Chapter:25 Marionettist and the Puppet pt-1

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The door closed, a young man with long white hair—a part of it is tied in a single braid on the right side of his head—black fingernails could be seen sitting on the back seat of a black sedan.

He had chartreuse phosphorescent eyes, which were hidden under his hair.

He wore black earrings; an emerald ring on his left index finger; white coloured gloves covering his palms and a chain with six mourning lockets around his hip.

He was dressed as a [First-High school] student, in a white dress with green stripes all over it and the school symbol strapped onto his shoulder patch.

The black sedan slowly made its way towards the [Saltzman mansion], the horseman symbol could be seen embedded on the front of the car.

Erik leans on the leather and closed his eyes, going through the various thoughts running within his mind.

'Recruitment Week was a success, I was able to solidify my image within the school and even found some potential subordinates.....'

'There is an 80% chance that I will be selected for the upcoming [Nine-School Competition], which is very good to consolidate my influence within the school, especially considering the events which will take place after 2-years....'

'I also need to have contacts within the army to keep up with the events happening....'

'But the infiltrating army is very hard and dangerous, I need to be very careful with my steps....'

'Looks like I need her to be killed before I planned to.....I require her ability....'

'Very well then, I should be able to track her down, knowing that she is in Tokyo....'

'Let's see how strong are the [Sakura-Series] of the Yotsuba Family...'

A slight smile etched onto the corner of his mouth.

"How was your day, Young Master?..."

Sebastian, a 57-year old butler of the Saltzman family asked his Erik about his day within the school.

He had been serving the Saltzman family for 34-years, Erik was the closest to this old butler since his father and mother had already died a few years ago.

Sebastian was probably the only person whom Erik trusted, he was a father figure within Erik's mind, especially after his reincarnation within this world.

"It was good, Sabastian-san. The recruitment week was very successful, I even joined the [Debate-Club], though currently, we have only 2-members...."

Erik opened his eyes, pulling himself out of the murderous thoughts and replied to the questions of his butler.

"Oh? Did young master find any attractive lady?..."

Another reason why Erik got along with Sabastian was that the old man was old only in age, he wasn't conservative like other employees, which was good considering the Saltzman Family originated in America.

Though Erik sometimes really wondered if Sabastian was a playboy in his youth.

With an exasperated sigh, Erik replied to Sabastian's question.

"Well, it's only been a few weeks since the semester started and from what I have observed up until now, there are a few interesting individuals but none that pique my interest...."

"Though I must say, Mayumi-san is indeed worthy of her title as the [Elven Beauty]...."

"Ooohhh.....I seeeee!"

Sabastian let out a slight smile on his wrinkled face as he motioned the guards of the Saltzman family to open the gate.

Hearing the exaggerated tone of his head butler, Erik just shook his head and once again closed his eyes. Even though they had reached the Saltzman property, the mansion was a few kilometers within the property.

(After sometime)

Sabastian opened the back door of the sedan for his young master to step out of the car, Erik didn't refuse his service and calmly exited the sedan before walking towards the front of on his huge mansion.

His father was a extravagant man, lots of property and assets were all transferred to Erik after his death. Leaving Erik wondering what to do with all of this, surely he handled the business which was growing bigger and bigger but he didn't really care about all of this.

Unfortunately, image was a very important factor within the high-class, thus he had to maintain his image while slowly moving forward towards his goal.

After entering the big mansion, Erik directly headed towards the artificial hot spring installed within his bathroom.

He changed his clothes, stripped naked with a towel hanging around his neck and entered 'Heaven'. His body loosened up and he exhaled a deep breath.

Enjoying the warmth of the hot water, Erik quietly relaxed with his eyes closed. After an hour of being submerged within the warm water.

He stood up, wiping the water off his body using the towel hanging around his neck, he cleaned himself. Wrapping the towel around his waist he existed the bathroom, a young maid could be seen standing outside the bathroom with a white robe within her hands.

Her eyes constantly looking towards the ground, avoiding to look at the partially naked body of her young master.

Erik took the robes from her hands and directly entered his room, he removed the towel around his waist and slid into the robe he acquired from the maid.

He walked into the small library connected to his room and pulled a book out of the shelf of the left side.

*Click*

The door was released which then Erik simple pulled open and disappeared into. A secret room, filled with his equipments, a large digital table and a huge screen monitor fixed on the wall.

Erik took the control within his hands and fired the server online. Immediately, he had direct entry into the city server, access to all the data stored within the database of the city.

"Let's see where is she hidden....."

He immediately selected the hospital entry database and started searching for every person with the surname Shiba. He was sure that Miya was admitted somewhere near the official Shiba Residence so that Tatsuya could reach her as soon as possible in case of any attacks on the hospital.

Unfortunately for the Yotsuba Family, their own arrangement transformed into the very reason why Shiba Miya was found by Erik.

Now even if Miya was protected by [Sakura-Series], it was not possible for them to protect her from Erik.

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