Chapter 537: Already paid too much! |
“What the hell happened here last night?” Alpha asked as she stood at the entrance of the grand hotel room, where not a single thing remained unbroken; even the walls were full of dents. It was as if a storm passed through this place, leaving a neatly dressed young master sitting on a broken couch looking out of the window like a philosopher who had seen through life itself, and a girl lying on what used to be a bed covered by a silken robe, dead with a satisfied smile on her face…. No wait, she was still breathing…
“That's a deep question…” Victor said as he turned to look at Alpha. “How deep is also a question worth pondering on!”
“Shut it…” Alpha said with annoyance. “Why did you call me here?”
“To clean, of course… “ Victor said as he stood up, “I can’t let anyone know what happened here…”
“Too late for that! Even your stupid father should have heard of your exploits by now….” Alpha began to speak sarcastically as she stepped forward.
Wooooooooooooop!
“Wah…” she almost slipped, forcing herself to grab the side of the door as she looked to the floor. It was full of a strange, sticky transparent liquid. “What… What the fuck is that?” she asked as she tried to step away in disgust. She didn’t notice it before, but the entire floor was filled with this substance.
“Take care of this stuff, make sure to scoop them carefully and save them in a glass jars as I might have some need for it!” Victor advised.
“EH… WHAT… WAIT!... Is this what I think it is…” Alpha sniffed a bit. Yup, this was a smell she knew…
“Eh… A ton? What did you do…” Alpha asked, glancing at poor Lin.
“It is not that! Lin couldn’t handle my berserking bloodline last night, so she summoned a few helpers… They had the time of their life if I may say so myself!” he chuckled dryly.
“Succubuses?” Alpha gasped as she looked at the floor with a weird expression, easily connecting some dots.
“Yup… Those chicks were really in heat; maybe it is my berserking demonic bloodline or something, but when Lin used my… ‘Seed’... to summon a few, an entire tribe came! Not even in my past life, I had seen so many of them at once, and let me tell you, they were wild, fighting all over me, and breaking a few windows in the process; I had to use force to make them line up properly!” he sighed. His bloodline was acting very strange last night, making him lose control. If not for Lin realizing this and finding a way for him to release that energy, things would have been dangerous!
“Line up…” Alpha didn’t even know how to respond to that, but the image in her mind was very disturbing. “...How many did you do?” Finally, she couldn’t help but ask. In the lore her family held, only 1 of those things was enough to dry out even a strong man. As for that liquid, only those with really strong manhood would be able to make one of them ‘shed’ a few drops.
“No idea, Lin kept sending them my way, and I kept ‘enlightening’ them on their purpose in life…” he sighed, shaking his head. “Some of them even had their summoning canceled ‘in action’… Can you believe that?!”
“Stop bragging!” Alpha spat, looking away. Those things must have been on the verge of death. “So, are you feeling better now?” Alpha asked.
“Kinda,” he lied. He felt like shit. “My soul segment in Astran had finished absorbing all of the energy generated thanks to that Reverse Soul apple, and it had enough to send back to me to fix the main body’s soul!” he sighed. “My berserking bloodline also calmed down, but I doubt I will be able to pull something like this off again!” he added. If not having that Fruit, he wouldn’t have dared to split his soul. One must know that although his soul’s size was way larger than other people thanks to his time travel and devouring some others, the splitting is a very damaging process. And this time it was really close even for him.
“You better not, lest you want to end up really dead!!” Alpha said. Usually, one split would render any other totally insane; until this moment, she had no idea he was able to pull this off.
“I will take your advice into consideration…” he sighed.
“What about that thing?” she asked.
"... Astran?"
"Yeah..." she rolled her eyes. Did he really name that Tentacle monster like a pet? "I thought you would dominate it completely; I didn't expect you to let a part of it return!"
"Well... Astran is not one organism, but strangely enough a kind of hivemind... Although I managed to control the biggest part of it by replacing its soul, once I reached a certain threshold the other parts felt my presence and began to separate... The part I managed to take control of was severely damaged by the Reverse soul apple, so I had no choice but to cut the rest loose lest they attack me..." he sighed, secretly hiding his real reason for sparing Astran. "This was also to fool Mona and Turnip; the things that happened there would surely find their way into the Von Krone's information database!" he added another logical reason.
"How damaged?" Alpha asked.
"...Badly; I wouldn't be able to use it for the coming months..." he didn't elaborate. He was also having difficulty controlling that thing as it was not human at all, and had a different biology. “Now come on, stop the shitshat and start cleaning… Use your Eternal power to preserve this liquid; now that you know what it is, you must realize how precious it is!” he spat. “
“...” Alpha glared at him, then could only sigh and get to work! He was right, this shit, despite its filthy origin, was a very precious Alchemical substance that can be used in many strange ways… Basically to create aphrodisiacs and hallucinogens, but those things had proved very useful lately.
