āThey left already? Didnāt I tell you to make them stay?ā Titus asked as he entered the balcony his two masked rivals were in. He just stood at the door and gave the balcony an inspecting look.
āI couldn't just stop them⦠The auction house has its rules andā¦ā Liam who stood behind him said.
āEnough with the bullshitting, donāt think I donāt know what you are plotting!ā Titus, who didnāt even care to look at Liam, interrupted him.
He firmly believed that those guys worked for Liam, or they wouldnāt have only bidding on the girls he wanted!
He expected those āmysterious buyersā to meet him after the auction and demand a bigger price. And was going to corner them here.
Who knew that they would escape beforehand. This indicated that they were going to hide the girls and then trade with him through an intermediary agent. This was a smart move⦠That was if they had the capacity to pull it off!
āI donāt understand what young master Titus meansā¦ā Liam played dump.
ā Enough⦠I want the recordings of what happened in this roomā¦ā
āAh⦠Young master⦠Our VIP rooms have no recording devicesā¦ā Liam apologized again.
Titus knew he was lying, but he had no evidence. Still, if those guys were Liamās agents the recordings would most likely be useless⦠āWhat transportation did they use⦠I want their Vehicle's description⦠Donāt tell me you donāt have that!ā Titus said coldly.
āAhhā¦Yes, I did, but they didnāt take it and left directly through the back doorā¦ā Liam answered. finding it strange that Titus did not seem angry.
āWHAT?ā Titus turned to look at Liam. āAre you telling me they left on foot with a group of naked slave girls?ā
āYes, that masked girl made them wear some cloaks that she brought with her,ā Liam said, hiding the fact that she had a storage ring. He didnāt want Titus to back away now. He wanted them to fight with each other!
āOh⦠I seeā¦ā Titus said as he quickly sent a message to his agent to intercept them.
His plan to intercept the vehicle silently couldnāt be implemented, but this situation was way better, kidnapping people off the streets was his agent's usual line of business!
āYoung Master Titus⦠Why are you here? Shouldnāt you be going after them?ā Liam asked nervously.
āI already ordered the family team to grab them, although they might hide like rats, They would never be able to leave the city!ā he said casually, watching Liamās panicked expression.
His phone rangā¦
Titus smiled as he answered, his agents must have already apprehended them. They couldnāt have gone that far on foot!
āCloe! Was it done?ā Titus asked the other party, smirking at Liam.
āSorry young master⦠It was a little inconvenient to make a move⦠And it is already too lateā¦ā a girl sounded from the other side.
āWhat do you mean?ā Titus asked. āDid they have the support of someā¦ā
āNot anything like that! It is just that the family rules forbid us from making a scene in public!ā the woman quickly replied. āI already sent you a video of what happenedā¦ā Cloe replied.
Titus quickly flipped his phone and opened the Video his subordinate sent. Liam, who was behind him, secretly extended his short neck to take a look.
āWOMEN TO RULE!ā
āFREE WOMEN!ā
āWE HAVE THE RIGHT TO STRIP!ā
āDOWN WITH THE KING!ā
āFUCK THE KING!ā
āWE WANT DEMOCRACY!ā
āMEN ARE ANIMALS!ā
āMEN SHOULD BE KEPT IN CAGES!ā
āLONG LIVE THE EMPRESS!ā
In the video, Titus watched as the girls from the auction, along with some very disturbing-looking fat girls held large signs and were protesting in the middle of a large street a few blocks from here, they were demanding the end of the monarchy and equal rights for all women. Then they began cursing at men and hailing for some empress.
Exactly 2 Minutes into the video, the girls were surrounded by a myriad of police cars, from which burly men stepped down with wooden cudgels and began hitting the girls before arresting them, and then transporting them into a prison truck. The entire process took less than 3 minutes!
This kingdom tolerated everything except for that nasty thing called democracy and equal rights. It went against everything they stood for.
Naturally, Those girls were going to be executed tonightā¦
āOh, I see⦠Those bastards want to use the prison system here to hide their tracksā¦ā Titus said on the phone. Prisons in countries like this were more corrupt than a 3-year-old bottle of milk! āGo get them from prison⦠I will send a message to the king to facilitate your businessā¦ā he added, eyeing Liam who really had no idea what was going on.
