Chapter 66: An Enormous Sum

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: An Enormous Sum

Liam and Elijah put their heads close together, whispering until they drifted off to sleep without noticing.

The next morning when the butler Levi stood at the door of Elijah’s room calling him to get up, nobody ever opened it. Growing anxious, he used his special authority to open Elijah’s room, startled to find it empty.

He hurriedly switched on the locator on his smart watch, which showed it in Liam’s room. He opened Liam’s door too, stepping quickly inside. The nanny robot standing guard in the corner saw someone enter, its eyes flickering red. Once it had recognized a familiar person, its two arms, which had been turning into guns, returned at once to ordinary robot arms.

Levi paid the nanny robot no attention, only stepping softly toward the bed. At the sight of the two Omegas sleeping soundly with their heads together, two exquisite, adorable faces side by side, his heart turned to water on the spot.

He raised the smart watch on his wrist, secretly photographing this warm scene, then slipped out of the room on quiet feet, leaving the two children to sleep in. Benjamin had finished getting ready and come out just as this was happening, about to speak up when Levi signalled for silence.

He shut his mouth at once. Half a minute later, with the door closed, Levi beckoned Benjamin over with his eyes crinkled in a smile, showing him the picture he had captured. Benjamin was struck straight in the heart by this adorableness, immediately begging Levi to send him the photo.

Alexander, just coming out of his own room, saw the scene, so the number of people asking for the photo went from one to three.

After that, the picture naturally sat in the smart watch of every adult in the house. Alexander’s fingers itched so badly he couldn’t resist placing a pale pink flower in the middle of his two brothers’ faces, covering most of them, then posting it to his personal page.

[Two soft adorable little brothers at home, a pity they grow up so fast~]

Alexander was the young businessman with the most formidable background in the Lumina galaxy, and although his personal page had been bare until now, his follower count was no less than Liam’s.

Everyone was astonished to receive the notification [Alexander Hall, whom you follow, has posted his first entry, go and see what he has shared]. They clicked in out of curiosity, then saw the warm picture on Alexander’s page.

[Oh, those are two Omegas, aren’t they? This Alpha has two Omega little brothers? I’m so jealous!]

[I heard one is his real brother and one adopted? But I’d never have guessed they’d get on like this.]

[Aaah! Why! Why attack my frail weak heart first thing in the morning! I want an Omega little brother too!]

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A great many comments filled the space below. Alexander read every one of them patiently, hearting the ones that praised his brothers or envied him, deleting all the negative ones underneath. Before long, Alexander had been given the nickname [Terminal-stage little-brother addict]. Alexander clicked his tongue. Addict or not, at least I have little brothers to be addicted to.

At eight in the morning, the two figures who had stirred up such waves on Alexander’s page finally woke. The two of them sat stupidly on the bed, both faces equally blank. Nirvana found the sight very entertaining, unable to resist capturing it, storing it in its own data bank.

The two Omegas sat there dazed for a while, then climbed down off the bed together. Elijah carried his pillow back to his own room, while Liam went into the bathroom to wash.

By the time the two of them came downstairs, everyone in the house had gone to work. Isabella and Benjamin were out in the yard posing for photographs with the splendidly fierce military ship Mr. Hall had sent for.

Levi pulled out chairs for the two young masters, then had a servant bring up breakfast for them. Only then did he say:

"The master has used his special authority to open a private military route, so the retainers out there will take you all home shortly. From now on they will become people of the Martinez household, and the second young master may use them as he sees fit."

The spoon in Liam’s hand stopped for a moment. He narrowed his eyes at Levi: "Has something happened?"

Levi nodded: "Lately the Ursa Major star pirate organization has begun operating openly, and a great many private and civilian ships have been raided by them. On top of that, large numbers of the insectoid race have suddenly appeared around the defense planets outside the meteor belt. The master wasn’t easy about letting you all travel home on your own, so he used his own authority."

Liam nodded, not refusing this gesture from Mr. Hall.

Travelling on a military ship by the route reserved for the Legions, they would only need two days to reach Cygnus. Naturally, during the journey Liam would certainly have to stay in a medical pod.

Elijah said rather anxiously: "Why not all stay on the Capital planet? You’ve got high-grade robots doing the work in your place anyway."

