The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 95: William's time at the academy (5)

The birthday plan failed but there was something that William came to learn. The Siren family is obviously in his favor. They wanted him to marry Elisha, rather than Magnus. They would do anything as long as it wouldn't cross the line or be traced back to them.

This is like having a boost that can help him in the quest of getting Elisha.

Even if she loves him, without canceling the marriage contract, he can't get her. The Siren family was the one who actually initiated this contract and if they initiated to cancel it, then they have to pay a lot of compensation and it would degrade their status in the noble circle.

If the Rutgurd family was at least a duke family, then there would be no one who would make things problematic for them but the Rutgurd family is only a Count family. So there would be many who would make fun of the Siren family.

In order to avoid such embarrassing moments, they can't initiate the breaking. It has to be done by the Frostwolf family but there is no way that they would take such an initiative unless something happens to Magnus. Either that or Magnus has to be involved in a scandal so big that it would be remembered down the generations.

The second path is quite problematic. There is no way that he would fall into such a trap and there would always be traces of doing everywhere. The easier the thing is the better it is. No need to complicate things unnecessarily.

Since the Siren family failed to antagonize Magnus into making a scene at the birthday party, it can be considered a failure but even in a failure there is much to be gained.

He learned that Magnus requested the photographer to take photos of him talking with Elisha. For the trouble, he was paid a lot of hush money but he was greedy and wanted to blackmail William and Elisha separately.

This photographer could see that these two are close but the girl should have been close to the boy who paid him to photograph them at the party. He should have stopped there, but he followed them to private and took some photos that he didn't give to the boy at the party. Instead, he used them to blackmail those two.

The photographer made a mistake by doing so. He didn't think what a Count's family was capable of.

On the surface, they paid some hush money, but behind the scenes, they eliminated the photographer and destroyed everything that he had on him about them.

In the process they learned from him, originally it was Magnus who paid him to take photos of two of them but he didn't hand over the private ones to Magnus.

With this one thing was clear. Magnus seems to know that there was something going on between William and Elisha but for some reason, he doesn't act upon it. Magnus didn't appear as someone who was without a brain.

This means that it wouldn't be easy to make him fall into a trap. He would be on alert against such plans and it may even backfire.

Getting rid of him is the safest best but since Magnus seems to have doubts about William and Elisha, it won't be easy to do so.

When they were crying about what to do, a chance appeared.

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It was the entrance exam for the first years. The audience there was the guardians of the students who came along with them. Among the audience, there are a few seniors mixed in. Most wanted to revel in the fact that most of these participating students would fail to reach the expectations of the academies and have to choose a different line of life.

William was mixed among the audience. He was there to observe and assess Magnus. He may have heard that he reached Tier-1 but what exactly is his strength, that he didn't know.

Now it would be open for the entire world to see.

Whatever the plans that he had to implement would depend on what he would see.

If the strength of Magnus is too much, he needs to make sure that he won't be implicated. He can sacrifice even Elisha if possible but he can't sacrifice the Rutgurd family.

If a powerful enemy knows about your involvement in the plan of their demise, would they leave you alone/ Would they let your family live?

The answer is NO.

William would rather lose Elisha rather than implicate and cause trouble for his family. If he wants, he can get a new girl, and the revenge can wait a few years. After all, everything that he was doing was allowed only on the premise that the family wouldn't face any losses.

If such a time comes, then the family would rather cut him off, even his great-grandmother. Lady Wellna may be the ancestor of the main line but she is not the only living ancestor. The others won't let her do whatever she wants to if the cost of that is their family.

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So whatever he does, it shouldn't be traced back to their house. If that happens, those two houses would unite against the Rutgurd family. Since it involves an ancient tradition that has been followed for ages, the other noble families would frown upon what they did.

The other families may never agree to cooperate with them, at least for a few years. A few years can damage a family and it can take decades to recover.

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In this entrance exam, he found that Magnus is stronger than any of his peers and would not be easy to eliminate but he also found something. A possible tool that can be used to kill Magnus.

This tool can help him get rid of Magnus and at the same time keep him safe. No one would be able to associate Magnus's death with him and then Elisha would become his.

After that, there would be only a single problem for him; creating a rift between the Frostwolf and th Siren families and making them fight each other. If they collapse it's better but he can settle for some damage to them, after all, this entire thing started because of his great-grandma.

Since she showed him Elisha, he has to repay her the favor.