Chapter 153: Chapter 152 : The Academy (1)

The foreboding feeling woke Victor…. This was the third time… Something big was approaching, but he didn’t know what.
He sighed as he looked at the girl who was hugging him. Last night, Lily sneaked in through the window, and quietly drilled into his bed.

Putting his hand gently on her head, he brushed her hair with his fingers making her open her eyes and look at him with a smile.

“Good morning young master....” Lily said as she buried her head again in his chest. She felt lonely sleeping without him the previous night.

“You smell like blood, were you hurt?” He asked, with some concern.

“It’s not mine.” She replied.

“Aha… Who?” He asked,

“... Some guy who didn’t know how to respect his elders.” She said,

“Oh… Don’t do these things yourself next time.” He said with a sigh… He read her file. Kai, who was scared shitless of her, made sure to send it to him.

“Um…”

“Then get up and get ready, we have school today.” He said as he kissed her forehead,

“Just a few more minutes.” She said, hugging him tighter.

“Fine then…” He said with a smile as he hugged her back.

“Young master…. When will you awaken your bloodline?” She asked timidly while keeping her head buried in his chest, although he could see her blushing ears.

“Soon, Almost all the pieces are in place. I found a suitable summoner two days ago. Now I just need the catalyst, and I already told Kai to keep an eye on that thing… “ He said,

“A summoner?” She asked.

“Yup, the blood awakening method I intend to employ requires a demon as an intermediary. You will see.” He said with an evil smile.

“Is this summoner a girl?” She asked as she raised her head to look at his face with her pretty squinting eyes.

“That’s irrelevant…Now just relax and let me hear what you did in the last couple of days.” He said quickly changing the subject.

…

30 Minutes later, Victor was standing in the Dining room in his new suit that was chosen for him by the twins. He was busy enjoying the sight of Lily, Margret, and the twins showing off in their new school clothes. They looked amazing. Especially Margret, who was walking funny in a red short skirt.
Victor almost chuckled as he touched his pocket where he kept a certain thing…. He will tease her with this later.

“Young Master, the breakfast is ready,” Hilda said respectfully, The twins were spared from the breakfast preparation duty as they also had to get ready for school.

Victor nodded then frowned as he sat at the table.
“Where is El?” He asked, He was busy the last couple of days and didn’t see her yesterday. Did they secretly kill her and stuff her somewhere?

“Yesterday she tried to escape after sniffing around the mansion… She tried to enter the basement but was fooled by the illusion array. I wanted to follow her more, but Miss Lily, who happened to have just returned, sensed something wrong and caught El just as she sneaked out of the back door.” Hilda said,

“Oh… Is she still in one piece? Where is she now?” Victor asked, making Lily blush a little. She had just told him what she did to that man yesterday… Thankfully he didn’t mind.

“She was a little shocked but otherwise fine. She is now cleaning the pool floor with a toothbrush. The chicks used it last week for some training and left it in a miserable condition.” Hilda said with disgust.

“Good. She needs to be taught some life lessons. Keep an eye on her, she might lead us to a big fish… Oh, and let her hear you talk about the great treasure in the vault downstairs…” Victor said with an evil smile. “Now where is Alex?” Victor asked, turning to Margret, who was sitting with some difficulty.

“I don’t know, I gave him a new maid uniform that I bought online from a shady… Ahm, specialty website. He must be hesitating in some corner… “ She said as she adjusted her seating.

Victor chuckled as he threw her a healing pull just as a pretty girl entered the dining room.

“I am here young master,” The girl in a …ahm… a “Maid Uniform” walked in as the girls opened their mouths in shock. Who was this chick? A new maid? No…. Alex? They didn’t know he had such an amazing body… Isn’t this uniform too revealing? Can this be called a uniform?

Visually, Alex looked exactly the same… But the air around him seemed much more feminine. Did he embrace the female identity at last?

Victor smiled Victoriously, he made her disable the disguise by herself… Wait, she only dispelled it by 20%... He didn’t know that the treasure she used had this feature. Well… she still needed to hide her super curvy body after all…

“Alex, Very good. I don’t know how you did it today, but you look absolutely beautiful...You almost turned me gay for real. If you were a real girl I would have made a fortune selling you to the top brothel in the capital.” Victor said as he nodded, making Alex shiver a little. Maybe she had just made a mistake.

“Unfortunately, I need you to be our driver today, so dress up as a guy. And keep your perverted hobbies to the nighttime.” Victor said dismissively as he shook his head making Alex almost lose her cool… She was a step away from bursting into tears or ripping this outfit and throwing it on him… “I did all of this for you…. Bastard'' She screamed in her head…..“ Wait..Don’t be impulsive Alex… Isn’t this better for you… He called me beautiful anyway… Why do I care.“ She thought.

“Can’t you sell him as a male? There are places for that.” Margret asked with a smirk..