***
“Margret, I always knew you are the kind of girl who is going to marry into big money!” the middle-aged woman said, failing to hide the sarcasm in her voice as she sipped on her tea and looked around the lavish reception room with some jealousy in her eyes. She always knew that Margret was a gold digger, but never expected her to strike it rich where many others like her failed!
“That’s only natural, Aunt Mable; no hard work goes unrewarded!” Margret, who was sitting opposite her, wearing a loose black dress, answered as she eyed the middle-aged woman and the scowling pale teenage schoolgirl who sat to the side.
“Hard work indeed…” Mable almost rolled her eyes, looking at Margret’s slightly bulging stomach. Yeah, this slut surely worked hard!
“So, how can I help you, aunty?” Margret asked as she proudly stroked her belly as if she wanted to show the world who was the boss here.
“It’s about my rebellious son; he has been missing for a few months now… We usually do lose contact with him when he is out on one of his expeditions, but this is the longest we have been out of contact. I have been wondering if you happen to know anything about him?” Mabel asked worriedly. The letters he sent her had some strange girly vibes to them.
“Didn’t you try asking any of his girlfriends? As far as I know, he has more than one…” Margret rolled her eyes.
“They knew nothing…” Mabel shook her head with a sigh. She had no idea her son had so many girls around him. “One of them hinted that the last time they saw him he was heading to attend your wedding…” she hesitated.
“Oh…” Margret nodded. “Well, many people were there, and Tom was naturally invited…” Margret hesitated. “Still, I don't recall meeting him there… As far as I know, he might be on one of his trips.”
“STOP LYING YOU HYPOCRACY BITCH! Quite a few people saw him there, including his closest friend George, but no one saw him leaving!” the teenage girl who could no longer withstand Margret's act as a lady snapped. “ We also heard the rumors that quite a few people vanished after that wedding! Did he see something that shouldn’t be seen and you decided to get rid of him?”
“Patty, enough…” Mabel scolded softly.
“I am just asking!” Patty spat. Margret appeared beside her brother right after he found that rare antique and sold it for a lot of money that he used to get into the antiques business and become rich! Ever since that time, she hated her as she suspected she was the unfaithful type! Thankfully, Tom felt the same and never took Margret seriously.
That’s why this unfaithful bitch, after realizing that Tom was a dead end, immediately jumped ship and wrapped her legs around some young master's waist like the gold digger she was!
“Margret, don’t blame my daughter, you know how dependent she is on her brother…” Mabel sighed.
“Don't worry, Aunty, I understand her feelings. Just like Tom, my husband is a guy who also stays away from home for long periods and tends to always return bringing home some new girl!” Margret didn’t seem offended at all as she sipped her Tea, stating facts. “Blackie, get me the wedding log from that day!” she thought for a moment, then ordered a little maid who stood behind her. “If you can’t find it, ask Hilda about it!”
“Yes, mistress…” Blackie, who had been eyeing Patty with annoyance, nodded, then ran out of the room with grace.
“If he was there, we would see it in the log!” Margret said, sipping on her cup again.
“...” Mabel nodded. “If you excuse my question, I couldn’t help but notice… Aren't your maids here a little too young?” she finally asked the question that had been begging her ever since she stepped into this mansion.
“Everyone who comes here for the first time often wonders about this!” Margret sighed. “Blame my husband and his strange hobbies….” she shook her head as she didn’t want to talk about it. Victor’s pervert aura was perfect for raising an army in plain sight!
“Oh…” Mabel swallowed. Having loli maids is not a hobby, but a full-fledged perverted fetish!
Still, it was not her place to judge. But after finding her son, she was definitely going to monitor him from now on, lest he developed some very unhealthy ‘interests’ like Margret’s husband.
A moment later Blackie returned with a new X5 Pro Max Super AI pink-gold tablet, presenting it to Margret, who grabbed it and began to leaf through it.
“...”
“...”
“Here it is…. Yes, Tom was there, entering at 10:42, then he went to the bathroom and…. He disappeared!” Margret said, acting a bit surprised.
“Disappeared?” Mabel frowned.
“Or made to disappear…” Patty spat. “I heard your husband snatched 2 girls that Tom liked…”
“If my husband was behind this, you wouldn’t even be able to find out that Tom was at the wedding!” Margret replied nonchalantly. “And I had no idea that you are so interested in your brother’s love life… Could it be that you are a Pro Harem enthusiast like him?”
Patty looked away, blushing a bit. She was not Tom’s biological sister, but this was a secret that no one knew except for her and Mabel, who adopted her years ago.
