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Chapter 211-Big Sis (3)

"Of course, this is the very same one big sis"

I spoke while giving her a smug smile, my answer only furthered Nora's surprise, well how wouldn't it? the item in my hands the spatial vow of love is a legendary item that was known and lost during the great war in the past, it was a blessed item gifted to two lovers by the Goddess Of Space And Time as she had been moved by the pure love.

The item irrespective of the time, space, or dimension will transport you to the position of the other one, no spatial lock or power would be able to stop it, I mean what could block the power of the Goddess Of Space itself? though it was said that the item was lost during the war, well it was not a big problem for me who played the game.

In fact, there's even a quest where I had to find this but at that time it was lost from my hand but now? hehehe….this baby was all mine,

"I-Is this really that item?"

Nora who had regained a bit of herself asked me as she walked closer to the other orb and looked at it curiously, I nodded my head at her as I spoke,

"Your right it's the very same one, I was indeed lucky to have stumbled on it during my travels"

"You must have been very lucky"

Nora said as she looked at me suspiciously, after all, she knew about the gift I had given Grace, the necklace Niphteal is not a secret between Nora and Elda, who too were surprised about me finding it and now I had shown her again another lost treasure, anybody would become suspicious at it. Looking at Nora I spoke,

"Don't worry big sis I have a gift for you too"

"A gift?"

Nora replied as her eyes sparkled, I chuckled seeing her look as I nodded my head,

"Yup, a gift but I won't show it to you now"

Saying so I placed my forefinger on my mouth and made a zipping motion, causing Nora to pout as she looked at me, though it didn't last long as she asked with curiosity,

"So where are we?"

To that, a mysterious smile came to my face as I spoke,

"The criminal underworld"

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"Austin is this really alright?"

A red-haired woman and blue-eyed wearing a black mask that hid from her forehead to her nose whispered to the boy beside her, the girl was wearing a beautiful green dress that fit her well, it let her bare shoulders a bit to the world, while her legs would at times peek from the cut on the bottom, overall her look was beautiful.

Meanwhile, the boy she whispered to also wore a black mask, he had green hair and bright blue eyes, he was wearing a blue suit that fit him perfectly, yup it was me and Nora, right now we were in the most famous underworld auction that was about to take place. At first, when I spoke of it to Nora she was again floored.

But her surprise was only beginning as we walked outside from the room where we came upon a Luxurious mansion that didn't lose out to the Lionheart mansion, where all the maids and servants gave me a respectful bow, the more she saw the more surprised Nora had become but when she finally learned that the mansion was in the middle of the Darknight city she lost it as she yelled at me for answers.

Sadly I gave her none as I pushed her to a dressing room where the dress she had to wear was prepared, from there we wore simple disguises as we headed out of the mansion, right now we were in a well decorated and expensive street where only the rich seemed to walk but the odd thing here was that everyone was either wearing a mask or a disguise.

Everybody looked, walked, and talked with grace and power, just the way they looked was enough for anybody to understand that anybody who walked this street wasn't a nobody, my eyes trailed over them all as I gave an answer to Nora,

"Yes, it's fine, you don't have to worry"

"How could I not worry!"

Nora spoke as she gave me a death glare, ever since the mansion she has been bugging me for answers. I had suddenly brought her to the middle of the world's biggest underworld city ruled by an organization whose roots stretched everywhere, from the Sylvia realm to the Silvie realm, it belonged to the Darknight organization, one that even kings would be wary of.

And right now we were in the capital city of that organization, moreover, I even owned an expensive mansion right in its middle, this was more than enough to show that my connections to the organization were not small at all. I could see that this had disturbed Nora a lot, so I moved my hand as I caught hers and I spoke seriously as I looked deeply into her eyes,

"Big sis, believe in me, I promise you I will tell you about everything once all this is over, until then please bear with me"

My words were soft but they were filled with conviction, Nora stood there in silence for a few moments before which her eyes became loving and warm, she nodded her head as she spoke

"Fine I will take a step back but remember Austin, I will now and always trust you, it's that I'm worried that you are mixed in something dangerous, sigh….you just went away for a few years and you came back with lots of secret….."

'You don't know the half of it'

Well, it's not like I could tell her everything and even then, the thing I was about to do was crucial, with this I am sure that I would fully get Nora's heart. Shrugging my shoulders to Nora I spoke with a cheeky smile

"I know big sis but let's enjoy this evening here, plus don't forget here we are engaged couples Nora and Austin"

My words quickly brought a blush to Nora's face as she replied

"Couldn't we be something else?"

"Nope, it's best if it's like this, this way we would have fewer trouble"

"Sigh…fine"

Finally, Nora relented though there was a satisfied smile on her face, which quickly faded away when I looked at her, catching Nora's hand we walked hand in hand through the beautiful city, whose sky was completely white, one could tell that illusion magic was used for it, not minding the curious gazes we got once in a while I walked towards a theater,

"Nora, since we have a some time before the auction, why don't we see a play?"

"Sure"

Nora nodded her head, she didn't think much of it, soon we reached a ridiculously decorated expensive reception, where I spoke to the ticket keeper

"Two tickets for the best movie you have"

"I'm sorry sir but right now we only have a single movie right now, the rest are all booked"

"Okay we will take that one"

I spoke as I gave him a gold card he accepted it and a few minutes later a person came to me as she started to guide both me and Nora but I didn't leave before giving the ticket keeper a wink to which he gave me a thumbs up

Chapter 212-Phase 1

"This place is quite well built, isn't it?"

Nora asked as we kept walking through the luxurious hallways, I didn't deny her as that was the truth, this city was filled with the powerful and the rich that wanted their shady deals done, just the money received from all this was astronomical, thus the city itself was built for the rich to enjoy, plus no one knows its exact location, well except for me and that's a story for another time. turning to Nora I responded,

"Well only the rich come here and the accommodations were built to fit it"

"Sigh….the world truly is a bit dark"

"It really is"

I nodded my head as we reached a private room, the woman in front of me nodded her head at me as she opened the door, making me come upon an extremely furnished room, the room was 5 star to say the least, as there was a wide wall of glass to see them play, there was a carriage of foods arranged around.

But what caught one's eye was the romantic feel in the room, in the center, there was only one big chair to sit on, making the people who sat there be extremely close, it was perfect for couples, not only that the room had scented candles, food in the shape of hearts and to top it of romantic music was being heard in the room,

"Um…..what's this?"

I asked the woman with an 'awkward' smile, she had a confused expression before whish she spoke like its obvious,

"It's a couple's special deluxe room, well aren't both of you a couple?"

As she said so her eyes narrowed in 'suspicion', to which my 'awkward' smile disappeared as I spoke a bit fast,

"Of course, it was just that I was a bit surprised, isn't that right, sweetie?"

Saying so I looked at Nora who had a stupefied look, it was only when she heard my words did she react fast as she caught my hands and lovingly smiled like a maiden in love as she spoke,

"Yes, that's right me and my hubby were just a bit taken back"

"I see, it's not a problem, plus if you find the play a bit boring you could widen the chair and make it into a bed~~~"

The woman spoke as she gave both of us a wink as she walked away though the wink she gave me had an extra smirk, with that both of us entered the room with an awkward atmosphere styled between the back of us, well it wasn't making things better for Nora as the romantic music was being heard, making her a bit self-conscious,

"No-Nora I didn't know the room was like this"

I spoke finally to get rid of the atmosphere between us and to begin my plans. My words brought her out of her thoughts as she coughed to make things batter,

"Cough…your right we just had to do it to make things better"

"Yeah, that's right, why don't we take a seat?"

"Sure"

Nora nodded her head and we turned our heads towards the couple centered chair, again silence descended before which I was 'hesitantly' moved, and finally, I sat on it as I turned towards Nora and spoke,

"Come one big sis, we are siblings right, why should we be worried?"

Hearing my words Nora calmed down a bit as her beating heart lessened, she smiled at me…..I think as she spoke,

"You're right we are siblings"

Her voice though contained a hidden bitterness as she walked towards and sat on my side, our shoulders touching each other, her legs and half of her body were sticking to me, normally this shouldn't be a problem but with all the things in the atmosphere, it was extremely bad, especially for Nora who was trying her best to hold herself back,

"Why don't you try these fruits?"

Trying to get her to relax I gave her some first which was cut in the shape of a heart, Nora took it as she began to take a bite, with it I started to have small talks with her to relax her down, after a few minutes she had calmed down. It didn't take long for the show to begin as the lights on the stadium were set alight, illusion magic took place and a prehistoric battle place came to be seen.