“True… Especially with this female personality of his.… He would work wonders there… I will consider it.” Victor said as Alex sat down, and was trying hard not to look at Victor…. This was definitely a mistake…

“Interesting...” Hilda said as she looked at Alex suspiciously with the girls. How did he do it? Plastic surgery? But they saw him yesterday. Can it be done this fast? Maybe the young master used some kind of a treasure on him… She heard of those. But… Did he lose his ability as a man? Did he have such ability in the first place?

“Sit down and eat, we have a long day ahead of us,” Victor said with a smile as Lily, who gave Alex a curious look, cut the steak in her young master’s dish elegantly… She seemed to have got a new set of sharp knives.

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After finishing their breakfast, Victor ordered the girls to get ready to depart as he went to the study.
Theta was waiting for him there.

"Did it work?" He asked,
”No… The system gave me a foul play indicator.” She said. They have been using poor Margret to test her gambler class limits.

“It seems like you should not be aware of foul play… ” Victor said,

“It may have something to do with the odds.” She added. “I don’t know if it depends on the real odds or my feelings about them… and the alert only flashed when you caught Margret… as long as it is fair play, it doesn’t matter…” She said,

“True... Did you figure out how your skills work? On what can you gamble precisely?” He asked.

“On Everything… There are two types. System gambles and Player gambles. The system gamble is very straightforward, I bet one statue whether something would happen. It is only limited to Health, Stamina, Mana, Coins, and maybe others and skills cool-down times…. As for the player's gamble, it is very interesting. It requires the other party's approval… but everything can be wagered except Level and Authority. And… The final transfer seems to be limited to my Mana and Authority though… I haven't tried it yet.” She said with a frown.

“Ohh… I will try to think of a solution for that. Can experience points be wagered?” He asked.

“Yes, the system gamble probably accepts those too, but I didn’t have any to test it.” She said,

“What about non-system attributes?”

“What do you mean?” She asked.

“Non-system attributes are things that have nothing to do with the system, they are divided into two categories, Internal like your hair or sight… and External like normal money and possessions.” He said

“I don’t know… let me try……” She said as she tried setting up a wager…. “It says AUTHORITY NOT SUFFICIENT.” She said,

“Did you try it on me?” He asked

“Yes…”

“Try it with someone else as a target.”

“Ah…” Trying again….” Wah…It says LEVEL NOT SUFFICIENT… And I have to wager something of equal value.” She said,

“Mmm… do you have to be a part of the gamble? Or can you be just an intermediary?” He asked.

“Ah… It can be done… But the Mana requirement is too steep. And the two parties must be very close.” She said,

“Do you have to clearly indicate to the other party that you are using a skill?” He asked.

“Not necessarily, I only set the wager in the system, and as long as the other party approves it would work. There is no visual indicator… Margret has already wagered her entire COINs unknowingly. I just had to act as if it was a joke and tell her “let’s bet All our coins on this”… Then I added, “I put 10000$ with it”. She accepted, but didn’t realize the play in words.” She said with a wicked smile. After regaining her memories, she was no longer that naive girl.

“Thankfully the bet was a foul play,” Victor said with a chuckle.

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“I would have returned them to her anyway, I don’t cheat my family.” She said with a puffed cheek.

“Good, don’t tell anyone except Alpha about this.” He said, “I will teach you a few tricks later, and maybe we can cheat some idiot out of his attributes.” He added as he took a skill book from his ring.

“This one is a skill to turn all your Stamina into Mana. It might be useful if your Mana gets insufficient,” he said. “Be careful with it though… as you will not be able to move after using it.”

“Ah, I Understand, Thanks.” She said as she took the book and looked at it strangely.

“Young master… I thought that other players didn’t have Mana and Stamina, why is there a skill for that.” She asked.

“Oh…True, this skill can’t be used by normal players. My little Theta is smarter than I thought.” He said with a smile, making her blush “Well, I will tell you a secret. This thing was from my ancestor’s stash. And that guy is not from this world.” He added.

…

Monica cursed as she was dragged into the car by the old butler whose head was 98% bald.
“Young lady, we have to go to school. I know that you were kidnapped yesterday. But they let you go pretty quickly, and the master had commanded that you should not miss the first day.” He said.

“No…. I don’t want that.” She shouted in frustration.

“Fine then… I will tell the master…. He would find and kill that terrorist…” The butler let her go and turned around.

“Ahhh… No, wait….I will go.” Monica said… not knowing why she defended that evil man in front of her father…. Well... He was nice to her after all…..

Monica was lost in thoughts when her car arrived at the massive Academy campus. This place was huge, featuring many buildings and research labs.

“Sorry sir, cars can’t enter the campus.” A polite guard told the driver sternly.

“Young lady. Please be careful… And remember your mission.” The butler said as he opened the door for Monica who stepped out of the car and entered the campus without sparing him another look. She was very annoyed.

“Hi, there pretty girl… Do you need a guide?” A young man wearing an expensive suit asked her just as she entered, “My name is Buck... I am a third-year student here. We were tasked with guiding the new students.” He said as he flashed his sweetest smile.

“Ahh… Hello… No, I am ok.” Monica didn’t like the smile of this young man. So she tried to step away from him.

“But you can get lost…. Come on, let me guide you…” He said as he grabbed her forearm.

