Date- 18 April 2321
Time- 19:15
Location- Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, Air Space
As Corey reluctantly left to meet up with the Field Marshal, Adriene rushed to Wyatt's side saying, "Boss, I have transferred the 'Agents of the Southern Hope' contracts to your grimoire." "Great job, Adriene," Wyatt complimented. He was awkward around her as he could not shake the feeling that he was taking advantage of her. But the way he saw it, she was bound to work for him for the next hundred years, everyone loved their job at the start but they began to resent it, and so could Adriene. "It wasn't just me boss, others helped me too," Adriene humbly replied with a blush, only to hear Aurelia say, "Slow down girl, you're scaring our boss." She seems to have noticed Wyatt's reservations against Adriene. Adriene's face turned red in shame and embarrassment, it doubled when she heard Wyatt come to her defense, "Aurelia, don't you have something better to do." "What else could there be that's better than protecting my charming boss from his crazy fans," Aurelia said eyeing Adriene who glared at her in return. "Sure, sure," Wyatt dismissed Aurelia's remarks and said, "Both of you showed remarkable courage standing up to Ransom Lorn. Especially, you Aurelia. It seems I did not judge you wrong." "That's nothing special. We knew each other. I think he has an unrequited crush on my mother," Aurelia explained why she was so brave to argue with Ransom and go as far as to call him an old man. "Really? But, I heard he is happily married to the leader of the Southern Region's most powerful adventure guild," Adriene was surprised by Aurelia's words but she pointed out what she knew. "What does being married have to do with how he feels?" Aurelia asked in confusion. To her marriage was just another tool, just like how her mother married her father to establish and stabilize her power in the Malvin family, the Border City, and its people. "You are kidding right?" Adriene wondered if Aurelia was pulling her leg. "No, I think she is serious," Wyatt said feeling that Aurelia wasn't joking but felt that way about marriage. "Don't you dare look at with those eyes," Aurelia yelled at Adriene finding her glancing at her with a gaze full of pity. The reason for Adriene's action was obvious, children's perception of marriage comes from their parents, for Aurelia to have such a swallow opinion of marriage meant she felt her parent's marriage was like that. Hence, Adriene who grew up in a model family could not help but feel pity for Aurelia. "Oye, you are asking for a beating now," Aurelia was annoyed seeing that Aurelia's pity for her intensified with her resistance. Feeling embarrassed she turned to violence to resolve the feelings she was feeling right now.
"It's okay to cry, sweaty," Adriene forcefully hugged Aurelia in her embrace despite her weak resistance, resting her head on her left shoulder she gently brushed her hair. "Political marriages work you know," Aurelia whispered in Adriene's embrace while the latter consoled her, "Yes, they do, sweety." "I had a happy childhood." "Yes, you did, sweety." "..." Wyatt stared blankly at the duo, not wanting to disturb them he turned to the others who were equally stunned by the duo's actions. *Ahem* Wyatt cleared his through gaining the attention of the Fine Gold trio and said, "I did not notice it before, but you guys are able to fly at this altitude fine." "Those kids had extra void step boot cards on them, so they lent them to us," Jaya enthusiastically answered.
Seeing Wyatt frown, Cindy hurriedly clarified, "We did not threaten them, they were just too eager to suck to us as our juniors." Shaking his head Wyatt said, "If that were the case I don't mind. Many of them come from powerful merchant families, try and recruit them into the Fine Gold to spread our business across the Southern Region and to the other regions." "Aren't they your 'slaves'? Don't they have to do what you ask of them?" Jaya asked in confusion. She did not understand why Wyatt wanted to persuade them to help them instead of directly ordering them to help them. "Boss, don't worry about this fool. I will explain it to her later," Cindy spoke up, wondering has Jaya learned nothing from them in the Fine Gold. "I am going to shake them a bit, you guys use this opportunity to get them," Wyatt told his plan to the Fine Gold girls, and making sure everyone understood their role he headed toward the assembled crowd of kids from the Southern Capital preparing to address them. Wyatt's plan was simple. He would make the lives of the kids harder and the kids in desperation would reach out to the likes of Diana, Cindy, Jaya, and the rest to make their lives easier by making big claims and promises. He could just order the kids to do as he asked just as Jaya pointed out, but the true authority was not in these kids' hands but in their families' hands, Wyatt ordering the kids would be like him revealing his desire to the elite families behind them. The elite families were not stupid, once they knew what Wyatt wanted they would get him to pay an appropriate or higher price for it and they had the connections to do so. They could even asking him to free their kids of the unfair contract that he forced them to sign under duress. However, things would be different if they were to willing offer their help to make the lives of their kids easier. The important thing to know here was these kids were Wyatt's leverage against the elite families of the Southern Capital. The leverage he had was not regular so he had to be creative in how he used them against the elite families of the Southern Capital. Except for Jaya, the Fine Gold girls seem to get him his plan.
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