Chapter 190.

PART 1.

After the match yesterday, the team is relaxing. Shin and Josh are taking a bath, while Praduman is sunning himself. He is making the best of it, even though clouds do keep interrupting his sunning. Ravina and Daphne are in their room, doing girly things, an occasional laughter comes from the room, which scares the boys from time to time. Tom is out on the roof of the hotel they are staying in, and Avinash is reclined in the chair. Hatori is missing, probably out somewhere.

The door opens, and Hatori walks in. “Speak of the demon.” Said Avinash.

“What?” asked Hatori, not expecting those words. He is very handsome compared to a demon, thank you.

“Never mind.” He said before Avinash could reply. “I was out, and I heard something. The people were talking about Succubus and Incubus. What the hell are those?” he asked.

Dimitri decides to answer, coming out of his own room, and having taken a fresh shower. “These are the mages that can manipulate your hormones.” He said, “They can stir the desire within you, and control you through that desire.”

Avinash dawns a look of horror, and Hatori takes a while to understand why his face is like that. “How the hell? and why haven’t we heard about this before?”

“A sorcerer pair experimented on this field 6000 years ago and genetically imparted that ability to a few children. The male ones are called Incubus, and they can affect females, and the female ones are called Succubus, and they can affect males.” Explained Dimitri. His face twists as if he has tasted something vile. “They have always caused trouble whenever they have gotten active. I suggest that you take care of yourselves, they are considered dangerous, even in Europa since they caused a lot of trouble in the last great war.”

“Hmm. that is concerning.” Said Hatori, putting his chin on his hand. “I get the feeling that there might be some of them in the Europa team. that’s probably why the people were talking about it.”

“You might be correct.” Said Dimitri. “Avinash, go share this info with everyone. Also, be careful while going out, if you fall under their spell, there is no telling what you might do under the throws of lust.”

Hatori remembers the rampaging teenage elephants from the forest and agrees with Dimitri’s assessment. If it weren’t for the older elephants keeping an eye on things, the entire forest would have been destroyed by now. The female elephants would have left a long time ago, resulting in the complete disappearance of the elephants from that section.

PART 2.

While Avinash is having his own meeting, the monarchs are having their own meeting as well. Porus, Battya, Chi, Hiruma, and Henry are all gathered in Porus’s room to discuss the latest development. For a change, it is not about making fun of each other.

“So, I have called you to tell you what I suspect. Whatever Albus is planning, it will come ahead in the final match.” he said.” And of course, you’ve likely heard who is involved by now.”

The monarchs consider this information. It is a very serious matter. They don’t know why Albus is doing this, but they do know what it will lead to. They also know that the Subcontinent has remained undefeated so far, and coupled with this being the final match against Europa, it is a perfect stage to execute whatever plans he has.

Albus is likely going to use this match as a platform to do what he wants or to make a political statement. They also have predicted to some extent what he will do, or what kind of message he wants to send back, but again, this is not something that they like. That man is going to start another great war, all because he couldn’t control his lust, and some parasites took advantage of this.

“I can’t believe it!” said Chi, and slams his hand on the table. “I thought we were rid of the rot of these mages, and yet here they are, spreading it again.”

“Why such a temper?” asked Henry. “Surely you don’t think we have lost control already?”

Chi gives a glare to Henry, showing his contempt. “You weren’t around for the last war boy. Porus and I are the only ones who know about what happened before it. the general public may think it was all about border disputes, but we are the only ones who know the real truth. Do you know why we also look down upon you Europeans so much?” said Chi, looming over Henry like a dragon. “Because you have no defenses against them. they’ve been on your land for thousands of years, and yet you still have no defenses. And then you get idiots like Albus who can’t control themselves, and boom! Another disaster we have to clean up for you.”

“Calm down.” Said Porus, seeing Henry is about to lose his temper. “Fighting each other is not going to solve this problem. We have to be ready for whatever’s coming next, and be ready to extract your teams in a hurry.”

“Already done.” Said Hiruma. “I will also offer my assistance should you need it in that task.”

“Same.” Said Battya.

PART 3.

After the meeting the next day, they all spent their time in the hotel. The team left for some light sparring in the morning and then returned to the hotel. Except for Hatori. he actually left the city, and he is now spending some time outside, observing the surroundings. It appears that the Albions have preserved the wild areas around their city quite well. aside from a few roads, the forests are left untouched, and that is what Hatori is seeing right now.

Hatori is also not alone. he sensed someone following him ever since he separated from the team. they have not taken any hostile action yet, so he has not done anything. Besides, in his position, calling out someone can be quite dangerous. It is one thing to say something in public, but here in the wilderness, who knows what can happen?