With all this the play begin, it was quite splendid, the actors and the play were beautiful, it was the story of a human girl that set her journey from a village, the story was taking place during the great war, where death and fights took place, this girl during her journey soon joined the army as her powers rose.

It was soon shown that she was a military genius as her strategy and brilliant mind soon led her to be recognized by the world. Meanwhile looking at Nora I could see that she was completely focused on the play, causing me to smile, as a fellow aspirant of the military how could she not like this play? after all I had written the play for her.

With a hidden smirk I focused on the play as the scene of the girl meeting a boy came to be seen, he was another hero of the war, he too made his name for his battles and kills, soon they met on the battlefield, they soon fought together and fell in love, soon they planned to be together but it was then that they found a bitter truth….they were siblings!.

The boy's father a noble had a passionate night with the girl's mother in the past resulting in her and now the truth was laid bare, just as when this scene was reached, Nora who was sitting beside me flinched, we both turned to each other, Nora's eyes were shaking and widened, whereas I looked 'lost' and 'awkward'.

We kept looking at each other before the previous atmosphere descended between us, how could it not? the show we were watching turned out to be about forbidden love! one could imagine the awkwardness, we didn't say anything as we just focused back on the scene, Nora's body though was flinching and shaking a bit.

In the show, this news shocked the two lovers as they gazed at each other with bitterness, the love between them was forbidden but their hearts refused to accept it, due to circumstances they moved farther from each other, both of them thought that the other was repulsed by the idea of being together, hence a barrier was formed between them

Soon the war continued as their contact became lesser, finally, the boy received the news that the woman he loved was ambushed, to protect her he reached the battlefield only to come upon her dying, the last words they shared with each other were only regret, only in death did they open their true feelings, regret had washed them both, due to some bullshit views they had lost each other.

Finally, the show ended with the girl dying in the boy's hands, with that silence descended to the room, seeing no response from Nora I looked towards her coming upon her pale face

'Okay, part 1 done!'

Chapter 213-A Date Unforgettable

3rd Person POV:

Looking to his side Austin could see Nora's eyes shaking, her lips pale, while deep sadness and bitterness flowed within her eyes, just one look was enough for him to understand that she was deeply shaken, it would seem that her feelings were higher then he hands anticipated, his face was 'confused' as he spoke to her,

"Nora are you alright?"

Austin's words were filled with a gentleness which quickly brought Nora out of her daze, with a pale expression she tried to give him a reassuring smile as she spoke,

"I-I am fi-fine, just a stomach ache, that's all"

"Are you sure? do you want to see a doctor?"

Austin asked back with 'suspicion' in his voice, after all, her reason wasn't all that easy to accept, Nora also seemed to have felt it as she waved her hand and spoke,

"Ye-Yeah, I'm fine, excuse me Austin I will just go to the bathroom for a moment"

Saying so she didn't wait for his response as she bolted to the attached bathroom, Austin doesn't stop her as he watched her bolt out of the room, his plans were slowly falling into place,

'Um….looks like she will need some more push'

Austin thought as he watched Nora disappear into the bathroom, Nora's an extremely stubborn person, a trait which seemed to run deeply in his family, he's sure that if Nora chooses to follow her feelings she would go to the ends of the world for it, she's just that type of person, hence for her to follow her feelings he would need to push her hard.

While Austin thought through his plans, Nora was washing her face with water, trying her best to calm down her feelings but no matter what she did the scenes she saw kept flashing in her mind, the burning feeling of the girl, the regret they faced due to hiding their feelings, all of them played in her mind mocking at her weak will,

'Why? Why Nora, didn't you already take an oath? so why does it hurt?'

She thought as she looked at the mirror displaying her reflection, her eyes were a bit red as she bit her lips, trying her best to hold back her feelings, raising her hands she placed them on her chest feeling her heart beat out of her chest, the play had brought the deepest fear of Nora's heart, hence it couldn't help but beat faster,

'It's okay Nora it's for the best'

It took some time before which she calmed down, finally she could feel the burden on her chest end, she took deep breaths, she even used a mana technique to calm her mind and it was only after a minute did she feel completely calm,

"Huuuu…..take a grip Nora it's just a play, haven't you already chosen your path?"

She spoke as she looked into the mirror, even though she said it with conviction her words and her expression were powerless, finally, after 5 minutes she exited the bathroom, coming upon Austin who was standing outside worried about her, her heart again clenched but she held herself as she smiled and spoke,

"Don't worry Austin, I'm alright"

Austin didn't 'believe' her as he kept looking at her face for some time before which he sighed, his face became 'melancholic' and 'confused' as he spoke,

"Big sis, at first I didn't want to say this but I noticed that you seem to be carrying a huge burned on you, it's okay if you don't want to say it to me but I would appreciate it if you would at times just depend on me too"

Hearing Auston's words Nora bit her lips as she nodded her head, not saying out the true reason for her distress, seeing Nora smile, Austin nodded his head 'happily' as he caught her hand, as he started to pull her with him as they moved away, they soon exited the theater, both not speaking about the play that makes things awkward between them,

"Nora to get rid of your mood let's enjoy the rest of the day!"

Saying so he didn't even wait for Nora's answer as he took her around with him, from then on they had just spent the rest of the day enjoying the evening to the best of their capability, time seemed to move faster when they were in each other company, they traveled to the sweet shop Austin had marked as he fed her the sweets that he had chosen for her.

From there he took her to a fashion shop that was a completely booked for her, surprising her, Nora who wasn't interested in clothing was forced to wear different dresses Austin had given, though she acted as if she didn't like it, the truth was that her heart was bustling with happiness and sweetness, Austin would take his time as he would choose the best matching dress of her.

Hundreds of workers would wait at their call as he would pick a dress for her, each dress he picked was perfect for her, accelerating her beauty and making her breathtaking, even Nora who wasn't much interested in it felt her time fly faster, each dress Austin picked made her fall in love with it, somehow he even seemed to know her taste and desire well.

Her eyes became tender as she walked out of the dressing room wearing a black and red dress, that clutched to her body, her curves were well defined by the dress while her waist looked lithe and small, her usual ponytail was thrown away as her beautiful blonde hair fell to her back, her dress shined and matched her dress, while the heels she wore clicked to the ground, exposing her soft, tender and sexy legs clothed by a black stocking.

Even some of the female workers were drawn in by her beauty, even Austin was lost for a moment as he gazed into those green gem-like eyes. Nora walked forward as she reached in front of him, her smile filling his gaze as she spoke,

"How's it?"

"Beautiful"

Austin spoke 'absentmindedly' as his gaze traveled across her body, Nora smiled at it. A loving atmosphere was created between them, even the workers gave them a knowing smile but Austin quickly broke out of his 'daze', as a 'blush' came to his face. He coughed trying to hide his 'embarrassment' as he spoke,

"N-Nora why don't you try the other dress"

"Sure"

Nora spoke as she walked into the dressing room, somehow feeling satisfied, after this, they spent an hour more as Austin chose the best dress for her. After this was over he took Nora for some games which didn't use any mana, he even took her to a casino as they played with money. Sadly here the genius Nora had to accept defeat as she kept losing money, that was until Austin came to the scene as he won it back.

Of course, Austin didn't let this go as he used this opportunity to make fun of Nora as much as possible, Nora pouted as she pretended not to talk with him but even then she had a smile on her face, the small arguments, the small smiles to the small moments all of them filled Nora with unprecedented happiness.

The day went faster than Nora could have ever thought, by the time Nora came back to reality the skies were already dark, as the auction had begun.

Chapter 214-The Night

The silence of the night descended, a cover of darkness blanketed the world but within the Darknight city the party was just beginning, within a huge auction house, lights filled the streets, richly dressed people walked with disguises hiding their identity, well-dressed servants stood outside the auction house as they let in the privileged to their seats.

The 'less' rich had to sit in a collective area while the 'super-rich' had their private area, only the ones with the most distinguished identities got to sit in that area, each and everyone that sat in that area looked powerful and important, the aura of nobility oozed out of them. Meanwhile, Nora and Austin sat in the super-rich area as they gazed into the place where the MC was going to arrive,

"Austin do you plan on buying anything?"

Nora who sat in a very porch looking chair spoke, right now her face was radiant and glowing, a hint of blush covered her face while a smile of satisfaction hung on her lips, to Nora this day had been one of her best, she indeed chose to hide her feelings but that doesn't mean that she can't enjoy the day can't she?.

Today Nora had discovered a lot about herself that she herself didn't know, most of Nora's time was either spent dealing with the faction, learning about the duchy, or increasing her strength, other than that her other only interest was the military but today she learned a whole new fun that she didn't know existed.

