Chapter 1610 Public Enemy
When the king of the tribe sentenced Kurt’s aunt to death back then, his grandparents hired someone to investigate what had happened in their state of panic. It was then that they found out that she had sent her two kids away overnight. Because of that, the high priest accused the two kids of bringing bad luck to the tribe.
Although Kurt’s grandparents really wanted to save her, there was nothing much they could do within the strictly hierarchical tribe. As such, they decided to try and rescue her children instead. They figured it would at least provide his aunt with some form of consolation while she awaited her execution.
However, they could not seem to find them no matter where they looked.
The tribe tortured his aunt for years while searching for her kids, but they were unable to locate them. Eventually, the wicked king had the worst idea possible—to have his mother bear the punishment of her sister’s crime. He forced himself on her, and that was how Kurt came to be.
As if that was not bad enough, the high priest accused him of bringing bad luck to the tribe when he turned ten. He suffered the same fate as his cousins. Had Karl not arrived in time, he would have died there.
In the dark, Kurt wore a scornful smile on his face and said, “That’s not true. He only has that face because that woman used some kind of drug,”
“Drug?”
Upon hearing that, Vivian was so shocked that she stopped crying instantly and stared wide-eyed at him.
What? I didn’t know it was possible to alter a person’s appearance through the use of drugs!
The young man nodded. “She consumed a specially concocted formula when she was pregnant. According to modern-day science, it’s a type of drug that alters genes.”
“Seriously? Something this powerful actually exists?” she exclaimed in surprise.
A person’s appearance depends entirely on their parents’ genes, but Kurt said that woman was able to make Prince Jason look exactly like Brother Cal by altering his genes with drugs… This is unbelievable… Even with how advanced technology is these days, I don’t think a drug like this has been invented yet!
“Yeah, so you need to be more careful next time. Don’t go off on your own,” Kurt exhorted, frowning.
Naturally, he would not tell her that the woman from earlier was actually a former high priest in Elysium and that the drug she used was no legitimate stuff either. Due to Elysium’s mysterious and isolated nature, there were many nasty things in the tribe that the world did not know of.
The two of them returned to the villa that night.
After sending her to her bedroom, Kurt was about to leave when she pleaded, “Kurt, could you leave the door open? I’m still a little scared… A-At least wait till I’m asleep before closing it?”
Vivian was so embarrassed that her face was burning bright red when she said that, and she could not even bring herself to look at him.
Of course, Kurt was not about to say no to her request, especially when she was asking him so earnestly.
His ears, too, turned scarlet as he lowered his head to look at her. Watching her averting her eyes from him, he almost told her to go to sleep and that he would watch over her in the room, but his shyness caused him to swallow those words.
In the end, he stood by the door until Vivian fell asleep.
It was not until he heard the sounds of her steady breathing that he quietly entered the room.
Moonlight pouring in through the window illuminated the room as he sat down in a chair and watched her while she slept peacefully.
The sun was high up in the sky by the time Vivian woke up the next day, but Kurt was nowhere in sight.
Where’s Kurt?
As she glanced about the room and noticed the chair that had been returned to its original position, she jumped off the bed with a start.
“Kurt? Kurt?”
“Ah, you’re awake?”
Kurt’s voice, which had yet to deepen fully, sounded particularly pleasant to the ears.
Feeling relieved, Vivian bolted downstairs in her pajamas and ran toward the young man who was busy making breakfast in the dining room.
“I thought you left.”
“Nope. From now on, I’ll drop you off at school before I head over to the university,” Kurt replied as he turned toward her.
However, the sight of her milky white skin and curvaceous figure beneath her thin pajamas caused him to retract his gaze immediately.
A slight blush formed on his face as he lowered his head, but Vivian did not notice it as she was overjoyed after hearing him offer to send her to school every day.
“Really? That’s great! Here, these are the keys to my car!” she exclaimed excitedly while handing him the car keys, only to pout in disappointment when she remembered that he could not drive. “Oh, wait… You can’t drive since you’re not eighteen yet… Then, I’ll have my driver pick us up instead!”
Kurt did not say anything in response, but he had a smile on his lips the entire time.
The duo headed out half an hour later, and Vivian stood by the gate until the car disappeared from her sight before skipping into the campus.
“Vivi, you’re here.”
“Hey, Sonia!” Vivian chirped, her mood brightening further when she saw her best friend.
Yet, Sonia’s expression turned solemn after she greeted Vivian.
