章 19: Elder's Shock!

Chapter 19

"That should be enough."

He mumbled as he lightly kicked the unconscious body of the 2nd brother of his.

Although he felt that he has successfully diverted the attention from Nadia but he still delivered a final blow just to seal this ordeal.

He knew that he has fully conquered the 2nd brother's mind with fear. He was quite sure that in the future, this brother of his won't even dare to appear in front of him much less talk about him to anyone.

The impact and fear he instilled was too strong!

Well, Oliver would need to deliver him back to his courtyard first.

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After somehow finishing the delivery, he finally returned back to his courtyard and saw Zippy strolling near the gate as if guarding the entrance.

'Looks like the clan guardian finished the business she left for…'

He came to his room and stopped behind the door as he thought about the previous day's events, earlier he could clearly see the trajectory of the 2nd brother's punch in slow motion but when he was getting beaten by them, he was having trouble.

He realized that it must be due to the fact that the special eyes were too powerful for his weak body to adjust to…

His nervous system has also been boosted in strength when he received the permanent strength boost last time.

This probably allowed the special eyes to deliver the signals to his brain properly and also the reason he could see the fast punch in slow motion.

He felt that even now, there was a great margin that he could work on and improve.

If he had such strength earlier when facing the 3rd brother and sister, he might have been able to reduce his injuries significantly.

Although he had the excuse that his espera talent was too pathetic, he should have focused on training physically then.

He could not always wait for his target to make a breakthrough or achievement, he needs to train his body as well.

He shivered as he realized that he might get left behind if he did not train just as much as the main characters, if that happens, his body might not be able to keep up with all the monstrous abilities that he might get in the future.

Not to mention monstrous abilities, he would be receiving a tenfold version of those powers, if the vessel itself was weak then naturally it would break.

He doubted that anything could save him then…

He might even need to train harder than those main characters in the novels in the future if he wanted to be ready to receive great power.

"I need to train hard…" He muttered as his eyes turned serious.

Yawn…

Oliver was also feeling a little tired after all the drama he has been facing since the last few days

"Hah, I am tired!"

He quickly went to his bed and slept for the rest of night not waking until afternoon next day.

He was going to train harder to not die out of overdose of power.

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In the 2nd brother's courtyard.

A group of people were gathered outside his room, they all shared similar expressions of confusion, tension, and impatience.

They were some of the elders of the Mystic Purge clan….

In the clan, there were elders who favored one sibling over the others and provided them with preferential treatment sometimes.

These elders were the caretakers of the 2nd son and daughter of the clan head.

After receiving news from the guards that the 2nd young master was found unconscious in his room by a maid, they quickly apprehended her and called for an audience.

"You, servant, tell us what happened to him?" questioned one of the elder sternly, the atmosphere was thick with bloodlust and pressure.

The young maid trembled, her eyes wide with fear as she stammered, "Please, I don't know anything… I-I was simply going about my duties, serving tea to the young master, when I found him unconscious on the floor. I shook him, but he didn't respond, so I immediately called for the guards… Please believe me…" Her voice trailed off in sobs, tears streaming down her cheeks.

The maid explained everything that she had witnessed truthfully.

The elders also noticed this, they were experienced and skilled enough to tell from her body language that she was not lying and was feeling genuine fear from them.

And their common sense also told them that all the servants and guards selected to work in the Mystic Purge Clan were trained rigorously.

Loyalty was ingrained into their brains the moment they stepped food into the boundaries of the clan. It was impossible for any servant to even bear thoughts like this.

So they just ignored her and discussed among themselves…

"What happened to him suddenly? I met him just a few days ago, and he was looking absolutely fine!"

"Wait for some time, the medics are evaluating his condition. We will know shortly…"

They waited for a few more minutes in silence before being called inside by the doctors.

"He is awake but well… his condition is a bit strange. For some reason, he won't speak at all and would keep on shrieking from time to time. His mental condition looks worse, as if someone had attacked his brain."

The medic gave his opinion.

"For now, I have given him a few doses of mind-calming medicine. If this persists, then we will have to think of something else."

"How can this happen so suddenly? It doesn't make sense!"

An elder could not help but shout.

"Calm down, it's highly unlikely that a high-ranking mind demon has infiltrated the clan… Given the barrier, it seems almost impossible. But then, what other reasonable explanation could there be?"

Another elder commented as she fell into thought.

"A demon!? That's absurd! Are you out of your mind!?"

"Hmm…" The last elder, who had been quiet since the beginning and had a profound aura, finally spoke.

"We cannot make bold assumptions without any proof. This is a serious matter. A direct lineage member was attacked as such. According to the hidden guards, he left the courtyard ordering them to stay back and to not follow him, which is strange. The next thing they know is that he suddenly appeared back in his room in that state."