She loved waking the streets, she loved eating the sweets that today tasted sweeter than in the past, she loved shopping, as the excitement of it filled her body. All of this is possible due to the person beside her. Her eyes sneakily trailed over she gazed at Austin's profile, just spending time with him made her day go faster. The world seemed bright and anything she does felt fun.

She actually didn't want the day to end at all but sadly for her time wasn't her ally, in this case, all she could do was to keep this memory deep within her heart and never forget about it, replaying it whenever she would feel cold and lonely, in truth most of her determination was already crumbling, she didn't know what she would do if she lost control of herself,

'Am I taking the right path?'

Nora questioned herself, she chose to walk this path not only for herself but also for Austin as she didn't want him to suffer because of her but now her willpower was deeply shaken, right now Nora didn't know much about how Austin sees her ut she knew that she holds an extremely dear place in his heart, during this time whenever she smiled she could see that Austin would be attracted to it, falling into a daze or having a complex look.

She could tell that he was attracted to her a bit and that filled her with limitless happiness. She could tell that she had a chance but she still didn't know if she should take it, her desires and rationality were fighting against each other, one side wanted the warmth of love while the other side spoke to her about the disastrous effect of such choice,

'What do I do?'

Dazed a bit she kept looking at Austin who turned towards her saying no as he gave her the very familiar loving smile that always gets her heart going, she held back her desire to just jump and kiss him as she requested to go to the bathroom, Austin just smiled and nodded as Nora walked towards the nearest restroom.

As she kept walking she met an old woman with a mask on her face, her white hair was tied to a bun neatly, while her eyes showed the vicissitudes of life, some wrinkles could be seen at the edge of her eyes. She walked straight and upright, while the aura of power and nobility filled her, one look was enough to understand that this was a woman that held power in her hands for a long time, she kept walking through the hallway tapping her cane to the ground, just as she reached Nora she spoke,

"Excuse me, young lady"

"Yes?"

Nora asked back politely, to which the old woman gave a kind smile as she spoke,

"Would you be kind enough to tell me the direction to the nearest washroom"

"Sure you can follow me I am headed towards it"

Nora replied, to which the old woman nodded her head as she started to follow Nora walking beside her, as they kept walking some time later the old woman beside Nora looked at her for a moment before which she spoke,

"Having love problems?"

"Uh?"

That was the only reply that came out of Nora as she looked back at the woman with a surprised face, seeing it the woman's smile widened as she waved her hand nonchalantly,

"Don't be all that surprised just the look on your face is enough for me to understand the problem, I have been through it all after all"

"Sigh…yes I have some love problems"

Nora agreed, she needed someone to talk to about this, the woman in front of her looked experienced moreover she doesn't know about her identity and won't probably ever meet again, hence this was the perfect person for her to speak to, looking a bit lost Nora spoke,

"I-I do-don't know what I should do, I love him but in telling him so I might destroy something beautiful, moreover our love even might never see the day of the light, I-I told myself again and again that I would bury this feeling bu-but no matter what I do I can't forget him"

By the time it reached the last words, Nora's voice was trembling, her voice was weak and she looked as if she would collapse at this instant, all her doubt, fear, and sadness had blasted outside, poring to the old woman that she met for the first time, the old woman watched all this as she took her kerchief and washed off some of the tears in Nora's eyes,

"It has been hard for you child"

She comforted her as she patted Nora's back, it took some time before which Nora regained a bit of her cool, she smile weakly as she responded that she was okay, the old woman nodded her head before which she spoke,

"The answer to your question is simple"

"Wh-What is it?"

Nora asked with a light of hope in her eyes, the elderly woman took Nora's hand and she placed it near Nora's heart,

"Do as I say, close your eyes"

Hearing her Nora did the same, her eyes filled with darkness but the voice of the elderly woman was gentle as it continued,

"Now imagine the man your in love with"

Nora did the same, as the smiling image of Austin appeared in front of her, making her relaxed, just looking at him made her calm down,

"Now tell me how do you feel?"

"I feel happy"

"Good, now think of you and the man on a picnic as your children run across the ground"

Nora did the same as a vivid image appeared in her mind, Austin sitting on the lush green grass, with a basket of food around, she was there as she sat on his lap, smiling happily as she chatted with him. There in front of them were two children a boy and a girl as they ran across the grass, calling them mom and dad as they ran to them

Unknown to Nora the sweetest smile she ever had appeared on her face.

Chapter 215-The Beginning Of Phase 2

Nora could clearly imagine it, the boy having Austin's cuter look and eyes as he runs to her with his happy smile, the girl a younger copy of hers. She happily laughs and clutches to Austin, a happy family of four as they enjoy their time with each other, they would all laugh and smile, she would then spend the rest of her life with him as she and him both together grew older,

"Can you imagine it?"

The old lady's voice whispered in her ears, breaking her out of her thought as she nodded her head and whispered back,

"Yes"

"How does that make you feel?"

"I feel happy, excited, I feel fulfilled"

Nora spoke with an enchanting smile that would smitten anybody. She couldn't believe how happy she was getting from just an image but her fantasies didn't last for long as the older woman continued,

"Good, now remove it all, go back to the darkness"

Nora didn't refuse as she did the same,

"Now imagine this, the man you love on an altar holding another woman as he happily weds and kisses her"

The words of the woman hit Nora's heart deeply, shaking her, for a moment the very image filled her mind, Austin being lost from her hands as her as he falls in love with another woman, up and till now she hadn't thought of it as her subconscious mind had rejected it, she was even afraid to ask him if he had anybody in his heart.

Plus the factor of not seeing him very close to another woman had caused her mind to forcefully eject the topic out of her but now the very image was brought to her mind, the reality was brutally presented to her as the illusion of safety was ripped apart, Nora felt her heart tighten as her blood become cold and her mind throbt,

"No…"

A painful whisper left her mouth as she felt the strength leave her body, luckily the woman close by had kept her straight as she kept whispering the words that were not in the scrip,

"Relax, if you don't like it just kill the woman and take him for yourself, make sure to make him fall in love with you, keep him by yourself, don't you see it? your desire"

The old woman's whisper traveled through Nora's mind to her heart, smashing heavily against the logic she was sitting in, with strength returning to her. Her mind worked,

'Y-Yeah, I love him, why should I suffer? if I love him then I should make him mine, I don't want him to be taken away from me, I only want him to show his love to me'

Nora's resolve kept getting higher and higher, she opened her closed eyes as she came upon the old woman's kind smile, standing up straight she washed away the last embers of her tears. With grateful eyes, she nodded at the old woman as she spoke,

"Thank you, thanks to you I know my feelings better"

"That's alright, I'm just happy to help"

The older woman smiled amiably, as she waved her hand, Nora smiled as she held her heart once more, right now everything was a mess, her feelings, and emotions were spread everywhere, even now there was a silver covering stopping her from crossing the line that shouldn't but she knew one thing she loved Austin and it pained her greatly to lose hm.

The old woman raised her hands as she held Nora's, for the first time true emotion filled her eyes something that would shock many, holding Nora's hand tight she spoke,

"Child, don't make the mistake that I once did, go after the one you love or become like me regretting it years down the line"

Nora went into a daze for a moment as she looked into the woman's eyes, she felt a sense of comradeship with her. Smiling she nodded her head at her before showing her in the direction of the bathroom and bolting away, meanwhile, the older woman looked at the retreating figure of Nora as her mummers were heard,

"I did my part, though I ended up deflecting a bit from the script, did the child's emotion influence me? looks like I'm getting old"

A hint of smile filled her face as she spoke, she gave a last look at Nora before she walked away, her words lingering in the air,

"I wish you all the luck…child"

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Nora rushed forth as she reached the room she had left, she took deep breaths before she entered coming upon the sight of the auction which had already begun, a beautiful woman with a thought-inducing seductive dress stood on the stage as she guided the auction with class and elegance. The moment she entered Austin turned towards her with a smile which stiffened for a moment, regaining it quickly,

"Nora, you were gone for some time, did something happen?"

Austin asked, trying his best to hold back the curses that were building up within him, one look at Nora's affection was enough for him to start cursing his luck. Nora didn't notice any of his changes as her mind was set ablaze, she reeled in her beating heart as she spoke with a carefree smile,

"No nothing happened, I just met someone interesting during my walk"

"Oh? who was it?"

