Chapter 404: Store

Chapter 404: Store

Click!

I returned to my office after checking things. It is five, already, only one hour before the store and theater open and four hours till the party.

Everything is ready.

Still, I couldn't help but feel nervous, but also excited.

I took a deep and sat on my chair, before closing my eyes.

They remained closed for over a minute before I opened them. I am not in my office, but in a dark space, with a huge sun in front of me.

The core is shining brighter than ever before.

It is absorbing a large amount of emotions. I had it earlier and now it is even greater.

The amount of emotions is nearly as much as the day legacy advanced to Grade II. Where the people were scared of the undead, giving core to massive emotions to absorb.

The day after that, the legacy exploded.

It was the last time it had harvested such essence before today.

I had expected a good harvest from the spa, but not this.

The crying hall really worked.

It is sensory therapy, and I wasn't trying to create it, because it is damn hard to create something, that will affect all three senses and trigger the floor of emotions.

It had occurred right after we opened the vortex waterfall.

People begin to cry, inconsolably.

Understanding what is happening. We removed what it was before and created the sensory therapy room.

In that place, people release their emotions in flood and give them peace. The legacy absorbs those emotions and gives me emotion essence.

We have also found out that people release emotions after that are less, but far purer.

It is why. It is a mandatory spa policy to take every patron to the sensory hall before they start with the other treatments.

It couldn't help but make me ecstatic, because this was from the spa alone.

When the other twelve floors of legacy open. The harvest would double, at least. Which will be greater than what I had estimated.

The sheer amount of emotion and essence I will get from it. Even after spending on the plants; I will have enough to achieve a lot of things.

I might not even need to wait for several months to start that plan.

I looked at it, before focusing on the planets. These are getting strengthened by the emotion essence, which is the core sharing with them.

They had absorbed a lot of emotions' essence, becoming stronger.

It is not only the emotion essence; the legacy harvested from people, that is strengthening them, but also the ones from two dead legacies.

I wish I could have taken more, but I didn't want to be suspicious. My legacy already is doing things that the normal legacy of Grade II couldn't.

A moment later, everything had disappeared.

I need everything to go perfectly. The survival of the entire city depends on it.

...

Eva

"Enough mom, everything is perfect!" said Cara as I adjusted the mannequin gently.Findd new stories at novelhall.com

I stopped and sighed.

I always get like this whenever; the new store is close to opening.

The store will open at six, less than an hour away. I am still a little irritated that it didn't open at twelve, as they had said it would.

"Where is Elese?" I asked.

"There," Cara pointed, and I saw Miss Cain sitting on the sofa with her eyes closed.

She is the opposite of me. Calm, with all worry and nervousness, buried in her heart.

I looked away from her and looked around the store.

We got the entire floor; the only ones who got that, and Miss Rolgath and Colt did a wonderful job of mixing Remus's vision and mine.

The Charles Stores are boutique stores, but this is Eva Cain, and it is a Couture Store.

A level above.

First, we decided to name the store Charles Cain, but I don't want the store associated with the Charles brand.

I had tried to venture into couture space before, but the competition was brutal, and I had suffered heavy losses. I had promised myself to never venture into that space again, unless I was really prepared.

I felt I wasn't, but Remus had forced me.

Remus said he would only give me space. If it is a Couture Store. If I decline, he will find Miss Cain another partner.

It was the biggest reason. Cara had intense opposition to the investment here.

Here, all the clothes are designs of Miss Cain, while the jewelry is mine. The stuff like perfume, shoes, and other things are from our best in-house designers and exclusive partners.

Everything here has never been sold anywhere, including our stores.

All the designs are new, as Remus wanted.

The demands of Remus were too much. Not any sane person would have accepted it. Especially in the city so small, that barely a hundred people could afford what we are selling here.

Still, I had a gut feeling, and I took the risk.

If it failed, it would cost me a lot. I am not worried about money, despite spending a substantial amount of it. I am worried about the reputation.

I looked around the store and it felt like a piece of heaven. Our most beautiful pieces among the magical plants.

