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Magic and Elder Tale
Chapter 25
18th June 2027
Akihabara
Britannia
"Now tell me why I should hire you and your associates?" Silver sat quietly as she and her companion sat opposite the leader of Britannia. In all honesty he had not been what she had expect being young with average features if not slightly below, had she been back in the real world she might have commented on the colour of his eyes but in this game purple eyes was a rather popular choice. As for his clothing well besides the union jacks on his jackets shoulders he wore nothing interesting or special it was like she was talking to a normal person rather than what she hoped would be her future boss.
At his question tough she tried to think of an appropriate response this wasn't like an interview in real life where it was formal instead this seemed to be rather lazy with the interviewer even giving them tea and cakes. Not that she was complaining it was nice to feel comfortable rather than having to constantly keep her defences up something that the teenager apparently understood as he gave them a warm friendly smile. But that didn't help her situation she knew nothing about the person in front of her besides his name and now she had to think of some good reasons why she should be taken on at the company.
"I've taken part on multiple raids and was even a member of the Debauchery Tea Party" Speaking up clearly she watched him nod as he thought about that type of information and how it could assist him.
"The party Shiroe was in wasn't he, apparently the members of that guild became rather well known for both their nature and talent" She smiled as she remembered those times her, Naotsugu, Nyanta, Shiroe and all the others they really did have a tendency to get wrapped up in all types of troubles.
"And what about you any interesting tales or experience" The man next to her shook his head before replying with a sigh of what seemed to be disappointment.
"Nah me and the guys were just casual players we logged in when we could but we didn't do anything fancy like raids" After replying the man quickly helped himself to a slice of cake easting it slowly so it made sure he wasn't disrespectful.
"That's fair but I will have to ask you what do you think being combat members for Britannia would entail" The teenager or Nat as he liked to be called spoke softly from his nice black leather chair all the while flicking his eyes between the two of them constantly analysing them for any clues.
"I would guess fighting things but it doesn't sound like you do normal fighting" Nat dint react as he heard the statement it seemed that whilst he appeared to be rather dull in mental capacities it looked more like he was hiding what he could achieve then again he already know the power to read a person's mind and memories was useful like that.
"A good observation, whilst Britannia isn't a guild instead mostly being a business it does support my projects" That drew curiosity from the two as they wondered what he meant by that something that was orchestrated by the fact that they had leant in and were looking at him curiosity.
"And what are your projects" Smiling at them Nat had his wand ready to go at any moment, an escape was impossible due to the wards as was violence but the people before him could react poorly to his propositions.
"My main goal is to investigate this world so we can return home" The two guests nodded at that, going home seemed to be a rather important goal for a lot of guilds with some even pouring in recourses. "However in the meantime we are stuck in this world and therefore must adapt as such I have quite a few things I am attending to at the moment so I can increase the happiness and normalcy of people's lives. For an example Britannia sells everyday products that they could get home and whilst I do have more services incoming I also have other situations to deal with. That is where you would come in." Frowning at the child Silver couldn't help but wonder what exactly the kid was doing that required its own set of guards.
"You still haven't cleared what we'd be doing yet" A quick glance by the teenager was sent to the older and getting him to shut up rather than interrupt him.
"Essentially you would be my own personal army I pay you a certain set of gold a year and you follow out my instructions" The man nodded as he understood that essentially they would be taking on the jobs of mercenaries for a business likely meaning that they would be protecting the store or fleecing down other people.
"My main concern at the moment is a war" That shocked them to their cores as they heard the phrase forcing them to watch the teenager's actions as he sipped his tea before looking back at them. "As a member of the round table council I know what is occurring and it is likely in the future that there will be a war, however whilst the solo players and other guilds are powerful I need my own set of people who will assist me in my goals whatever they may be". The man started to nod his head as he understood the basic idea, it was starting to sound good he would do jobs that the small teenager gave him and he would be paid a certain amount each year something that he could save up to buy their own place.