Austin asked with a 'curious' look

"Just an elder filled with wisdom"

Nora replied with a hidden smirk, she didn't elaborate on it as she walked towards the chair taking her seat. Austin seeing it didn't question her as he focused back on the auction that kept selling one artifact after another, some even making Nora raise her brows in surprise, soon an hour later it had concluded,

"That was one rough bidding"

Nora spoke to which Austin replied as he turned towards her

"It was"

"So what now? I'm sure that you didn't bring me to the auction to just show me the bidding taking place"

Nora spoke with a mischievous voice but unlike the last time, Austin didn't reply with a snaky response. His face was serious as he peered into Nora, for a few moments his gaze lay fixed on her before which he spoke,

"We are here for revenge"

"Revenge?"

Nora asked with a questionable gaze as an ominous feeling bubbled within her heart. Austin nodded his head he pointed at the place of another glass-covered private area, it was one with someone that had specifically spent some considerable money to purchase very rare healing items, even one that was brought for a huge sum

"Whose there? and against who is this revenge?"

Nora replied her expression becoming cold and aggressive, for Austin to say this there would only be one revenge that she considers incomplete and lost in her heart and Austin didn't disappoint as he replied,

"Revenge for Father"

Chapter 216-Revenge

"Revenge for father"

The words had barely left Austin's mouth as bloodlust filled the room, the previous loving look on Nora was replaced by utter seriousness and a hint of bitterness, Austin could see several emotions pass through Nora's eyes, even if she hid it he knew that she missed their father heavily, it was the great burden that filled her heart.

Back in the past their father Alexander Lionheart was killed surrounded by several assassins, it was huge news that shook the Empire but that was just the beginning of a bloodbath that dyed the streets of the Empire red, Austin's grandfather who heard this news didn't even hesitate to break military code as he brought along with him, his most prized army.

His aunt Mira broke her training as she rushed back, Grace went mad as she hunted all that was responsible, the great assassin house that had executed their father was brought to their knees, no matter where they ran, where they hid, the army chased them like rabid dogs, charging onto them and killing them one by one.

An assassin den that boasted of great power was destroyed, this served as a warrant reminder to all that the Lionheart family was not to be trifled with. But all of this was not that useful, the ones that truly killed their father were not found, the informant that leaked the news of their father was never discovered, and lastly, the name of the person that issued the death too was unknown.

All in all, this was a heavy blow and a scar that haunted many, especially Nora a little girl that had lost her loving father, back then she was too young to move for revenge, Austin knew that his sister after gaining power had searched far and wide for answers, yet she never found them, nobody did, the dealings were too profound.

Well, that was until Austin had finally found a lead, it might not be possible for others but was it too hard for an organization whose roots run through the world? with the perfect tools, he had dug up the truth that was buried in lies, to say that it surprised him would be an understatement, in truth he wanted all of his family to share in this revenge, sadly he had to use this chance for Nora.

Though this doesn't mean that he won't give the chance to the rest, oh no he will make sure that the entire family would be involved in the revenge that would shake the foundation of the world but for once Austin doesn't care, he would make sure that this family of his would get the revenge they deserve,

"Nora calm down"

Austin spoke as he clutched Nora's hand, this cooled her down a bit but the bloodlust raging in her mind didn't, she took deep deep breaths to regain some clarity before which she spoke,

"Au-Austin what d-did you say?"

Seeing the trembling words of Nora, Austin sighed, he stood up as he walked towards her standing beside her he pulled her towards his arms, placing her head on his chest, Nora became blank her mind reeled back to the past the day that Austin did this for the first time as he helped her break the cocoon that she had built up,

"Cam down Nora, as I said you would get your revenge, trust me I will make sure that you will have enough"

The words were like magic to Nora's ears as her raging heart cooled down, she clutched his shirt as her head rested on his chest completely, his scent filled her nose relaxing her body, staying close she closed her eyes as her mind rested in his embrace, just like all those years ago.

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"Hehehe…we did it, we finally got our hands on this, with this we can finally remove the damn cure that's placed on our body"

A lean and somewhat handsome man spoke as he held onto a vail, by his side stood another two who were looking at the vail with the same hidden glint in their eyes, both of them looked decent and powerful, deeply hidden bloodlust rotated within their body. Suddenly the eyes of one of the men flashed with worry as he spoke,

"Should we have gone out? you two know that this curse would cause them to find and hunt us"

"Humph! who cares! due to this fucking curse, we have been running and hiding like a rat! if it wasn't for the curse we would have lived like kings!"

The man holding the vail spoke, his eyes flashing with hatred but also a hidden fear, fear of a family that went to maddening lengths to repay a blood feud with blood, the other man who was quiet spoke,

"It's okay the formation here would block the course from being detected, we are safe plus the Darknight auction is known for its credibility so we are safe for now"

"That's right"

The man holding the vail nodded his head, his eyes flashing with revenge as he spoke,

"Once we break this curse we could stop living like dogs! and then why don't we use this chance to hunt down that little brat that escaped in the past, maybe 'he' would reward us for it"

"That's a good idea, oh how long as it was before I could kill someone!"

One of the men beside the vail holding guy spoke, his eyes flashing with ruthlessness. It was then a whisper was heard,

"I would like to see all of you try"

The words were soft and warm, reminiscent of a devil whimper, the three of the stiffened but it didn't take them even a second before their daggers were at their hand as they viewed their surroundings carefully, years of their experience forced them to take a defensive role but it was then they noticed something that they had missed.

The was no noise in their vicinity! their eyes narrowed as they surveyed their surrounding, just like normal they were walking through the street even now they were on the streets but the vibrant streets were missing the normally bustling people! a chill ran down the three's spines as they thought of the consequences that were about to take place.

Tup…Tup….Tup

The voice of walking could be heard, it was coming from everywhere, the vigilance of the three increased as they waited for their hidden enemy to show himself and show themselves did they, as a man and a woman arrived in front of the three each wearing a mask that hid their identity,

"Who are you?"

The one that was holding the vail before spoke with a chilling voice as he gazed deeply at the enemy that had appeared before them, the man in front of them smiled mockingly as his voice was heard,

"We? we are just the grim reaper sent from hell to collect you pitiful soul"

"Oh really? but I'm afraid to tell you that the two of you would be the ones dead"

The other man spoke to which there was no reply as the man with the mask looked towards the woman beside him as he spoke,

"Their all yours"

Hearing Austen's words Nora nodded her head as her sword appeared in her arms, the bloodlust within her body burned forth as she attacked with that intent to kill.

Chapter 217-Revenge(2)

The eyes of the three of them narrowed as Nora appeared in front of one of them her hands a blur as she waved her sword to kill the man in front of her, the leader of the three reacted as he deflected her attack with his dagger, the other two at his side moved just as he had attacked surrounding Nora from both her sides.

The teamwork among the three of them was impeccable, they were all origin level 5 but when they fought together they were capable of taking ones above their level, Nora remained calm as two attacks aimed to kill her came, her sword twisted in a certain angle as two circular rings appeared beside her protecting her from the attack.

Tring!

The attack of the two had been deflected but they didn't take it to heart as they retired back, at the same time the shadow behind Nora wiggled as the leader of the three appeared from behind her, his dagger aiming to finish her life, Nora tapped the ground beneath her as a protective combat dress covered her stopping much of the attack that was aimed at her back but she did get hurt as the leader had changed his direction mid-air slicing a bit of Nora's shoulder drawing blood.

With that, the leader retreated to the rest of the two as he gazed at the woman in the front of him warily, while Nora held her shoulder a bit the blood falling down her shoulder but it didn't even last a second before which a white light filled her shoulder healing her wound, leaving not even a scar behind, even the poison that was injected into her bloodstream was killed off.

Nora turned her eyes to Austin who was giving her a light smile, she knew that he was the one who did it but as much as curious as she was, she had to focus on the battle at hand, the three in front of her were not simple, each one of them was powerful and experienced, knowing when to attack and retreat.

Moreover, the problem also lay with her, she had been hasty, her anger was clouding a bit of her judgment, making her actions a bit more hasty, calming herself down Nora held her sword tighter, she used a spell to calm her mind as she started to analyze the enemy in front of her, trying to find out any weakness she could exploit.

Soon the aura around Nora had completely calmed down, her eyes were calculative peering into the three who had taken away her father, while the other three felt the pressure around them heighten the earlier hasty warm was nowhere to be seen, she now seemed more like a commander that was analyzing her battlefield.

A unique deadlock filled the atmosphere for a few seconds but it was soon broken as Nora rushed forth towards the three of them again but this time she was prepared for more.

Bloodline ability: Command Of The Bloody Sea!

Nora activated her bloodline ability, being one focused on the military her bloodline was most effective when she fought with a group but that didn't mean that she didn't have her own tricks. The aura around Nora became extremely bloody, her mana now had a blood-red tint, and behind her, an image of a raging bloody sea appeared.

