Chapter 538: Fatty Vee

Zoe walked into the ladies’ room, then, after making sure that Mona and Kuu didn't follow, she secretly took out a disposable phone from her storage ring and dialed a number as she activated a sound Isolation Talisman.

“Who is it?” the other side answered almost immediately. It was a familiar voice.

“It’s me, Zoe…” she whispered.

“Holy shit, ZOE!” Mike exclaimed as his family-issued phone confirmed that it was Zoe using her vocal fingerprint. “I will have to take this… We will continue later… You can wipe it off...” he said to someone before talking to Zoe again. “Where the hell are you? Uncle Falcon is going crazy; you are one of the seeded participants in the tournament, do you know how embarrassed grandma would be if you don’t show up…” Mike answered quickly and began scolding.

“Sorry, something happened… I will be at the tournament; I am heading there myself!”

“Is everything fine with you?”

“Yeah… Just had something to do...”

“Oh… If you had something urgent, you should have told us beforehand…”

“I will explain things later…” Zoe hesitated. “I need to ask you something.”

“Sure…”

“Do you know anything about Demonic bloodlines?” Zoe asked directly; last night she couldn’t sleep thinking about what Mona said about Victor, describing him as a demon.

“... Where did you hear about that?”

“Do you or any of your brothers have a demonic bloodline… Please answer me!” she bit her lip and asked.

“...”

“...”

BING….

The phone suddenly made a strange ping indicating that Mike pressed the button to change into a secure channel!

“This is top secret…. but….” he hesitated. “I guess if it’s you, it would be ok…”

“What?” Zoe asked.

“We had no idea until a few months ago, when Victor intended to heal and awaken Lara’s bloodline, and she happened to awaken this strange oppressive bloodline… At first, we didn’t know its nature until Rosette returned…”

“Rosette?” Zoe frowned.

“Ah… My father’s first love; she had a daughter from him called Meril. She also awakened that bloodline after Victor gave her the same pill he gave Lara… I swear that brother of mine is like some drug dealer throwing Pills at girls left and right.... Anyways, according to Rosette, who seemed to know a few things, it is a kind of Demonic bloodline that is very rare!” he sighed. “As you might already know, my real, real grandfather was not Marcos's. According to grandma, he was some shady guy she met at some Ruin and conserved father from him. He should be the one with this bloodline, so technically all of my brothers and I should have it!” he sighed. “Still, the chance of awakening it seems pretty slim as far as I know… We still didn’t get a chance to experiment with it, so that’s all I can tell you!”

“Oh… So it is just a demonic bloodline, and Vi… I mean Lara is not a demon…” Zoe sighed.

“Of course not, it is just like how some clans seem to have tiger and wolf bloodlines; that doesn’t make them dragons and wolves… It is just a trace that gives them some super powers, and maybe some side effects like becoming a little irritable and such!”

“Ah.. Right…” Zoe sighed in relief. So Victor was telling the truth, and he was not a demon. Mona was mistaken! “Thanks for telling me…”

“Sure thing, keep it a secret, ok!” Mike sighed. Zoe was a candidate to be one of the Clan’s elders for the new generation, and he really liked her character…

“Um…”

“Be sure to call Falcon; he is going crazy searching for you… Well, now that you called me, I bet he will find out your location pretty soon… ”

“I… I understand, see you at the tournament!” Zoe sighed. She had already decided to follow Mona until all this ‘Other timeline’ stuff became clear.

“See you there!” Mike said before hanging up. “Now where were we… Wanna try that other position….”

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa, NO~~~~ Not with your fingers again!” a girl answered with a coquettish voice.

“Come on…”

“Ok… But you have to answer me…. Husband… who was that on the phone… Another one of your fabled wives you keep at home?” she asked with jealousy in her voice.

“No, my distant cousin… And maybe my future sister-in-law… who knows…” Mike said. "You are my official fiancée... You should stop being so narrow-minded... "

"You are bullying me, husband!..."

"Of course I am... Now come on, bend over and let's continue..."

Maybe because of Mike’s ‘filthy’ fingers, his phone didn’t turn off properly, but he failed to notice that, forcing Zoe to hang up from her side as her face blushed heavily. Was she that obvious?

***

“Alice… You have grown more beautiful since the last time I saw you!” Caspian said as he climbed the long stairs heading to the Sect’s helipad where a group was waiting for him to depart toward the tournament grounds.

“...” Alice sneered and looked away.

Caspian could only shake his head as if he was dealing with a child; then he looked behind Alice toward Serina and…

He paused!

Behind Serina, a white-haired, veiled girl was standing silently. Everything about her seemed normal, but as an old Demon, he could feel the energy around her. She was a halfling. “Who might this lady be?” he asked as he checked her from head to toe.

