The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 143: He Likes Men

Chapter 143: He Likes Men

The next morning Victor woke up to find that the bed had two extra girls. The twins had sneaked in, during the night. But the bed was too small to fit five people, so they ended up hugging Victor and the other girls very tightly.... And making him remember that his body was still that of a young man… He should find a way to unlock his bloodline soon or this situation would start to affect his health… and his sanity.

After waking everyone up and walking downstairs. He gave Hilda the DNA samples he acquired from the Cross mansion last night and told her to deliver them to Kai. Although they were no longer needed for his plans, he doesn’t mind having extra cards in hand.

Calling Kai, he told him about the samples and instructed him to keep an eye on Bill’s and Linda’s movements.

After that, he sat for breakfast with the girls.

“Young master, yesterday you told us that you want to go shopping… when would we be leaving?” Mina who filled his dish asked.

“In the afternoon, I have some work in the basement before that.” He said,

“Ah… Can I go too?” Margret asked as Lily looked at him, she wanted to go too

“Fine, I will take Margret, Mina, and Mana…” He said turning to the aggrieved Lily, “Lily, don’t forget the mission I gave you yesterday. You need to secure a suitable base for your mission.” He said, making her remember and nod. She really wanted to spend more time with him though.

“Young master… Can I go too?” Alex asked.

“No, you should still keep a low profile. Don’t worry, I need you to accompany me to NewLure city next week, so you will get your chance to shine.” Victor said with an ambiguous smile that Alex didn’t like.

“What about me, young master?” Theta, who was still dressed as a boy asked.

“Don’t you have lessons with Beta and the others?” He asked, making Theta look down in embarrassment…. She really did.

“Don’t worry, After a while, I will find some time to take you all camping.” He said. The girls needed a vacation.

After finishing breakfast, he instructed them not to disturb. And went down to the basement.

This place was getting filled up with all kinds of materials. But thanks to Hilda’s arrangement it was not messy.

First, he quickly found the unmarked glass wine bottle Margret told him about. Analyzing it with his skill returned nothing.

So he opened it and tasted its content.

It tasted unique… Strange… He had never tasted anything like this before…. What is it made of? He wondered for a second before taking out the knowledge book. It’s time for him to test its usage. And this thing is a good target.

Looking at it he hesitated for a second, then ran upstairs to the study and scanned the entire book, before returning to the basement… He didn’t want all of the ‘Illustrations’ it contained to be lost. Such a fine work of art….

Putting his hand on the book he asked a question,

“What is this bottle made of?”

Nothing happened.

How should he activate this thing? Does he need to mark it?

Victor bit his finger and marked its cover with his blood, and the next moment he felt his connection to it.

“What is this bottle made of?” He asked again.

<table border="1">; COST 1 ORDER POINT / COOLDOWN TIME 120 MINUTES

YES / NO ;

An interface appears on the book's cover. Victor pressed yes while wondering if it really contained anything important. Because the answer was very cheap.

The book suddenly shone and changed into a one-page booklet…

The only page contained only a few lines...

; ;

COMPONENTS: SAND, SODA ASH, LIMESTONE SAND SiO2 EXTRACTED FROM MILLAR DESERT SODA ASH Na2CO3 BASE MATERIALS EXTRACTED FROM THE NORTH MOUNTAIN AND PROCESSED LIMESTONE CaCo3 EXTRACTED FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAIN

Victor froze for a moment after reading the ingredients then cursed.

The book had given him the ingredients of the glass bottle, not its content. It answered him literally…

Damn it, he should phrase his question more carefully next time… Now he has to wait for 2 hours for it to cool down.

Victor decided to attend to another objective as the book cooled down.

He wanted to create a protection array around the mansion. He had delayed this matter long enough. Thankfully he had collected all the materials before his coma.

And as Arrays needed a core and those things were expensive. So he decided to use the one he got from the spider’s dungeon as The Horas Jewel would act as its core so he only needed to draw the array lines.

Victor quickly headed to an empty room in the basement and used the material he got from that crazy merchant and the alchemist he began to engrave on the ground according to the pictures he took from the spider’s dungeon abandoned temple…

Victor was quite proficient in Array buildings. Because he needed to study them in order to activate the book of time back then… He really acquired a lot of useful skills working at the royal library.

What he was doing was engraving the drawing in the stone and then filling it with a mix of the materials he got with crushed GEMs powder that he prepared on the spot.

He finished the engravings in three hours and looked at his work with satisfaction. Now he only needed to arrange the range flags and place the Horas Jewel which was with Alpha in the core for this thing to be complete.

Victor wanted to call Alpha over but decided to test the knowledge book again as its cooldown was over.

This time he phrased his question more carefully.

“The wine contained in this bottle, What is it made out of?” He asked clearly.

<table border="1">; COST 10 ORDER POINT / COOLDOWN TIME 7 DAYS

YES / NO ;

That’s more like it… He pressed YES.

; ;

COMPONENTS : ALCOHOL MADE OF: BLACK GRAPE JUICE from the Riverside Vineyard LOWER SOUL RELAXING GRASS from the parameters of the Withered Snakes dungeon gate. FISH GRASS that you can find it anywhere in Vein city suburbs BLACK SEEDS that you can find it anywhere in Vein city suburbs

What is that? LOWER SOUL RELAXING GRASS…. Withered Snakes dungeon? He had never heard of this dungeon before? Could it be a closed dungeon? Having some plants from a dungeon appear on the surface is not unheard of. He had to investigate this.

Now he should try the poison. He quickly put a diluted drop of the soul poison in the bottle and watched for any changes, but nothing happened.

He should try it. Many poisons do not have system info like the one he used on Tom in the dungeon. He learned this the hard way in his previous life.