One could see hundreds of humans within them shouting out and standing in commanding formation, they were the bloody soldiers that had once given up their life for their liege and now they were back in blood to protect the one they had deemed worthy, the bloody sea image behind Nora blasted forth attacking the three in front of her.

The sea had several human-shaped figures holding different weapons and their power was nothing to scoff at, the three assassins had felt that clearly, they knew that if the wave hits them then they would face severe injuries as if in agreement the three of them moved in sync, their body to their dagger moments was all similar, a dark mana surrounded their blade as they blasted forth towards the wave!.

The three of them formed a triangle as such an arrow-like head was formed, this was their most prized move, one which they had found in an ancient ruin one that had helped them climb through the assassination world with ease, a single move used that could directly break through the weakest point of a technique breaking it completely.

And that's what had happened now, the three of their body moved as if they had their own life as they tore through the weakest point of connection breaking the move apart,

"Huff….huff….huff"

Nora took a deep breath to control her mind, the earlier move of hers was supposed to take them down, it was not something that anybody could take, the movie itself cost her a lot of her mana but the good thing was that the other three too seemed tired after their move, though it was worst for her as there was three of them, it looked like the advantage was for them.

Sadly this time they were meant to be disappointed, in normal instances Nora would never use her most powerful move first, it was plain stupid to do so as you might never know what card the other one holds, plus after doing so you would be left tired but that was only in normal circumstances, Nora smiled as she turned her gaze towards Austin, who simply rose his hands up and waved filling Nora back with her mana and strength.

Even her mental strength was brought to its peak, the other three that saw it paled, their eyes turned towards the man that stood at the back who had a faint smile on his face, then as if by agreement as they roared to the sky as their power started climbing dull grey hair filled some of their head, they were now exchanging their life force for power, this was a decisive move that only one did when they had no choice left.

And that was true for the three of them, they could tell that most of their treasure was sealed, their mana had dropped after their move, if they didn't do this then death was their only path. The leader's figure blurred as he moved towards Austin, his intent to take out the support fist, unfortunately, that would not be possible, a earth shield blasted from within the ground blocking the path of the assassin.

Just as he had stopped a shinning sword had appeared on his neck to kill him off, he was barely able to dodge it with his life, and just as he did the other two assassins appeared on both sides of Nora as their dagger aimed to her head, intending to break it apart, Nora only snorted as her mana blasted forth, her sword gained a red tint as she moved them at super-speed reflecting the attacks blasting the two back.

She didn't give them any rest as she kept attacking them relentlessly, she had activated the family sword arts one that was passed to her by Grace, her sword with red tint moved to deflect and attack the three, whenever they tried to counter-attack a red wip like projection would appear that would keep deflecting their attacks.

A stalemate was reached as Nora fought the ones in front of her, either side couldn't gain any advantage but it was getting worse for the assassins as they were losing the boost they had, worst of all is that whenever the mana within Nora decreased Austin would fill it up, he was like a walking mana potion, making the battle one-sided.

BOOM!

With one final blast, the three were thrown aside, blood-filled parts of their body, their dress was a mess, while they had aged, meanwhile, Nora also didn't come out of the battle unharmed, she too had several cuts and bruises on her body, blood kept dripping from her sword, meanwhile her mask broke during battle showcasing her beautiful face that was disguised with magic.

She looked like a valiant valkyrie purging the evil of the world, though her injuries didn't last for long as they were immediately healed, making the three tremble with anger, there was nothing angrier than seeing your hard work being destroyed just like that.

Chapter 218-Revenge(3)

"Y-You who are you?"

The leader asked as he clutched onto his chest that had a hole that was leaking with blood, the other two of his brothers were in a similar situation, Nora sneered as she heard his question a part of the burning anger within her reduced but it hadn't disappeared completely, she would make them regret what they had done.

The leader turned his head to the rest that was beside him, they had been together for a long time, just looking into each other's eye they were able to understand what the other wanted, giving one final nod to each other they set on to cut their tongue, trying to commit suicide, they were assassins, they had always walked the path of death, they always knew death would find them someday and they accepted it with wide arms.

The three of them moved without hesitation as they tried to bite their tongue off, Nora who saw this was slow to react as they had acted too decisively, unlucky for them Nora wasn't the only one at the scene,

"Oh…no you don't"

He spoke and that was it as their body had stopped moving, a pressure had put them in place, all they could do was look at the approaching Austin with wide and shaking eyes, reaching beside Nora he patted her shoulder as he spoke,

"Do whatever you want"

Nora hearing his words had many emotions flashing through her eyes but for now, she put them in place as she turned towards the three, her eyes raging with anger, she walked towards them with a smirk that sent chills down their spine, Austin seeing it took out a sack as he threw it towards Nora, she gave him a questioning look as he spoke,

"These are some special potions that would increase sensitivity by 300% plus there are some other useful stuff too"

His words brought silence to the surrounding, Nora held onto the sack for a moment before which she nodded her head and started walking towards the three who were now looking at Austin as if he was the devil itself,

'Well that's what you get for being caught'

Austin smirked as he walked a bit far still gazing at Nora, he wanted to stay as moral support, it didn't even matter if she killed them he could just revive them later, he isn't just the prince of Life for nothing, though it did have some restrictions overall the ability he has is just too overpowered,

"Ahhhhh!…Noooo!…please stoppp!!"

"Nooooooo!!"

"Why??!!!"

Three distinctive screams filled the silent night, Austin stayed neutral as he watched the bloody torture Nora was inflicting, the screams ran for an hour before it ended, Austin had given Nora the green light to kill them as he promised her that he had more information than they could give, by the end of the hour all that was left of the three was broken dolls with no emotions.

They were tortured, healed, and tortured again, all the pent up emotions within Nora were released, and finally, with one last look she drove her sword to the heart of the three killings them, she took out her sword waving away the blood that filled it, she gave one look at the dead bodies before she gazed her head as she peered into the moon that lay above her.

She felt calm and serene as if a load was lost from her but at the same time she felt lost, she gave them the most brutal death but it didn't make her that happy, her lost father wasn't coming back to her after all, he will still stay dead, she had once thought that doing this would make her fulfilled but all she was filling was a sense of loss,

"Are you okay?"

It was then the very familiar voice filled her, her dazed eyes moved towards Austin that was walking up to her. Her eyes turned misty as she felt a bit of pain and guilt in her heart, the people who she killed were the people that gave Austin the biggest pain in the past, they were the cause for the majority of his pain and suffering.

Yet he didn't take any action as he gave her the satisfaction of it all to her, how much anger was he hiding behind that smile of his? how much pain did he go through? and what price did he pay to find all that he did?.

These thoughts filled Nora's mind washing her heart with pain that kept hitting her, tears kept spilling down, Austin seeing it rushed towards her as he caught her, his 'worried' eyes drilled into her as he spoke,

"What's it? are you hurt or is something wrong?"

He kept bombarding her with questions but she didn't respond she just kept looking at him as her feelings kept overflowing, her trembling hands reached up to him as she caught his face, her empty heart found life, how could she keep her feelings in check when there was someone that was giving her everything?.

Crack….Crack…Boom!

The shackles that kept her heart at bay broke, pumping her feelings to each and every part of her body, she had someone that loved her like this, who was willing to feel the pain for her, why should she hide her feelings? so what if it's messed up? she would just kill anyone that says no.

"No, I'm fine"

Nora spoke as she held Austin's face that was 'confused', Nora chuckled as she saw it, she knew that his feelings for her weren't that way, his feeling for her was of pure love but she could tell that he was distracted by her beauty, she would first begin small and she will chip away his heart and make it completely hers,

"I was just thinking that I was truly blessed to have you as my brother"

"I see…as long as your okay"

Austin replied back with a 'relieved' smile, for some reason Nora felt extremely attracted to it, she who had now accepted herself finally made her move, before Austin could even react she took off the mask on his face as she dispersed the disguise magic on them, in front of her appeared Austin's image just as she remembered it.

And under Austin's 'disbelieving' eyes she moved forward as she took his lips, kissing him as she relished on the taste of his lips, she didn't give him any time to react as Austin was in a 'shocked' position, she kept his body close to her, her lips tasting his as she and he fell to the ground, she was above him she kept tasting his lips kissing him with all her amateur skills.

Her body felt hot and excited, she had never felt pleasure like this before but she couldn't have it for long as Austin composed himself as he pushed her away, looking at her with a furious 'blushing' face he spoke,

"What are you doing Nora!?"

Chapter 219-Family Confession

Austin POV:

"What are you doing Nora?!"

I screamed at Nora with a furious 'blushing' face, acting out the play of a furious, confused yet blushing brother, all my plans till now had gone well without any hiccups, the theater, the accidental meeting of the old woman, to the killing, though there were some hiccups in between, things overall had gone well.

