Chapter 284


    “You should focus on your training,” vin said as he scratched the little fox, which smiled


    contentedly. “Does it have any special abilities?”


    “Don’t change the subject. I’m discussing important matters with you. Cobalt Strike has three great


    beauties, one Celesse, one Mari, and one Liyana, and you’ve managed to charm two of them


    without a peep! Thankfully, Liyana is rarely at Cobalt Strike, or she’d also be caught in your web.”


    “Save it, I’m not as fickle as you think. I’m still young. I don’t have such intentions.”


    “You seem quite well-developed to me.”


    “Can we change the subject?”


    “First, you tell me, how did you get involved with Celesse, and how have you kept her devoted to


    you for over a decade?”


    “Our rtionship is purely tonic.”


    “Maybe she is pure, but you? I doubt it,” E said with a mischievous smile.


    “I yield! Stop making fun of me.”


    “I ask you, do you truly see no allure in me?”


    “What allure?”


    “That allure!” E, with a twist of her body, disyed her sinuous figure with all the right curves in


    all the right ces. Her sizzling silhouette, coupled with her beautiful, delicate features, was enough


    to make one’s nose bleed.


    vin felt a stir in his heart and quickly tried to soothe the tension. “Modesty, mydy! Modesty,


    please. This could give the wrong impression.”


    “So you do feel something. That’s more like it. I thought there was something wrong with you for a


    moment.”


    vin could barely fend off her charm, as he picked up the little fox and inspected it closely. “What’s


    the story with this little creature?”


    “It has quite the tale to tell.” E flipped back into the room, her fiery figure fully on disy before


    vin. The visual impact was so bewitching that vin could hardly resist. Today, the maiden had


    donned a crimson blouse and skirt, which, paired with her glowing skin, made for a deadly


    combination.


    vin, embarrassed to look too closely, remarked, “Your attire seems quite sparing on fabric. We


    need not be so frugal.”


    “Don’t you like it? I could dress in moreyers for you.” E teased him now and then.


    “Let us speak of the little fox instead.”


    “It’s a Sr Fox! My grandfather saved its parents on Dragon’s Peak and almost lost his own life in


    the process. Before they passed, they entrusted the wee one to my grandfather, who then gifted it


    to me when it had barely opened its eyes." E kept her exnation brief, without delving into


    details. She sat next to vin, kicking off her floral shoes. "How strong are you now?"


    "Peak of Stage I, I''d say." vin had been pondering over the Arcanum and the True Thunder and


    had made considerable gains, cing him at the peak of Stage I.


    "Shall I spar with you?"


    "Would that be possible?" vin''s fighting spirit was kindled by her words. E was one of the Five


    Champions of the Eight Orders, a once-in-a-century prodigy of Bloodlore with enigmatic Combat


    Magic and bloodline powers. Now an Advanced Mage of Stage II, vin was genuinely interested


    in a match with her. Such a battle would squeeze out his potential and show him his true strength.


    "I have one condition." E''s arm encircled vin''s neck. Her smile was suggestive, and her eyes


    devilishly locked onto his.


    vin gently moved her arm away. "There''s no need for such intimacy in our stance."


    E''s hand found its way back to his neck. "I want you to unleash the Shadowbringer!"


    "Seriously?"


    "Do I look like I''m jesting?"


    "Be sure about this. My Shadowbringer is now tenfold stronger than thest time." vin had


    gleaned insights into Combat Magic from the Shadowbringer – though rudimentary, its power was


    immensely formidable, even to him.


    "Don''t underestimate me." E was curious about vin''s Shadowbringer. She had missed the


    opportunity at thest soiree, and now was the perfect chance to test vin''s true strength.


    "Very well!" Just as vin was about to push her hand away, the door burst open.


    Oda ran in with a surprise. "Look who''s here!"


    "Heehee, is that Lord vin?" Carlys hopped in joyously, hands behind her back, eyes squinted


    with a smile.


    But the scene within the room was a tad too intimate, and the twosses were caught off guard,


    frozen in ce, staring at vin and E on the bed.


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    Oda stuck out her little tongue, wondering how they ended up entangled so quickly. Her brother was


    quite the fast mover.


    The smile on Carlys'' face slowly faded as she looked from vin to E, her tone discontent. "Who


    are you? And where have your clothes gone?"