Chapter 28: Problems on the horizon?

Chapter 28: Problems on the horizon?

"You are deleting yourself from the world's databases?" Tom asked, a bit stupefied as he watched Natasha quick typing on the keyboard, hacking systems that would give even hardcore hackers a stop.

When he joked that she could become the best computer wizard for him, he didn't really think she would actually do it. That's not how jokes were supposed to work.

Yet, apparently, his girl took his joke too seriously.

"Yeah. The mind-enhancing spells you gave me are just that incredible." Natasha delightfully answered, completely missing Tom's bewilderment.

It took her a long time to learn these spells but once she managed it, her utterly average programming and hacking capabilities skyrocketed in a matter of days.

Naturally, she had to grind them like anybody else. It took her weeks of study with her brain working ten times its normal efficiency for hours... and it was utterly exhausting, but it was a skill that could be eventually useful to Tom, so she gritted her teeth and continued getting better.

"As they should be. They cost me a lot, ya know?" Tom wryly smiled, remembering the haggling with Lord Belgrade for these spells. The old coot definitely did not give Tom anything for free.

Unfortunately, Tom's upstart family only had the lowest grade of mind-enhancing spells and they were not exactly great. As someone using a system of magic that basically relied on 'math', the superb mind-enhancing spells were one of the many reasons the influential families were capable of retaining their spots on the top. With these spells, no matter how dumb their offsprings were, they could still achieve a lot in the magical field.

It was no wonder Tom had to pay an exorbitant price for the highest quality mind-enhancing spells out there. In fact, Tom should be thrilled he even managed to buy them at all.

"Mhm. I don't understand why the Magician Families did not go into the technology sector. This is practically cheating." Natasha distractedly uttered as her identity disappeared from yet another heavily protected database under her magical fingers.

Honestly, the vindictive and gleeful smile as she deleted everything about herself from SHIELD databases was very hot, in Tom's opinion.

"Pride. For them, technology is something beneath them." Tom shrugged, putting his hands on her shoulders and slowly massaging them, enjoying how she slightly squirmed under his pleasant ministrations.

But Tom interrupted her with an amused tone, "Don't bother. They are mostly skulking around like this guy." He opened a feed from the outer surveillance wards, showing a man probing the wards as he tried to sneakily observe their house from the other side of the street.

To Tom, it was hilariously pathetic. If it was anybody else, he might have been a bit concerned but Jasin? Those idiots had no chance.

It wasn't arrogance speaking either. Tom took his security very seriously and the wards around his house were incredibly sturdy.

Plus, Jasin Family was most likely just bait and Tom did not intend to take it. He would not attack them first and give others, more powerful families, a reason to create trouble for him.

"Who is he?" Natasha curiously asked, her eyes narrowed as they searchingly stared at the shady man on the live feed.

"Mark Jasin." Tom said in distaste, "Quite the bad boy. The Jasin Family is full of thug-wannabes but Mark is trying to outshine his brothers in this aspect. Frankly, the guy is one lucky little shit that he was born into a magical household otherwise he would have already been given a bullet to the forehead."

"That bad?" Natasha raised her eyebrow and instantly pulled up his file from the police database, finding it completely clean.

"Futile effort, dear." Tom chuckled and kissed her cheek. "His grandfather covers for his crimes so as long as he doesn't target someone they can't offend it doesn't matter what he does."

"How bothersome." Natasha frowned.

No wonder this community doesn't appear on the SHIELD's radar if they were so thorough in cleaning up after themselves.

"But enough about my problems." Tom decided they talked enough about these unimportant things. "Let's talk about something that matters. So, any plans for your upcoming vacation?" He quipped and cuddled into the side of Natasha's head.

"Mmm~," Natasha appreciatively hummed, snuggling into him too... but her eyes glanced back towards the feed with Mark. It lasted barely a second before her attention was back on Tom, taking his hand into hers as she playfully spoke, "I think I can find something to entertain myself with."