"Their would be quite a few benefits, a company car each, residence in this tower until you find your own place which includes free food as well as access to the best toys" Thinking back to what the store sold Silver couldn't help but think of the drones and the small rover cars, microphones and other gadgets.
"What else would we get" Idly Silver watched as his eyes took in her state of appearance with her damaged armour that she couldn't afford to repair yet thanks to those dam bastards of Plant Hwyaden.
"There's quite a bit but first you have to understand that this job will likely include killing people" There was no react ion from the man other than a small smirk however thanks to his memories Nat knew that neither he nor the rest of his compatriots had a problem killing people instead just trying to survive. As for silver well she had killed quite a few people of the land when she had escape from Minami and headed towards Akihabara in the first place all in self defence but she had killed people who couldn't come back to life. "Secondly you will work in secrecy, you can do whatever you want in your free time but our operations are secret and will be kept secret there are a lot of things I need to keep hidden"
"Kid so long as you pay us a decent amount don't ask us to do some too bad and don't try to fuck us over than me and the rest will happily follow your orders and play soldier" Looking into the man's mind Nat was easily able to see that all the man really wanted was to just get off the streets and have some fun and if he was offered a decent paying job as well as accommodation and a sense of normalcy than he would leap at the opportunity.
"And what about you miss Silver" Silver looked at the teenager who was asking her to sell her services at first she had thought about joining up with Shiroe but decided against it which was why she had ended up at Britannia. Britannia could pay her a decent wage and she would be safe in the knowledge of having a job as well as warn the round table via the business about Nureha and the threat she posed.
"How is loot split out?" Blinking slowly Nat smiled at her gently.
"If it's something I'm in need of than I may ask for an object but besides that you get to keep what you kill unless of course it's a specific set of items I need" She nodded slowly it was a rather fair deal in her mind she got to keep any money made from the dead and only had to give up an item if her boss needed it, something she could understand.
"Very well I accept" With a small grin on the wizard's face he stood up and looked at the other two.
"Let me introduce you to the toys first and then we can sign a business agreement" The man who had escorted Silver to Britannia shrugged his shoulders as he pulled himself up out of his chair ready to join his soon to be new employer in visiting the new armoury. With great speed the three of them found themselves in one of the glass lifts before their possible new employer pressed a button allowing the magical lift to ascend up to another floor until it eventually stopped and the doors opened.
Neither of the group said anything as the wizard walked in front of the group before he stared into a set of what appeared to be binoculars that had been attached to a wall. Of course though it was obvious to the two of them that it was a retinal scanner ensuring that their employer was the person that they were though that wasn't the first test that protected this room. Straight after the retinal scanner a sharp metal pin extended out of the wall as well as a clear glass plate; pricking his finger he then brought his finger downwards and allowed the blood to drip a few times until the plate glowed green and retracted. Straight after that a keyboard and screen appeared where the wizard then typed in a combination which was then followed by a finger print scanner and then followed by a saliva tester. However this apparently was not enough as lasers appeared and took in his ability but not before he had been suddenly doused in water and then dried.
"What the fuck does he keep in there?" Silver didn't reply as Yorick watched the security systems with some alarm and honestly she couldn't blame him after all what could be so important to maintain so many defences around it. As they watched they then observed as a hand scanner appeared taking in the imprint of the leader of Britannia's hand before then retracting which was then followed by the sound of a door opening. "Seriously what the fuck has he hidden here?"
The rumbling and screeching sound of what they could only assume was a several hundred tone steel blast door opened revealing the contents within which was just another empty white room with a wall that looked like a door.
"You have got to be joking?"
Later
"It's about fucking time, seven of these fucking doors I don't know what you're hiding boss but it better be dam worth it" The angry and annoyed tone of Yorick was rather obvious as the final door opened, after the second door they had expected the prize; but no their employer was apparently a paranoid fucker. "I mean seriously boss forgetting how the hell you managed to apparently create a tardis and shit what the fuck is worth protecting with so many doors and steel and that's without mentioning the ridiculous amount of security checks". Nat said nothing as he smirked internally; he wondered what Yorick would have stated if he had shown him the full range of defensive features after all he had just shown them the short cut.