It doesn't just look like a piece of heaven but also smells like it, feels like it.

It sold for exorbitant price; there was a bidding war for it.

"Should we increase the prices?" asked Cara, understanding the value of mist.

Both me and Miss Cain shook our heads immediately.

Remus said it is an experience that he wants us to provide. Something people never forget. We have to follow that vision.

He was not joking. When he said he would kick us out, it didn't provide him with enough emotions.

Besides, our prices aren't low at all. He had asked us to set the prices of pieces as high as possible. Rejecting the prize charts twice before accepting.

Now, our prizes are among the highest of couture stores.

"What about changing the invitation-only policy?" she asked, and I shook my head again.

Couture Store, invitation only, were his ideas. He would have told us if we needed to change that.

Ting!

We were talking when the elevator rang, bringing us the first patrons.

It is a group of five; someone I know, well.

"Ahhh!"

They were frozen for seconds before a loud excited scream rang out and the triplet of girls of seventeen years came screaming into the store.

They begin to look at the pieces with bubbling excitement and desire.

I know these girls, and they are a handful.

Their parents simply shook their heads before coming toward me.

"Eva, you were so modest, when I had asked you about the store," said Waris.

"Just a small couture store. You had said," added his wife as she looked around in marvel.

"Well, I wanted to make it a surprise," I replied humbly, while husband and wife rolled their eyes.

I knew Waris Scent in passing two years ago and didn't like him much, but after surviving the undead together, we had become friends.

"Your store is the most beautiful, thing I have ever seen in my life."

"Looked at these dresses and these shoes, I don't think. You are selling them in your store in Namdar?" asked Lori as she looked at the pieces.

"They are couture designs; they are for this store only," I replied.

The pieces aren't just beautiful, but the material they are made of is expensive as well. Every piece had at least 25% material in them.

"I had brought the dress, shoes, and everything from the city for the party, but they seemed pale compared to what you have here," said Lori, enamored.

"There is a time to the party. If you buy it within time, we can help you get ready."

"The beauticians we have are capable of using the mist," I said, and women's eyes lit up.

It is there, Remus had interfered again. I had trained beauticians, but he asked me to take three more, saying they were trained in the legacy.

They were his whores, but I accepted it, seeing he presented it as a favor I will do to him.

I thought he had sent them to learn in the store, but now I understand why he did that. Unlike the beauticians I have, his could use the power of legacy.

He may have said it is a favor to him, but he is doing the favor to me.

I am going to ask him to let my beauticians use the mist.

While the store is part of the legacy. We wouldn't be able to use the mist without his approval. It is not just staff; I will ask for myself too.

I know things could be achieved with mist, and I want it.

Ting!

The elevator rang and three women walked inside. I don't recognize them, but I know them; they are noble ladies from baronies.

One by one, the elevator kept ringing, bringing more and more people in within a minute. There were people in every corner of the store.

The staff moved to accommodate them while serving them with light liquor, which had aired with a mist of legacy.

The invitation to the store had gone with an invitation to the legacy.

This invitation is a membership card. There are three types of it: a single visit, a year, and a decade.

One could also apply for them. They could get it within a day, as long as they satisfy all the conditions.

The guests received the cards, but I had also sent them to the many people I know. A few came, but after today, I am sure many would.

Some wouldn't care about the undead. That could capture the city at any time.

"How are things going?" I asked Cara.

I am creative and good at conversations, while my daughter didn't inherit even a hint of creativity, but she is good at business.

"Great, our staff is barely able to keep up with the guest," she said, and I felt activating her skills.

Shining Smiles. Spendthrift.

I activated my own skills. I don't think, I need to use it, especially Spendthrift, but I am a businesswoman and need to earn money.

The rent isn't cheap.

"Still think, it is a terrible investment, daughter dearest?" I asked.

The girl glared at me, before walking away without a reply, but I did catch a small glimpse of a smile on her face.

The girl is good at business, but she needs to learn to listen to her guts.

It is not all numbers and stats. They are important, I looked at them, but I placed equal importance on my inner voice.

It had played an important part, in the success I have today.

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