Chapter 17: Ch 17: Back to Home
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Felix's POV
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August, 2010
The three days had passed, and the family had visited all the museums and landmarks in Trille by then.
In the dark, I had already 'compelled' Salazar's 19, elders and grand elders into submission. They were all just as fucked up as Salazar. If not for my limited mana, I would've already made them my slaves.
I couldn't completely ban them from doing what they have been doing, as that would earn suspicion from others, but I did make them all vow for celibacy, only to be broken if a higher comrade was forcing them. They also had to reduce their activities if they could get away with it. Hehe, serves them right, I had planned things much worse for them after they outlived their purpose.
I had given them the task of increasing their connections with all the other important figures for now. Salazar would be in contact with me all the time. If one of their leaders or elders come to my country, Lantir, then I'll unhesitatingly make them my dogs.
There was no way to completely eliminate these gangs, clans, and mafias, at least until we had the power to do so. The next best thing to do was to control them from behind the scenes and let them eliminate the more unsavory ones by themselves. I had already told Klein and Salazar to win over the other members without making it too obvious.
The elders and grand elders in Tri-Scar were cunning and shifty bastards who work for profit only. Whatever the business is, no morality attached. These kinds of people were also more easy to defect. Salazar was making full use of that mentality. When the time comes, I'll come by and 'Compel' these scums as well.
As for that bitch, orphanage Director Helen, she was given the duty to serve all the children, especially Alexio and Mariana. She can never, ever break her vow of celibacy nor can she relieve herself. She cannot take any substance or alcohol. Except for the bare essentials, all the things she own, will be donated to the orphanage. She will live and die for the orphanage.
'I will make it so that this orphanage is worthy of Alexio's donations.'
It was finally time to leave for home. We had been away from home for a long time now, and Melena was also a bit exhausted with all the back-to-back traveling. The vacations were also over and schooling would start in a few days.
There were a lot more targets to cover, but they didn't have any emergencies right now. It was fine to let them be for now.
We took our flight and arrived at Ertonville with a tan. Mr. Ranford and Mr. Myres picked us up from the airport and we finally arrived home.
As soon as we arrived, Irene also came over with Rolo in hand. That puppy had gotten bigger and plumper now. That Irene fed him quite a bit. As soon as Rolo saw us, he dashed forward and jumped on Melena.
"Hahaha, stop it Rolo! It tickles!"
"Serves you right for leaving us behind. Rolo slobber her up with your spit!"
Irene commanded like a great general, and Rolo, the champion, attacked. After some time Rolo turn towards me, but after seeing my 'smile', he tucked his tail and hid inside Melena's lap. Of course, the girls didn't notice the reason he did that.
"Hahaha, you guys came back as orange-men. "
Irene was laughing and teasing us, but that was all a facade. I knew through telepathy that Irene was still pretty sulky about us leaving her behind and was increasingly getting more emotional inside. I had to break this trend. I didn't want to see her cry. The last time she cried was more than enough.
'Should I?...No! Not yet, it's for her birthday. Felix Hudson, don't get soft all of a sudden!'
"Forget that! We have bought so many gifts and souvenirs for you! You'll have a headache thinking where to put them."
We didn't let the gifts accumulate and shipped them to Dad's warehouse as we traveled. I could see the driver just pull over and call for Dad.
"Look! Here they are!"
I heaved a sigh when I felt that Irene's attention was diverted.
Unfortunately for Irene, Mom told us to rest and the 'opening ceremony' would be tomorrow. To be honest, I felt quite bad for her..
Mr. Myers and Mr.Ranford bid us farewell and let us recuperate. Irene didn't make a tantrum and left quietly, thankfully.
Everyone took to their rooms and finally slept within the coziness of our own home. It was the best.
The next day, Aunty Martha and Irene came over. She didn't have a collar on her anymore and only a patch now. Her voice was very close to how it normally was. She took great care of herself for her daughter, even though she was a clumsy person in nature.
She and Mom talked a lot and opened the packages. I wasn't exaggerating when I said that we've bought a lot of gifts. Aunty Martha was stumped on where to put them but Irene's eyes were shining like lanterns seeing all a colorful and intricate work.
Mom eyed me, but I shook my head at her. It wasn't the time.
In the middle of all this, Aunty Martha dropped a bomb.
"Jenna, Mel and Fel are gonna be homeschooled now, right?"
