Days passed quickly.
With livestream, practice, and dates, Max didn't realize that it was already 2 days before the tournament, May 29th. Tomorrow was a joint practice day. All 40 teams had to gather in Eden Hall for a last-time check before the actual tournament.
Max decided to arrive a day earlier to prepare. He was sitting in a private jet across from a displeased man with a frown as his attention was focused on the passing cloud.
That man was StoneSword, and he seemed to be pissed. And no, he wasn't displeased because Max had a relationship with his sister. He already accepted that and gave his blessing. The cause was something else.
"What happened?" He asked Lily, who sat next to him.
"Apparently, someone tried to send a marriage proposal to me. It's that idiot blond from our Scrim."
"Should I kill him?" His expression was serious as he blurted it out. Now he knew why StoneSword was pissed.
How could he kill that bastard? Stab? Gun? Drop him from a skyscraper and make it as if it was an accident?
"No need." StoneSword spoke coldly as he turned to Max, "He's already dead to me. His family's company, too, will soon fall into my hands. Just focus on your competition. Make sure your team wins."
"Hahaha..."
'Already dead, huh?' Max thought as he chuckled wryly. 'I hope he doesn't rest in peace.'
The power of money was scary.
Max decided to change the topic of the conversation. There was no point in talking about something that had already been decided.
In the middle of the conversation, StoneSword suddenly said, "The family party has been decided to be held on the 15th of June."
Lily narrowed her eyes at that information.
"Can I not attend? It's tiring."
"You must attend," StoneSword said, glancing at Max. "Who would introduce him if you don't?"
"Oh..." She raised her voice slightly and nodded, "Max will also attend?" She turned to him.
"I guess so?" Max shrugged his shoulders, not knowing what to answer.
"Then it's good." Lily smiled and nodded in understanding. Even a boring event would be okay if he was with him.
Besides, they probably just had to stand on the side and let StoneSword deal with everything.
StoneSword sighed in relief. He didn't know how to convince his sister to attend the party next month. If she didn't attend, then his plan would go awry. But now, he could rest easily.
'Though I dislike the fact she changed because of him and not me.' He thought as he looked at Max, who chatted with Lily across from him.
Since a few days ago, Lily was clearly happier than before. She smiled a lot when she was at home. StoneSword felt complicated when he saw it. He was happy but frustrated at the same time because it wasn't him who was able to put a smile on his sister's face.
'I doubt our parents will object to their relationship. Breeze is a good and kind man. His past is clean, and he was an orphan, meaning he would enter our family in the future. He needs to learn how business works, but I can teach him that.'
Without realizing it, StoneSword thought that his sister would definitely marry Max. This came from his experience. People in high society would usually marry their first partner, although there was some cheating that could be heard every now and then.
He opened the map of the Lobby to locate Lily. Finding her was easy, as they had created a party before. A green dot that showed her location was shown, moving toward him slowly.
'There she is. She's behind the crowd, huh? It will take her a while to get here.'
While waiting, he set up his stream. The loading screen appeared and he just needed to wait for her.
After a while, he saw her.
A girl wearing clothes similar to his appeared in the crowd. She waved her hand and got closer.
"Have you started the stream yet?"
"Yes. Right now, the loading screen is showing up. I can change it to the in-game screen and do an intro anytime." Max answered and brought up the screen, "How about yours?"
"Perfectly set up." She put her index and thumb together near her face, creating an OK mark. "And there are 1K viewers waiting. It's a lot... I just put your name in the title."
"That's normal. It also happened when I had a collaboration with Flexy in the past." He explained, smiling at her. "And don't mind using my name. I am glad that your channel grew thanks to my name."
"Hmm..." She hummed, and her lips curled up slightly, "Thank you."
"No problem." He said, "Now, shall we do the intro together? Do you have any idea?"
At his question, Lily shook her head.
"I have no idea. I never do any intro." She said, tilting her head. "How about doing your usual?"
"Well, let's just do that."
With the intro being decided, Max changed the screen at the same time as Lily. Then, they stood next to each other, and he started the intro.
"Hello, guys! Hahaha, today we are playing Survival to the End." He greeted them excitedly and turned the camera to Lily. "And we have a guest. It's Lily!"
"Hello." Lily nodded at the camera and said nothing more.
Even so, the chat was immediately filled with booing.
— Booooo
— You show off! You show off!
— We've been waiting for this!
— A week and finally a couple content.
— SUGAARRRR! YES, PLEASE!
— I am not envious at all, damn it! I don't need a cute girl as my couple!
— ^^ So you need a macho guy, huh? Want my contact?
And in response to that booing, Max laughed loudly.
"Hahaha, cry more! I love your cry! It's a music in my ears."