You want us to kiss Alex?” Margret asked mischievously.

“No, wait… You have a point there…. Let Alex play Novaʼs part then, Lily will play my part!”

“...” the girls were speechless. Tom was too.

“Young master… I wanted to ask this…. Why arenʼt you marrying Lily too?” Mana suddenly asked.

“I already married Lily!” Victor said.

“What?” all the girls asked, even Lily.

“We already did it in secret a month ago when both of us went missing… but I didn’t want to announce it. I wanted her to be my first wife…” He said looking back at her and squeezing her little hand as he lied.

“Um…” Lily nodded with a blush, joining his play. “That’s why I am the one who always sleeps at his side…” she said, swiftly using her imaginary power as the first wife.

“Ah…” the girls were clearly shocked.

“Keep it a secret!” he said to the speechless girls. “No one should know!”

“Un….”

“Now let’s talk about something else… Did you hear about the idol group I am planning to form….” Victor quickly changed the subject and slowly began to explain the idol project he had in mind to the girls.

Tom realized that Victor was making some big plan, he didn’t need to listen more as he didn’t care about this idol stuff. He gave the study one last look then turned around and began searching for the ‘BASEMENT’. According to the system, he would learn the truth there.

Passing through the mansionʼs corridors, Tom had to stop more than once as maids carrying all kinds of delicacies moved in and out around the mansion. Were they hosting a girlʼs sleepover or a reception party? Rich people were very strange.

Along the way, Tom stumbled upon two loliʼs who were arguing, the orange-haired one, wanted the other one to help her hunt some criminals, saying that with great powers comes great responsibility! The pale loli refuted her, arguing that protecting their mistress was their priority. The argument quickly escalated into a fistfight that quickly turned very dangerous as one of them began shooting electricity from her fingers while the other seemed to be able to blend in the shadows and used a strange dagger to deflect the lightning… Then an old maid appeared out of nowhere and smacked both of their little heads before dragging their lifeless corpses away to be punished.

This was not his business.

He finally found the basement stairway moments later.

Sneaking downstairs, Tom found himself in a small hallway with 7 new iron doors.

; ; THE THIRD DOOR TO THE LEFT MIGHT CONTAIN SOME ANSWERS
The system suddenly said.

Tom frowned then nodded and sneaked there, the door was also unlocked.

Inside, he stood in shock!