"My arsenal" At his words Yorick followed the kid through to see modern fire arms stacked neatly and in different sets as well as the appropriate bullets. Silver looked at the weapons with a face of shock before it vanished and walked over to where they had been stored and quickly picked one up followed by a clip pushing it into place and looking down the sights.
"Are these things for real" Yorick grinned as he picked up a shotgun and pretending to fire it although he ensured not to mess with it too much.
"Indeed you can test them out on one of the many ranges but besides that I have other things" Curious Yorick put down the weapon so did Silver joining the other two as they would then walk past body armour, explosive devices, drones and other sort of military tech until they eventually reached something else.
"Oh fuck are those tanks" The last word instantly got her attention and following to where Yorick was staring the female guardian looked and true to her more vulgar comrades words there were indeed modern battle tanks. Instantly Yorick was on top of the first tank looking at in detail checking out its many parts including the main barrel of the gun as well as the tracks that drove the vehicle.
"They're fully operational and only require one person" To indicate what he meant he quickly summoned one of the games console remotes he had used for these vehicles which in this case was the most recent Play station model. Curious Yorick got off the tank and stood next to the much younger member of the trio and then watched with anticipation as the wizard moved the joystick getting the tank to move forward.
It was with wide brown eyes that Yorick watched as the modern battle tank moved forward over the stone floor as if it was being controlled by an actual driver rather than a remote control. Then to his surprise he started to watch as the tank did some basic manoeuvres like its ability to turn tightly or how its gun barrel moved up or down and then straight after he watched as the gun turned to a wall and then fired.
Bang
Boom
Looking over to where the tank had fired he saw an explosion from where the tank had fired and smashed into the wall. His eyes averted instantly back to the person who controlled the tank as the teenager then pressed another button and the machine guns located at the top of the machine began firing. Straight after though Yorick watched as the tank started to reverse back to where it had been parked its gun pointing forward until it stopped and powered down indicated by the sound the vehicle made disappearing.
"So are you in" Smirking in response Yorick just extended his hand for the younger person to shake something which was taken the wizard where they then shook each other's hands firmly.
"You got yourself some soldiers now what are the rules with this type of stuff" Yorick smiled as the thought of driving tanks crossed his mind, it was rather obvious that both he and the others would enjoy working for the kid if they got to drive military vehicles plus there was also all the firearms located in this area.
"The equipment is only to be used with my express permission, since I'm the only one who owns it I don't need random people turning up and demanding to purchase a weapon. However I have multiple training areas and fields where you can practise constantly but again you can only use this equipment with my express permission" Yorick frowned he had wanted the ability to drive the tanks in his free time and go kill goblins and other stuff but instead the kid wanted to keep the weapons hidden so other people wouldn't try to steal from him. At least that explained why the weapons were so heavily guarded.
"What if me and the boys want to go monster killing?" Again the mental image of just turning up with a tank and running over some goblins was a very fun one especially with the upcoming raid on the Yokosuka peninsula.
"Again you would need permission in general I don't have a problem with you using it however it is a case that I can't let others know that I have this sort of weaponry. I mean after all what would happen if the Americans found out that I had guns; they'd likely try to buy all the tea and throw it in the harbour. Bloody ungrateful traitorous colonial bastards this is why people like Canada more" Yorick chuckled as he heard that it was nice to see that their employer had a sense of humour.
"So if we don't tell or show anyone about the weapons and equipment as well as hide the fact that we work for you then we could go monster killing with tanks?" Speaking slowly Yorick tried to reiterate the point and see if he could get the permission to go on a full scale blitzkrieg.
"Yes the group you will be working for will be Britannia's military arm doing specialist missions when I need you besides that however you can do missions and jobs as you wish so long as you don't tell them anything about what I am doing or what I have". He knew he had repeated the same point several times alr3eady but in his mind Nat knew he had to ensure that his employees didn't go crazy with their new power and broadcast it to the world and especially not to the Americans he rather liked his tea and he also didn't want to spend effort throwing them into Mount Fuji if they pissed him off enough.
