A/N
This chapter may be a bit disturbing for some viewers, so skip it or just read the last paragraphs.
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Mason Hiddletone was born in a loving family. He had an elder sister who trained him when he was young and would play with him when she was free.
His parents loved him and spoiled him by giving him whatever he asked for. He had children his age who talked good about him every time he met them like lackeys.
He had seen many from different families envy him as he had everything many could ask for, a loving family, a talented sibling, wealth, fame, power.
The first life changing event in his life had been his sister leaving home to enter the world academy as her talent using blunt weapons was one of the best in her batch.
Mason had seen his sister lose for the first time in the representative tournament and he felt like his world was collapsing as his invincible sister, his idol, had lost.
He immediately harboured hatred to the one who defeated her but his mother calmed him down as slowly reality struck him that he needed to be stronger to protect his family in the future.
He had started training and was very adept at using a double-bladed battle axe as his primary weapon alongside a shield in his left hand.
He was only 7 years old when he started training using heavy weapons which resulted in him having a very muscular physique compared to children his age.
The second life changing event in his life was his awakening as he had a E-grade mana core at his awakening and his talent potential was also A-rank indicating he was just as talented as his sister if not more.
His sister was 7 years older than him and when he awakened, she was there as it was the vacation after her 3rd year in the world academy.
He had witnessed that his parents were very happy at his awakening but his sister had started distancing herself from him but he could not understand why and attributed it to her last year in the academy and its difficulty.
Unbeknownst to him, his talent being equal to his sister spelled disaster for her as she would have to marry someone she did not like but she already had a lover and wanted nothing more than to marry him.
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One day, when Mason had finally reached novice mastery in his battle art and was going to tell his family about it, he heard some loud noises from his parent's room. Upon reaching nearby, he could vividly hear the chat among his sister and their parents.
"...I will not marry someone I don't even know." his sister shouted at their parents.
"What do you mean? He graduated from the world academy a year prior to yours, how do you not know him?" asked Mom.
"Yeah, he is from the family of merchants making them wealthier compared to us and he also has enough talent to graduate in the top 500. Even your children will have high potential. We are not asking you to marry him right now, just get engaged then get to know each other and marry later" said Dad with a pleasant smile on his face.
"Yeah, what's gotten into you, child? You never used to be like this and we are your parents, we want to see you live a happy and good life" said Mom as concern etched her face.
"You guys…are impossible" shouted the daughter in an exasperated tone as she ran out of the room.
As soon as she saw Mason outside, she paused for a second before continuing to go to her room.
Mason was clueless about what was going on till he went inside and his parents explained to him. Afterwards, he went to his sister to convince her of their parent's decision but it seemed to only anger her and she slammed her door shut after kicking him out of her room.
Mason had no choice but to continue his training as his parents asked him to leave it to them and work on developing himself to be the heir of their family.
The third life changing event in his life had been seeing something he probably shouldn't have or rather for that matter, no child his age should.
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When Mason was 13 years old, he went to meet his sister after returning from Cuzlades academy as soon as he heard that she was back home from her dungeon raid to congratulate her on reaching A-rank.
That day was the most life changing day as he realised what lust meant as well as the reason why he found no female alluring enough or maybe he was too idiotic to notice them.
He had sneakily opened his sister's room door and what he saw was what one might call traumatising as he saw his sister naked with a man beneath her and her sitting while making some weird sounds.
"Ahh.."
"Ughh.."
"So good.."
"Agrhh..more.."
"Just..ahh ahh.. little.. ahh. more.."
"I am ahh.. close.."
"Huff.. Huff.. Huff.."
"I argh.. love argh.. you.."
And well, many more such pleasant or unpleasant noises depending on the the speaker and listener but weird for sure. It was the first time Mason saw something like that as he was only 13 so he had only read or heard about sex since it was taught by his tutors.
He did not know what he was feeling as he hurriedly left his sister's room and went to his room and tried using the internet to find out about it which was obviously a not so good idea as it only leads to the wrong side.
Unknowingly, little by little he developed crazy feelings for his sister who was 20 at that time and almost engaged to someone else while she was with her lover and finding plans to run away from her home and marriage.
It was a slow but gradual progress except the fact that Mason believed all his feelings for his sister since he was young to be associated with this making him infatuated with her to the point he had gone crazy.
The last event that made him go down a path of no return was when just a month from this incident, he heard news of his sister's death as the entire party that went into the dungeon was eliminated.
It was a B-rank dungeon that mutated and became an A-ranked one making all the ones inside it die without fail as it was almost impossible for some early A-ranks to clear the dungeon with only 1 S-rank but they could not even escape as it was later found that the only way out was killing the boss monster.
Since this incident, Mason trained like crazy and to relieve his pent up stress or more like his frustration, he started finding any girl with a sense of resemblance to his sister and used them as a source of release, imagining his sister in their place.
In the start, it was only once a month but it increased to twice a week in just 3 months and such a thing wouldn't go unnoticed and that was when his father's younger brother found out about it and promised to help him deal with it secretly.
Of course none of those girls ever saw the light of day again after going through what can only be said to be a horrifying experience as they were disposed of, now seemingly in a better way than what Mason could do.
The first time he got a beating of his life was when he put his eyes on Evelyn Dawner from his uncle saying "She's not someone we can mess with. Just touch her hair and our entire family will go off the map even before you lay your hands on her."
