Date 22 Mar 2321
Time 8:12
Location Sky Blossom City, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse no.234
"Auntie, how could you use the Bright family name like that? If you do this people will lose trust in the Bright family name! Grandpa will be mad if he knows about this."
"Corey you have lost the right to speak for the Bright family, you chose to opt-out of the family remember.
And you Susan don't think that the Bright family will let you go if you pull this kind of stunt, we are not afraid of hurting our public image as long as justice is served." Shutting up Corey, Melinda threatened Susan.
As far as the family public image is concerned no one will believe that the city's wealthiest and prominent family would try to dupe a few million from a small-time auction manager, as long court rules in the Bright family's favour.
Corey fiercely glared at Melinda and was about to rebut her but was interrupted by Susan, "Corey this doesn't concern you, stay out of it. And as for you Mrs Melinda Bright just because you have a bigger mouth does not mean whatever nonsense you spout is the truth.
I have been in this business for 7 years now and I have few tricks up my sleeve too."
Soon the gem on Susan's right wrist bracelet lit up and the voice of Melinda sounded from within the gem,
"Don't worry about the loan Susan, we can be considered friends now…"
"Since you promised to introduce me to your card creationist I will loan you the money for zero interest…"
"return the loan at your convenience…"
Melinda's expression turned hideous as she said, "That was recorded without my consent or knowledge."
"So what it's valid as I am one of the parties involved in the conversation. Now that I have satisfied my end of the deal now it's your turn, I will return the money at my convenience. Please show yourselves out now."
I was impressed by Susan but it was better to cut ties with the snake when given the chance otherwise it will come back to bite us. So, transferring $40 million to Susan's account I said, "Susan pay her back we don't need her money anymore."
Susan had already received the notification of the money transfer from her grimoire and seemed to have the same idea as me. She transferred the $20 million she owed to Melinda and with a humble smile she said, "Mrs Melinda, thank you for the help and pleasure doing business with you."
"No, the pleasure is mine" Melinda responded with a professional smile and turned to me while sending a friend invite to my grimoire adding, "Mr Wyatt when you are done playing small, give me a call."
I replied, "If I change my mind I will let you know."
Before leaving she looked at Corey who was still holding a tray full of refreshments and said, "you are not the Corey I know, who are you?"
Hearing this Corey's face went pale and her hands trembled slightly before regaining calmness, her reaction caused Melinda to raise an eyebrow. But Melinda did not think much of it and left.
…
Walking out of the warehouse Melinda made a call,
"Old man, Corey is surrounded with good company. But for the princess of the Bright family to work as a maid isn't a bit…" Melinda dragged her voice not knowing how to express her negation without angering the old man.
"I don't care, my granddaughter wants to experience life, then let her." Said William Bright arrogantly
"I don't care either, I am tired of acting the villain. You should have seen her glare at me as if I am the enemy, that unfilial niece. I fed her my breast milk for 7 months when her mother was out on a mission."
"Ahem!"
"Don't clear your throat at me. You men all are the same, didn't you have a mother… anyway I just lost an excellent slave because of your overindulgence, how are you planning to compensate me."
"How about you get to inform Kitty that I am retiring and that I am giving her the family."
"What? Old man have you gone senile, family is not yours to give it to mother-in-law. You both run the family together. If you retire then she will be the head of the family automatically."
"Whatever I am retiring, let me grow old peacefully watching my granddaughter grow."
"Sure fine with me, but I can't say the same about the elders and the rest of the family, especially the men in the family."
"Just warn them not to disturb my retirement."
'Tut tut tut…'
Bright family hierarchy is unlike any other family, ever since the rule of War golem twins the family has always had two leaders, this era the leaders were William and his wife Kitty. William's unexpected retirement now was earth-shattering news for the family and the Sky blossom city.
…
Time to get serious!
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Backlog chapters (0/18).
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2- 300+ weekly power stones!
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3- 400+ weekly power stones!
Completed - (0/4) chapter
Date 22 Mar 2321
Time 8:12
Location Sky Blossom City, Fine Gold Private Airfield, runway no.11
"Mr Jk, welcome to Sky blossom city." Said Jaya extending her hand.
"Mr Jk is my father, call me Elliott, Ms Keith." Reminded Elliott as he shook Jaya's hand.