āI knowā¦ā Cloe replied before Titus hung up then quickly sent a message to the king who naturally didnāt dare to neglect Titusās āwishesā.
āSo⦠Do you have any idea what their plan was?ā Titus finally said, looking at Liam.
āHow would I knowā¦ā Liam said stoically. He really had no idea. Could Vic be a real emperor? Impossible!
āWe will seeā¦ā Titus said, taking three talismans and activating them one after another pointing them to different parts of the balcony.
Suddenly many strange shadows could be seen all over the ground. Liam who was watching quickly realized that those were the movements of the people who were on the balcony.
One of them stayed in place while the other seemed to have moved like a spider all over the room, crawling up toward the upper balcony where an unfortunate accident happened 30 minutes agoā¦
āShitā¦ā Liam said. He got the report that after the auction, a few people were found collapsed in their balconies after getting castrated by a mysterious master during the auction. He was yet to investigate that matter as he had to get rid of Titus first⦠The culprit was now obvious.
āYou know something?ā Titus turned and asked Liam very coldly. He noticed his reaction.
ā... Noā¦ā
āThose guys were players? Right,ā Titus asked. Those movements were not something humans were capable of.
āI have no ideaā¦.ā Liam quickly played dumb again. āYoung master Titus⦠What do those talismans do exactly?ā Liam asked. Changing the subject.
āNot something you will understandā¦. But simply put, this thing would allow me to see the traces left during the last few hoursā¦ā Titus said.
āWill those traces last⦠You know⦠The auction houseās furniture is not cheapā¦ā
āThey will disappear in 30 minutesā¦ā Titus scolded as he took tweezers and grabbed a few strands of black hair that were below the table. The talisman made them shine. āEven If your guys ran to the end of the earth I will find themā¦ā he told Liam with a smirk as he put the strand into an envelope.
āAhh⦠Young master, They are notā¦ā
Titus raised one hand making Liam stop talking then slowly approached the cough. There was something under it.
He bent and grabbed the strange-looking ring. It looked cheap, like something someone would leave to fool another into bending down before fucking them!
Strangeā¦
POOMPH!
āAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHā¦ā¦ā¦ā
Titus, as if he was hit by some invisible force from behind, was flung head first into the couch, pushing then tumbling it in the process before making it flip, falling to the floor on his back while holding his crotch.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Three masked women in black appeared out of nowhere and immediately secured the room, two pushing Liam to the ground and pointing a dagger to his neck while the other quickly checked on her young master who had blood seeping from his pants.
āAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHā¦ā¦ā¦.. BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHā¦.ā Titus wailed, pointing at Liam. He thought the latter was the one who hit him from the back. āJUST YOU WAIT I WILL ⦠ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHā¦ā¦ā he began to scream again then passed out.
āShitā¦ā Liam, who had no idea what just happened, knew one thing⦠He was in deep shit! Damn it VIC!
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āI canāt believe we pulled that off!ā Yulian said as drove the police truck. Those stupid cups just shoved the girls into the truck without care. They had no idea that the truck was being driven by him! āI am more surprised that all the girls cooperated!ā he added.
āThey are not stupid!ā Lily, who had just finished giving healing pills to the girls in the back, turned and said. āWe are not safe yet⦠Just keep driving straight and follow my orders!ā she added as she took a strange-looking artifact that looked like a gem.
āWhat is this?ā Yulian asked.
āJust something I borrowed from Victorā¦ā she said, making the gem in her hand shine before extending it with her slender hand out of the window.
Suddenly a flash of light shot to the sky from it and in the next moment, everything around began to appear foggy.
āDoes it create fog?ā he asked.
āSomething like that⦠Now for a few miles around here, no one will see us, not even satellites!ā she said. āFollow my instructions, we will be heading to the safe house I prepared yesterday!ā
āA few miles? How strong is this thing?ā he asked, darting his eyes to look at the gem that Lily quickly stored back in her storage ring.
