Chapter 482 - What are Friends? (2)

"Who's the target?" I hoped they weren't talking about me.

"The fiancée to the heir of the Roselia family. Everyone knows how all members in the Roselia family possess a monstrous amount of mana. But the target is on another level, she possesses the potential for unlimited amounts of mana," the executive continued his presentation.

I tried to hide my upcoming frown. There was no way the Roselia family wouldn't confine me to their mansions now. I only knew one person from the Nicole family, and it was Ellen. I dismissed my thoughts of her selling information about me since it couldn't be true. We have been friends for close to a decade. Although the three people behind me seemed to think differently, especially Lucius with his face hardening from the news.

"Is the amount of mana she possesses the only reason you want her?" I dug for more information.

"She will also fetch a higher ransom than the heirs to the powerful families. We can sell her to desperate people who want her for the same reason," she showed how much our profits would increase.

"Her delicate beauty is popular among other potential clients," she pressed a button to display a blurry picture of me in my school uniform.

"She must be very popular among other organizations," I wondered if they were the only ones who wanted me.

"Our competitors have a better picture of her. The Nicole family have been selling better quality pictures of her for more money," another executive took over.

"But we have hired some experts in making the quality better," he tried to take some credit.

"She seems to be a very desirable hostage. She'll fetch lots of money from her beauty and background, and give you more mana for your operations," I brightly smiled.

"There's more. Anyone who has her can basically control the first district with the number of connections she has with everyone in the upper ranks," he started to list more reasons.

"But it's very hard to get even close to her. The Roselia family tries to hide her existence to the point that ordinary people may not know about her. This is why we propose to assign one of our branches to break into the school she attends to search for her," he sighed.

"Isn't the barrier there very fortified?" I wanted to know if the barrier was strong enough.

"The last time we checked. We have the tools to slip in," one of them chimed in.

"Then you have my approval," I didn't care if they broke in.

I wasn't inside the school anyways. They would never find me there since I was their boss. I wondered how stupid they were to not see the resemblance between the blurry photo and the person who sat in front of them. Setting a date for the operation, I hoped the teachers would do a better job in fortifying the barriers when I came back. Watching more presentations from my subordinates, I began to approve more projects while declining some.

With everyone leaving the room to take their lunch break, I wondered where to spend on weekends. As the new chairwoman, I was in a safer position than others. Opening my screen to go through my bucket list, I explored the most popular attractions. Too distracted in planning my trip, I didn't notice Ben locking the meeting room and placing a sound-proof barrier. By the time I noticed how they were watching me, I realized I lost my chance to escape from them.

"These are just my plans for the weekend," I quickly closed my screen.

"This is serious Rika. Someone close to you has been selling information about you," Lucius clenched his fists.

"Is this why you kicked the Nicole family out of your fraction?" Ben turned to him.

"They had some suspicious activity for a while," he nodded his head.

"So what if they sell some information about me? I'm the chairwoman. I control everything they can do," I pointed out.

"Do you not know that all the criminals are racing to kidnap you?" Lucius looked like he was starting to get a headache.

"It's hard being so popular," I wasn't worried, knowing I could use my mana to fight back.

"I need a vacation," I smiled from thinking of going to the amus.e.m.e.nt park.

"You're not going to the amus.e.m.e.nt park during the weekend," he noticed the place where my eyes glittered the most.

"Look. You're talking to the chairwoman here. You should respect your superiors," I was disappointed in my subordinates.

"So this is why you never let her outside," Claire looked at Lucius in a new light.

"I have to contact my parents and let them know to take my siblings and cousins out of school," Lucius excused himself to sit down on a chair to send a message.

"Wait. Why is my name on there?" I read the message.

"I'm not visiting your parents again," I shuddered from the thought.

"We can handle the rest of the mission alone," Ben agreed with his actions.

"I'll run out of this room and scream for help if you try to drag me there," I began to threaten him.

Running to the door, I felt someone pull me into their arms before I was halfway there. Lucius sighed, hitting the back of my neck, turning the scene in front of me into black. Why were the members in the Roselia family so violent?