"How did you manage to accomplish all of this, getting all the weapons and vehicles as well as hiding them?" Turning his head over to Silver Nat saw the more important member of the two; whilst Yorick was a mercenary and had friends Silver had actually served in the JSDF giving her important training. Aside from that she had briefly been part of a JSDF air force guild but they had since started mulling about two afraid of the monsters and heavily missing the ability to fly fighter jets.
"That's my secret and nothing you need to worry about just that all the equipment is in top condition" Silver nodded although she wasn't happy with the answer after all here was a person who had apparently managed to gain access to top military equipment without any difficulty. Then there was what his store sold with its modern products and gear like drones or clothes all of which were on a scale that nobody else could match not even Plant Hwyaden.
"How much is the pay?" That was another rather important question in her mind since while she would be allowed to keep all the items she killed and do other missions it was nice to know how much extra she would earn a year.
"Two hundred thousand gold each a year" Calculating the costs Silver couldn't help but frown, in the real world that amount would be exceptional but in a game where good high level players could earn that in a month if they grinded hard enough it would be considered an insult. But that two hundred thousand came with free accommodation and food as well as access to the best equipment after all what other guild had tanks and the income could more than easily support her day to day living. There was also the fact that with so many large guilds constantly fighting monsters even with them stopping to hoard monster fields there wasn't enough for a person to earn that amount any more. Plus she was in the same city as multiple other members of the Debauchery tea party and by the sound of it that was what Nat apparently wanted this group to be, a small elite force that did missions for one person but besides that had free reign over their normal lives.
"That's good for the situation now can we get some proper food I'm starving" Almost as if to emphasise her point Silver could hear her stomach growl desperate for food even though she had quite a few slices of cake and a nice cup of tea.
"Not yet I need to get some of your blood to allow you to get into certain zones or else you'll be restricted to those seven gates" Silver blinked there was a way to get in here without going through the tedious process of seven incredibly heavy doors.
"Why did we just pas though seven doors if we could have an easy way out" Smirking internally Nat quickly conjured a needle and syringe as well as a chair for them to sit on inviting Silver to place her posterior on it first.
"To show you the defences of what you will be guarding however with your blood I can streamline the process" Curious she was about to ask what he meant by that when she looked over to her extend arm and watched as part of it glowed.
After quickly casting a charm to indicate where the best spot would be to make and injection he then used magic again to control the needle. Trained in medical magic he may have been but he was not a person who worked with healing magic on an everyday basis therefore it was much safer to allow the careful control of magic to handle the process rather than, he fuck something up and kill the woman.
"Is the needle suppose to do that" The obviously concerned tone of Silver was to be expected as she saw the needle that was suppose to go into her body and collect her blood fly towards her in a carefully controlled manner.
"Yes you'll be fine" With her eyes twitching at the response Silver could only wait as the sharp and surgical metal of the needle carefully insert itself into her body all in front of the woman's eyes and then began to suck in her blood. It was a rather strange experience for Silver as she watched her life force be carefully extracted from her body and into a tube, she wanted to ask questions such as why did he need her blood but instead she just sat there watching until almost as fast as it went in the needle went out and flew towards the wizard where he placed it inside his jacket pocket. Realising that her mind had been momentarily distracted, she only watched as the teenager gave a quick flick of his hand and then suddenly the puncture wound that the needle had created disappeared. "Okay Yorick"
"Do I really have to do this can't we just use the retina thing" Yorick stared at the seat uncomfortably and then at the second needle that had appeared and was floating forward all of a sudden he had this strange feeling that he was stuck in a horror movie. "Actually now that I think about it I remembered I don't like needles" His much higher pitched tone was met by his actions as his eyes seemed to scan the nearby area looking for the way out only to discover that he was trapped. But then he remembered the giant war machines that the kid kept as toys and went to rush towards one of them when he felt that he couldn't move.