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Hatori then feels his alarm runes activating, which means that there has been an attempt to influence his mind, and the attempt has failed. He turns to where this feeling is coming from and sees the girl standing in the trees. even though he does not get a clear view, Hatori recognizes her as a member of the Europa team. The feeling increases even further, but it is still failing to affect him whatsoever. But he does not like this. His magic reacts, as he prepares to fight, but that woman turns around and runs away.

Hatori decides that he should also go back to the hotel. There is no point in courting more danger by staying out here in the open.

PART 4.

Emmeline has been following this blind boy. She has not bothered to learn about his name, but she does know that according to the papers, he does not treat the females better. She would know, after all, her mother was the one who pushed for that article. she follows him as soon as he separates from his team. judging by how fearlessly he is moving around on his own, either his senses are excellent, or he has already modified himself in some manner to be able to see.

She waits for him to relax in the forest, and then blasts him with her allure. He quickly looks up, pinpointing her location immediately. She was expecting an attack, but that did not come. She thought that he might be resisting her allure mentally, which is why he is not attacking her. So, she makes it even stronger. By this point, any man in front of her would be a drooling mess. But this boy is not. She senses his magic rising, getting ready to attack her. It is a very strong force. She has not sensed such strong magic in her life, not in a boy as the same age as her.

Not wanting to face such a strong force on her own, she turned around and hightailed out of there as fast as she could. She does not care what anyone might think of her after listening to this incident. that boy is a monster, and she has no interest in facing him. let’s hope that her other plan is going well.

It has to, given how much money and effort she put into influencing those young men.

PART 5.

By the time Hatori arrives at the hotel with his team, there is a large crowd cursing his team and their country. They are also throwing things inside, though the hotel staff is not silent, and is threatening to activate the wards to keep them outside forcefully.

This is a rather unexpected thing for Hatori. outside of the match crowds, the Albions have remained quiet and polite. ‘I suppose the ones who stay quiet are the ones to watch out.’ he thought.

Bending the light around himself, Hatori turns invisible and sneaks inside. He turns visible so the receptionist can see him. Once they wave him inside, he enters the hotel, goes to their suite, and sees what the team is doing.

“It is a good thing you are here,” said Dimitri. “Are you hurt?”

“No. I am fine.” Said Hatori, taking a seat next to Josh. “What happened?”

“They appeared in the afternoon, and this has been going on ever since.” Said Avinash.

“Honestly, this is frightening.” Said Shin.

“It is.” agreed Avinash. “We won’t go out anymore. we will stay here inside, and let the staff deal with it. they have assured me that they are used to this, similar things have happened in the past, and they have wards to keep people out if necessary. So, we can stay here safely.”

“What about the match tomorrow?” asked Ravina.

“Nothing has changed.” Avinash stands up and starts to pace back and forth. “We will not show any mercy or fear. In the ring, we will cut loose, and win the trophy for our school. Is that clear?”

“Clear!” they all chorused.

PART 6.

Albus is worried. Porus has written him an angry letter about the events going on at the hotel. He does not want to say anything to the crowd, but he also does not wish to upset the king of the Subcontinent before they are even ready.

“Don’t worry my king.” said the woman sitting next to him. “Let my daughter handle this. Just condemn it as you do normally as a lip service, and the rest will be handled by us.” she leans and kisses his neck softly.

“Of course,” he agreed. “Your council is wise, Amelia.”

PART 7.

As Emmeline comes back after calming the crowd, she receives a glare from Peter. “What did you do? More importantly, why did you do that?”

“What are you saying, captain? I have done nothing.” She said with an innocent expression.

“Don’t play coy with me. I know that entire crowd was you're doing.” Said Peter, barely restraining himself from grabbing and shaking her.

“So what? They are scared. they haven’t come out yet, and they have to run to their king for protection.” She argues.

“I can’t believe that I have been put on a team with such a stupid moron.” He grumbled. Emmeline glared at him for that remark, but Peter did not care anymore. he walked out of the room and met with the others.

He meets with Thomas, Julius, Wolfgang, Lewis, and Maria. “Listen. This has officially gone out of hand.” He said to them. “We need to be ready to escape at any moment during the match tomorrow. Let Albions handle this, we don’t need to get involved in this.”

“Don’t you think we’re already involved though?” asked Maria.

Peter shook his head. “Not yet.”

He knew it was a lie. They are involved since they are on the same team. whatever Emmeline will do, it will reflect on them. they are also involved because they are in the same country, so they can't distance themselves from whatever is going on here.

At least Peter is happy to know that most of the team is with him, and he is not surrounded by the people turned into drones by Emmeline.