“This is Aerith, my great-granddaughter!” Serina replied to him. “She is going to participate in the final part!” she added briefly.

“Oh… Aren’t the seeded participants already long decided?” Caspian frowned and asked, finally turning his eyes away from Aerith. Although her demonic power was evident, now he could tell she was a half-demon. A filthy halfling. He had no interest in those.

“Iliad’s life jade had shattered…” Serina answered solemnly. Meaning, Iliad was Dead!

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“WHAT? When?” Caspian was taken aback, almost smiling before masking it out. Iliad was one of his fiercest competitors to become the next Sect head. With him out of the way, he was now the strongest candidate!

“No idea,” the one who answered was not Serina, but Caspian’s father Silver, the head of the Sect who slowly walked from the side. “Elder Afiar only confessed to it yesterday, wanting to do a last-minute switch to promote his son; the other elders got into a fight and in the end we decided on it by doing a small Tournament. Lady Aerith here kicked everyone’s ass and got the spot!” he said while chuckling as he secretly checked Aerith out. He also felt the strange air around her, but he couldn’t tell what it was.

“Oh…” Caspian nodded. “I never knew Lady Serina had a granddaughter, let alone a great-granddaughter…” he lied. He knew about Rosette.

“It’s a long story; we will have time to talk about it later… Now let’s move… Silver said casually, then turned and walked toward a large helipad where 7 helicopters waited to take the participants.

“You are finally here… Let’s go!” a grumpy old man said as soon as they reached the helipad.

“Elder Afiar, I just want to say… Sorry for your loss!” Caspian, who followed behind his father, acting as a gentleman, had to show some remorse about Iliad’s death.

“... “Afiar just nodded, then turned and headed toward his ride, allowing Caspian to finally notice the quiet brown-haired girl dressed in a white mourning dress walking behind him. “Who is this?” he turned and asked his father. He didn’t expect to see that many new faces today, especially a girl that was just his type!

“Her name is Harper Wizeman; she came here looking for an Iliad… “

“I didn’t know we started to take those in!” Caspian raised an eyebrow.

“We didn’t, but she is apparently very gifted, so Afiar took her as his disciple, and even accepted her to be Illiad’s partner in his disciple’s steed… Who would have known that three days later Illiad’s life-jade would break…” Silver sighed, shaking his head as if he was sorry. He was not. Iliad had hidden associations with the Fate sect; he had long wanted to get rid of him but never dared to do that.

“So she is now a widow who didn’t even get to touch her husband,” Crimson said in surprise, secretly licking his lips.

“Yup… She will also participate in the tournament. She would have to start from the preliminaries though as she lost the seeded position for Aerith!” Silver explained with a smirk, knowing perfectly what his son was thinking about. “If you are interested, I can arrange for the two of you to meet in private…”

“... Please do so…” Caspian said, secretly checking Harper’s butt as she climbed onto the helicopter. It was just his type, plump and made for spanking!

***

“Sorry for making you go through the trouble again…” A pocked-faced, obese young man told the short girl who sat behind him on the motorcycle with her hands wrapped around his fat waist as he drove down the highway under the afternoon sun.

“It is ok, young master… But are you sure you don’t want the others to know how serious your situation is?” Ruby asked as she leaned onto his back.

“Yeah, even if they knew, they can’t do anything; it was my fault this time for overestimating my power… Thankfully we should be able to slowly fix it due to Astran’s abundant soul energy…” he sighed.

“Can’t you take a few days to rest then?” Ruby asked worriedly.

“Sadly no, I must go to the tournament no matter what… I wanted to keep my cousin Polina’s trouble until later, but according to Mimi, who is keeping an eye on her, that rebellious idiot might be causing trouble again, so I should go there and check on her, or she would literally implicate my father… With the political atmosphere in the family being so tense before the choosing of the next Patriarch, such disturbance might be fatal! I don’t want those elders to use anything to weaken Mike’s position!” he explained.

“You really care about your family, Young master!” Ruby said warmly.

“Just a select few; the rest can go fuck themselves for all I care…” he sighed.

“...”

“...”

“So what should I call you while you are using this new disguise?” She asked me to change the subject.

“Fatty Vee will do it for now,” he chuckled, making the bike shake under his weight. His proficiency using his disguise skills was getting better and better lately, especially as he never stopped using them ever since becoming a player. It kinda became second nature to him. “This character would be used to do random work outside from now on!”

“Oh…”

“...”

“...” Ruby hesitated. “Young master, I really didn’t expect you to spare Alpha last night…” she began to speak again. She didn’t have a lot of subjects to share with Victor, but she wanted to strike up a conversation anyway, as she rarely got a chance to talk with him alone.