My plan for Nora was simple, in this regard, I would be acting in the same fashion any normal person would on being kissed by their sister, though there would be a hint of acceptance but it would only arrive further down the line, focusing I got into my role as I pointed at Nora with shaking fingers as I shouted again,

"Why did you kiss me, Nora!?"

Hearing my second scream she finally broke out of her daze as she held her lips, she bit her lips seductively as she looked at me with desire, her reactions were truly above my consideration but hey I wasn't complaining, seeing Nora's reaction my expression was one of 'disbelief', seeing it Nora smiled as she spoke,

"Oh…I was just kissing the man I loved"

"W-What?"

My eyes opened 'wide' as I looked at Nora with 'raging' emotions, it was the reaction of a man whose mind had shut down for a second, after all, Nora's words were explicit, giving out her deepest emotions without a pause, Nora chuckled as she saw my reaction, she slowly started to walk towards me, seeing it I 'regained' myself as I looked at her with 'complex' emotion,

"Big sis what are you saying? we are brother and sister, plus I never looked at you that way"

I spoke emphasizing big sis as I waved my hands at her, for a moment Nora halted, her mind spinning but it only lasted for a second before which she was in front of me as she held my face, again her lips rose into a loving smile making me 'stunned', her hands held my face tight as she spoke

"I don't care about any of that, I love you and that's all that matters, I will make sure that your feel the same way about me too"

I stood there 'stupefied' as I listened to Nora's words but I quickly shook it off as I slowly pushed Nora away from me, holding back my 'complex' emotions I spoke,

"I'm sorry big sis but such a relationship wouldn't be the best for us, it would destroy you, also as I said before I don't think you in that way, it's wrong"

My words didn't faze Nora, she seemed to have anticipated it, as she let herself be pushed a bit away, the loving smile on her face not fading at all, she nodded her head as she spoke,

"I know that this must be a huge news for you but don't think that I will give up, I will make sure that you will fall for me"

Nora's words were filled with enthusiasm and desire, to which I just shook my head, staying a bit far from her,

"Not going to happen"

I replied,

"We will see"

To which she retorted, after this, I just dealt with some things before which we left for the academy, using the same method but this time every time I touched her I acted awkwardly but the opposite worked for Nora as she clutched onto my hand, sometimes she will lean in and take a kiss or she will hug me when my weariness is down, all in all, I was being taken advantage of,

"Take rest Austin and don't worry I will never give up!"

Nora yelled to me as she walked away, I just turned around and walked away too, not responding at all. With this, the part with Nora was completed, from now I should just play the defensive role as she keeps chipping from my heart until I finally fall in love with her, this was the best thing to do, in this regard I am completely innocent, it was not as if I chased after her,

'Hehe…life's good"

With this thought I headed to where Grace was staying, now it was time for me to begin phase 3 of my plan 'making family closer', a few minutes later I had entered the mansion she was in, walking in I was met with Grace as she ran into my embrace, I didn't reject it as I hugged her back, Grace smiled she melted in my embrace but she felt like something was wrong.

Feeling worried she raised her head coming upon my 'dazed' look, touching my face as she spoke with a worried tone,

"What's it Austin? is something wrong?"

Hearing Grace's words I broke out my 'daze' as I looked at her with 'complex' emotions, seeing it she got more worried as she spoke,

"What's it?"

"Sigh…..Grace we have a problem"

Saying so I caught her hand as I walked to the couch sitting on it while placing her on my lap, her huge juicy ass felt soft and nice, my hands wrapped around her waist as I placed my head on her shoulder, she herself relaxed as she played with my head, finally 'relaxing' I spoke,

"Grace, I was now on an outing with big sis"

"Um"

Grace nodded her head

"I just wanted to spend some time with her"

"Um"

"The day was perfect as we spent time with each other, we laughed and played"

"Um"

"That was until she kissed me on my lips"

"Um…?!"

Grace who was calmly taking it in finally stopped, for a moment her brain seemed to have stopped working as she just sat on my lap lost, seeing it my expression was 'worried' as I slowly shook her body as I spoke,

"Grace?"

"What!!"

It looks like it was only now her mind registered what had happened, her head turned to me at fighting speed as her eyes bore on to me, seeing it I hugged her tighter before kissing her lips, she wanted to refuse but once my hand reached her breasts and gave it a squeeze she moaned as her body lost some strength, my hands sank into her huge milkers as I pinched her nipples, my tongue broke through her defense as I ravaged her mouth.

I kept playing with her body for a minute before which I broke the kiss, leaving both of us panting, giving her one final kiss I spoke,

"Calm down, listen to everything I have to say"

Saying so I started to talk to her about the things that had taken place, of course, it was from my perspective, after all, I only took Nora for revenge, and the things that happened in between that had nothing to do with me, Grace was silent as she heard my words, her expression kept changing each time I spoke and when I had reached my last words she was again in a daze,

"The ones that killed Alexander are dead?….."

She finally spoke with choked up and complex emotions, I hugged her tight letting her vent, her tears washed over me, it took her 5 minutes to calm down, and as she did questions were raised upon me,

"How did you find them?"

"What connection do you have with the Darknight?"

"What more do you know?"

Several questions rained on me without stopping.

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Chapter 220-Family Confession(2)

"So you know the ones responsible?"

Grace spoke with a chilling voice, by now I had explained to her the parts I knew, of course, it was mixed with a lot of bullshit, some I didn't even expose saying that I had to keep it a secret due to a contract, Grace whose mind was a mess took time as she digested information that I gave her,

"Yes but I can't tell who they are, for now, Grace, fathers death is surrounded by a set of powers that would shake the world if it comes to light, we must be careful as we bring them to the light"

"Okay"

Grace nodded her head with a serious expression but soon that was lost as she looked at me her eyes turning soft, holding my face as she spoke with a choked voice,

"It must have been hard for you"

They were simple words but they meant her feelings about me, well according to her it must have been tough for me to fish and look for answers, just like Nora she must have thought that the price I paid was high, I didn't let the opportunity go, as I hugged her waist tighter, I smiled 'bitterly' as I spoke,

"It's nothing, I wanted revenge and I would get it, also I wanted to see you smile, my biggest wish was to heal the scar in your heart"

"Austin…"

Grace felt her heart tighten when she saw the bitter smile on my face, she hugged me tightly as sweet feelings kept blooming in her heart, I hugged her back as we stayed in the same position, enjoying each other's warmth, a minutes passed before which I spoke,

"Grace what will we do about Nora?"

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Grace POV:

Hearing Austin's question she rose her head as she washed away the tears in her eyes, a frown appeared in them, and several other emotions danced within them, Grace had never thought that things would be like this, she had fallen for her child while now her daughter did, after hearing about the things that Austin did Grace could understand where Nora was coming from.

Austin might not have noticed it but the things he was doing for Nora were more than enough to capture any girl's heart but that just meant that he loved his family that much, looking at Austin's face she couldn't help but feel that these weeks were the best of her life, each day she would wake up anticipating the new day's arrival, the feeling of guilt and shame had long been lost.

She condemning her daughter's love would only be hypocritical, say that it's wrong when she was doing it? yeah that was hypocrisy in its finest, in truth she didn't know what she should do, in the end, her family had stopped being normal some time ago but then again a thought arose in her mind.

She knew that Austin only loved her and from his speech he only looked at Nora as a sister, in this regard she didn't want to intervene at all, well if she was neutral it was okay but here it would just create a mess, she looked at Austin as she asked a question,

"Austin do you see Nora only as a sister?"

Hearing her question he was surprised he closed his eyes as he thought a few seconds, sometime later he opened his eyes he nodded his head,

"I'm sure"

"Sigh…..then just let it go"

"What do you mean?"

Austin reacted with surprise well she couldn't blame him, right now her mind was a mess and she doesn't even know if what she was doing is right but in the end, she just hopes for her daughter's happiness, so what if it was something between brother and sister? Grace was 100% sure that Austin would look after and make Nora happy.

Grace's sense of morality was long twisted, Austin had made sure of it, in fact, Grace was the central point to begin his taboo hunt, with this everything else would fall into place,

"What I mean is that let things go, sigh Austin we stopped being a 'normal' family some time ago, if she likes you just go with the flow if you fall in love with her then it's okay, if not then just let it go"

As Grace finished speaking she could see a stupefied expression on Austin's face, in truth she herself, couldn't believe that she was saying these words but in the end, fate was truly scary stuff, as she kept sighing to herself Austin broke out of his surprise as he looked at her with complicated emotion and spoke,

"But won't that make you sad?"