āVery powerful⦠Donāt look like that, you canāt use it! It is marked by Victor and only if you are his wife or slave would you be able to use it to this extent!ā she scolded. āIt is aboutā¦ā she paused, a sweet smile spread on her face.
āWhat?ā Yulian asked as he felt a shiver in his spine. H
āMy Delayed strike had just activated successfully!ā she said. āThe world had just lost a man and gained a new eunuch!ā she added.
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āAre they going to fight?ā Roy asked.
Just after dinner, the butler George announced that Young Master Rex was going to have a friendly match with Young Miss Lara. All the heirs were invited to watch.
So Roy with Roxy and the rest of his brothers and sisters hurried to the Arena where the fight was going to happen.
āApparentlyā¦ā Roxy said. āHopefully she will kick his assā¦ā she added in a low voice. Earlier in the day she was forced by Rex to run through the forest behind the mansion while carrying some weights as a testā¦
If it was just that, she wouldnāt have blamed him, but the sick bastard demanded that all of his siblings, males and females do it in high heels to satisfy some fetish or something. Naturally, all failed miserably!
āOhā¦ā Roy nodded as he watched as the audience gathered. Suddenly, two pregnant women entered the hall and were quickly guided by a maid to an elevated platform to watch. āWho are those two?ā he asked.
āLady Elena and Lady Lunaā¦ā Roxy said. āElena is our fatherās second official wife, She is Laraās mother!ā she said.
āJust how many wives does Esteemed Father have?ā one girl, who was listening, asked.
āThree as far as I know!ā Roxy said.
āIs that other woman to Elena's side Rexās mother?ā Roy asked.
āNo, she is Father's favorite concubine⦠If she gives birth to a legitimate heir, she will be announced as the fourth wife!ā she said. Unlike many of the illegitimate heirs, she knew a few things, especially here in Weiren principality!
āIs Lady Elena Victorās mother?ā a girl suddenly asked from the back. It was Juju, their slutty step-sister.
āVictor?ā Toy asked. He seemed to have heard that name somewhere. He couldnāt remember when and where though.
āAh⦠He is one of our legitimate brothers! I met him a few months ago, and he is super hot and cool!ā Juju said. āHis wedding was just a few weeks ago, sadly, Father didnāt allow me to attendā¦ā she sighed, pouting.
āOH! HOLY SHIT!ā Roy finally remembered the mass wedding. Was that pervert his brother? He had no idea! Damn it! His little sisters spent that entire day in front of the little TV they had in their apartment. They were following the weddingās coverage being done by some big-boobed anchor who was fired shortly after.
They were fantasizing about a rich prince like Victor marrying all of them in one go!
Roy quickly shook his head to remove some of the disturbing thoughts he was having.
āYes! Lady Elena is Victorās mother!ā The one who answered was not Roxy, but Iris who appeared behind them. āShe is also the mother of elder sister Alice and elder brother Mike, all of them are elite heirs!ā she added.
āElite heirs?ā Roy asked as his eyes sparkled. He knew what this meant. Being an elite heir in the family meant that he could use all the familyās powers and privileges. āIs Max an elite heir too?ā he asked looking at Max who found a seat next to Elena and was exchanging pleasantries with her.
āNo⦠Of our father's wives, only Lady Elenaās offspring are! All of her adult offspring are elites, Lara will probably be one too!ā Iris said casually, hinting at more than one thing. She discovered those things when only Elena and her offspring attended Victorās wedding. The others werenāt even invited! Although Theodore made some stupid excuse back then, she was not a fool!
Roxy who immediately understood the purpose of Irisās remark raised one eyebrow, looking at Max and then at Elena who had a somewhat forced smile on her face. Iris was subtly teaching them about the dynamics in their fatherās harem.
It took Roy a moment to get it. āDoes Maxās mother hate Elena? Is there some kind of internal struggle in this family?ā
āSimply put, Maxās mother, Lady Marta, although is the first wife, has a much weaker influence than Elena!ā Iris shrugged. She noticed the tension when she spent a few days on the island after she awakened. āIt is better not to make any baseless assumptions thoughā¦ā she quickly added.
