Curse The Mainframe - Chapter 417

Then, before she could calm down completely, his smile changed ever so minutely.

Regis’ smile was so gentle, but it felt like a thousand ice picks pricking into her, causing her vast amounts of prickling pain. They stabbed into her, as if they were physical.

Katherine had no idea how people always commented how her brother was ‘so gentle’. It was like they were all blind. Clearly, the least gentle person that existed was that brother of hers!

Katherine’s face was instantly pale, but she didn’t want to back down at this juncture. She had already managed to successfully provoke Alec, and if she backed down here, then no one would ever respect her again in the clan. She’d never be able to lift her head high again.

Well, Katherine was really thinking too much. Which person had never lost in battle before? They wouldn’t look down on her just because of that, but because of the way she acted. She even called out a duel with someone who hadn’t even been ‘in’ the clan for a full day yet.

But Katherine had been headstrong ever since she was young, and she lived according to her heart’s desires. She was completely straightforward in her actions. If she didn’t like it, then she would crush it, simple as that.

As such, she really wouldn’t back down here. Not even if her brother smiled at her like that.

Katherine stubbornly tilted her chin up, and she only saw her brother’s eyes glance dismissively at her. Her face paled further. Could it be that he was really serious about disowning her if she made a move on Alec?

Her eyes trembled a little, but she covered it up well.

After Regis looked away from his little sister, he locked gazes with Alec.

Similarly, Alec was also looking at Regis, paying no attention to Katherine.

The two of them were briefly surprised. They felt like they met their own kind. The gentle smile was obviously a façade, and their real selves were hidden underneath the mask.

It was like meeting another of his species for the first time. They didn’t quite know how to react.

Just a single look, and the two of them felt a strange sense of kin towards each other. They just knew.

It took a lot of words to explain the sudden connection they felt with each other, but in reality, it was only a few split seconds.

Katherine looked around at the Sins at the dinner banquet around her and asked for someone to be a referee for them.

The referee for their duel would determine who won and lost, and they were not required to step unless one of the participants tried to continue after one had already given up.

Other than that, even if a death occurred, if the participant had not given up, they would not do anything.

The referee for the duel had to be impartial and couldn’t have any relations directly to either parties.

Honestly, they called it a duel, but it usually devolved into a life-and-death battle between two contestants because they were bloodthirsty Sins.

Once blood was spilled, it was never enough.

It was also part of the reason why they not many Sins initiated a duel in the first place.

Soon enough, she managed to get someone to volunteer as a referee for Alec and Katherine’s duel.

While the two people walked towards the separate watching space for duels, Regis continued to look at Alec’s back, thinking.

Gareth poked his friend. “What are you thinking so hard about?”

Gareth was rather curious. It wasn’t every day that Regis showed interest in someone. Besides himself, he didn’t even know if the other man considered anyone else his friend.

Regis finally retrieved his eyes. His eyes were deep, and Gareth didn’t know what he was thinking. After all this time, he still couldn’t read his friend at all.

“He’s like me,” Regis said simply.

Gareth was stunned. “What do you mean?”

Regis turned around, no longer having any interest in the following proceedings. He already knew how it was going to go down. His foolish sister left a lot to be desired.

Gareth chased after him. “Wait, don’t leave me guessing! Tell me!”

-Author only posts on w.e.b.n.o.v.e.l.-

The crowd of Sins gathered around with excitement, their blood boiling.

A duel between two people who had their honour on the line was something very exciting mainly because it never usually happened.

Even more so because this was the unknown son of Aeden, who was being introduced to them for the first time.

Everyone was very interested in what this son of Aeden’s was like, and how he behaved.

Although most people thought that Alec wasn’t a Sin, it didn’t stop them from feeling a burst of excitement.

The person on the other end of the duel was Katherine, Aeden’s niece.

The two coming together to have a duel caused chatter to start, each one of them wondering what the intention behind this move was. Was it intentional, or was it not?

Regardless, the bloodl.u.s.t in the air was particularly thick now. Even thicker than it was before.

One thing to note that they didn’t hold any killing intent. Just bloodl.u.s.t. But despite the bloodl.u.s.t and the way their skin itched with the urge to fight, the air was particularly quiet as they all watched on without a single sound.

Alec, who stood in the middle of it all, felt his blood pumping hard. There was a glint in his eyes that was quickly covered up with the normal gentle smile on his face.

Beneath it, however, was a completely different story.

He appeared just like a gentle young master that didn’t know what he was getting into, but if Regis were here, he would have recognized what Alec was trying to hide at the moment.

The abundant amount of bloodl.u.s.t that bubbled under his skin.

But it was only Regis who was able to read Alec completely – just as Alec would be able to read Regis.

In other’s eyes, he appeared almost docile, and there was more than one person sneering at his docile behaviour.

Alec just found it funny. The difference between Sins in the two realms was quite obvious.

Here, no one bothered to hide what they were thinking at all, while back in his realm, most of his Sins had a modic.u.m of some acting ability at least, even if they didn’t like to use it.

On the other hand, the Sins here were particularly straightforward and didn’t hide their true selves.

Which made him more than curious. Why was it that Katherine’s brother earlier had scared her so much with just a smile?

Everyone else was so straightforward, forthright, and arrogant down to their bones, but Regis alone hid his feelings? What happened to him exactly?

But he didn’t ponder on it much longer. After all, some fresh meat had sent themselves to his doorstep, so why would he ignore her?

While he wasn’t annoyed per se at how she tried to egg him on, Alec wasn’t a saint. If she hadn’t initiated anything, then things would have passed just like that. Words weren’t that important to him.

However, once she called him into a duel, that was a whole different matter altogether.

There was a part of Alec that was rubbing his hands inside like a stereotypical villain.

Katherine stood in the middle of the arena, looking particularly smug and proud of herself. She started gearing up to give Alec a good beating.

Today would be the day that she proved herself to her clansmen once and for all, that she was a proud Sin that wouldn’t take things lying down.

If Alec knew what she was thinking, he would have shaken his head.

After all, there were so many targets that she could choose from, but she actually chose to fight against him instead.

While this world had more Meisters and Grand Meisters than his realm, that was out of a total, and most of the people in the crowd here could be considered experts… in the area.

Alec, however, was already a Meister.

If this wasn’t Katherine kicking an iron plate, then what was?