CHAPTER 341: CHAPTER 341: THOSE ARE MINE!

Somewhere far away from the mansion. The moment Jade’s body was purified.

A huge pitch black orb could be seen hovering at the centre of what seemed to be a glass container with many tubes attached to it.

The scene was vaguely familiar to the one with the green Monarch from before.

Just that it looked more bizarre, bigger and deadlier. It was obviously stronger than the green Monarch. And not by just a little bit too.

{Hhm? The connection was broken off? But that should be impossible... Then again, the group has ties to the death of that minion of mine who blocked me from sensing what was going on until the very last moment. Consuming that one would have definitely sped up my recovery by a lot. Well whatever, nothing I can do about it now. And the link shouldn’t matter anymore with how close the kill team is to that place... I should tell them to speed up though, just in case something big happens. And I’m curious to know what managed to erase my presence from that filthy hunter offspring who shouldn’t exist. One really can’t trust a thief}.

The Monarch in its own form thought to itself quietly. Then it sent out a telepathic message to its subordinates to notify them of the change and that they should hurry up.

...

Somewhere a few kilometres away from the mansion...

"You all heard His Excellency. Let’s speed up. We cannot risk failing this mission after all the losers who failed before us. Especially with an S-class executive present in Mr Smith. We must complete it without his assistance. Anyway, enough talk. Everyone spread around. We should be close now. And I only give you three hours. You’d better find them or heads are rolling to appease His Excellency. And that includes mine!" A blue-haired man who seemed to be the one in charge barked orders to the others.

Since none wanted to lose their heads, they immediately got to work and started spreading around and looking for the group furiously.

They already had descriptions of some of the members by that point. So they at least had an idea of what they were looking for...

And so, the search intensified. The chance of the mansion being found in a few hours was quite high if the Muku’s group didn’t move.

Unfortunately, they weren’t aware that the enemy was already so close to them. So they weren’t thinking about moving for the time being.

Muku had just returned, so running away was the last thing they thought about...

.....

A while later after Muku told Jade that he had a plan...

Muku could be seen walking down the stairs with a smile on his face.

He looked at the others who were still sitting on the couches despite it being almost morning.

He wasn’t surprised since Evolvers of their rank could go for months without sleeping and not being affected negatively.

And it’s not like they were just staring into empty space as they waited. They were all busy meditating. This was great for improving their understanding of their elements.

One had to know that a person could always get more familiar with their elements. So just because they were talented geniuses didn’t mean they would forever be on top without putting work into it.

Iris had also told them about the need to constantly improve their mana along with their strength. So unlike Muku of the past, they didn’t neglect any part of their abilities.

Though they suspected that Iris had deliberately told them about the need to constantly improve mana quality after Muku left. As for why she would do such a thing, they didn’t know... It couldn’t possibly be because Muku spanked her once right?

Anyway, the girls all snapped their eyes open at once the moment they felt Muku’s presence. Which they could only do because he let them.

"So... How was the talk?" Audrey asked as Muku took a seat.

"Why did you take so long?" Hope asked as she again latched herself to Muku’s arm.

"The talk was... Insightful to say the very least. And quite shocking too. As for why it took so long, I was helping Jade get her bloodline back under control. It was harder than I thought, which is why it took so long. I’m sure you all felt the Beast Aura explosion before I suppressed it. That was her finally gaining control. Unfortunately, I couldn’t save the furniture in the room. Everything was destroyed. Including Jade’s clothes even. Fortunately, I had those dresses from Mom or the situation would have become very awkward. After that, I had to guard her until she was completely stable. She’s currently resting in her room. She’ll show you her interesting new form after waking up. And I’m sure her recovery will be quicker if Hope uses her healing magic on her... That’s not a problem for you right Hope?" Muku spoke with a straight face as he mixed in truths and lies together to form a rather airtight story.

It was so believable and probable that despite some suspicious parts, the girls seemed to believe it. In fact, the addition of the suspicious parts kind of added to the story’s credibility.

If it was too perfect they might have caught onto something.

And as some might have guessed, it was the plan Muku told Jade about.

He used her bloodline mishap to cover up the fact that he had to destroy the blankets along with Jade’s destroyed clothes and all possible evidence of what they had done. He literally destroyed every which could be reasonably destroyed just to sell the lie as well as be as thorough as possible.

"Oh, okay. As long as everything works out. And I don’t mind using my healing magic on her of course. She’s my teammate. We can go right now even" Hope replied positively. She had completely bought into the lie.

After all, she had more than a hundred percent trust in her brother. To her, it was impossible to even imagine that he would ever lie to her. And if he had to lie, it would be for her own good. So yeah, if anyone is more than willing to thoughtlessly fall for Muku’s lies, then it’s definitely Hope.

Seeing how easily the girl was fooled made Muku feel a bit bad about what he had done actually. He promised himself never to lie to her unless it was absolutely necessary.

In fact, if it were up to him, he wouldn’t have lied at all. But he had to respect Jade’s choice. He might not be a natural gentleman, but for his girls, he didn’t mind being one when they wanted him to be.

The other girls also expressed their understanding. However, there were weird twinkles in Audrey and Emily’s eyes.

However, they didn’t make their thoughts known as to why that was.

"No, it’s okay. You can do it later. For now, you all can go sleep if you want. Jade should also be sleeping. I don’t want to disturb her... I’ll take first watch. The barrier is still recovering so I guess watchers are necessary until it’s fixed" Muku refused to let Hope go immediately.

The signs of what really took place were still apparent on Jade’s rosy cheeks and slightly shaking legs.

Most of the girls might miss it, but some might catch on. Especially Audrey who had gone through the same experience. She’ll definitely figure things out the moment she sees Jade.

Speaking of which, he was planning on telling her what happened. After all, telling her was different from telling the others. Telling her was safe and necessary since she was a confirmed partner.

Of course, that had to wait until he could get her alone then speak.

"Oh okay. I’ll wait then. And the others can go sleep if they want. I’m not tired so I’ll stay up with you. You can tell me about your travels in the Beast World. Raya told us a few but her’s kinda sounded like she was the MC and you were her dumb pet human she was always saving (Hey! You promised to keep it secret!) So I want to hear it from your perspective" Hope replied as she casually exposed Raya.

"She said it like that did she?" Muku spoke slowly while he looked at Raya menacingly.

The little dragon girl who was sitting on Audrey’s lap panicked and buried her face into Audrey’s chest.

At least that’s what it looked like to the others. But Muku noticed the cunning smile on her face as she did so. She was clearly trying to make Muku jealous.

And it was working.

"Hey! Get off! Those are mine!" Muku shouted angrily as he got up to try and pull Raya off Audrey.

However, Audrey blocked his hand with a slight blush on her cheeks as she thought of what he said..

"Please calm down. She’s just a child. Please forgive her. Let’s move on. Tell us your side of the story like Hope said. I’m sure none of us feels like sleeping right now. It’s almost daylight and sleeping regularly is more of a habit than something necessary these days anyway" Audrey spoke as she tried to change topics.

"Tsk. Fine. But know that I’m only doing it for you. And the brat better watch her mouth or we’re going for a hell-level training session" Muku replied as he went back to his seat.

Raya gulped down some saliva when Muku mentioned hell-level training. She almost ran away as she remembered those horrible memories. Fortunately, Audrey saved her.

This gave her an idea. And so, a cunning glow appeared in the scheming child’s eyes...