Madness: I Became The Void Itself

Arthur was in his study reclining on the chair while looking up at the ceiling, his thoughts drifted to the meeting of yesterday.

He had suspected that there was a spy in the company from the beginning but he needed to know who he was to get ride of him. But he didn’t expect it to be not one but more than two.

This made him displeased and feel indignant but he didn’t lash out or deal with them without a plan. No, he was calm, so calm that no one suspect anything until he gathered enough evidence on them then he planned the meeting to get ride of them completely.

Sigh~

’The work is piling up.’ Arthur thought before his mind drifted to the day when he first encountered that werewolf and the girl that was with him.

At that time, he felt his blood boil with excitement. Finally, something different had happened, something to break his life routine.

The more he remembered about the incident, the more he wanted to know about the supernatural.

This made him release another deep exhale before his gaze shifted to the picture frame on the desk, it showed him when he was young along with his sister, mother, and father. The four were all smiling happily.

Then as he started at himself in the picture, he drove deep into his memories, the time when he was still young.

Maybe it was when he was 6 or 7 that his father told him to learn martial arts.

At that time, he didn’t understand the reason why his father asked him to learn martial arts, he obeyed nonetheless.

And it was like the doors of hell had opened in front of him. The teachers that his father assigned to him were brutal and ruthless showing him no mercy at all.

They didn’t treat him as a simple human being but a machine that knew no exhaustion and no tiredness.

No matter how many times he fell, they would always punch him hard to make him get up and continue his training.

At first, he felt so much pain that he just wanted to sleep and think of all of this as a dream, no one cared if he screamed because of pain or anything, they just looked at him with extreme coldness and brutality.

And slowly, he was feeling numb. The more pain he felt, the more this numbness spread through his body that he couldn’t feel anything anymore.

He was isolated in a forest far away from home so neither his mother nor his sister would try to help him.

Till this day, his body still bore the scars of that training. But although he suffered during that hellish training, he couldn’t deny that his body became a weapon in itself.

Molded and refined to the extreme.

’What a ’good’ childhood I had.’ Arthur thought with quite the sarcasm before he let out a deep exhale then stood up.

Knock!

Knock!

Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door followed by the respectful voice of the old butler, Sebastian.

"Mr. Arthur."

"Come in, Sebastian."

Receiving the permission to enter, the old butler opened the door and walked inside with his back straight like a pillar while giving a look of respect to Arthur, the current head of the Vane family.

"Something wrong?" Arthur asked.

"There is someone requested to meet you urgently, Mr. Arthur." Sebastian nodded.

"Someone? Did they give you their name?"

"Yes, they said they name is John Alfred Blu from the Blu family."

Hearing the name, Arthur narrowed his eyes as felt that there was something wrong with this meeting.

’What does he want?’ Arthur thought as his expression got colder by the second.

From it, it seems the relationship between him and John is so superficial, only revolving around business.

"Okay, I’m coming in a bit, entertain him till then." Arthur said without looking at Sebastian.

"Very well, sir." Sebastian bowed before he stepped out.

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At the guest room.

A figure was sitting elegantly on the lavish soft couch with an air of authority and arrogance as if he owned the place despite not being his in the first place.

Just from the way he was sitting, you could see that he was tall, while his black hair was combed back as his black eyes observed the hot cup of tea in his hand.

This dignified man was John Alfred Blu, the eldest son and the heir to the glorious Blu family.

He took a sip of the tea before he sighed feeling relaxed.

’Hmm, good quality. It exceeded my expectations.’ He thought.

And while he enjoyed the tea that Sebastian had prepared himself, the door opened revealing Arthur wearing his his white shirt with sleeves rolled up showing his toned forearms adorned with thick veins. Along with black pants and black shoes as usual.

Seeing him, John stood up with a smile on his face.

"It’s a pleasure to finally meet the brilliant mind of the Vane family. Mr. Arthur." John said with a smile still etched on his face that didn’t reach the eyes at all.

And through it, Arthur could see the calculating mind behind this facade.

"The pleasure is mine, Mr. John." Arthur responded with a small smile of his own before he gestured for John to sit.

"Then, what brings you here today?"

"So to the point. Well, I can’t blame you for that. Anyway, I wanted to meet you at the company but I found out that it was your day off, so I decided to visit your house myself." John said as his voice was dripping with venom. It looked as if implying that Arthur should be thankful that he came all the way here.

"Seems you have something important to discuss, so you came." Arthur didn’t show any expression on his face at all making John unable to discern his thoughts.

’Tsk! What a bummer.’ John thought inwardly.

"Ahem, I came regarding our latest deal."

"That one? What about it?"

"I received a mail that you wanted further discussions regarding the contract and you must know that this deal is very important to me." John didn’t appear so desperate or anything like that, he carefully maintained his elegant expression.

"Regarding that, I decided to cancel it. I don’t want to sign that contract." Arthur said as his voice took a deep tone.

"Could you tell me the reason?" John showed a twitching smile as if holding himself back from exploding right on the spot.

"Reason? Let’s say....I didn’t feel like signing it." Arthur said bluntly without much a change in his expression.

"Huh?! Just for that?" John seemed to lose temper as smile completely disappeared, replaced by a cold and irritated expression.

At the same time, Arthur didn’t respond and looked straight at him in the eye and this made John feel weird being gazed at by such eyes but more than that, he was indignant.

"Are kidding me? We had a deal and you just withdrew like that? Do you think this is funny?!" His voice rose an octave as he glared at Arthur.

"I’m serious too, I didn’t want to sign that deal, and you know why." This time Arthur’s voice came out cold as he stared with furrowed brows and narrow eyes at John making him flinch for a second.

’Did I just flinch because of him? Am I afraid of this damn human?!! Unforgivable!’ John’s thoughts twisted as his arrogance and pride didn’t allow anyone to look down on him.

"It seems I thought highly of you, Arthur." He looked at him with disrespect and contempt.

"It seems the Vane family needs a new head. Oh, sorry, I forgot, it’s only you and your little sister. Don’t worry, once you leave the world, I will surely take care of her~"

Hearing this, Arthur clinched his fists that it made a cracking sound as he glared at John with contained fury.

"The matter is between you and me, John."

"And do I care~?" This time, John showed a very excited yet crazy smile before suddenly, his eyes turned blood-red with slited pupils.

Then before Arthur could react, he was punched hard in the chest making him fly back like a ragdoll hitting the concrete wall directly.

"Ugh!"

"Now, it’s time to play~"

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