“Let go.” She said coldly.

“No,” The man said, as the surrounding students ignored them. Some of the new students wanted to help, but they were quickly told not to by their guides. His uncle was the vice president for academic studies. No one dared offend him. So he was used to being arrogant and grabbing little girls of the normal class. He could tell because of the badge she wore.

“I said, let go.” She said angrily, disappointed by all of those wimpy guys around.

“Make me..” Buck said with a cheesy smile, that was the last in his life. At the next moment, a strong fist slapped his face, shattering his jaw and throwing him to the ground.

“Are you ok?” A young man stepped forward and checked her arm with concern.

“Ah... It’s you….” She said with a bright smile.

“Yes, thank you for driving me home that day. I didn’t get a chance to introduce myself, my name is Tom.” He said as he stepped on the hand of the man who was trying to stand up.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh…” The man screamed.

"Ah, sorry. I didn’t see you there. Don’t be like a cockroach. Crawling out of nowhere and scaring pretty ladies.” Tom said as he kicked that man in his stomach sending him a few feet away.

“Juvt you… vait… I am…. Ahhh.” The man couldn’t talk because of his broken jaw. He just gave Tom a threatening look and then ran away.

The people around him quickly stepped away from him...

“Ahhh, Will it be ok? You didn’t have to do that for me. They might kick you out of school” Monica asked with concern,

“Don’t worry. I am a student in the special class.” He said, pointing to the golden badge on his chest making Monika open her eyes in shock.

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The big SUV soon reached the Academy’s campus. This place might be referred to as the Academy. But in fact, it was bigger than most Universities.

The Players council opened 10 Academies across the continent. This was one of them,
On the surface, this was a place of knowledge, but the truth was that this institute was made by the players to train new players and non-player staffers to serve the great powers. In addition to that, most of the non-secretive research about dungeon materials and technologies was being done here, under the pretense of advanced technology. The families can’t do all of the research by themselves… There's simply too much data.

The players in the family didn’t have to go here. As most of the knowledge was provided by the family. But most choose to come.
Here, they can recruit their own team of players and forge relationships with other families both big and small. .. And most importantly, there are many rare skills and treasures here for the best students. Things that only the elites in the families and sects are eligible to get.

Stopping at the gate, the guard quickly approached them and asked about their identity.

“This is the teachers and researchers' gate. The students should go through the other one…” He said, just as a youngster with purple hair who was squeezed with four girls in the back seat flashed his purple token.

“Please go right in, young master…” The guard bowed respectfully as he opened the gate. Although the school didn’t belong to his family. It was under the influence of the Player Council. And Elite members of the Council factions enjoyed many privileges.

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“Alex, take the day off, maybe go shopping. Just make sure to come to pick me up at 5.00” Victor said as he stepped down from the car and took a deep breath. He is back, this place was full of memories, and disappointments.
Behind him, Lily, the twins, and Margret stepped out of the car and put on their special class badges.

Alex nodded and then returned to the car... She needed some .... Ahm...Womanly products... She will go shopping.

“Where to now, young master?” Margret looked around with sparkling eyes. She had never dreamed in her life that she could set foot in this place.

“The auditorium… There will be an opening ceremony in a while… We arrived a little early.” Victor said as he guided the girls on the campus grounds. It was 7.00 am. The ceremony should start at 8.00.

When they reached the auditorium the girls decided to go to the ladies' room, they needed to fix their clothes… They really liked hugging Victor in the car, but their clothes apparently didn’t.

Victor chuckled and decided to wait in the hallway. So he sat on a bench to the side and leisurely watched the flustered students enter one by one with broad smiles on their faces as they were being guided by upperclassmen who acted as guides.
Victor didn’t encounter those guides as he parked his car in the teacher's section.

Suddenly two familiar faces were entering the building… Why are those two together? Are thy connected... Victor didn't know, as he never met Monica in his previous life.

“Don’t worry, no matter who the man your father is forcing you to marry is, I will confront him for you.” Tom said to Monica just as they passed by Victor, who frowned then smiled widely when Monica’s eyes met his…” Ahhh..” She yelped.

“What’s wrong?” Tom asked as he looked to the side and noticed Victor. He wanted to say something insulting but before he could, Monica, beat him to it.

“It’s you… Why are you here?” She asked as she looked around. Are there other terrorists here?

“Why can’t I be here… I am also a student.” He said pointing to the golden badge on his chest.

“Ah….” She didn’t know what to say, as Tom looked at her and then at Victor suspiciously. He didn’t like the feeling he was having in his chest at all.

“We will be late for the ceremony… Let’s go.” Tom, who was getting a little jealous nudged her.

“Ah…. Yes…” She moved forward as her eyes stayed on Victor… “Aren't you going?” She asked, making Tom nearly stumble.

“In a minute,” Victor said with a charming smile. “You go first, I will find you later.” He said as he flashed his white teeth… The same move Tom did when he charmed girls.

Monica froze for a second then nodded and hurried away while wondering why she said that.

Victor frowned a little then used his appraisal skill on Monica.

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