This did not mean he let go of his crazy thoughts though as he was not yet engaged as the family his sister was engaged to didn't have any daughter which made their alliance a bit risky without marriage binding it but what could they do when his sister died.
Unfortunately the alliance broke as soon as the Dawner Family warned the Hiddleton Family to keep their son in check and not approach their precious daughter.
Just a warning had almost plummeted the Hiddleton Family as many enemies had targeted them in their moment of plight and many alliances broke but it was stabilized when Mason was engaged to one of the long term enemies of Dawner Family.
None of this stopped Mason from doing what he used to do as his uncle backed and hid almost all of his deeds and he had long become a pawn in the hand of his uncle but he was naive enough to not know it. His uncle was also the one who gave him the poison that was used on Jarien and introduced him to Azazel.
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Back to the present.
2 months had gone by in the blink of an eye.
In the Cuzlades Academy, 4 E- rank children were departing for the E-rank dungeon along with a D- rank senior who was 16 years old who had taken on this task to gain extra points and since Mason had offered him a good chunk of money to do as he asks.
The senior was not stupid enough to offend Evelyn Dawner but he also knew that Mason had offered him to work for his family if he did well in guiding them without breaking any rules because it was his task to judge them and give them a pass but he was also monitored using the bracelet on his arm.
"Evelyn, let's get along well for the duration of the raid." suggested Mason with a smile but the only response he got was a cold and indifferent expression from Evelyn as usual so he was unbothered by it.
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Evelyn had used a potion that reduces perception in every meal that they ate till they reached the dungeon as they had to travel on foot and collect some materials required to complete the mission. She also ate its antidote so that it doesn't affect her in any way.
It took them 5 days to reach the dungeon meaning 12-15 meals and doses of perception reducing potion, it was D-rank low-tier potion and she had asked Professor Rey to teach her how to brew it alongside several D-rank low-tier potions to not arouse suspicion.
She had added it in miniscule quantities for the first 4 days but on the last meal just before they entered the dungeon, she had added an entire vial to the meal. This was the reason that they all felt a little bit off just as they entered the dungeon but the monsters inside did not give them much time to think about it.
Evelyn knew what she was doing might be life-threatening but she still went along with it as she wanted to punish Mason for what he had done to countless pitiful girls and how many families had been killed to keep it a secret.
The dungeon did not have a much different environment than outside as it was located on a hill. The inside of the dungeon was filled with greenery except there was a red colored sky and the air seemed to be sticky as it was more dense in mana compared to the outside.
The monsters in this dungeon were E- rank wolves. They were bigger than normal wolves and had a stronger hide with sharp claws and canines ready to tear apart prey and consume it.
They did not have any element as they were one of the weakest monsters being at E- rank but this did not mean they were not dangerous as they had strong physical capabilities and could easily tear apart a human hunter at the same rank as them
They killed 34 E- rank wolves 6 E rank wolves and finally entered the boss room where a E+ rank wolf was slumbering before it sensed their presence and the blood of its brethren making it howl in rage at the intruders.
It had taken their group nearly 1 day to find the boss room and they had entered it after resting and returning to their peak condition making them confident to kill it while the senior had dissuaded them saying they had already cleared the assessment and would graduate nonetheless.
His words fell on deaf ears though as all four of them were geniuses in their own right making them prideful and they wanted to challenge their limits and the fact that Mason was being chided by his two lackeys as he failed to notice the dangerous glint in Evelyn's eyes as seemed to be waiting for them to enter the boss room.
As soon as the wolf that was bigger than 3 meters and longer than 5 meters raised to all fours and howled while looking at them, everything went white for them and soon it was covered by darkness as everyone in the room lost consciousness.
After a while, Evelyn could be seen walking in a room where a boy was tied to the wall as he had a pained expression.
"Young Miss, he has been crippled and would not be able to be cured without the SSS-rank healing elixir." said the woman who was walking next to Evelyn as she wore black clothes that seemed to blend with the shadows of the room making her untraceable.
"What about the other three?" asked Evelyn as she continued walking and her expression contorting with rage by the second.
"Young Miss, the ID card of his was eaten by the Alpha wolf triggering the safety mechanism and the rescuers had found only the four of you as we already brought him here according to the plan" the woman answered even though she found it weird that she was being asked of the plan basically.
"So, everything went smoothly." said Evelyn, finally looking at the trapped boy.
The boy had a burly body with bulging muscles who had curly brown hair with grey eyes showcasing his earth and metal affinity. Yet, at this moment, his facial expression was betraying deep pain.
This youth was none other than Mason Hiddleton, who harboured twisted love for Evelyn and was earlier happy that he went to this dungeon raid with Evelyn and was planning on making her his but his current state was such a mess that no one would recognise him as the same person from a few hours ago.
His body was bloody as his face was marred with tears of blood and his muscular burly body had become a shell of the past becoming shrivelled up as the mana stored inside his body was leaving it at a fast pace.
Her decision was also firm due to the fact that she had investigated his deeds, only to find his past wrongdoings getting worse and worse over time, so she felt determined to erase this person she deemed 'trash' from the face of their planet, YUSMA.
Unfortunately, she was not ready to kill anyone as she could not bring herself to and the reason she never spoke of this matter to anyone as she knew full well that if it were anyone else from her family, the entire Hiddleton family would have been destroyed the day they heard any of it.
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