"Ho~ Has Irene made her decision?~"
Irene's face turned beet red as Mom teased her.
"Hehe~ She has~ She wants to study with your kids. I can't let my baby daughter feel lonely without her friends, now can I~"
These two mothers were birds of a feather, ruthless, never leaving a chance to tease their children.
I was elated and dreadful at the same time when I heard the news. I wanted to keep a bit of a distance from Irene…
Dad had already talked to tutors 2 months ago and tomorrow our private classes will start. Melena would be brushing up her basics first before anything else. She was an intelligent girl. I was sure that with some encouragement, she would definitely catch up to Irene and me.
Besides the home stuff, Dad's company was doing fire right now. When Mr. Myers saw the company and its environment, he thought it was a dream. Every single employee was working his/her ass off. No one was slacking. The work that should be done within an hour was done in an hour, not a second more. It was very efficient.
Dad had hired Mr. Derick Myers to be a supervisor, but he didn't even know what to supervise. All of the work was already being done at max efficiency.
Of course, it was not natural at all, but due to the 'Compels' I have been stacking on the employees.
Dad had already transferred some employees to the new studios he created and hired new ones at those. I'll have to 'Compel' them too, my cult is ever growing!
The 'pãy-trêê-ôñ' company was also done with its polishing and set up. We were ready to launch it. Dad had already hired a spokesperson to give the opening speech, he was too busy to do that. As for making it popular, we had planned to go to a content creator's convention and 'Compel' a ton of popular ones. The rest will just join the bandwagon.
Dad had already sent the official contracts to Geralt and his crew. They should be here in a month, max. As for the others, we had recruited, they were slowly resigning and leaving their countries for ours....
We had invited Mr.Myers and his daughter Silia for dinner at our home.
Silia was a bit dazed as she ate the food. It had probably been some time since she ate a home cooked meal.
A house was going out for sale, just skipping two houses to our left. I swear, I had nothing to do with it. Dad was discussing with Mr. Myers if he wanted to acquire it.
"I'm sorry, but housing prices are really too much for me right now."
"Hmm, it's a great and secure neighborhood. I know the guy who's selling it. He's only selling it because he wants to set up his business elsewhere and permanently move. It would be a loss if we lost such a prime location to a stranger. How about this? I'll lend you an interest-free loan. Your salary is enough that you can save for a few years to repay me back."
I also used just a tiny bit of 'Compel' to make him see the offer positively.
"Hmm, it's really tempting. Boss, give me some time to think. No, just this night will be enough."
"What boss? Just call me Richard when you're outside the company. Think carefully, little Silia will also have a good environment to grow up here. Mel and Fel already know her too. Little Silia, you wanna play along with my kids? Ah, there's also Harry's daughter, Irene."
Silia shook up as the question was deflected to her. She was supposed to be older than us kids, but her social life was worse than a toddler at this point. I could feel a lot of conflict within her right now. Her persona, which she was getting comfortable with, was crashing against the future she wanted to see. Finally, she opened her mouth…she had made her choice.
"I-I want to…"
"Hahaha, the deal is done Derick! Don't worry, little Silia, I'll even force your dad's thumbprint on the contracts if I have to. Now let's drink to celebra- Ow!"
"Richard! There are kids here! Go to a bar to have your drinks!"
"Hehe, I guess we'll postpone the drinks to tomorrow after office."
"Yeah…"
Derick and Silia were still quite unused to the warm and crackling atmosphere of our house. But I could feel that they also yearned for a warmth of their own after seeing us.
The dinner ended, and they all went back to their places. Tomorrow, classes would start for all of us kids, including Melena.
The drawing room upstairs was selected as the classroom and Mom had already installed Wi-Fi cameras everywhere there to keep an eye on us and especially the teachers.
It was kind of redundant as I was already gonna use 'Compel' on them, but she didn't know that.
Melena had a great misunderstanding that I opted for homeschooling to keep her company. Honestly, I couldn't just say that I'm a 27-year-old-monster who doesn't want to interact with kids, so I went with the flow and accepted her reasoning at face value.
It was night time now, so I fell asleep. Tomorrow was class.
(A/N: The long ass tour arc has ended. The chapters will be posted at normal length again.
You guys already have an idea of how the MC and his Dad work now, so I'll introduce proper time skips in the coming chapters.
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