Chapter 107: Aftermath, and Assassination Attempt

With her words, all the TVs got shut down, and everything was left in Uncle Satoru's hands. It was clear that she was the person who held the highest authority in the Council of Five.

Until Eric presented them with his proof, they would keep this topic asleep. As for Uncle Satoru, he was just like a postman who did what he was told.

He loved his country and didn't mind doing anything he could for his country. That included forfeiting his life, but also killing and doing whatever he had to.

While these people were making their own plans, and having their ideas, Tokyo City was buzzing from the big news they woke up to.

An impossible romance, between a rich princess and a poor commoner, that had been kidnapped. While they had asked the grasps of their kidnappers, they couldn't escape the harsh reality.

This was a story that touched upon the novels, and books. Normally this was something seen only in fairy tales, yet it had become something real and tangible.

While the common people basked in the buzz of such a love story, the high society was shocked by the news of Master Miura's and his soldiers' deaths.

They couldn't understand how a sly fox like himself, would so suddenly die, and lose everything in one single night.

But there was only one message in his death, don't mess with the Fragrance Hall, and the power behind them, the Dark Hall.

While they were really curious about this new mysterious power that had shown up, they had some more important things to consider at the moment.

Master Miura had left everything behind to his son, Young Master Miura Daichi, who seemed like a typical good-for-nothing kid, and they all had their greedy thoughts, and opinions about him.

Master Miura had worked hard to build his empire, which generated millions of dollars every year, so how could they not have some greedy thoughts about it.

They knew that the kid was already engaged to Master Ito's eldest daughter, but they would not give up easily, as each and every one of them made their own plans to pull him to his side.

While all of this was happening the person who the whole city was thinking about, had just woken up and learned about everything.

He was completely shocked, dumbfounded, and stupefied at everything that he heard. His father, the person he held most dearly had died, but the problem was he couldn't remember anything.

No matter how much he tried, he seemed to have some kind of blocked part of his brain, that he couldn't remember.

He remembered perfectly what had happened before he went out with his father, and their men, but everything after that was totally black.

The only thing he could think of, and the only person he could hate at the moment was Eric, it seemed like he had an unconscious hate towards him, and would be ready to do anything to revenge his father.

Still, the news of his father's death, and the fact that they didn't have his corpse made him devastated for some time, as he totally locked himself inside his room, and grieve.

It seemed like the death had helped him grow mature in just a single moment, as the whole house, and the servants started grieving for their Master.

A lot of people turned at their door, to express their condolences, and grieve Master Miura, but unfortunately, none of them could meet with Young Master Miura.

They had to turn back unhappy that their efforts bore no fruits, but not resigned of their plans and ideas. This was a chance that didn't came often after all.

In the meantime, the person who had been responsible for all of this had currently just awakened from his sleep and was checking the new knowledge he had gotten.

There was a lot of it, as he now had knowledge for almost all the level 1 herbs that existed, or at least the person who had left behind his divine artifact knew existed.

The knowledge also included their properties, and the best way to process them, and the temperature needed to refine them.

Besides that, he also had the 5 recipes he purchased from the system, where the most important were the three potions that helped with his power.

Not forgetting the 4 level-two manuals that he had bought to trade with Uncle Satoru. This would be a good start for his soldiers to start training too.

He would have to inscript these four manuals to paper later, but at the moment he had more important things to think about, as the Blood Clone Technique appeared in his mind.

This was a really important technique that he would need in the future, as he already had an idea in mind what to do with it.

Taking a look at the Technique and the way of using it Eric was a bit startled, as he would have to gather around 1000 liters of blood to form a newborn baby blood clone.

Probably because of this reason this technique was so cheap and he was able to buy it for only 3000SP points.

That and the fact that it needed a soul to be a usable clone, because as a puppet was too expensive, and not as good.

Clearly, these didn't make Eric think lower of this technique, because the potential it had was terrific.

Depending on the materials, and the blood he used on refining this blood clone, he would be able to increase its talent, affinity to the elements, and its quality.

To make the best out of his plan, Eric was thinking of collecting only the highest quality blood he could. As long as the biggest part of the blood was his, he could mix up some more powerful blood in it.

The technique would still work, and he would have those better qualities he wanted. He was so excited thinking about this.

With these thoughts in mind, he left the technique, as he started looking at the talismans he had just bought.

The beauty of these Escaping Talismans was the fact that they looked like normal blue beads that had a symbol inscribed on them. He only had to crush them to activate them.

Taking one of them out, after closely inspecting it, and not being able to see anything special about it, he just put it back inside as he thought of making some kind of bracelet that could hold it close to his hand.

There might be places where he wouldn't be able to use his inventory, so it would be better if he kept a few of them on his body, just in case.

With all of these things sorted out, he got out of the private box, as he saw Old Na at his door waiting for him.

As soon as he saw Eric get out, he came by his side and said,

"Young Master I wanted to congratulate you on your success. You have truly amazed me with what you did last night!"

Eric didn't seem to care much about the compliments, as he said,

"Stop with the flowery words Old Na, how are the preparations going for the other restaurants?"

Immediately forgetting all the compliments, Old Na started reporting,

"We have already made the deals about the places, and started with the restoration, I am afraid it will take us at least a week for the restorations.

We are already trying to find our chefs and personnel, only that it's taking us a while especially with the conditions set by Young Master.

But I am confident of completing everything by the time the restaurants are open, which will be in less than a month."

Satisfied with how the things were going, Eric looked at him with praise as he said,

"Very well Old Na, you are doing just as I expected. Just keep going at this pace, and you will be rewarded as you should."

Old Na was clearly happy with it, he had never expected that Eric would have such a power, and background behind him, as even he was stunned by the news in the morning.

All he knew was that he and his Master had found a diamond lying by their side. He didn't know why he had a premonition that Eric was destined for big things.

And of course, even though he was an old man, he had a big ambition, and while he couldn't do anything more at this age, he could achieve his share by being beside Eric at that time.

For that reason, he just laughed embarrassedly as he said,

"I am just doing what I should Young Master, thank you for making these old bones feel useful!"

Eric didn't know what to think about this old man right now, because while he was a confidante of Kirigaya, there was the possibility of him working for someone else.

The assignment he had given him with the restaurants and their personnel was a test for him to see what his intentions were.

Until now he didn't seem to be dirty, but he wasn't clean either. What surprised Eric though was the fact that he seemed to have accepted him as his true Young Master.

This was a bit quick and unexpected for someone like Eric, who now doubted everybody. It would be difficult for him to trust someone again.

At the moment he trusted only in mutual benefits, and domination over a person. Of course with his nature, he hadn't given up on trying to trust someone, but that seemed difficult to do at the moment.

While Eric was walking down the hall with Old Na, he suddenly felt a powerful killing intent behind him, as he moved his head to the right, where a kunai passed through and continued towards the floor.

Had he been one moment late, that would have pierced through his head, and not the floor…