Chapter 103 - 103 - The Descendant

"What?" A single cry was the only noise that could be heard in the room after the old man revealed Lucien's family name. 

Though to him, the name didn't mean much, being who he is and where he came from, that wasn't the case for the rest of the students.

Besides Jack, who have already known this, but wasn't wizened enough to understand the true meaning, the true weight of it, everyone else was dead silent with utter shock.

As for Luke, he was stunned to dead silence for quite a while. The only word he could utter was the expression of his utter disbelief and the lack of processing power.

"What?!"

He slowly, shakily raised his arms, pointing in Lucien's direction, as he revealed a slight hysterical-looking, bewildered expression over his usually spotless, handsome face, asking with a higher-pitched tone of voice.

"W-What do you mean by that?! What the… No, how… When…" He had many questions, yet he found himself unable to give voice to any of them. 

A slew of questions swarmed his mind instantly. He couldn't believe it, he couldn't accept it.

'No, this is a lie! Even if that bi-… No, that woman has a descendant, why was he kept a secret until now?! Why would they reveal it so suddenly, so… out of the blue?' Luke cried inside his head. 

He wasn't alone in his feelings either. The rest of the class was pondering on similar thoughts. The De'Angelis Family was undoubtedly one of the top four, most powerful, strongest families present in the entire state, not just in this Big City.

Yet, at the same time, they were the only ones that were the most secretive. Their front, the De'Angelis Corp, was a tech giant, a conglomerate that brought in immense wealth. Yet, it had its thumb on almost all of the other sectors as well.

Though nothing was confirmed, many of the other families knew that each of their words held immense weight during political decisions. Still, the tentacles reached even further, much further than that, it was just that nobody knew the true height of their reach.

Not many dared to stand up against them, and those that brazenly did always vanished without a trace in the span overnight.

They have appeared relatively late compared to the other centuries, sometimes millennia-old dynasties, somewhere at the brink of the 20th century, yet their power has risen rapidly.

Even considering the entire globe, they were definitely amongst the very top nowadays.

…

Luke was shocked at this information. He couldn't believe it. Still, as he thought about it, the angrier he became.

So what if he is the Young Master of a powerful family?! So is he! Luke refused to accept it, he refused to bow his head to this man.

Besides, after what just happened, how humiliated he felt just now, he couldn't just let such a thing go! Who cares if that blonde woman was some sort of enigmatic entity, that nobody could understand or decipher to this day?! His family also held a secret, they weren't like those simple mortal idiots…

They also had ties to the supernatural… His father, mother, and even his brother controlled powers that were not something a weakling like this Lucien could contend against.

'Yeah… that's it… I will just need to dominate this weakling and make him bow his head. Then… I could finally make father proud…' 

Dark thoughts began to take their seed and root themselves deep inside the boy's dark and twisted mind the more he thought about it. 

Eventually, the shock of the news finally passed, both himself and the rest of the class returned to their seats. 

Unfortunately for Jonathan, his attempt to try to resolve the situation with the reveal of this piece of information, only acted as the catalyst of some grand changes for the near future…

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"Finally! It's lunchtime!" Jack sighed with relief, leaning his tired back against the chair. Turning to look at the expressionless Lucien sitting next to him, he asked. "Wanna go and-"

Just as he was about to finish his sentence, a group of girls walked over to their desk. All donning their wide smile stretching their beautiful spotless faces, they each fixated their alluring, seductive gazes at Lucien. Each of them held a lunch box in their hand.

"H-hey…" One of them spoke up timidly, voicing the request they both shared. 

Seeing as Lucien turned his head away from the window and gazed at them with his usual aloof, cold, piercing stare, they shivered, trembled in fright for a moment, before another girl next to the one that spoke before managed to gather her courage and with great effort and an equal amount of stutter, ask.

"W-would y-you… ehrm… c-could we invite y-you, Lu-Lucien to eat with us? W-we have m-more food t-than we could eat…"

Lucien didn't react at first, but slowly, calmly moved his somber gaze towards the small plastic containers presented in their hands. He slowly, casually gleaned over each of them, before finally, he turned his attention to his friend at his sight. 

"Can my friend, Jack also come?" He asked coldly, causing the girls to tremble with a mixture of fright and with something else… excitement maybe.

After a bit, they all nodded, still very timid and meek in front of the boy.

"Y-yes... O-of course! W-we don't mind!"

Hearing their response, the somber, aloof outlook instantly eased a bit. Even more, the barely perceptible, thin marks of a smile could be almost made out at the corners of his mouth.

"Okay then. Thank you for your offer, we accept!" He responded, pushing his chair back and standing up. A moment later the duo left towards the canteen with an attaché of four excited, cheery girls giggling behind them. 

Seeing the sight, Luke was once again seething with rage. 

'What was so cool about that idiot anyway?!' He was roaring mentally, boiling with the constant frustration he was trying to push back down. Yet, as the seconds passed, he found himself, unable to.

Suddenly, a loud snap filled up the classroom, a pencil broke apart under the immense pressure of the blonde self-proclaimed prince. 

'No! I can't stand this!'

Unable to withstand this 'humiliation' any longer, he suddenly jumped up from his seat and looked at his side.

Once Tony leaned closer following his command, Luke whispered into his ears. What was first a look of surprise on the gorilla-like man's face slowly, gradually turned into a vicious, cruel sneer by the end. 

Receiving the command, he nodded, maintaining his expression a bit longer, and hurriedly left through the back door, soon vanishing from sight in the busy hall.

Noticing the scene, Zoe smiled once again. She had a feeling that something fun was about to happen again…

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