A few days after stealing the books from the Nightshade Society, Luke was walking with Enid holding hands down a hallway. At that moment he was stopped by a boy with glasses,
freckles, and short stature.
Luke and Enid stopped talking and looked at the boy, who seemed to have a nervous look on his face.
“Y-you’re Luke Poe, right?” asked the boy, stuttering and looking at Luke nervously for some
reason.
“Yes. What do you want?” asked Luke impatiently, making the freckled boy more nervous and harder to speak.
‘The rumors are true, his aura is scary,’ thought the nervous boy as he fiddled with his hands. This wasn’t just due to Luke’s popularity and the rumors that he was rude and moody. The battle Luke and Xavier had against the hag spread like wildfire throughout the school. Although no one knows how real the rumor is out there it got around that he and Xavier defeated the hag. Some people believed it, others did not. Xavier felt ashamed, as in the battle he had done almost nothing.
“Be nicer. He’s a senior,” muttered Enid elbowing Luke.
“Ouch,” Luke complained.
“V-veronica wants to see you,” finally said the freckled boy.
“Veronica Umbrio?” asked Enid with her mouth hanging open. Everyone knew her. Even the younger students. The boy nodded. Luke and Enid looked at each other knowingly.
Luke had told Enid that he went into the Nightshade Society and stole three books. In the process, he saw Veronica and another student kissing and having sex.
“This is bad, Luke. She must know you stole the books. They wouldn’t be a centennial club if you could steal the books that easy,” whispered Enid, turning around next to Luke to talk without being overheard.
“Yes. It’s true, it would be straightforward to rob them. Don’t worry. I have the video to defend myself,” Luke whispered with a slight smile. Enid’s cheeks flushed as she remembered the video Luke showed her.
“I could threaten her by saying you’ll upload it on your famous blog,” Luke added with a wicked grin. Enid’s blog was seen by almost the entire school.
“I’m not uploading that perverted video to my blog!” whispered Enid, tapping Luke.
“Just kidding,” said Luke with a slight smile, “But she won’t be able to threaten me for stealing the books. So I’ll be fine,” he added.
“It’s true. Remember, they’re older students. Be nice. Good luck,” Enid said, giving him a quick kiss and saying goodbye. She knew it wouldn’t be helpful and it would be not good if Veronica knew that more people saw the video…
Besides, she knows her boyfriend’s strength is far superior. He defeated a crazy hag. They won’t be able to do much to him no matter how much they are older students.
“Lead the way,” said Luke, walking towards the freckled boy.
“What? You’re not going to ask why?” asked the confused boy.
“No. Come on. I don’t have all day,” replied Luke with a scowl and unfriendly face. Enid was no longer there for him to be nice to others.
“Y-yes!” said the boy starting to walk.
After walking for a while Luke guided by the freckled boy came to a dimly lit hallway and a bench. On the bench sat Veronica with her legs crossed. Next to her were two more girls.
Behind the bench as bodyguards were two burly boys who looked at Luke with menacing looks.
When they arrived and stood in front of Veronica two more boys came out of the columns. Positioning themselves behind Luke.
‘Don’t they want me to run away?’ thought Luke, amused.
“I-I brought the boy, Veronica!” said the freckled boy more nervously than before.
Luke looked at the girl, who had an arrogant demeanor. Her hair was straight black, with long eyelashes, amber eyes, and flawless skin.
“You’ve been late, Snoopy,” Veronica said, looking up from her cell phone.
‘Snoopy? Why is he named after a dog?’ thought Luke, looking at the boy who seemed more nervous about being watched by Veronica. For some reason, his cheeks were slightly flushed. Even though he was being reprimanded.
“Damn, you kept Veronica and the girls waiting,” said a tall muscular boy grabbing Snoopy by the collar.
“S-sorry!” said Snoopy with fear and trembling in his tone.
“It’s all right, Brad. Let it go. He’s kind of cute when he’s shaking so much,” said the red- haired girl next to Veronica. The girl had two pigtails and an amused look on her face as she licked a lollipop.
“Tsch. You always hide behind women,” said Brad with contempt pushing Snoopy.
“Hiding behind women or being an obedient dog to women?” asked Luke with a hand on his chin.
“What?” asked Brad blankly.
“I’ll put it simpler for you. You despise him for hiding behind a woman, but you obey that woman as if you were an obedient dog. Since when are werewolves domesticated dogs?” said Luke with a smile full of disdain.
It was easy to tell that Brad was a werewolf. His sharp nails gave him away, along with his violent temper.
‘He’s defending me?” thought Snoopy in surprise.
“Well, on second thought. Snoopy is also a domesticated dog that obeys her commands. I guess you’re on a higher level,” added Luke, shaking his head.
“…” Snoopy.
“You fucking brat!” snarled Brad angrily, lunging towards Luke, but just then Veronica spoke,
“Stop,”
Brad’s hand came within inches of reaching Luke, who decided to despise him because his name was Brad. A name he didn’t like.
“That’s it. Obey, dog,” Luke said with a smile. Brad had a vein in his forehead, but seeing Veronica’s unperturbed look, he did nothing and walked away.
“Hahaha, this kid is so funny,” laughed the redhead unable to believe how rude Luke was to
older students.
“What do you need me for? I’m a busy person,” Luke said with no patience. As for busy, he was lying. He had already finished his training and planned to play video games.
The redhead’s laughter died down, and she looked at Luke with a murderous glare. The whole place went silent. Luke was being watched by older students who seemed to want to kill him with their eyes, but he didn’t flinch. His posture remained relaxed.
“Your arrogance trumps hearsay. I guess having the last name Poe and being a somewhat famous writer made your fame go to your head,” Veronica said with a slight smile breaking
the silence.
“I guess being Miss Umbrio Family and having a double aura makes you arrogant,” Luke said
with a slight sneer.
The Umbrio Family besides being a family of psychics possess great wealth in American normie society. They have a leading investment firm that manages a portfolio of financial assets. Their fortune is in the millions.
Luke will never put his head down and does not feel inferior to Veronica. Although the Umbrio Family is a millionaire, their history in the world of outsiders is inferior to Poe’s history.
If one had to make a top in terms of the most important outcast families in history, the Poe family would be at the top of it all with the Spellmans, the Addams, and a few others. Did Veronica have two auras? Yes, but he had three. The only thing she could win on was that the Poe family had only one member and was broke in money matters. But that’s because they had a war against the Spellmans. Another high-grade family.
“Enough of this useless talk. Return the books you stole, accept your crime, and your punishment will be light if I’m in a good mood,” Veronica said with a smile, wanting to see Luke’s expression of surprise and fear, but his face didn’t change.
“Books? I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Luke said, playing dumb. Internally he was surprised. No one saw him when he stole the books, how did they know?
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