“Ehm…” Mabel cleared her throat. “Let’s return to the subject at hand. Please don’t mind my rudeness, but I don’t believe that you have no idea what happened to my son; that place had all the cameras in the world!”
“We don’t have cameras in the bathroom, butt…” Margret hesitated as she remembered something.
“But what?”
“One Moment…” Margret said as she began to operate the tablet in her hand, clearly searching for something that she found a moment later.
Mabel and Patty couldn’t see what she was looking at, but from the shocked expression on the face of the little maid behind Margret, it was clear that what they found was not trivial.
“This… This is very shocking… I had no idea! “Margret finally said.
“Oh, drop the act…” Patty spat. She didn’t believe Margret’s acting at all. She firmly believed that Margret definitely knew what happened to her brother from the start.
“Patty!” Mabel scolded.
“...” Patty sighed. “So, are you going to tell us?” she asked Marget.
Margret looked at Patty and sighed. “Fine, I knew from the start… butt, this info is not something I should know, nor should you, as it might get us all killed…” she said, looking Mabel and Patty in the eye.
“Is it this serious?” Mabel asked worriedly.
“As serious as I can be! Blackie…” Margret said, making the maid behind her quickly take out two pre-prepared NDA agreements and place them on the coffee table in front of the two women. “Sign those, and we can talk…”
“...”
“...”
The mother and daughter looked at each other, then they took the pen one after another and signed after glancing at the standard agreement. They didn’t mind it as long as it gave them a lead about Tom’s situation. They were really worried.
“Perfect!” Margret said as she collected the two papers and made sure they were perfectly signed. “Have a look!” she said, presenting the tablet.
The mother and daughter peered in, then frowned.
The footage was a bit awkward as it seemed to have been taken from inside the toilet! “I thought you said you didn’t put cameras in the toilets…” Patty spat.
“Of course we didn’t, that would be too depraved even by my husband’s standards!” Margret lied. There was really a camera in every toilet stall waiting just for Tom. They caught a few other interesting things too. “Our bodyguards caught some paparazzi that day, and in a hurry to dispose of their drone, they threw it in the toilet… Who knew that those things were waterproof, and happened to get stuck inside… When we raided their truck and retrieved the footage, we found this…” she explained using the pre-prepared excuse.
“How convenient…” Patty squinted.
“Believe what you want…” Margret shrugged. Damn it, that girl was too smart.
“Oh…” The mother ignored them as she finally watched her son enter the bathroom stall, looking magnificent in the black tuxedo that he quickly took off, before putting on a dress that he took from somewhere out of the frame! Then he held a pill in his hand, he took a deep breath and threw it in his mouth. Then…
“Wah….. IS THIS REAL?” Mabel gasped as she watched her son turn into a blue-haired girl.
“It is, “ Margret replied directly.
“Impossible!” Patty spat as she watched the footage change into one from the security camera outside of the ladies' room where Tom walked out, struggling a bit with the high-heeled shoes. “What kind of pills can do that… Even his height had changed!”
“For now, let’s just say that it is a newly developed top secret medication that was meant for military use only… That’s all you need to know,” Margret said. “It was ordered by my husband after one of the brides in the wedding, Nova Astrom, ran away… He wanted to make someone else replace her in order to avoid a scandal, but who would have expected that your son would steal the medication and take it himself…”
“WHAT… THEN…” Patty gasped. Was this real?
“The changes are supposed to be only temporary, and should be reverted after some time….” Margret said.
“Supposed?”
“Yeah, one can’t be sure with those things, but don’t worry, he should still be a man… Inside at least!“ Margret said, clearly enjoying her time.
“I… I don’t care about that… Just… WHY THE HELL WOULD TOM TAKE THOSE?” Patty spat angrily. “Did you trick him to do so…”
“Of course not!” Margret shrugged. Victor was the one who did that.
“Let me guess… That Nova is a girl he is pursuing and was planning to stop her marriage by posing as her and exposing the other fake…” Mabel, being a mother, could easily see through the twisted mind of her son.
“That’s what my husband concluded, but we don’t have any proof for now!” Margret sighed.
“Then… Did he…” Patty bit her lip.
“Yes, he did manage to stop the marriage. I really thought he was the real deal back then and only afterwards did I figure things out!” Margret lied again. “ Butt…” she shook her head. “Some other guy who was also pursuing Nova was there, and that guy kidnapped your son and ran off with him… ”
“WHAT?” both mother and daughter asked in shock. “Who is he?” Mabel asked.
“I can’t say that… The power behind that guy is something that even my husband fears!” Margret said. “That’s why he chose to play dumb and hide this info… The reason I chose to tell you this is that I am worried for both your and your son’s life if this matter gets exposed!“ she added seriously.
“Then Tom…” Mabel asked worriedly.
