This young man is Trapp Valerian, and he is the only son of Eunice Valerian lady of the sunny peak castle and eldest daughter of the lord of the Valerian household and clan Giovanni Valerian.

Trapp Valerian is a twenty-year-old man who had been kept hidden from the universe his entire life. Apart from a select few people that knew of his existence as well as his status as the son of the rising talent of the Ndlovu empire, every other person that knew of him thought he was the bastard child of a maid Eunice Valerian's nanny.

Among the upper echelon of the Ndlovu empire, Trapp's existence could not be hidden, but it was common knowledge that Eunice Valerian's nanny who had taken care of her ever since she was born had given birth to a son during the time she had been in charge of Eunice's training. It was because of this reason that even if Eunice treated Trapp very differently from other people; it did not arouse any suspicion from anybody.

Eunice Valerian was known to spoil young Trapp ever since he was born but the excuse that was given to others was that as the son of Eunice's long time nanny who had long taken the Valerian name as her own, Trapp Valerian was like a little brother to Eunice who was closer to her than any of her own blood brothers were. This was why even though Trapp Valerian shared the same status as a child of the Valerian main family branch, nobody actually thought that he was actually the son of the Valerian family's eldest daughter and greatest talent.

As for Trapp's real identity, or better yet, the identity of Trapp's father, it was actually that of the most notorious rapist in the history of the Ndlovu empire. This was the same rapist whose capture had led to the rise of the Valerian family, and it was Eunice Valerian who had been responsible for capturing and killing the notorious criminal.

As for how the two of them had been able to conceive a son like Trapp when they had only been in contact for a short few minutes, nobody knew what had happened to the two of the mon that very day. Not even Eunice's father, the lord of the Valerian clan, knew what had happened during those short few minutes.

All Giovanni valerian knew was that after that faithful day, his proudest child had suddenly come home with a son after going missing for a few months. Although he knew of Trapp's origin and who his father was since his daughter Eunice had informed him, he knew nothing else and could only accept this fact.

Still, this matter had to be kept from the rest of the world and it could not be allowed to come to light. Except for Eunice herself as Trapp's mother and her nanny, who had helped to deliver him, the only other people that knew of Trapp's real identity were Giovanni Valerian and his current butler, Della.

If it was known that the people who were responsible for bringing an end to the most notorious criminal in the history of the empire was harboring the son of said criminal and not only that but his mother was also the one who had killed the criminal and brought him to justice, Giovanni Valerian could not imagine the amount of trouble that his family would be in.

Because of this matter, Giovanni Valerian did not really like this grandchild of his, nor was he able to fully accept him as his own. Thankfully, because of Trapp's public identity, Giovanni Valerian was not required to dote on his grandchild so he could comfortably keep his distance from him.

Currently, apart from having the status of somebody from the Valerian family, Trapp Valerian's status was little more than a frivolous young master who was allowed to do whatever he wanted.

All around Silent Echoes city, which was the territory of Eunice Valerian, Trapp was known as a notorious playboy and womanizer, a wastrel and a good for nothing whose only hobby was chasing virgins and luring married women to cheat on their husbands.

Although nobody dared to do or say anything bad about Trapp in public, behind closed doors and in the whispers of different families at night, all kinds of names and insults were placed on top of Trapp's head and he had become an example to children of what not to be when they grew up.

Even in the Valerian family, the other sons and daughters of the younger generation disdained Trapp. They felt it was an insult to bear the same surname as a good-for-nothing trash and that he should be thrown out of the family. At the same time, the servants of the valerian family also felt that Trapp was no better than they were making it, so that some of them dared to even disrespect and disregard him.

Unfortunately for these people, none of them dared to voice out their opinions on Trapp's face. Anybody that dared to disrespect Trapp would find themselves facing severe punishment.

There was once a time when a young talent of the Valerian family had once ordered his servants to beat up Trapp because he had found him to be an eyesore.

After that day, the very next day, as soon as dawn broke through the horizon, that young talent had had all his limbs broken and the servants that had beaten Trapp up had been executed and their bodies hung from the walls of the castle. Ever since that day, everybody had steered clear of Trapp's way and he had been let to do as he pleased without consequence ever since.

That was how much Trapp's mother Eunice doted on her son. But while this was how it seemed to everybody in public, in secret, hidden from the eyes of the public... unknown to the rest of the universe, things were not exactly as they seemed.

Right now, in this basement room, Trapp was standing in front of his personal butler Della and he was completely naked. Trapp's muscular and sturdy body was in full view of Della's eyes, and she silently took in his body in all its glory.

Trapp was a tall youth standing at about 190cm in height. Unlike what one would expect of a useless wastrel, Trapp's body was not thin and skinny from years of drinking and whoring, but instead, he was built like a powerful stallion with powerful long limbs that were packed with lean and hard muscles.

Trapp's body's neither white nor pale. Instead, it had a rich bronze tone from years spent outdoors in the sun. On his head was a full lock of fiery red curly hair tied tightly together in a ponytail that made it look as if he was being wreathed by a crown of flames and his eyes were bright orange with a tinge of red. It looked as if his eyes were burning with a fierce and passionate flame that would leave one scalded from its heat.

Right now, Trapp's ponytail was in a mess and he had a lazy expression on his face. holding Della's chin and staring into her cold and emotionless eyes, Trapp's eyes were unusually bright as he looked at her as if he wanted to burn away the cold expression on Della's face and melt her icy heart.

Standing there motionlessly, Della did not move and her eyes did not wander as she too returned Trapp's challenging gaze. Although Trapp was standing naked before her, Della was not fazed at all. Still, although this was the case, Della's face had an unconcealed blush on her cheeks, which she could not control. In contrast to this, Della's eyes remained as expressionless and frosty as ever.

Seeing as Della was not moved in the slightest by the compromising position they were in, Trapp did not mind at all. Instead, he smiled as he greatly enjoyed himself.

Bringing his face close to Della's until they were so close that their noses almost touched, Trapp raised his hands to grab a handful of Della's silky soft black hair, which he promptly brought to his nose to smell.

Smelling the unique scent that belonged to Della as well as feeling the tickling sensation of her hair on his nose, Trapp finally breathed into her ear and said, "You're still the same as always Della... you're no fun at all. You're always keeping such a cold expression on your face when we both know that inside there is a fire burning fiercely beneath what your outer appearance suggests. You can't hide it from me or yourself. I can tell from the blush on your face!"

At this point, Della finally stepped back away from Trapp as she accepted defeat.

On her face, there was a slight scowl as if she did like losing her composure in front of Trapp.

Seeing this, Trapp only chuckled and said, "There's no need to be so upset. You can't continue denying your feelings for long. Sooner or later, you're going to have to accept what you feel inside. But before that, we will have to decide on what your punishment for disturbing my fun and chasing all my guests is."

"Now, can you tell me why you disturbed me so early in the morning? I didn't get any rest last night so I'm really tired at this moment."

As Trapp spoke, he went to the place where Della had placed his clothes and started to get dressed.

During this time, Della drew in a deep breath and calmed herself down.

Gathering her composure, she finally looked at Trapp, who had already put on a pair of pants, and said to him, "Young master, your mother requests your presence."

Hearing this, Trapp paused his movement and stopped putting on his clothes.

Without turning back, he said, "My mother... which of them would that be?"