Eunuch's Rebirth: I Reincarnated With My Manhood as the Young Master - Chapter 44: The scheme

News spread throughout the Ataraxia Empire that Nefarius — the worst evil in history, who had killed the previous Emperor — had attacked the most prestigious academy in the empire, the Rajuk Caeloria Academy.

Soon, the dean of the academy, William Ivan Goodfella, was summoned to the Imperial Palace along with a few senior professors.

After hearing the full story, the current Emperor expressed concern, as Nefarius was supposed to be dead yet had somehow revived. The Emperor then ordered the security of the entire empire, including the academy, to be tightened.

The academy already had a strong protection spell cast on it, but it seemed they had to strengthen it even further.

Moreover, the dean and the professors who showed courage and protected the prospective students were rewarded accordingly.

The Emperor also told the dean to reward the prospective students who tried to help the professors.

After that, There was also talk about a questionable man who appeared at a crucial moment and played an important role in the victory.

It was the crimson-haired mysterious man — Gray’s persona.

The Emperor’s vassals were worried that the crimson-haired might be dangerous or have ulterior motives.

But the dean dismissed their concerns, claiming he would vouch for the man’s nature and that he should be honoured as a hero, since without him, the worst situation could have occurred.

At his praise, the Emperor realized the dean knew the mysterious man, and, respecting the dean’s honour, he acknowledged the mysterious man as a hero of this incident.

Since the people of the empire were restless because of the sudden revival of one of the former great evils, Nefarius, it would be best to introduce the crimson-haired mysterious man as a hero to ease the situation.

Thus, Gray’s persona was recognized as a hero throughout the empire.

From children to adults, everyone admired his persona and called him a saviour of this era. However, since there was no name to distinguish him, the prospective students who witnessed his sword technique and dominating aura — which made the sun seem to go into eclipse — named him:

The Harbinger of Eclipse.

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In the Ashborn estate’s main mansion,

Inside the first wife’s room, a beautiful blonde-haired woman was violently beating an unconscious maid.

Whish! Snap! Whisshp!

The blonde-haired woman was using a spiked whip, beating the maid so brutally that she eventually lost consciousness. Yet she kept striking her, rage burning in her eyes

“Say that again, YOU VERMİN?” the blonde-haired woman shouted, then bit her lips in anger.

drip… drip…

Blood flowed from her soft lips.

She wiped the blood away and turned to the other maids who were present in the room, gesturing for them to take the maid away.

The maids nodded fearfully and carried the unconscious maid out of the room for treatment.

Step… Step… Step…

Right then, a masked man appeared like a shadow and bowed before the blonde-haired woman.

“My lady, should I go and assassinate that Gray?” the masked man asked.

The blonde-haired woman looked at him, anger still in her eyes, and commanded, “Take as many men as you need. But I want that bastard’s head.”

The blonde-haired woman was none other than Versa von Ashborn, the duchess and the first wife of the current patriarch.

She was in the Holy Empire for her youngest son Alex’s treatment, after Gray had stomped on his manhood.

They returned to the Ashborn estate today. Since the treatment had been grueling, the trip had taken longer.

While she was in the Holy Empire, she had suffered many humiliations, as the treatment involved Alex’s manhood, which was shameful for a noble.

Thus, her anger toward Gray was boiling. She had also heard the news that the Elder Council had sent assassins after Gray but failed, meaning the patriarch had helped him. This made her even angrier.

But as soon as she arrived at her bedchamber, a maid delivered unexpected news.

That vile child, Gray, had passed the academy entrance exam.

She had expected him to fail, but it seemed he had passed.

Her anger intensified further at this news. However, the maid then added something even more unimaginable, which made her snap, and she beat the maid nearly to death.

It was the news that Gray had passed with the highest scores in both the magic and knight departments, and the academy had honoured him by giving him the title of Honour Student.

“Make sure that not even his bones remain,” the duchess ordered to the masked man.

“I’ll make sure to…”

“You’re being too hasty, Sister.” a voice interrupted the masked man.

The duchess looked toward the door from where the voice had come.

Creak…

The door slowly opened, and a middle-aged man with blonde hair entered.

“You do know the academy has tightened their security, sister Versa,” the man said.

“Thari!” The duchess narrowed her eyes.

The man who entered the room was the duchess’s younger brother, Thari von Gonobar.

“After the Nefarius incident, the academy has tightened their security. So if you send an assassin, it will only backfire.”

“Then what do you suggest?” the duchess, Versa von Ashborn, said with irritation in her voice.

“I had sent a female assassin to the entrance exam, and she passed,” Thari said.

“Do you think a mere student can kill him when he is being accompanied by the Left Guardian’s disciple?” the duchess said.

Even if Gray’s top scores were dismissed as a fluke or cheating, the Left Guardian’s disciple, Soren Valerian, was the most outstanding genius of his age group — and he was accompanying Gray. No matter how skilled the female student her brother had planted, she would be useless against Soren Valerian.

“Yes. However, what if the female student seduced him?”

At his words, the duchess’s eyes widened in surprise.

What her brother had suggested was the optimal option. It would be easy to seduce a brat like Gray and assassinate him in a quiet place. Moreover, Soren Valerian wouldn’t be there to help.

As she became delighted, her brother said something unexpected: “I have already told her to seduce Gray and cut his manhood.”

“What?!”

Thari von Gonobar smiled eerily and said, “He stomped on young master Alex’s manhood; shouldn’t we cut his as payment?”