āOh⦠Is there anything between Rex and Lara?ā Roxy was the one who asked. āIs this really just an innocent fight?ā he added. He could now smell the powder in the air.
āWell, donāt tell anyoneā¦ā she said, making sure all of her brothers and sisters around her could hear her. āThis is about a mistake that Rex made when he was teaching Lara the familyās secret art⦠If not for brother Victor discovering this at the right time and stopping it, the poor girl would have ended up dead!ā Iris said, sighing.
āWhat? Was it on purpose, Wasnāt Rex punished?ā Roy quickly asked, looking at Lara and then at Rex.
āThe family investigation cleared him⦠But who knowsā¦ā Iris said, not going into any of the details. āThis fight was Maxās idea, it is to gauge how much Lara has grown since Victor started teaching her!ā she added, successfully turning everyone against Rex and Max. She didnāt like to scheme, but she felt that she needed to do something as like her, Max and Rex had already secretly begun to recruit some of the candidates here to their team.
She feared that by the time Victor and the others arrived here, all the good ones would have already been lost to Max!
āOhā¦ā everyone nodded as both Rex and Lara climbed onto the stage.
Rex, who didnāt even care to change his suit, just stretched casually before taking off his watch and giving it to a maid to keep for him.
Lara on the other hand, seems to have changed into a pink fashionable tracksuit and was doing some warmups seriously with the help of her loli maids.
āAre you both ready?ā George, who was acting as a referee, asked.
āYesā both of them answered at the same time.
āGood⦠remember, this is just a friendly fight, no weapons are allowed, only use the familyās art to make a good demonstration for your brothers and sisters!ā he said as he stepped back. āYou may start!ā he said.
Lara slowly took a fighting stance.
Rex on the other hand smirked as he slowly stepped forward while clenching his fist.
āLet me see how far you have progressed!ā he said standing three feet away from her. āI will give you three strikes first⦠I donāt want to be scolded by my father later for not going easy on youā¦ā
āEsteemed brother! You must take this seriously!ā Lara said, not relaxing her stance. āI have grown much stronger!ā
āSo have I!ā Rex said, pulling his cuffs to reveal his tanned muscular arms. āCome on now⦠Do it like you mean it, or you will never get a chance later!ā he said, secretly nodding to Max who nodded back.
āButā¦ā
āJUST DO IT LIKE A VON WEISE!ā Rex scolded.
Lara bit her lip then pounced forward.
Rex saw nothing as Lara disappeared.
āAbove you!ā Max exclaimed, making Rex instinctively make a roll forward just in time when Lara dived down to the point where he was a moment ago, crushing the stage with her foot.
Rex could only catch a glimpse of her before she disappeared again!
He turned to look where she went, but he saw nothingā¦
āLEFT!ā Max helped him again, making him use all of his strength to move to the left⦠This was a mistake as what Max meant was Lara from attacking from the left.
Rex, who moved abruptly, dived with his face into Laraās delicate foot. Their was a flash of light, then like a ball in one of those old soccer cartoons, he was kicked out of the arena, right into a wall.
It took a mere a split second for the fight to be concluded!
Many of the watchers gasped as they watched him slide down. For the few of them who underwent Laraās test, this was a very similar view.
āMISS LARA WINS!ā George declared, raising the shocked Lara's little hand.
āHoly shitā¦ā Elena and Luna both gasped.
āFucking looserā¦ā Max said, disregarding Rex as he began to inspect Lara.
Others began to gossip, many gloating, feeling that Rex deserved this.
āWill he be ok?ā Lara, who was about to cry, suddenly asked George. āI didnāt mean to do it this strongly⦠He just moved into my footā¦'' she added nervously. She remembered her esteemed brother being very strong. Was he taking some bad drugs or something? Ren had told her that drugs were bad for the body!
āIt is ok, in the Arena you should never hold back!ā¦ā George said, giving Rex a glance. āAnd he is fine⦠Probably just a broken neck...ā he added nervously before feeling a little relieved when the paramedics who ran to Rexās side gave him a nod. He noticed it, just when Lara hit, Rex's life saving Talisman activated!
Hopefully, Master Theodore would not blame him later!