Chapter 429: THAT DEMON

Micheal slowly opened his eyes and sat up.

“Ahh...” he grimaced in pain. His entire body hurt just like when he was scammed into that dominatrix club by his friends last year. What happened? Where was he? Why did it smell so bad? He wondered as he looked around.

He was in a dumpster... A very stinky one.

How the hell did he reach here? Was it his sister Mona venting on him again?

No wait...

“Bianca!” he blurted out as began to look around while trying to recall what happened last night.

The last thing he remembered was going with Abe and Bianca for a meal that turned into a drinking session in which they went into a lengthy description of his novel and from where he got his inspiration.

Bianca seemed to have been really into that stuff.

After that, everything was a blur. The last thing he remembers was Bianca offering them toast from a very expensive bottle of wine.

Right, he needed to call and check on her safety! He quickly took his phone... Where was his phone?

Wait... Why was he naked?

...

“...” Meril sighed as she watched the elven horse enjoy his meal of carrots. Could this thing really be her brother?

Of course not... She was not that stupid.

She thought that she was hallucinating, but when her bloodline was awakening, for a split second she noticed him when his disguise broke, a guy that perfectly matched Macil''s description of Victor was standing at the back by the door, observing how things went.

Someone who could infiltrate an elven prison could easily fool her gullible young master and act as if he turned into an elven horse.

“The question is, where is the real one?” she asked the elven horse as she pondered.

“I am right here!” someone replied to her, making her look back with her sword drawn.Re?Ad lateSt chapters at novelhall.com Only

It was a very handsome young man with purple hair, a black cloak, and an extra cute little girl in a white dress holding onto him with a lollipop in her mouth.

“...” carefully Meril looked at him. “Do you care to induce yourself?” she asked despite knowing the answer.

“Ahh, My name is Victor, Victor Von Weise... Macil should have told you about me, my dear sister!”

“We are not sure about that yet... And who is that one?” she asked, pointing at the little girl who seemed to be a little wary of her.

“She is Emira, just a good girl I picked up along the way... You can ignore her for now, she is just being naughty not wanting to stay away from me...” he said making the little girl relax and chuckle. Her eyes looked around the room with interest.

“Oh... Meril told me you turned into an elven horse...” Macil said, looking at the elven horse who ignored them. Those carrots were fresh.

“I had to fool him, he is kinda gullible,” Victor said as ignored her and approached the horse, “Sorry pal, I had to leave you like that to take my place... ” he said as he petted him.

“Macil said that you claim to be my brother...” Meril, ignoring what he said earlier, asked.

“I AM your brother...” Victor said, activating his dragon bloodlines inside his body.

“AH...” Meril yelped as she felt her bloodline begin to boil, it was as if it were telling her to bow. Involuntarily, she dropped her sword and fell to the ground.

“See... This is your bloodline effect... “ he said.

Meril just frowned. Yes, she could feel it. a deep bloodline connection.

“Where is Macil?” he asked, looking around, as he stopped suppressing her.

“The young master was summoned to the royal palace...” she responded, grabbing back her sword as she stood up. She still didn’t trust him, but she became a little less alert.

“Ah, just as planned... The princesses were arrested right?” Victor asked with a smile.

“Yeah... Did you have a hand in that?” Meril frowned.

“Yup, it seemed like mentioning them stealing an artifact in front of the .... “ Victor stopped talking and looked around making sure no one was near. “In front of Him who shall not be named, when I was fighting him a few days ago...”

“Who shall not be named? Who do you mean...”

“I can’t mention his name in his domain just in case he had some kind of stupid curse... I swore to be extra careful after all,” Victor said.

“His domain... Do you mean his eminence, the su...” Before Meril could continue, Vicor, vanished then appeared right in front of her, pressing her down with his hand on her mouth.

“So... Let me Think about it for a moment...” Meril said after hearing Victor for three straight hours.

“Please do!” Victor said as he patted Emira who was napping with her head on his lap after eating some exotic elven treats.

This girl was learning at a very fast rate.

After he took her out of the gorge, he first let her enter the cauldron with him, making her appear inside the zone where he kept the demons just in case.

As expected, the moments she got near any of them, they began to grow old and die. It was as if the air around her was death itself.

At first, he was worried about what to do as he couldn’t leave this bomb alone in the cauldron by herself. So it occurred to him to try and teach her.

As a test, he released his bloodline a little and let Emira see how withered his hand became as it got near her.

To his surprise, the girl quickly realized it and began suppressing her power with a worried face. It only took her 1 hour to get the hang of it and get rewarded with an ice cream popsicle!

After that, making sure she was completely safe for handling, he spent a couple of days with her and the elf girls trying to teach her many things.

She absorbed knowledge like a sponge, learning at a very crazy quick rate. At the moment she could already understand almost anything, but for some reason refused to speak.

It was as if there was something she feared a lot and could only find solace in being with him all the time.

If Victor had to guess, he was now sure that this girl was someone who was thrown into the gorge to die and somehow managed to survive.

The strange thing was her power. It was very peculiar as when he decided to leave her with the girls and come to see Meril, the girl was able to escape the cauldron on her own with ease. It was as if he had no control over it. She just turned herself into black smoke and followed him out.

He did consider using the Blood slave seal to force her to stay inside, but seeing how much she was attached to him, he decided that this would be too cruel at the moment. He had no choice but to bring her along.

“So... What do you think of my proposal?” he finally asked Meril after giving her 30 minutes to think things through.

“Let me make things clear first...” she said. “We all hail from another world where we belong to some great power?”

“Yup... as I said, your mother and others from the family came here through a portal!” Victor explained. “They probably thought it was a normal dungeon...”

“I see... You said that you can open that portal back? really?” she asked with a frown.

“Ah... I have a scroll to do that...!” Victor said. “But it needs some very specific conditions to activate and I am searching for a suitable location!”

“Oh... How did you get it?" She asked. Can such a thing be easily found? This was the first time she heard of such a thing.

"I found it near the portal that led me here... It seemed to be some kind of an old ruin..." he said. "It was only after I came here that I knew what it was... The instructions on it are written in Elvish!" he said.

"Can I see it?"

"Later... I don''t dare to expose it here... You know, HE, might feel it... It is a high-ranking tool after all!" he said in a worried voice.

"Fine... Let me ask you about something else... You said you plan to go look for my mother?” she asked.

“Yes! I am sure she would love to go back to her original world!”

“How do you know she is still alive... How do plan to find her?”

“Oh... Well... I can''t tell if she was still alive or not, I have this skill that allows me to find my family members and I can feel their existence in the West,” he said, not particularly lying. “Other than your mother, Rosette, there is also my Great aunt Ariana and a few others who should be here!”

“What a convenient skill...” she pondered. The girl was the skeptical type.

“It was the way I managed to find this mansion! Macil never brought me here before!” he explained.

“I see...”

“Come on, Meril... You can’t stay here... You know that if your demonic bloodline were to be discovered, it would put not only you but also Macil in grave danger!”

“I know...” she said as she bit her pretty lip.

“You can consider the things about returning to our original world later, for now, you only need to follow me for a couple of weeks, allowing me to teach you how to control your powers as we go and meet your mother...” he said. “It is not a bad deal!”

“Um... Give me a day to think about it and sort things out...” she said, seemingly 99% convinced.

“Good... I will be waiting for you west of the city near the large golden boulder,” Victor said. “Just make sure not to tell anything to Macil, Although I like him, he is a sun elf, and as I told you, all of them have bloodline restrictions and can not be trusted!”

“I know... I know...” Meril sighed.

“Good... No matter what, just be careful,” he said.