His words made sense to everyone.

"I further asked for a report on his previous day's actions and found something weird."

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章 20: Who did this to you? The Elder's dilemma.

Chapter 20

"What did you find peculiar, elder?"

The others questioned.

He frowned and said, "Two days ago, he was with the 3rd pair of siblings, and they met the 4th son on their way. They got into a fight, and naturally, as you all are aware, the 4th son is a waste, so they did him quite the number. But in the middle of the fight, young Miss Naida intervened…"

"What!? Unbelievable!"

"Impossible!"

The other two expressed surprise.

Nadia!

The most likely future clan head.

Not even the elders dared to be disrespectful to her, even though they were much above her in standing and power. They could, but none of them wanted to be on her bad side.

She was called the dark seedling because of her deadly talent.

Usually, every child born to the clan's direct lineage, to Mistress Ophelia, was highly talented.

But— Oliver was an exception!

He was born just a few weeks after Nadia and was deemed utter trash. He had one of the worst inherent talents, truly not worthy of their clan name.

However, they suddenly felt something odd.

Nadia, who was born just before him, was born with extreme talent, and he was born lacking.

It was as if… she had sucked all of his talents and abilities while they were in the womb of their mother!

This led everyone to make rumors that she was a dark seedling who stole her twin's talents, like a demoness.

Of course, no one dared to say such a thing openly.

"Why would Miss Nadia…?"

One of the elders couldn't help but be curious.

"This is something I am not sure about… apparently she ordered the guards to leave the scene immediately after she made him leave in a somewhat shameful method…"

"Sir, are you suggesting that the second young master sought revenge on her later, resulting in this? Did Miss Nadia really do that…?"

"No way, but it does make sense. Miss Nadia is capable of such actions; she doesn't care about anyone."

Another elder said in a half-complaining, half-helpless tone.

He was really helpless. He could not say anything to Nadia after all. She had the direct backing of the clan head and Ophelia the great witch.

And not to mention, she was a growing monster. Every week, she would progress significantly. Anyone sane won't offend her considering she had a great future ahead.

"Why would the second young master act so recklessly? It's hard to believe he didn't consider the consequences… He's impulsive, but not foolish."

"And why was the fourth son even there in the first place? If I recall correctly, he's not permitted to reside in the central area. This all seems rather perplexing…"

The elders bickered among themselves for some time.

At this moment, the senior-most of them, the one with a profound aura from earlier, spoke, making them all silent.

"It is as you all know… we cannot come to any conclusions like this. We have to get our answers from young master himself."

He paused, looking at all the elders waiting for him.

"Retrieve a healing elixir from the clan resource center. Use my name; I have a few elixirs left."

He said calmly, shocking all the ones present. The medics had eyes filled with envy.

Getting even a single elixir was terrifyingly hard, but the senior elder had a few that he could spare to use!

This showed how influential and powerful the senior elder was.

"I'll fetch it immediately!"

The junior elder left directly. As long as they used a healing elixir, it was only a matter of time before they got to know everything.

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In just about 5 minutes, the elder who had gone to fetch the elixir returned, he was carrying along a bottle containing a pale green liquid with a lot of sparkles in it.

Just looking at it made one want to have a sip of it… after all, it looked delectable and smelled good.

"Feed it to him."

The senior elder said as he glanced at the 2nd young master who was tugging his hair so hard that they might just get uprooted, his eyes were widened and his pupils were dotted as a stream of tears kept going down.

"Young master, please open your mouth…"

The doctor quickly assisted, placing their hands on his chin, they gently pried open his sealed mouth while the nurses held him.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Slowly the contents of the potent healing elixir were delivered in his mouth as everyone watched with patience as the tube carrying elixir slowly emptied.

The doctors and other backed away after finishing the deed, allowing the young master to recover.

They observed slowly as his eyes slowly started to relax, his trembling hands also calmed down as he let go of his iron grip on his hair.

With shallow breaths, he fell back onto his bed, it was as if all strength had left his body.

He could not and did not wanted to get up at all.

"Young master, are you back."

The elder asked in a calm tone as he saw their young master's body jolt at being suddenly called out.

"I-I- where am I? What happened?"

He asked unsure of what was even happening, he opened his eyes and all he could feel his lack of strength and mental exhaustion.

He tried to remember what had happened but all he could feel was fog in his memories, his brain hurt a lot as he tried to recall what happened.

Hiss!

He hissed in pain as he felt a black wall blocking his access to the events that transpired the previous week.

Every time he tried to access the black wall in his memories, he would receive a sharp pain.

"What happened? Why are elders gathered in my courtyard?"

He puzzlingly questioned as he did not understand the situation but looking at the grave expression on their faces, he devised that something was wrong.

"It seems he does not remember what has happened."

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