I Can Copy Curses

Chapter 174: 174. Meeting - 1

'What's wrong with her?'

Orion frowned. He would have liked to be noticed by others, especially by the most beautiful girl in the world. However, for reasons unknown, he sensed negativity in her gaze—it was as though she wasn't looking at him with curiosity, as a girl normally would if she had any interest in him. Instead, all he could discern from her eyes were emotions he couldn't describe.

Feeling increasingly disturbed by her relentless stare, he looked away. He couldn't bear to meet those eyes any longer, sensing immense negativity within them.

'It's weird. This is the first time I have ever felt something like that.'

Being able to sense others' negativity was a new experience for him. It had never happened before. Orion didn't understand why he could suddenly feel these emotions in others. Was it just a one-time thing with Elyn, or did he possess this ability consistently? He knew he had to investigate further to confirm if this was indeed a new ability he possessed.

As they waited, one hour quickly passed, and Erick clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention.

"Everyone, I hope you have chosen the two representatives you want to send." He said this, looking at the bustling crowd.

They all nodded at him.

He nodded back at them. "The meeting would be held on our void shuttle, as it's the largest one. All the representatives come and follow me there."

He took the lead and headed towards his shuttle. It was the most unique and different-looking shuttle from an average one.

Twenty figures walked behind him and they soon reached the entrance of the shuttle.

Erick signalled the only platinum-rank man here and he opened the shuttle.

"Follow me, everyone."

He led them into the shuttle, where a huge conference hall was placed in front of them as they crossed the entrance area.

Surprisingly, there were only 10 seats available for each group of people present. This meant that if one member of a group sat down, another would have to stand, as there were only half as many seats as there were members in the meeting.

Erick looked apologetically at them. "Forgive me for not being able to provide more than 20 seats."

"No worries, crown prince." Said the member of the Silverflame family.

"Yes, in a way, this is for the best. Only the most prominent member is eligible to sit, while the others can stand behind them," Evans said.

Erick nodded, seeing they understood him. "Alright, please take your seats."

As he told others to sit, he first sat in the foremost position where a leader would typically sit and looked at his sister.

"I know, I know."

Laughing, she took a seat in the chair beside him.

Seeing that the crown prince and the princess had taken their seats, others didn't hesitate and also took their seats.

Erick looked at each and every member of the team and surprisingly, he didn't recognise most of them.

"Before we start the meeting, let's introduce ourselves." He suggested.

Astral immediately agreed to his proposal. "That's good as well. I also didn't recognise who is from which magi families and a small but simple introduction would help us recognise each other."

"Your Highness, as they already know you, let's start with me," he further said, looking at Erick.

Erick nodded at him.

"I am Astral Voidwalker, representing the Voidwalker family." He introduced himself. Though everyone felt that there wasn't a need for that as there was no one in the room who wouldn't recognise the number one genius in the Magus Kingdom."

The person seated next to him was silver-coloured; Orion had seen him during the attack of the demon race on the Starforge.

He introduced himself. "Hello, everyone. I hope you are all doing well. I am Fixen Silverflame at your service."

Orion smiled in cringe as he heard his introduction. He felt that a simple introduction would suffice here, just like what Astral did.

Though his smile was caught by Fixen soon enough,.

"What are you laughing at, Darkwood Family kid?" He asked, baring his teeth.

"Well, it's good that you recognise me. I am Orion Darkwood, representing the Darkwood Family," Orion introduced himself and looked at Fixen. "As for why did I laugh? Your intro just made me cringe. Is that sufficient for an answer?"

"Hahahaha."

However, the moment he said those words, someone here started laughing uproariously. Everyone could tell who it was without even looking. It was Princess Luma, laughing freely without a care.

"I also found that oddly cringe and I was controlling my laughter all this time because of that," she said as she laughed, putting her hand over her mouth. "But seeing someone else also laugh and feeling the cringe I was feeling, I couldn't control myself."

Erick shook his head, smiling.

Meanwhile, Fixen clenched his fists. Now that he knew Princess Luma also laughed, he couldn't say anything about it to Orion and because of that, he felt wronged and humiliated at the same time.

The next person to introduce himself was also an acquaintance of Orion.

"I am Loren Grimwolf. I am representing the Grimwolf family." Loren introduced himself.

Orion noticed something different about Fixen and Loren compared to the last time he had seen them. He could sense that their aura had become stronger and more powerful than before.

'They entered the gold rank.'

He wasn't surprised by that. He knew that the average strength of people in the elite rankings was in the gold rank.

"I am Elyn Ravenclaw and I am representing the Ravenclaw family." Elyn introduced herself next.

It was now time for the first group of people who were at the curse tree all by themselves.

"I am Evans and I represent the Valen family." Evans said this to all the people.

And last but not least, the Stormrider family.

"I am Monre Stormrider and I represent the Stormrider family." A man with dark skin and white hair introduced himself.

After the seven Magi families introduced their representatives, it was time for the last two groups.

"Everyone, I am Sila Rune and I am representing the Hyperion Tower." A girl said, She appeared the same age as everyone, around 19–20 years old and had long, dark red hair with fairly white skin.

"Hahaha, I guess it's my turn. I am Nick Scott and you will be surprised if you know my origin. Can any of you guess what that might be?" A man around 18 years old chuckled. He had lighter green hair, shoulder length, and a longer face than an average human. This made him look as though he were a middle-aged man who had shaved his beard.

"You are from Zenith, if I am not wrong."

Orion was the one who answered Nick's question. He believed that now, with geniuses from all over the world gathered here, only the presence of Zenithans could truly surprise anyone.

"You are right. I am a Zenithan. Hahaha." Nick started laughing after that.

Orion felt that this guy had some screws loosen up his head or maybe he was mentally ill.

"Alright, since everyone has introduced themselves, let's discuss the first topic of the meeting—are the fruits real or not?"

Erick instantly got onto the main topic as soon as he started the meeting.

Following him, Orion quickly raised his hand. "I may know something about it."

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