Aki stared outside the window of his private transport, heading back home, thinking of the events that occurred on his first day.
"Ragnar", he said, summoning his companion
"Master, you summoned me ?"
"Yeah, I wanted to ask you something, is this normal ?" He asked, pointing at his SOF interface, showing 9986 out of 9999 experience points required for level 2.
The fox looked, then closed its eyes, " Yes, it is normal, but only when it comes to you, no one else"
Aki's eyes widened, confused.
"Only me ?" he asked
But Ragnar didn't elaborate further and simply nodded.
"You're difficult " Aki scoffed
After some time, they reached the Manor, And the car was parked at the entrance, Aki stepped out, and entered the mansion
Inside, Chloe was seated on the sofa, alongside another young woman
"I didn't expect you so soon" Aki teased
The woman stood, smiling and walked up to him, then gently patted his head.
" Did you miss me, little brother"
" Hello Rose, welcome home, I guess" Aki grumbled.
But his face betrayed him, as he looked delighted to seem them.
"Let me go change first"
After some time, Aki came back wearing casually, and sat between his two older sisters
"So" Chloe began, turning to face him, "How was it ?"
Aki lowered his head, as if thinking about it
"It was fine, nothing exciting happened, except for a few things".
Rose, watching quietly, seemed to sense something, grabbing his arm, her eyes started glowing bright red, almost like they were imitating Aki's Red eyes, Her grip tightened, and her brows furrowed, letting go, she looked puzzled, takinga deep breath, she managed to ask
" So, were you going to say anything about your SOF?"
Aki, surprised, struggled to find the right words
" Yes, eventually, "
Chloe frowned,"Rose what's wrong, what did you see?"
Rose turned to her sister." He needs 9999 experience points for lvl 2". The statement left Chloe stunned, then she grabbed Aki's hand, and used the same ability as Rose, after confirming it was real, she sighed.
"Weird" Chloe muttered to herself, playing with her hair, " that level of density shouldn't be possible for a lvl 1, it would crush their core"
Aki, confused looked at her, but before he could say anything, Rose's Phone rang, it was Their mother calling, "Sorry, I have to go, mom called"
The two siblings remained on the sofa, with Aki still wondering what Chloe is muttering about, before he could ask, grabbed his hand and looked at him,"Do you feel alright"
Noticing the seriousness in her tone, He nodded, without joking,seeing this, chloe finally sighed with relief
"Thank goodness, Ragnar, come out "
As soon as Ragnar appeared, it spoke," Miss chloe, do not worry, the density won't cause any harm, you must remember my role.
"What role are you talking about Ragnar ?" Aki asked.
"Aki, let's not focus on that for now" she said, turning to face Ragnar " but I want to be sure" . Still skeptical, she asked for a demonstration to prove he'll be fine, with that, they head to their training facility. In the open space of the facility's training arena, Chloe activated her SOF, shocking Aki with the numbers on display, level- 291, experience points to next level -799999 out of 800000 collected.
They began their sparring match, testing the waters before dashing at high speeds, clashes, shockwave and rumbling began, shaking the ground, although he could keep up, he still noticed how much his sister was holding back,
During their spar, Chloe thought to herself," Im impressed, from my understanding and knowledge, he's showing potential of at least s lvl 30 to 34 assassin type, especially because of his speed, I'm satisfied now"
With that, she unleashed a powerful wave of energy, completely overpowering Aki,
"Damn, she's strong" he whispered, gasping
Chloe, smiling, walked out, along the way, she thought of how, she could focus on her own studies and not constantly worry about Aki, "At first, I thought he would be too weak to defend himself but I guess there's nothing to worry about "
Back at the facility, Aki sat on a chair, drinking water, still feeling the tingling sensation of the attack, remembering something, he shot up and dashed out the door and ran in the direction of his home, Along the way, he reminded himself of something, " Mom said she'll explain the details regarding the YaNa to me" , Arriving, he realized that she wasn't home yet, and before he could contemplate calling, he heard a familiar voice calling out, "Hey, Hoshino "
He turned to see Zane jogging towards him, wearing designer clothing "
Smiling, he extends his hand," What are you doing here ?" Aki asked, Instead of answering, Zane looked at him, smirking, "Not much, just that I've heard something interesting, wanna hear it ?"