“Spare her?” Victor shook his head. “Think of it like this, I gave her 3 days, but it had already been a week; that girl is walking on needles! I bet she can’t sleep without wondering when I will be coming for her…. I may even be appearing in her dreams…. Or nightmares!” he chuckled. “Once it’s her time, she would just throw herself at me, wanting all of this to end!” he added. He didn’t force girls, but that didn’t mean he had no ways to make them come for him themselves!

“Oh… Young master… You are so evil!” Ruby smiled, then paused and frowned. “Young master… I couldn’t help but notice, but the couple in the car beside us had been glaring at us for a while now; they might also be filming us…” she suddenly whispered in his ear, glancing at the black Sedan driving to their side. Inside it, there was a bob-cut-haired, slim, middle-aged woman, secretly using her phone to film them as her fat husband kept driving his car parallel to their motorcycle.

“They are probably wondering how sturdy this motorcycle is to be able to hold my weight!” he said with a smirk as he glanced at the woman, maneuvering his motorcycle to go near the car. “CAN I HELP YOU MA’AM?” he asked directly.

“Young man… Isn’t it a bit dangerous to drive like this with a young girl behind you?” the woman asked back. Ruby, who sat behind him, was technically sitting with only half of her butt on the back seat due to how fat Victor appeared to be to others.

“Nah, my girlfriend likes it like that, right?” Victor asked.

“Yeah…” Ruby blushed and said.

“GIRLFRIEND? WAIT, HOW OLD ARE YOU? HOW OLD IS SHE?” the woman asked as her husband couldn’t help but turn to look, taking his eyes off the road.

“We are the legal age!” Victor replied, then steered to the side.

“Like hell she is… Believe it or not, young man, I am going to call...”

BOOOOOOOOOOOM

The car hit a fence at the center of the roadfork, forcing the airbags to pop open, pushing that woman back into her seat. Thankfully, the car was not moving very fast, as it had to stay next to Victor, or things would have been more dangerous.

“You should really manage your anger, young master!” Ruby frowned as she looked back.

“Good point….” Victor nodded, noticing the abnormality. He truly lost it a bit there; what that woman did did not call for such a brutal retaliation.

“Are they going to be ok?” Ruby asked worriedly.

“Just a few broken ribs, enough to teach that woman not to stick her nose into this young master’s harem!” he spat.

“You consider me a part of your harem?” Ruby asked in surprise. She always considered herself very inferior due to her past.

“... Did I say that too loudly?” Victor asked with a frown. Damn that soul damage! He was beginning to leak his plans!

“Yup!” Ruby chuckled. “You didn’t answer my question…”

“Well… We will have to wait for a couple of years to know for sure!” he shook his head, professionally dodging the question.

“Afraid of getting arrested?” she jokingly asked as she moved her finger along his back.

“Who knows…” Victor just shrugged as his bike slowly exited the highway and headed to a small unknown town.

It took him 20 minutes to finally reach his target, heading to a small boarding school at the edge of town.

The building didn’t appear special from far away, but once someone approached it, he would be able to see that it was relatively new with all kinds of security fencing and cameras that clearly didn’t fit the rural environment. At its entrance, there was a huge signboard.

“ST. THEODORE’S ACADEMY FOR GIFTED YOUNG WOMEN”

“Is this a prison or a school?” Ruby asked with a frown.

“When my stupid father first bought it, it was a failing boarding school; afterwards…. It became a prison for naughty kids!”

“Wait… St. Theodore….” Ruby asked with a weird expression.

“Yup, old Theo can call himself whatever the fuck he wants!” Victor spat as he drove to the metal gate where a lazy guard was relaxing on his chair inside a small kiosk.

“Can I help you, young man?” the guard sat straight and asked out of his small window, eyeing Fatty Vee and the loli riding behind him.

“Hail the Nutcracker!” Victor whispered.

“Hail the nutcracker…” The guard’s expression quickly changed as he repeated, “Are you the one Miss Mimi is waiting for?”

“Yes!”

“Use those…” The guard quickly threw Victor an envelope containing some task papers and maintenance staff ID before opening the gate. “Make sure to park your bike there…” he added, pointing to a Visitor’s section.

“...” Victor nodded to him then quickly entered the complex.

“You already planned agents here?” Ruby asked in surprise as they headed toward the parking lot.

“Yes, you have no idea how one agent with enough financial power and healing pills can achieve… Nowadays, 5% of this school’s staff are already under contracts!” he explained. “Alpha might be annoying, but that girl is good at getting things done…” he sighed, regretting not being able to bring her along for this mission. Right now, he needed her to disguise herself as him to return to Vein City with the girls, then switch places with Axel! “Let’s…” he paused. “One moment, I need to scam someone…” he said as he parked the motorcycle to the side and closed his eyes to control one of his Bloodslaves. That guy had been suffering a lot lately; it was time to give him what he had long desired and get him to owe a huge favor while at it!