The One with a Secret (1)

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'What a tiring day…'

A week had passed since then and the servants who are now serving him only deliver food to his quarters since he "shut himself" within the confines of his temporary quarters and banned the servants, especially his assigned butler, from staying inside his room for too long.

He needs to pretend that he is "traumatized" and "scared" to leave his quarters to defend himself from others. He also refuses to meet anyone, including his so-called father and his three older half-siblings.

'Tsk! As much as I wanted to meet father because of the conversation we had before this incident happened, I can't say the same thing for my three older half-siblings.'

Right now, he's doing some basic training exercises inside his temporary quarters since his 15-year-old body is nothing but a weak as a pebble that could be easily thrown away, and he needs to build some stamina if he wants to survive in this world.

Since Eclipse had access to his system interface, he can check through his 3D virtual screens about the current situation that was happening outside of while he "confine" himself within his quarters.

Eclipse had watched on one of the virtual screens about the Royal banquet that happened a couple of days ago and those scenes had automatically recorded to the [System Archive].

In that 3D holographic video, his so-called older half-siblings finally entered the banquet, and Eclipse saw the scene of how a no-name nobleman suddenly blocked those three and provoking them by talking about the recent issues about their household.

'Nobles and their own f*cking rules about their own society never failed to annoy the heck out of me!'

A sudden memory came to him when both him and his mother were brought back to the Marquis Chevalier household in his first life, his three older half-siblings held disdain towards him and to his mother.

The 8-year-old him couldn't forget the scornful gazes that they cast upon him and his mother that day, despite their attempts to hide beneath their cold exteriors.

He shook off his head from reminiscing about those memories from his first life as Ezekiel and he no longer cared about those trivial memories of the past since he wasn't the same as before.

For others, he is nothing but a disgrace third young master of Chevalier household, who, by their words, a stained to this oh-so-called prestigious Guardian household.

But as for the current himself, he is Eclipse, a Platinum Dimensional Traveler who traverse throughout the worldlines and one of the chosen candidates to be the successor of the Main House System and had the chance to become the God and Leader of the Worldline Realms.

'That's why… even though these so-called siblings of mine help me in this current timeline, I won't be grateful to them. Tsk!'

For sure, they only did that for the sake of their own ego of heroism that makes him sick to the core, just by thinking about it, especially the second young master of this household, Count Harrison Wynfred Chevalier.

'The hypocrisy of that b*stard! Just thinking about it makes me want to eliminate someone on the spot!'

However, what Eclipse truly felt about Harrison wasn't that of resentment like how he felt towards the detained Marchioness but rather…. a disappointment.

'If this was before when he was still a novice dimensional traveler, for sure I'll be a lost cause as well who let their emotions overcome my sanity and would only think about nothing but revenge….'

???: "Young Mas—, I mean, S-sir… Eclipse, this lowly servant, is here."

The dimensional traveler snapped from his thoughts and raised an eyebrow at the person who suddenly appeared discreetly from the balcony of his temporary quarters.

'Hoh. [this person] truly live up to its name and moniker.'

With that thought, he said; "Stand up and come inside."

From the balcony of his temporary quarters, there was a silhouette of a person half-kneeling and when Eclipse ordered [that person] to come inside, the silhouette who appeared discreetly without alarming everyone within the household, revealed itself in front of Eclipse.

Eclipse halted his training exercises and didn't bother to put on his upper clothes since he didn't care much about etiquette and such, as it would be a waste of time.

He went over to his sofa chair while the other person was still half-kneeling behind his back, as if awaiting his orders obediently.

After a while, Eclipse finally spoke up.

"So, have you made up your mind…. Nariana? Or would you prefer me to properly address you as….

Leader of ARCANUM DE FLEUR, known as LOTUS KILLER…. HEADMASTER RHEINA CLANDESTINE?"

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In the world plot of [Mystique Enchantress], aside from the school romance settings for the novel's heroine and her six male leads, there are other forces that were mentioned within the course of the story.

Although at the mention of these [other forces], it doesn't mean they hold a significant role within the whole story.

One of the major forces that was mentioned in the world plot is the ARCANUM DE FLEUR.

Arcanum De Fleur is a group of notoriously hired assassins, and their base of operations were unknown to everyone else. Their identities are not easily identifiable.

However, the members of the group would always leave a type of flower on the body of the person they killed who commissioned them for the killing.

As for how to make a transaction with these people?

Simple. The answer is already in their group's name.

« .... Secret of the Blossom Flower …. »

In order to have an audience or to meet one of the members of Arcanum De Fleur, they only need to make a flower offering ONCE A MONTH with their blood soaked within those flowers on the night when the moon shines the brightest.

To choose an acceptable flower offering, one must be cautious because each flower has its own meaning. Be careful because once the flower offerings have been done and accepted, there is no turning back.

Would that work?

Who knows….

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