Waving his hand dismissively, Aki snorted, "What are you, a gossip lady or something ? It better be important, I have something to do right now "
Zane with his cheeky grin, leaned in," I heard the YaNa clan is planning to connect with the Hoshino, via marriage alliance"
Aki raised an eyebrow, wondering what Zane is talking about, 'Ring', his phone rang in that moment, the ID showing his mother, "Mom ? What's up?"
"Aki, there's something we need to discuss, can you ask the driver to drive you to the east side villa ?"
"What the hell, could it be" he thought, looking at Zane," let's go, he commanded " dragging Zane with him
Upon arrival, he saw unfamiliar vehicles parked outside,
Inside, he heard multiple voices discussing something, he walked in, and the room fell silent, his expression which had been confused, suddenly turned cold, as he looked at the young man sitting on one of the chairs, Eric, disdain evident in his eyes
Knowing how he would act, Maria tapped a chair next to hers, signaling for him to sit,
At the door, Zane turned to leave," I'll excuse myself" he said, heading outside
Back at the table, the discussion began, and finally, after the small talk and plesentaries, they reached the point of interest.
Aki turned to look at the unfamiliar faces before him and asked in a cold voice, " What are you proposing?"
The members looked uncomfortable, but the head of the YaNa side, Ronald Yagami began "Young master, we came here to arrange a marriage alliance, we believe it would benefit both sides".
Smirking, he watched with cold indifference, and started playing with his pen, but the members continued, "we propose wedding our son with one of your daughters "
Aki's movements paused, and he lifted his gaze," What ?!" He demanded through gritted teeth
The man stammered under the scrutinizing gaze, " Will that not do, Young master?". Their desperation was visible, palpable even.
Aki laughed, his eyes darkening, " You're suggesting that we give up one of my sisters, for a lowly illegitimate bastard forget it "
Maria raised her hand, silencing the table, with an authoritative voice, she said," he's right, it would be insulting to offer us something useless, how about this, let the young Amy be married to my son, its more.... reasonable, wouldn't you agree ?"
Wiping imaginary sweat, Ronald tried to compromise , the other members looking more nervous , " Miss, that doesn't seem like a fair deal, Eric is the you master of the YaNa, wouldn't it be better taking him instead of a statusless girl ?" Ronald tried to regain his composure, and keep up his act.
Seeing Aki starting to lose control of his emotions, Maria interjected, " That won't do, I don't know if you're looking down on us or you're just being ignorant, but in this circle, you can never fool anyone, my children are worth more than the entire YaNa dynasty, so why do you expect us to take a worthless tool over the true heir, I'm already lowering our family standards, and your still ungrateful ?"
"Enough!" Eric exploded, his face red with rage, as he stared at Aki, " Fine, take her, I wonder what good she'll do you in the long run," he got up and stormed out leaving the meeting in silence. Looking at his retreating figure, Aki laughed with disdain.
"So" Aki snorted, looks like we have a deal"
"That brat" Ronald's thoughts raced, as he thought to himself, he was clearly trapped, if he agreed, he would've failed, but if he disagrees, he would only reset his plans to step 1. Deep in thought, and idea struck, "if the heir willingly changes her name, then....."
Ronald straightened himself, relaxed, and agreed to the deal.
On their way back, Aki looked at his mom, quietly admiring her
Maria, catching him, smiled," I'm glad you're finally accepting your role" she said, as they walked
Back at the YaNa estate, the head, Ronald was livid, beating Eric to an inch of his life,"So" he said, wiping blood of his hands," they want the girl, so be it, the moment she changes her last name, she loses control over the YaNa fortune, and it becomes ours". Swirling a glass of wine, he smiled a wicked smile
Amy, staring out her bedroom window, looks at the moon, the light illuminating her eyes, with a small smile on her lips, Good to see you again, Lue" she whispered.