Hearing it Grace stopped herself as she thought, would she be sad? yes, she would be but she wasn't some naive kid that jumped into a relationship thinking everything would end in happiness, she knew her relationship with Austin would never come to light, it was an unchangeable truth, she would at times imagine a scene where Austin would have to marry or fall in love with someone else.

She could tell that he loved her dearly but that doesn't mean that he won't fall in love with someone else, thinking of it made her heartache, and here she was giving the same path to Nora,

'Maybe I should talk to her?'

Such thoughts filled her mind but she calmed them down as she looked at Austin awaiting her response, she smile lovingly as she stroked his face

"Yes it makes me sad but that's only when you are with other women but I am happy if Nora loves you because I am sure that you will love and take care of her"

'Yeah this is fine, we would be just another loving family'

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Austin POV:

'Damn….did I go too far?'

I thought as I looked at the smiling woman in my embrace, I had expected some resistance or something like that but she had happily accepted it, though it's good I some could not help but feel some danger approaching, it seems to be lurking in the darkness, waiting to devour me,

'Maybe I am not getting enough sleep?'

Shaking my thoughts off I went along with the play I am doing right now, keeping the complicated look I patted along her hair as I spoke with a sigh,

"Fine you win, I love Nora dearly, we will just see how things would go, sigh…..when did our family become like this?"

"I think it became like this since you change a lot"

Grace said chuckling not knowing how infinitely close to the truth she is, to that I just gave my own chuckle as I now laid her on the couch with me above her, our eyes interlocked with each other as our breathing rate increased, I could tell that even though Grace seemed nonchalant, on the inside a lot of worry and doubts were eating her up.

And as a loving son shouldn't I help her? no words were spoken as I dived to her lips relishing in the taste of her lips as I played with her huge breasts, our breathing got harder, while my hands played with her breasts pinching and playing with them, within a second our body heated up as our tongues played around with each other.

The dress around our body was quickly neglected, being above her I aimed my sword forward and plunged into her tight cave, with that the rest of the night I played with her body, fucking her holes relentless, filling her up with my seeds, even asking for an anal that might be approved for the future, all in all by night we slept in each other's tight embrace not caring about the problems at hand.

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Chapter 221-Academy

'Man, it's lively today'

Looking around the bustling corridors and streets I couldn't help but think so, today was the day that the Academy was reopening after its break, arising from my stunt during the Seth, taking in the sights the memory of last night flooded my mind, it was truly fun, another side of Grace came out of her as we went on rocking the bed, sometimes I even pressed her up against the window as I kept plowing her.

It was truly a wild night. Though I had to leave early as the classes had begun, today was also Grace's first day in the Academy and she wanted to make a good impression, it was the same for me too, well it might a bit difficult for me to integrate myself, after all the classes had started some time ago and all the ones in the class knew each other from long back, I would be the first one to join in the middle like this.

Well, it was my fault for skipping the first few years, though I don't regret it one bit. Focusing on my thoughts I enjoyed the sight in front of me, hundreds of different species of different cultures are seen walking around me, ranging from humans, elves, dwarves, demons, sea folk, and many more, each of them having their unique look and diversity.

Plus each demon had its unique look, some had a humanoid body with different colors or horns, some had an entirely different look, some had unique heads and body parts, I could even see a guy with just one eye walking, there's also the sea folk, with the heavenly turtle tribe, the lion's sea tribe, the pearl tribe and many more, each having its distinct looks.

Overall it was a jolly place, each minding their own business not clashing with each other, though I seemed to be taking in more attention than necessary, just walking through the streets I could see several people turning their heads or just giving me looks, especially the ones of the sea, some gave me an amiable nod and smile while the others had nasty looks but none came to cause any problems, after my total domination in the previous battle everyone knew that I wasn't someone to be messed around with.

Heck! as I kept walking some succubus or bolder girls would even give me a wink, to that I would just smile at them, keeping my expression I soon reached the teacher's lounge as a strict and cool looking male teacher nodded his head at me,

"Austin I presume"

"Yup! the one and only"

Responding to the teacher's words I started to follow him as he lead me to the class, as we kept walking I started to talk with him, from which I learned that he was the headteacher of the classroom I was assigned to, due to my age the class assigned to me will be of the Seth category, based on the three types there are three buildings for the Meth, Seth, and berth division.

Each building will be the size of a district, each having its own ecosystem, in fact, the academy itself provides several environments for the growth of different people, it was the definition of rich, and just like any other academy each has its seniors and junior, it won't be a problem for the Meth group as they are in the phase of growth and learning.

But things are different for the Seth and Berth division, there has being several smaller conflicts between them, with the Berth trying to rule over the Seth, it couldn't be helped as the ones in the Berth have more experience and more numbers, all in all, the academy promotes growth and conflicts, this is the academy that builds the future pillars of the world, they, after all, have to be able to walk on their own.

That's also the reason why the whole academy is the size of a city, the sheer number of students here is beyond count, students from all walks of life attend the academy, even the ones from reclusive tribes and clans come here to hone their skill, this is after all the place with the largest gathering of geniuses, none that can be underestimated.

Hence in this regard within each division, they are again separated into years, where they are again separated into different classes, in the case of Seth's division, it's for the ages of 17 to 19, whereas classes would be for each year, for me I would be of the year 18 and my class would be…

"Here, this is your class"

The headteacher in front of me Loren spoke as he fixed the glasses on his face, he had a strict and regal look with brown hair and eyes, in terms of look he could say to be handsome. He was standing in front of me as he pointed to a class with its information hung on a plate above the door.

[Beth Division, Year 18th: Class 4D]

In these cases, each class would be from A-Z with each from numbers 1-10 and there would be about 30 students in one class, thus ranging up to the 18th year having 7,500 students, that's right! about 7,500 18 years old is walking this very same place, now imagine how much the Academy would hold? again think about the talents gathered in this place, how honorable would it be to be ranked above here?.

Plus this wasn't just any academy that focuses on one thing, no here every subject is taught with utmost importance, there's ranking, fighting, and growth for each field, there's a reason why getting into this academy is the most desired by every youngster in the world, just the experience is more than enough to boost your worth.

Even the Seth district has a large division for each year, one could imagine the costs that would be incurred to handle the academy, its nothing to scoff at all, thankfully the academy has its own way to stay abroad, plus most of the people that had graduated from here are pillars in the outside world, kings, emperors, heroes, all of them had their beginning and growth here, as such they would always do their best to pay back what they owe,

"4D…huh?"

Just as one could guess the higher the ranking in the alphabet the higher would be the rewards and worth one would have, and with my talent I should have at least gotten into the special class but here I'm getting thrown into the not so average class, well the debate of which class I should join had to be a headache, in this case, Mira couldn't just show balance favoritism and let me join the special class.

Nope, what I had to do was to grow from this class as I reach the top, normally exceptions could have been made but it would seem that some people where pulling the strings from the dark, my meteoritic rise in power and fame rattled many across the world especially with me having firm control over the future powerhouses of the world.

It is not a small thing having a genius kneel in front of you and give your their loyalty, no that's something that has never happened before and anyone could see that the people that work for me will grow up to be great and powerful people, me having them at my will meant that a huge power had gathered in my hands,

'Looks like the academy will be fun after all'

Awaiting the future that held me I pushed open the door as I entered my classroom.

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Chapter 222-Academy(2)

"…..and so I will be with you guys the following year, so please take care of me"

I said as I smiled at my fellow classmates, right now I was standing in front of the class as I introduced myself, right after entering the class I had caused a small commotion, everyone was reacting for having me as their classmate, I was after all the most wanted person in well the academy right now.

Well, how can I not be? when the academy was calm, I came along shaking it to its foundation, right now I have a faction under me that was growing in power, many after seeing my power wanted to join my faction but strict conditions lay before which they could join my faction, making many sighs in losing the chance before,

"Austin, please take a seat"

My teacher Loren spoke as he tried to calm the situation in the class, I gave him a nod as I walked towards the empty seat, it was right near the edge of the class, beside me there was a good looking red-haired and eyed boy with dark yellow skin and a third eyes on his forehead, he was a demon, while in front of me sat a bob cut haired girl with black hair and red eyes, her ears were pointed meaning that she was an elf,

"Hi, Nice to meet you"

I said as I gave the red-haired boy a handshake, he nodded and smiled as he shook my hand,

"The name's Arwik, nice to meet you too"

"So which teacher should I be careful of?"

