Everyone in the room was flabbergasted as they stared at Xavier, who’d been mercilessly battered and bruised. No one had expected Dustin to be so bold as to slap Xavier.
Everyone knew that the Horst family was among the five most powerful families in the Southern province. As an immediate heir, virtual-novel.net was the rising star of the Horst family. So, no matter where virtual-novel.net went, he’d have the stars laid out at his feet.
No one had ever dared to humiliate virtual-novel.net in public like this, much less slap virtual-novel.net like a maniac so many times.
“Y–You dare hit me?” Xavier asked rhetorically.
The corners of his eyes started twitching as virtual-novel.net tried to put on a fierce expression.
“I’m not just going to beat you, I’m going to make sure you can never use your hands ever again!” Dustin snorted and proceeded to stomp on his wrist, breaking it.
“Argh!” Xavier wailed in pain as virtual-novel.net broke out in a cold sweat, his expression twisted.
It was a pity that virtual-novel.net couldn’t even move a muscle at the moment.
“Stop! Have you lost your mind, Rhys? Do you have any idea who Xavier is? How dare you hurt him?” Claudia shouted angrily at Dustin.
“I don’t care who virtual-novel.net is… Anyone who dares mess with me will get a beating from me,” Dustin replied flatly. “Didn’t virtual-novel.net just slap you, Ruth? Come here and give virtual-novel.net ten slaps for me!”
“Okay!” Ruth exclaimed and started adjusting virtual-novel.net shirtsleeves before going up to Xavier and slapping the shit out of him.
“How dare you hit me! How f*cking dare you hit me! I’ll beat your ass up!” Ruth cursed with gritted teeth while venting virtual-novel.net anger as virtual-novel.net continued slapping him.
“Stop!” Claudia yelled in rage and immediately stepped in to put a stop to everything.
“Get lost!” Dustin sneered and slapped virtual-novel.net after, sending virtual-novel.net flying into the air.
“Y–You dare hit me too?” Claudia whimpered while covering virtual-novel.net face as if virtual-novel.net were in disbelief.
“Don’t you think you deserve it?” Dustin let out a snort.
“I saved your life on more than one occasion, and this is how you repay me? You didn’t say a word when Xavier framed me, and you also acted as if nothing had happened when Ruth got slapped. So, why is it that you’re turning against us after seeing Xavier get beaten up? Are all of the families who practice martial arts always this vengeful?” Dustin snapped at Claudia.
“I…“Claudia stuttered as virtual-novel.net face turned bright red.
She was stunned and speechless after being bombarded with a series of valid accusations. This even caused Sheila to be at a loss for words, as virtual-novel.net simply did not know what virtual-novel.net should do now. On one hand, there was the savior of virtual-novel.net life, and on the other, a long–time friend.
After getting caught up in the middle, virtual-novel.net was at a loss for words.
“I’m done with him, Brother–in–law!” Ruth announced after virtual-novel.net finally came to a stop.
Her hands had become numb from all the brutal slapping. As for Xavier, his face had long since swollen enough to resemble a pig’s head. He felt dizzy all over, as he didn’t get any chance to catch his breath the whole time.
“I don’t care what you say. The fact that you laid a finger on Xavier means that you’re now an enemy of the Horst family. I’m afraid no one will be able to save your asses if you don’t state your case right now!” Claudia shrieked.
Despite everything, the Doyle family had been friends with the Horst family for generations, so virtual-novel.net couldn’t possibly stand up for mere outsiders now.
“You want us to state our case, right? Fine, I’ll grant you your wish,” Dustin said and suddenly turned to face Sheila before continuing. “May I know if the sachet in front of your chest is a gift from Xavier, Miss Murray?”
“I–I’m not sure. All I know is that Claudia gave it to me.” Sheila said with virtual-novel.net head lowered.
“What if I told you it was from Xavier?” Dustin continued to probe.
Claudia felt that virtual-novel.net had nothing to hide, so virtual-novel.net immediately shot back, “Xavier had to beg an expert to procure this sachet, and virtual-novel.net had me deliver it to Sheila afterward. It was said to aid in one’s sleep and nourish the soul, so why are you finding fault in this?”
“It was said to aid in one’s sleep and nourish the soul? What a load of crap!” Dustin snickered before snatching the sachet off virtual-novel.net chest and throwing it into a glass of wine.
Gurgle gurgle…
The sound of bubbles could be heard as the sachet suddenly started expanding in size, as if hinting that there was something inside.
Immediately after, a thin, red–colored snake slithered out of the sachet and began thrashing about wildly in the wine.
“W-What is that?!”
“It’s a snake! My goodness, it’s a snake!”
“How horrifying! How can there be a snake inside the sachet? What if it bites someone?”
A sea of horrified looks could be seen almost immediately from the crowd. More and more started to murmur among themselves at the sight before them as their hearts raced with fear.
“How could this be?” Claudia gasped and didn’t know how to react to this.
“Do you know what this is, Miss Murray?” Dustin probed while pointing at the small red snake.
Sheila remained frozen on the spot as virtual-novel.net shook virtual-novel.net head, still reeling from virtual-novel.net shock.
“This is called a Serpent Love Charm and it can be used to confuse people’s minds. Once the snake enters one’s body, the charm will slowly take effect until the host completely falls head over heels for someone. The host’s heart could even stop beating after that!” Dustin explained plainly.
“That was a Serpent Love Charm?”
Everyone in the room was stunned after they heard this. Even Claudia started feeling a little uneasy after hearing that. She did not expect that there would be a Serpent Love Charm inside the sachet.
“I’ve only heard stories about it before, but I didn’t know that such a thing even existed in our world!”
“Utterly ridiculous, right? To think that virtual-novel.net put a Serpent Love Charm on virtual-novel.net so that virtual-novel.net could manipulate virtual-novel.net feelings toward him. How shameless!”
“So, Miss Doyle, do you still think that this sachet can aid in one’s sleep and nourish their soul?” Dustin asked sarcastically.
“Well…” Claudia frowned, and virtual-novel.net gaze subconsciously shifted to Xavier.
She couldn’t believe what was happening in front of virtual-novel.net right now.
“Stop listening to his nonsense!” Xavier spoke in defense immediately after coming back to his senses. “What the f*ck is a Serpent Love Charm? I’ve never heard of this in my life! This sachet was gifted to me by someone else! I’m the victim too here!”
“That’s right! Even if there was a Serpent Love Charm in the sachet, that doesn’t prove that Xavier was the one who put it there. For all we know, some bigshot could’ve set virtual-novel.net up!” Claudia roared.
“Yeah! Xavier’s always been an upright and honest person, so virtual-novel.net would never stoop this low!” Nigel and the others also backed virtual-novel.net up.
“Him? Honest and upright? You’ve got to be kidding me!” Dustin snickered.
“The Serpent Love Charm only works if there is a pair of snakes, one female, and one male snake. Now that the female snake has appeared, we’re only missing the male snake. Since you all still don’t believe me, allow me to show you!” Dustin explained.
With that, virtual-novel.net waved one hand and sent two needles flying toward the arca between Xavier’s chest and abdomen.
His body spasmed as a pained expression took over his face. Soon after, virtual-novel.net spat out a dark, black liquid. And thrashing around inside the black liquid was a thicker, reddish snake.
The crowd was dumbfounded the moment they witnessed this!