Now he needed a player who would not tell him the truth usually to test this on them.

Putting the book aside, he quickly went upstairs and asked about Camellia. Hilda quickly informed him that Lily took her and the assassin sisters out on a mission.

So Victor resorted to his second choice Alex. He quickly went to the kitchen and grabbed a glass then headed to the balcony where Alex was training her spear arts while wearing a short skirt.

“How is your training?” Victor asked as he reached behind her in silence, surprising Alex.

“Ah… Young master. It’s fine.” She said as she adjusted her skirt, That damn Margret made her wear this thing.

“Did you get used to living here?” He asked her, sneaking a peek at her pretty legs.

“Yes… It’s peaceful here.” She said with some complex feelings.

“Drink this.” He said, presenting her with a glass and then filling it with wine from the poison bottle.

“This is…” Alex hesitated, she didn’t like the way he told her to drink, and her instinct screamed at her not to.

“It doesn't matter. Drink it. It’s an order.” He said, making her nod as she grabbed the glass.

“DRINK!” He commanded,

Alex closed her eyes and emptied the glass into her mouth….

“Do you feel anything different?” He asked her.

“No.” She said…” Am I supposed to feel anything?” She asked.

“How do you feel in girl’s clothes?” He asked.

“Natural.” She said unconsciously then put her hands on her mouth as if to stop it from talking.

“I wanted to ask… Are you hiding anything from me?” He asked while squinting his eyes.

“Yes…….No.” She said as she shook her head and began to bang it on the wall realizing what was in the drink.

“Are you ok?” He asked with concern.

“No…. Yes…. No…. " She kept saying...

"Do you like me?" He asked.

"YES...... NOOOOOOO... I need to go to the lady’s room.” She said jumping from the balcony to the ground and running away as this was the best solution.

“Interesting,” Victor said as he thought…. This thing worked, but its effect was too small on Alex who could still control herself.

He really wanted to try higher concentrations but didn’t dare to do so on Alex. as they might be lethal.

He should find a few guinea pigs later.

Victor nodded and heard downstairs to find Alpha and complete the array. He quickly found her tutoring her sisters about the arts of dagger usage.

“Alpha come with me.” He said, signaling her.

Alpha frowned, then followed him after telling the girls to train on their own.

“Do you need anything?” She asked.

“The Jewel of Horas. Do you have it.?” He asked casually.

“Yes.” She said, taking it out of her inner pocket. “What do you need it for?” She asked… She really liked having this thing.

“Come with me.” He said dragging her to the Array room in the basement.

“Isn’t this the array in the spider dungeon?” She asked as she saw the lines engraved on the walls and ground.

“Yes, this is an illusion array. Its range is about 2 Miles. So it encompasses the Mansion and the surrounding forests. The jewel would act as its core.” He said placing the jewel on a pedestal in the center.

A soft hum sounded in the room… then nothing happened.

“How is this supposed to work?” She asked… Her family was not that proficient in arrays.

“It is already working but its range is very small now, we will need to bury these plates outside to act as Flags. You can do it later. Just distribute them randomly through the mansion.” He said, pointing to 20 metal plates on the ground.

“I understand.” She said with a frown.

“Now drop your blood on the plate at the pedestal. You, Lily, and Hilda would be the secondary controllers of this thing.” He said pointing to a gold plate right under the jewel.

Alpha nodded then marked the plate with her blood making her feel the array.

“Wow. This thing is amazing.” She said in astonishment she felt the Array connect to her.

“Exactly,” Victor said with a nod. This array exceeded even his expectations. It would allow its user to create illusions and hide or mask the presence of the mansion’s residents.

An attacker would not know how his throat was split.

“This thing costs 1 GEM a day in passive aura hiding mode and 20 GEMS per hour in active illusions mode. So make sure to fill it up regularly.” Victor said, pointing to a mountain of low-quality monster GEMS in one corner of the room.

“Understood,” Alpha said as she liked her cherry lips.

“I have some work to do now, study this array well, and don’t forget to bury the plates later. It’s all yours.” He said as he went to the study. Now he can be more at ease going to NewLure city and leaving the girls here.

Entering the study, he quickly went to his computer and began to compose a list for Aria, containing the names of Writers, actors, directors, and even musicians who would be famous in the future. If his company could sign those guys early they would reap a lot of benefits.

This took him about 15 minutes thanks to his enhanced memories.

Looking at the time, it was still 11.30 am. So he decided to do something else he was postponing. Using the computer, he began to draw a plan for the massive base he wanted to build in place of Nick’s old hidden base.

That place would be his spare stronghold, just in case Vein city was compromised, especially after the reckoning when the major cities would be targeted by the invading forces.

At about three o’clock he heard a knock on the door. It was Mina.

“Young master, would you like to have lunch here or shall we go shopping and eat outside?” She asked.

“Oh… Let’s go downtown.” He said, saving the file and emailing it to Kai with the instructions to find a suitable architect to do some proper plans according to his drawings.

“Where are Margaret and your sister?” He asked as he noticed that Mina was already dressed in hot casual jeans and a red T-shirt.

“They are waiting for the young master in the garage,” Mina said, making Victor realize that the girl had already guessed what he wanted to do.

“Let’s go then,” He said heading to the garage where Margret and Mana were waiting in a convertible car.

"Margret you drive." He said sitting in the back and gesturing to the twins to sit by his sides.

Margret gave him a hateful look then headed to the driver's seat.

"I tried your wine recipe on Alex." He said as she started the car.

"Ah... What happened?" She opened her eyes wide as she turned to face him.

"He likes men," Victor said, making Margret chuckle and the twins nod... They expected that much, Alex never looked at them like a man would.