I asked him with a smile, hearing my question he smiled as he spoke in a whisper,

"Teacher Loren is quite strict on his own but you have to be most careful of the old hag Janeen, she's quite ruthless with her punishment"

"Is that so? I will keep it in mind"

Saying so I started to have some aimless talk with Arwik, he seemed to be the calm and cool type as he talked with me at a normal and fun pace, the easiest way to get close to your classmates is always to talk shit about the teachers behind their back, especially if they are not well-liked, soon minutes later I was having an amiable talk with Arwik, during this time I also did have some talk with the girl in front of me her name being Holly.

She's quite the shy type, though talking with her was fun, the other thing that I learned about her was that she seems to have a small crush on me, that was something I derived from seeing her being only shy with me but I have no interest in being with her, she was indeed pretty but I have a yandere girls awaiting me and I have no interest to further the bomb that is waiting to blast any day.

From there on the classes were normal, most of the things taught were of little value to me, hell I was even stronger than the teachers, so all the things that I heard went from one ear to another. Soon it was time for the break and as soon as it did I was surrounded by several students wishing to make a connection with me.

I didn't push them back as I talked with them calmly, dealing with each issue with grace and nobility, right now I wasn't just Austin but Austin Lionheart, hence I needed to react with the ways that carry the burned of the title. Due to my being amiable to talk to I was able to create a good image among my classmates, they had asked me if I wanted to dine with them to which I politely declined.

Leaving them be I headed through the corridor, walking along I met some of the people belonging to my faction, they stared at me as they started to walk by my side, anyhow tomorrow morning I would be attending the meeting with the crown prince, it's important that things go well, after all, he is going to be the leader of one of the two demon Empire.

Though the fact that he likes my sister is another thing. After my so-called 'rise' I started to have several powerful individuals in the Academy who want to meet me, till now I haven't responded but I think its time that I start to expand my network in the Academy, its not good having only enemies,

"You guys can leave me I will be heading to the archery club"

I spoke to my followers who nodded their heads as they all went their way, it took me a while to reach outside of the 18th year block, after all the entire Seth block is like a district where each is divided into each year, each segment of it is huge, walking my way I started to think about the archery club, it was a fairly new and hadn't earned that much of a name.

Normally I wouldn't give it much thought but I did promise to Eleanor that I would make Archery shine the brightest in the academy, its the least I could do after all that she had di for me, plus it would be a good point on my skills when Eleanor would release to the world that I am her successor.

Passing through the travel gate I reached the section where most of the clubs are located, walking through this area I could see several people handing out the prints for their clubs, with several of them showing off their skills and ability, in here each club has its own rank, the better you score in the all ranking club war the more resources you could gasp.

This is the place where people with the same passion come together to discuss their interests as they grow strong together. There are different types of the club based on profession, some for magicians being all outburst club, magic circle invention club, a club for large scale magic destruction, and many more.

There's also the close combat club, weapons club, blacksmithing club, and many more, each and every club represent the passion of the past, the footsteps of our predecessors live on in these streets, many new inventions and discovery had taken place here, the area itself is a representation of history.

I walked calmly through them as I saw different students gather together as they laugh and talk about their points of view, huge and sometimes old buildings of the past were scattered here and there, most of them were renovated to meet the current needs, passing by all this I arrived on a moderately big building, it didn't have any high-level arrangement and the number of people walking through here is also less, on the top of the building held a sign,

[Archery Club]

And above the sign, there was even a small but eye-catching statue of Eleanor, the founder of the path, seeing it a smile came to my face as I entered inside the building where another huge statue of Eleanor holding a bow to shoot stood, with just this, I could tell how much these guys worship her, heck there was even some bowing when they walked by her statue.

Chapter 223-Archery Club

"It's nice"

My voice leaked out as I gazed at the huge statue in front of me, it was kept right at the entrance, the courageous figure of Eleanor holding a bow just as she's about to fire an arrow, the artistic style was well done as the statue brought out the complete beauty of Eleanor, after admiring the art style I turned my eyes towards the entrance hall where a significant amount of people moving around can be seen.

They were composed of different species, humans, elves, demons, and even some beastfolk but the most curious thing was that each of them had their own unique look that granted them an edge over the others when they used the bow, for example, I could see a four-armed red-skinned demon carrying a humongous bow.

In such a similar manner the rest also seemed to have their own advantages. My eyes calmly surveyed the people, in return they were also doing the same, ever since I entered the room a weird atmosphere had been created, all of them pretended like nothing was wrong as they went on with their duty but I could feel their keen interested eyes focusing on me,

"May I help you?"

Hearing a voice behind me I turned around coming upon a beastman, he seems to be in his 20s with dark brown and yellow hair, two dog ears extend from his head while a tail followed suit from his back, his vigilant brown eyes scanned me up and down, on his chest there was a badge with the symbol of two bows crossed in opposite direction, in fact, everyone here had the same badge.

But the difference here was that the guy in front of me had three stars on his badge while the rest has 6 or 5. Quickly gauging his strength, I smiled as I spoke,

"Yes, I would like to join the club, do you know where I can do that?"

"You want to join?"

Hearing my words the man in front of me was surprised for a moment before a happy smile came upon his face, nodding his head he spoke this time with a more chipper voice,

"If you want to join the procedure is quite easy but…."

"But?"

"But that is the ones for normal members with your power and position you could get a higher position in the club, excuse me please wait a moment"

Saying so he turned around as he walked a bit far taking out a communication device he started to talk to it, he's also quite thorough as he made sure to create a barrier around him as he talked. The talk went on for a minute before which he came back to me, nodding his head he spoke,

"Austin please follow me, for you our vice president and the president would like to test you"

"Sure, lead the way"

I agreed, seeing it he turned around as he started to lead me to a more restricted area, as we walked by many would turn their head towards me as they started gossiping around, both of us didn't pay any heed to it as we kept walking, the more forwards we went less the number of people gathered, here the mana signature among the people also grew stronger,

"So what's your name?"

I asked in order to break the somewhat tense atmosphere between us, he turned his head towards me as he kept walking and spoke,

"The name's Ferox, nice to meet you"

"The pleasure's mine Ferox"

Saying so the atmosphere became quiet again, seeing that the man in front of me was one of few words I didn't speak anymore as I followed around him, after 5 minutes we reached a closed door where there wasn't a single person guarding it, not stopping Ferox easily pushed the door as we entered.

As we did sunlight filled my face and a beautiful open area with several powerful people practicing their archery showed up in front of me, the whole area looked like a forest with several different sets up for archery, I could see shooting stations in the open area, there's also obstacle shooting, people shooting at waterfalls and several other practices.

All in all the place in front of me was heaven to practice archery, I stood there looking at the scene in front of me with twinkling eyes, Ferox stood in front of me waiting for me to follow him again, finally, after a minute I nodded my head back at him as I spoke,

"Thank you for waiting, we can go now"

"Okay"

Sure enough, as we entered inside I gained the eyes of the rest, keeping calm I kept walking as we moved towards a more denser area of mana and wind, the area looked like a cliff with a strong wind that kept arising from the bottom, there was a wide gap in between and a target stood at the other side of the cliff the distance must be about 30 or 40 meters.

There on the side of the cliff stood a woman as she aimed the bow towards the target at the other side of the cliff, such a shot should is extremely difficult, adding to the wind that kept blowing, any arrow that passes by would just be deflected or pushed away, yet standing there facing such a burned the woman was calm and collected.

Her beautiful face was valiant and calculative as she aimed the bow forward, her black hair fluttered with the wind but the bow she held didn't flinch, with one swift movement she widened the bow her hands steadily held the bow, for a moment silence filled the surrounding as her beautiful black eyes focused on its target.

SWISH…..

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity the arrow left the bow, within a blink of an eye the arrow reached the center of the cliff where the wind blew the hardest, the force behind the arrow seemed to weaken here but instead of being blown away the arrow's trajectory gained a different momentum as it started to flow with the wind!

The arrow seemed to have gained its own life as it traveled with the wind, using the wind's speed to fuel its speed, it was a masterful move as the arrow moved with the wind, and soon it hit the center mark on the other side of the cliff! it was a beautiful display of power, accuracy, and control, a feat only possible by an expert in the field of archery,

"Clap….calp…amazing!"

Soon several others started to clap and look at the display with awe but the woman in hand that shot the arrow looked calm as she took in the applause of her audience, with one swift motion she began again as she kept firing arrow after arrow with different angles and styles, each one hitting with pinpoint accuracy, finally after her 10th shot she stopped.

She exhaled out as she started to descend down the top of the cliff, some went forward as they gave her refreshment, the woman accepted them as she started taking a rest, Ferox who had stopped once again started to walk towards the woman in front of me, she was someone that I knew quite well

She's Carmel Twilight, the princess of the Twilight Empire and another capture target.