“I can’t say anything about his anal Virginity…,”
“YOU ARE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE, AREN'T YOU…” Patty spat angrily.
“PATTY…” Mabel scolded. “What about his life… Is he safe?” she asked Magret.
“I think so… According to the latest public announcement, Nova Astrom, whom Tom is impersonating, has already married into that guy's family as his wife… “ Margret said, reaching over and flipping the tablet into a screenshot of an article that had a small photo of a dashing Blond man, holding a nervous-looking blue-haired girl’s hand while both dressed in traditional bride attire, standing in front of what looks like a huge statue of a bearded man in strange robes. Patty quickly read the description underneath, trying to find out this guy’s identity; sadly, the most critical info was censored.
| PRINCE █████████ AND HIS NEWLY APPOINTED CONCUBINE 'NOVA VON ASTROM' PAYING RESPECT TO HIS SUPREME HIGHNESS THE ████████████████ AT THE █████████████’S ANCESTRAL HALL AFTER CONSUMMATING THEIR UNION! |
“Prince?” Patty gasped with a weird explosion. Did her brother get married to a prince? Just like those beta males in BL novels? IMPOSSIBLE! Was this bitch messing with them?
“It’s all true! It is just so unbelievable that’s why I intended to play dumb at first,” Margret, as if reading the pair’s thoughts said with a sigh. “If my guess is correct, Tom is not imprisoned, as he was still taking the pills to keep his transformation. He is staying at that place for some purpose!”
“Probably after some girl…” Mabel said, knowing her perverted son's thought process. Chasing girls was the only thing that would drive a lazy bum like her son to do anything.
“No idea… However, if I were you, I would wait a bit more. If my info is correct, many things will change in a month’s time!” Margret finally said, noticing the disturbed yet worried expression on their faces.
When she met Mabel after moving to Vein City, the woman really took care of her, especially after learning about her past; that’s why Margret went out of her way to warn them lest they delve into some very dangerous business!
Also, she wanted to see the expression on Tom’s face when he learns that his Mother and Sister have seen him turn into a woman. That would be priceless!
***
“Dear Nova, you seem a bit absentminded lately!” Caspian said softly as he held Tom’s hand.
“Ah…. Yes, I am worried sick about you… Husband…” Tom said, looking down as a shy wife while trying hard to mask his disgust,” and ever since that time… We….” he paused on purpose as he punished Caspian’s hand. He had become proficient in this act as he had already realized how dark this Caspian guy was. He was a real monster who took joy in torturing and raping weak women. According to his system orders, investigation during the last month, Caspian had been kidnapping girls for years now, and the sect master seemed to be aware and maybe tactfully approving of his behavior.
Right now, he didn’t dare to show any mistake in front of that guy and could only wait to save poor Nova, who should arrive here in a couple of days according to the System!
“Don’t worry, we will be able to do it as much as we want after I return from the tournament!” Caspian chuckled. “Are you sure you don’t want to come with me?”
“No, I hate violence… And I wouldn’t be able to watch you get hurt…” Tom looked away.
“I? Get hurt? Haha…” Caspian laughed. “You really know how to joke… I am the one who does the hurting around here!” He said, pinching Nova’s cheek.
“Just promise to return safely…” Tom said, crossing his fingers and praying for Caspian to get a very slow death!
“I will!” Caspian nodded. After that, he would be able to start training this Nova girl to become a demoness…. The thing he liked most was pampering a girl, then dragging her into his dungeon and torturing her, watching her break into tears under him! Nothing better to turn a girl into a demoness than shattering her entire world!
“Young master, the others are ready!” Suddenly, a servant came knocking.
“Understood… See you later…” he said, as he suddenly stepped forward and stole a quick kiss from Tom’s lips. “This much should be fine… We will continue after I return!” he chuckled as he stepped away, then left without looking back, leaving a shocked ‘girl’ behind him.
“SYSTEM…. YOU SHOULD HELP ME… WHEN IS NOVA GOING TO GET HERE?” Tom, who ran to the bathroom to rinse his mouth, asked quickly after gargling with liquid soap for 3 full minutes!
| NOVA SHOULD BE ALREADY HERE; THE SYSTEM IS JUST USING HIS POWER TO DELAY HER FOR YOU UNTIL CASPIAN IS LEFT… SHE SHOULD CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN TOMORROW. ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO STAY HERE TO WAIT FOR NOVA INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE TOURNAMENT? ABANDON THE [SHOW THE WORLD MISSION]? |
“I am sure… I already paid you the price to find helpers anyway, so I couldn't just back down..." he sighed. "As for other missions, there will be time for that once I rescue Nova…” Tom said. He already paid too much to save her, namely his anal chastity, so he was not going to let her escape, especially with the system informing him that there might be another System owner near her! He felt a sense of crisis!