Crimson and Furs 2

Chapter Nine: Viscount Selene

After spending several minutes in the Museum Daniel finally decided to return to the physical world. Tapping the bracelet on his left wrist, a small holographic screen suddenly appeared. It displayed the map of Crimson Springs, showing several locations.

Another attribute of the high tech device created by Orpheus' workers was that it also allowed one to teleport from the virtual reality to any location chosen. As long as the location didn't exceed Crimson Springs, Daniel could teleport anywhere. Well, only the locations displayed on the holographic screen could be teleported to.

Silently he chose Bradbury Street where he and his mom was now residing. After having their former street attacked by Dracula, the previous king of Crimsones, Daniel had requested that day park. The Special Cops had discovered that the corresponding area had been tainted by the aura of the Crimson King so they decided to shut down the street in order to resolve the anomaly. If this wasn't done then the aura would spread, affecting other streets. When the time came, the streets affected would have their residents turning into thoughtless puppets. This was the power of a Crimson King like Dracula. Even when he had 'died' his aura was still capable of causing anomalies.

In a flash Daniel appeared at an alley Bradbury Street. Silently he walked out onto the road, his hands in his pocket as if he was taking a casual stroll. As there were people still awake he didn't want to suddenly move across walls at superhuman speeds. This will not only alarm the residents but cause unnecessary attention to be placed on him. There was a strong possibility that Special Cops patrolled this area and there were also other Cursed 'loitering' around.

"Everything is still so stressing after becoming a Cursed," Daniel muttered to himself as he approached his house which was still several meters away. "After becoming a Lycanthrope I thought my life would be easier. Who would have thought it'd develop this?"

He let out a sigh, reminiscing about the moments in Crimson High School when he had not become a Lycanthrope. Although he had always been bullied by Walter and his gang, he didn't have to worry about Demons suddenly coming out of the pits of hell or the corresponding essence to consume.

Crimson High School had been the most expensive and best school in Crimson Springs but after the Abyss incident, it was forcibly closed. This was because Miss Pinmaker, the former principal of the school had used several students for a ritual before disappearing into thin air. This drew the attention of the police which forwarded the issue to the Special Cops Department. The Special Cops immediately sealed the school in order to deal with anomalies as a result of the ritual to Abyss.

"Last year was really troublesome," Daniel muttered. "I just hope Orpheus finds a way to convince the government to sell him the school."

Orpheus had promised to purchase the school this year but he had been busy with a lot of matters across the several galaxies his companies were located. Hence there was a long delay in the plan. Although this delay was long, Daniel still trusted in Orpheus. This was because this Path three, Count had an ability called Affluence. It allowed people to subconsciously listen to him or follow his orders in a face-to-face discussion.

Daniel remembered Orpheus' mentioning that once he advanced to become a Path five, Crimson King the Affluence ability would gain a massive upgrade; He would be able to control targets to do his bidding using devices. There was no need for face-to-face discussions. Or he needed to do was make the target hear his voice.

"Sigh, Orpheus know the corresponding Cursed paths of the Crimsone Cursed type but I don't even know mine," Daniel muttered to himself sadly. "Well this has to do with him belonging to a Crimsone noble family. The Rodolfo family has ancient records..."

It was at that moment Daniel realized he had been lazying about. Apart from Alpha, he didn't know the name of another Cursed path beyond the Wolfman Cursed path. At this moment he decided to find the relevant information about the Lycanthrope Cursed type. He felt it wouldn't be hard to do so because Lycanthropes were rampant in Crimsone Springs. There was even an organization called Lycanthrope Guild which was created to hunt them.

Daniel was almost close to his house when he saw several silhouettes walking towards him in the dark night. They were six in number and from their heartbeats he could tell that they had bad intentions At least they wanted to rob him.

But the present him was afraid because he felt he was very capable of taking care of all them. After all he was a Wolfman while they were ordinary humans. A little smack from him would end up making them to immediately pass out. To him all of these people were small fries.

"Hey kid, hand over everything on you!" a man suddenly blared out, walking out of the shadows. He had a revolver in his right hand which he twirled in his right hand, sizing up the 16-year old kid or so in front of them. He felt that they didn't even need any weapon to deal with him.

Brown hair, brown eyes, muscular body, a great confidence...the man observed Daniel who had calmly stopped and was also staring at the six people.

"What if I say no?" Daniel asked with his eyebrows raised up.

The six men turned to look at each other before bursting into an uproar. Finally the man who had spoken earlier silenced all of them as he walked closer to Daniel, "Look kid, we don't wanna hurt you. We have guns—"

Pa!

Before he had the chance of completing his statement Daniel had already opened his palm, slamming it into the man's chest. The impact immediately sent him flying backwards as he coughed out blood.

As the man fell to the ground, he became unconscious instantly. Everything happened so fast that the remaining six criminals didn't overcome their shock in time. It wasn't till Daniel started attacking them that they snapped out of it. But it was too late now as they couldn't even resist.

In a minute Daniel clapped his hands together, staring at the six criminals who had been tied together by him. All of them had their clothes stripped off to bind them, their eyes shut tight. Obviously Daniel had beaten them unconscious.

