I Can Copy Curses

Orion saw a man walk in the hall, followed by the members of the Silverflame Family. The man appeared to be around 19-20 years old and was one of the Silverflame Family's geniuses.

But that didn't make Orion change his expression; it was the mask that he wore on top of his face.

It was a white mask like he had but his appeared rather skintight, usually used for changing appearances and it was a magical treasure from what he could see.

Because the mask was a treasure and needed mana to change appearances, Orion could only see the white mask instead of the appearance the white mask had transformed into.

Unlike him, all the humans present here could see that the man with the mask in the Silverflame Family was just any other man. They were unable to see the mask because it had transformed into the skin of another human.

As a result, all they saw was another human.

But that didn't apply to Orion since mana didn't work him. He directly saw a man wearing a skin-tight mask walk in with the Silverflame family.

'Why would someone have to change their appearance to come here? Unless they are a wanted man!'

Orion thought carefully and moved his eyes away from the masked man. He didn't want whoever was behind the mask to be suspicious of him.

'Someone from the Silverflame Family... Is this a conspiracy or something against my family?'

He wondered and headed back to where Runo and others were standing.

As for why he thought that? Only the Silverflame family had the habit of going against the Darkwood family over and over again.

'I have to keep an eye on him for the time being.'

Orion decided to watch out for him. He couldn't do anything to him here so he could only play safe and wait.

"You did dirty to him but it was funny too, haha." Runo laughed, placing his hand on Orion's shoulder when he returned.

"I think he might be angry when he finds out my little joke," Orion said, though he didn't look even a little bit embarrassed.

"Don't worry. That guy is very dull and only cares about fighting; other than that, his mind barely works," Sam said with a smile.

Orion nodded and inquired. "By the way, what's his name?"

Runo replied, "Hugo, but people call him Mad Man Hugo."

Orion nodded.

After that, he asked them more about their world and culture, and waited for the Emperor to make his entrance.

As time passed, more and more guests began to arrive at the hall, and the number of guests kept increasing.

Like that, an hour passed but there was still no sign of Emperor anywhere; even Erick hadn't come to the hall like he promised.

At this point, Orion was starting to lose his patience. He had been on his guard against the masked man all this time, waiting for whatever incident would take place once the archons arrived with the Emperor.

But this wait...he couldn't take it anymore.

What Orion failed to realise here was that this type of banquet was intentionally made slow so that all the guests could take their time coming here and enjoy the banquet peacefully.

After all, not everyday one would see a banquet of this level where all the major people from all over the world would come to gather for a banquet.

Therefore, when the time did come for an occasion such as the banquet like this, people usually wanted it to flow at a slow pace. They wanted to build connections, talk to major figures from other domains and do many different things that usually couldn't be possible if a banquet of this scale did not occur.

And hence, the pace of the banquet.

Turning to Runo, Orion asked, "Tell me the names of geniuses who have come here in this banquet, as well as some powerful figures from your region."

In the end, he decided to continue his talk with Runo to pass the time.

As for the masked man, he had already informed his father and Emily about this, so they also kept an eye out for him.

Runo glanced around the hall before turning to Orion.

"All five of our Human Federation Realm's top geniuses have arrived, and you know what? Most of them have come here to challenge you, so you better prepare yourselves."

"Am I that famous?" Orion asked, surprised.

Runo shook his head. "It's not like that. Astral Voidwalker of your domain is considered one of the top five geniuses in all three domains and many people have seen his strength with their own eyes but then a certain someone came out of nowhere and suddenly took his position in the elite ranking and obtained the title for the number one genius of the Magus Kingdom with a strength at the iron rank."

"This is the reason why they want to challenge me." Orion asked.

Runo laughed and shook his head. "Not in the least. It's just that the number 1 genius of the Magus Kingdom hasn't been defeated till ten years ago and your sudden appearance gave them some hope."

"Ten years?" Orion was surprised again.

Runo looked at him strangely. "Your sister is Emily Darkwood, right?"

"Ah," Orion understood something.

Runo nodded seeing Orion realize. "When your sister was the Magus Kingdom's number one genius, no one could defeat her. Many geniuses from the three domains tried but failed to defeat her. She had maintained her undefeated legend for 5-6 years until she turn 21 and Astral took her place in the number one elite ranking."

Runo laughed hard, thinking about what happened after that. "Many geniuses from other domains took this opportunity and challenged Astral but unlike Emily, who calmly defeated her challengers, he thrashed them all at the same time. He never gave his opponents leeway and fought with all strength and hence, nobody succeeded in defeating him as well.

Therefore, till Emily became the number one in the elite ranking ten years ago to now, the number one genius of the Magus Kingdom is an undefeated legend."

As he realized the importance of the ranking, Orion took a deep breath.

"That's really a lot of pressure but I think I can handle any geniuses from anywhere if their strength were to be limited to gold rank only."

"That is a lot of confidence coming from a guy with strength only at silver rank."

At that moment, however, an untimely mocking echoed throughout the hall.

Orion frowned and turned to see another man, around 20 years old, approaching him. What caught Orion's attention was the man's clothing, unlike anything he had seen since arriving in this world.

'Could this guy be from the Martial Domain?' Orion thought. The Martial Domain was the only place whose fashion he hadn't encountered, leading him to believe the man must be from there.

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