Liam shook his head: "We can’t. There’s a great deal that still needs doing with our own hands. At the very least, for the next two years I can’t rest yet."

Elijah made a regretful sound, then said excitedly: "Then can I come and visit you all in the winter holidays? I’ll take the military route too!"

Liam glanced at him: "Actually if you don’t like studying dance all that much you could apply to graduate early. You’ve been studying a whole year, and your dancing is worse than mine."

Elijah: "..."

Elijah puffed out his cheeks in a sulk, refusing to speak to Liam anymore. But he felt what Liam said was right as well. This world wasn’t strict about an Omega’s studies, and arts subjects were rather like an extracurricular, so if you felt it didn’t suit you could apply to transfer. Elijah thought it over as he ate, and by the time he finished he had finished thinking.

Compared with studying dance, he was more interested in another field now. And that field happened to have a campus on planet Altair. Elijah quietly laid plans to apply for a transfer. As long as he submitted the application now, he could transfer successfully before December.

Liam, with no idea Elijah was about to hand him a great surprise, only stared at the smart watch Levi had brought over. It was the Light of Time, which Liam had left behind more than a month ago.

"Second young master, the eldest young master says that what is yours belongs to you, nobody is asking for it back so you shouldn’t leave it behind either. Besides that the master has transferred compensation to Mr. Benjamin and Miss Isabella for what young master Elijah did. Mr. Benjamin said that all money in the household is decided by the second young master, so the master transferred it into the account inside the Light of Time."

Elijah lowered his head guiltily. Liam had no intention of reproaching him, only taking the Light of Time and starting it up. A chibi version of a boy modelled on Liam sprang out at once, flying straight at his face, clutching it as it wailed: "Boo hoo, master, I thought you had abandoned me. I’ve waited for you until I’m all withered, I can’t even swallow energy anymore."

The sprite girl ran out at once, swinging a leg to boot the chibi away: "Get lost! The master is mine!"

Nirvana: "..." So two smart units fight over their master as well? 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The chibi came flying back unsteadily, clinging to Liam’s arm and weeping most piteously. Liam helplessly rubbed his forehead. Elijah looked over curiously too, finding this war between two smart units over a master rather entertaining.

Liam crooked a finger and flicked each little smart unit once: "All right, stop quarrelling. Light of Time, start up the system."

"Yes, master!" The little Light of Time stood with heels together, hand crossed to its temple in proper military fashion, then started up the Light of Time’s system. A great many messages leapt out, along with missed call notices, network message alerts and balance change notifications.

Liam looked for the moment only at what he needed, which was the bank account, leaving the rest for the Light of Time to summarize later.

In the account, the zero from before he left had now become one hundred and twenty billion three hundred and seventy-two million silver stars. Liam started: "Why is there this much?"

Levi bowed his head respectfully:

"First is the three billion silver stars you sent the master, which the master sent straight back on receiving it. Next, the eldest young master and the mistress each transferred in one million silver stars every single day, steadily, for a whole month.

Next is the compensation the master sent to the two Martinezes, thirty billion silver stars. Fifty billion is the sum the mistress won from the Research Institute for the ancient plant drawings you produced.

Ten billion is the eldest young master’s investment in your business project. The mistress and the master each added another ten billion, thirty billion in all for the investment.

This old man has served the Hall family all his life, so he has some savings put by, and he invests seven billion silver stars in you. The remainder is young master Elijah’s."

Elijah coughed in embarrassment: "My pocket money isn’t much, and I don’t have money of my own, so that’s all I could scrape together." He said the next part loudly, as though to cover his awkwardness: "It isn’t an investment in you, I’m investing in Benjamin..."

Liam snorted a laugh: "All right, I understand. Thank you on Benjamin’s behalf." Then he looked at Levi with amusement: "Aren’t you all afraid I’ll run the business into the ground and wipe out the savings of your whole life?"

Levi smiled kindly: "The eldest young master said the second young master’s project will certainly be a brilliant success, so we have no worries at all about losses."

Liam clicked his tongue, standing up unhurriedly, putting on the Light of Time alongside Sunflower:

"Good, I accept this trust from all of you. I will certainly do it well!"