Jaya's mouth twitched as her elder sister was addressed as Ms Keith not her, but she had to be the bigger person until the contract had been signed.
"Mr Elliott, how about I invite you to breakfast before we begin with the official business." Said Jaya hanging a professional smile on her face.
"I am sorry to say this Ms Keith, that won't be necessary as this contract won't be happening." Said Elliott.
Elliott knew Fine Gold Group would be the best partners to help open a branch of Jk Grain and Oil Ltd. in Sky Blossom city. But he also knew given enough time Fine Gold would not hesitate to copy their business and become their biggest competitor in the sky blossom city.
Their previous track with other companies was proof of this. Guild association mall was Fine Golds biggest client a decade ago but now Fine Gold mall has been established in 12 different cities.
Even though Fine Gold was the best option as a partner to open a branch in sky blossom city but it was not worth it. So, Elliott did not consider twice before abolishing the contract spoken by his predecessor.
"What?" This was sudden for Jaya, here she was considering how to deal with Elliott after the contract was signed but who knew she was thinking too much. The contract never went through.
"I came in-person to inform you about this out of consideration of Ms Keith. Let's hope we may get to work together in future." With an enigmatic smile, Elliott extended his hand as a courtesy.
Jaya's mouth twitched, Ms Keith that Elliott mentioned here was not her but her elder sister. How embarrassing?
With a malignant smile, Jaya took Elliott's hand as she applied her inhumane Viltronian strength in the handshake, as a show of strength and to embarrass Elliot.
Elliott was 24 years old yet he was still in the Card Scholar realm while she was 17 this year and already broke into the Card Soldier realm last night.
'Crush!'
But who could have thought that she would crush Elliott's palm with the little strength she applied. With the squeeze, Elliot's palm was messed up beyond recognition, blood spilt on both Elliott's and Jaya's attire.
Seeing this both Jaya's and Elliott's bodyguards rushed to the front to guard their patrons. Securing their targets both the sides moved to a safe distance.
The Fine Gold side was on alert because they did not know what was happening as Jaya was unharmed and the blood on her seemed to belong to Elliott. 'Did our young miss decide to kill Elliot because he did not want to work with Fine Gold' they thought.
As for Jk Grain and Oil side, they seemed to be prepared for this situation as they had a healer in their group who healed Elliott's hand back to normal in no time.
Having his hand nursed back to health Elliott walked towards Fine Gold to explain the situation but his attention was attracted by heroic bone armour covering Debra among Jaya's bodyguards.
Shaking his head Elliott looked at Jaya and said, "Sorry for the scare, my bones are very brittle due to my health conditions and can break with just a touch. Then I will be taking my leave, Ms Keith." Saying that Elliott with his entourage headed back to Jk group Airship.
One of Jaya's bodyguards contacted Fine Gold headquarters and confirmed Elliott's claims.
Turns out Jk Elliott the second child and first son of the Chairman of Jk Grain and Oil Ltd. was suffering an inherited disorder known as 'Osteogenesis imperfect'.
Osteogenesis imperfecta is caused by defective genes. These genes affect how the body makes collagen, a protein that helps strengthen bones.
Since the cause was defective genes, the cure for this disorder could not be found in grimoire and cards. But he could reduce the effect of the disorder using cards like enhanced bones, steel bones etc
With Elliott's advancement to the higher realm, the defective gene would also advance. Rendering low-rank cards useless, knowing this Elliott chose to limit his realm to the Card Scholar realm.
Knowing that normal cards cannot help him Elliott had kept all his hopes on his fate ingredient and origin card but his fate ingredients turned out to be Clear Scaled Earthworm core, a core of a beast that does not have a single bone in its body breaking all his hopes.
In despair, Elliott let go of what he cannot have and started to work on what he can have, which led to him joining his father's company at the bottom but due to his continuous contribution, he was now offered to be Managing Director of the new Jk Grain and Oil Ltd Sky Blossom branch.
Seeing that the situation was normal now Jaya's guards relaxed. Even Debra withdrew her bone exoskeleton armour.
Elliott who was heading to the airship turned back to take a last glance at the valiant bone armour only to be shocked to his core, sparking hope in his life again.
Time to get serious!
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reward - 1 extra chapter this week
2- 800+ weekly power stones!
reward - 2 extra chapters this week
3- 1000+ weekly power stones!
rewards - 4 chapters this week
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