The Young Master in the Shadows

Chapter 40: A change of plans

Standing on a grassy hillside and watching the full moon, Victor who was holding Lily's hand looked at her and asked

"Lily, Do you think I am evil?"

"You are not a good man, young master, but not an evil one either, you are just you," Lily said. “And that’s the way I like you,” She said in her heart.

She didn't know Victor for a long time, but she had very good instincts since she was young, and she could easily tell if someone was good or bad, like she did when she first met Guy. When she met victor, lily felt that she can trust him unconditionally.

When she saw her young master for the first time, every cell in her body told her that he is the kind of person who is cruel to his enemies, kind to his own family. And she has long decided to be his.

“You give me too much credit," he said with a sigh. He felt a little conflicted,

The twins would be a little hurt because of his plan. But nothing would happen to them, as Nick dares not break the family rules.

Suddenly his new phone vibrated notifying him that it had received a message, it was from the twins and it had only one word "HELP".

Looking at it Victor quickly showed it to Lily then hurried back with her to the Mansion. This is what he was waiting for.

It took them 2 minutes to reach the bottom gate,

"Did the twins return?" He asked the guard, who quickly saluted

"Yes, young master, 15 minutes ago. Young master nick is here too, he arrived an hour ago" the guard said,

"Is he alone or does he have others with him?" Victor asked.

"He had two other men," the guard said.

Victor nodded his head and went uphill with Lily.

Victor has already figured out what happened this very same night in his past life, It's was probably Tom who escorted the twins home that night, and he was the one who hurried to save them from Nick's clutches. Then he probably set this entire mansion on fire to hide his tracks.

And that also explains why the twins did not have the tattoos back then, as Tom must have used the master seal on Nick to free them.

As for Hilda, he didn’t know her destiny, she was either dead or hiding away with Tom.

The family didn't punish Tom, it was because the investigation took a very long time. It turned out that Nick was a part of one of the opposing wings in the family, he was doing some of their dirty jobs.

But the problem was the fact that Nick was building his own army, he had gathered massive wealth and resources and kept them hidden from both the family and his masters. Were it not for the evidence uncovered on his body, the family would have been kept in the dark. By the time the results came out, Tom was too strong and the family was not interested in pocking a hornet's nest for a traitor.

Victor only discovered this drama much later when he browsed the families archives he had found in a secret chamber under the ruins.

And Victor is now planning to kill Nick tonight and make all the resources his bastard brother gathered his own.

"Lily, when we enter the Mansion I want you to quickly attack the person I point at as a thief and kill him immediately, without giving him a chance to speak."

Lily was a little surprised but nodded her head, she understood that Victor intended to kill Nick who was probably the reason for the twins' distress message. Brothers killing each other is the norm in this kind of family, there would be probably some troubles later and the family would question them. But as long as he had an excuse it will end up mostly fine.

"Do you want me to get rid of the guard at the gate too, he has already told us that it was your brother who is here," she asked him as a professional assassin.

"Yes, but later. We will make it look like we are punishing him for failing to probably inform us, I wanted to change the guards anyway," he said.

It took them only one minute to reach the top as they used their top speed, but when they reached near the mansion and Victor abruptly slowed down then stopped.

In front of the door, there was an expensive limited edition sports car parked, it was probably Nick's. But it was not the reason he stopped, It was a weird feeling of a black thread wrapping around his neck then piercing his heart. It was his Fate Instinct skill, which activated and showed him that someone is planning to kill him.

He caught Lily's arm and gestured her to use her survey skill. That she quickly used then wrote one word with her shaking finger on his palm "JACOB" then another word “EXPLOSIVES”.

He immediately understood who this Jacob was, it was non other than Carla's brother, the guy who rigged his car this morning.

This afternoon when he was changing his clothes, he ordered Lily to find a chance to assassinate him in a couple of days.

Ah, but he made a mistake. He didn't expect this guy to be so persistent. He should have gotten rid of him earlier today.

“No, there is a better way.” He thought. And quickly activated his Fate tracker skill, setting the black thread as a target. Now he could feel Jacob hiding on top of a big tree nearby.

Victor smiled and whisper softly to Lily "Change of plans."

Then he started walking like an arrogant young master and headed to Nick's car. Looking at it with pride.

"Dear Lily, do you like this car?" He asked lily who felt a little strange but played along.

"Yes, young master it is very amazing, is it yours?" She asked.

"Yes, my brother Nick promised he would get me one of those tonight, Let's go meet him. I will get the keys and take you for a late night drive by the lake. I wanted to show you my driving skills for a long time." He said Arrogantly to Lily who nodded with approval.

“I can’t wait young master, maybe we could try some new things,” Lily said with a hidden smile, making Victor look at her strangely. He will have to fix her later, he thought.

Then holding her hand, Victor entered the mansion. And without looking back they closed the door firmly behind them. As if they haven't already noticed the man with the evil smirk in the shadows.

He has heard Victor’s words clearly. And he also needed to change his plans.