Daniel let out a sigh as he walked away. He turned to glance at the criminals before saying, "I've been focusing on other streets, neglecting the street where I reside. A Wolfman lives here and yet there is still crime..."

He quickly chuckled, "No, this current situation is right. It won't draw any unnecessary attention to myself. If I were to suddenly start doing my vigilante stuffs here then the Special Cops would narrow down their search to me..."

Once that happens I will have no way of explaining why I belong to the Curious Mythologists group chat in F******k, Daniel added within himself. Only dummies wouldn't be able to associate it with the secret origination I created...

Daniel immediately smiled and shook his head, telling himself to stop being negative. He focused on walking and soon arrived in the front of the Stark family house. With his speed he immediately dashed towards his room and leaped across the window.

"Frankly, this is becoming old," Caroline frowned at Daniel who had snuck into the house as usual.

"If you want to take my place, it's fine," Daniel said. "But compared to a 'human' Cursed, the Special Cops would attach a great deal of attention to you if they discover a Cursed cat going about doing vigilante."

"..."

Caroline became silent and didn't know how to refute Daniel.

At that time Daniel sniffed in the air before perking up his ears. He could clearly hear heartbeats not belonging to him or Caroline. The strange thing was, he couldn't catch the scent of the intruder. This made him become very vigilant as his brown eyes began to glow. His aura became more beastly as brown furs appeared across his hands as they morphed to resemble those of a wolf.

"Tsk, still as beastly as usual," Daniel heard a familiar voice drill into his ears behind him. This voice was very soft and seductive, causing his cheeks to heat up.

He immediately turned around only to see a young girl of about 16 years standing behind him. Her hair was as red as blood and long, her rosy full lips bearing the same colour. Her red eyes shimmered seductively as they stared into Daniel's eyes, causing him to freeze.

"Selene?" Daniel couldn't help but call in a soft voice as he stared at the familiar gorgeous face for a very long time.

"C'mon, that's not a proper way to greet me," Selene said as she spread out her arms, her voluptuous figure swaying as she hugged Daniel. "After all, we've not seen for months now."

Daniel was very happy beyond measures after reuniting with the love of his life. Feeling her body in his arms filled him with so much vitality that he felt he could go on for days without eating. After the battle, Selene had travelled to Moon City to stay with Silas Sebastian Rodolfo, her elder brother who was trying his best to look over the Rodolfo company there. Although they had kept in touch with their phones it still was nowhere compared to being together physically.

"If we stay like this for a long period of time you won't be able to resist the urge to sleep with me," Selene said with a chuckle, making Daniel's cheeks to become red with embarrassment.

"You're still spew so much vulgarities," Daniel said as he broke out of the hug, offering Selene a seat on his bed.

"Hehe, a few months in Moon City won't be enough to change me," Selene replied. "It wouldn't stop me from saying things like horny..."

Daniel coughed slightly as he said, "Miss, aren't you finding your words inappropriate a little?"

If it were another person he would have just muttered the statement to himself. But since it was Selene, his girlfriend, he was very casual and decided to say it. Besides the girl had this personality to prevented her from getting angry over trivial matters. In fact, Daniel had never seen her get angry before. Even when she discovered that Bloody Mary loved Daniel very much, she wasn't against it.

"I will only find it inappropriate when I conceive a child for you at this age," Selene stuck out her tongue in a teasing manner.

"..."

Daniel was momentarily rendered speechless.

"I think I'll take a walk outside," Caroline said as she leaped off the bed, making the decision to leave the room before she became corrupted with Selene's vulgar words.

And she turned sixteen around March, Caroline said inwardly as she leaped onto the door knob and twisted it. With a click the door opened and she dashed outside into the dark corridor.

"I just hope you're not going to steal the mushrooms in the cupboard," Daniel muttered with an apprehensive look.

At that moment Selene said, "You feel different."

"You can tell?" Daniel was surprised. He couldn't believe Selene could sense that he had harmonized his Cursed path.

"If I can't tell, who will?" Selene asked.

Bloody Mary, Daniel muttered inwardly.

"Well, aside from her I can tell," Selene said, not daring to mention Bloody Mary's name. She didn't want to end up summoning her and transforming the blissful moment into a horrifying moment.

Daniel froze for some moments before chuckling, "I've harmonized my Cursed path. Just short of the Path three essence."

"Nice," Selene smiled, showing her beautiful dimples. "At least Orpheus wouldn't have to brag about being the main protagonist of this world."

Of course he sees himself as one, Daniel muttered inwardly. After all I'm not the only one whom Cassio revealed some kinds of things to...

"Guess what?" Selene leaned closer to Daniel who was sitting beside her.

"What?" Daniel asked.

"I'm now a Viscount," Selene's smile became even wider.

"..."

Daniel's expression froze as he suddenly realized the reason he couldn't catch her scent earlier.

"You're even better in harmonizing than I thought," Daniel smiled.

"I feel I've almost harmonized," Selene said thoughtfully. "By next week I should be considering advancing to become a Count."

"..."

At that time Daniel became speechless for a long period of time.