With an internal sigh Nat used his magic to trap Yorick in a telekinetic hold, he perfectly understood the man's fear after all it was essentially allowing a person to stick something sharp and pointy into the body which was generally a bad thing. Still with the man's body frozen he quickly gave a flick of his fingers turning him around so that the mercenary faced him before moving his finger again moving the man into the seat before forcing him down and extending his wrist.
"Fuck no what the hell are you man" As his panic toned voice echoes through the room Yorick could only watch in fear his mind going haywire as this child seemingly took control of his body all of a sudden.
"Its just an injection" Before the man could reply he was hit by a silencing charm and could only then watch as the needle made its way into his flesh and sucked up his blood into the container before pulling out. At the same time Silver went to try and move towards the wizard but she also found herself restricted as the power of the wizard stopped her body from moving as he then took out a stick. "Obliviate"
Sighing internally Nat couldn't help but wonder how badly that had gone sure he knew that people had a fear of injections but to react that badly well it didn't matter none of them remembered the injections and they were now smirking at him.
"Okay shall we get this contract signed" With Yorick's smug tone the three of them quickly left the armoury and into the glass lift where they picked up the rest of Yorick's guild and gave them the entire contract. It didn't take long for everybody to sign the contract although they did mention how they all got paper cuts dripping blood onto the page but Nat simply smiled at them and still accepted the pieces of paper. Of course what they didn't know was that the paper had been enchanted so that when they signed their names with ink the paper would cut them releasing their blood onto the page to make it magically binding.
"All right go down to the restaurant I'll sort things out with the system and you can have meals for free so long as they are of decent size and portion I will not have you gorge yourselves and get fat" Walking with the group to the lift he quickly got a response from Yorick.
"Yeah, yeah boss, just sort stuff out, I want to play with the toys when I'm done" A smart nod of his head was Nats response as he stared out into Akihabara taking in its landscape these were just the first people he had recruited but he needed several more and fro other types of jobs.
"You'll have access in twenty four hours for now though I have other concerns so I will see you later" With that stated the glass doors opened on the elevator allowing the wizard to walk out and leave the rest of the group heading down towards the cafeteria.
Entering the potions floor Nat was met by multiple cauldrons as well as shelves of ingredients, books and already made potions. There weren't a lot at this present moment in time with him being constantly busy but there was a decent amount, and a certain set of potions were more important than others. Those particular potions were the ones he had been using on everybody with his meetings; they weren't malevolent in nature like an imperious curse instead they were more for calming down people, making them feel relaxed and friendly. By subtly removing their defences it made them far more willing to listen to what he had to say about things allowing for conversations to go far smoother although he didn't do it at the council because he needed to see how people reacted normally without being drugged.
Plus whilst he did hope to make more potions in the future it was a time consuming basis and considering how little time he got to sleep as it was just planning and organising as well as doing up building and repairing roads well he didn't have the time needed for more complex potions. He also knew that it was due to this that he would never be able to sell potions since he wouldn't have the time to pick the ingredients let alone keep enough batches brewing all at once to keep the people happy.
Lastly at least for the moment it appeared that Roderick had this covered with he and the rest of his guild producing more potions especially ones that affected a person's appearance allowing those who were in the wrong gender to go back. Then again there were likely a small group of people who would willingly switch gender to their natural born one so they could experience things from a different perspective.
As he moved forward to the nearest cauldron he quickly used magic to summon a potions bottle dipping it into the container allowing it to be filled with some of the potion that had been created. Magic was somewhat of a confusing thing and yet it wasn't a person could give themselves infinite food or water by copying it however with potions that was not the case. Unlike mundane food potions like every other magical item generally could not be duplicated allowing for an infinite supply forcing those with magical abilities to have certain jobs however it didn't matter that much.
A decently trained magical could survive without money all they would need to do was find a place far away from muggle's and then promptly rob a muggle store of the necessities duplicating the items when needed. But that was why magical stores existed you couldn't duplicate dragon hide or other magical ingredients or gizmos since they had a seemingly built in anti duplication ability built into them.
As for why he was brewing potions when he still had a lot left from his last batch well it was mostly due to his belief of always being prepared, he didn't know when some disaster could strike but having potions ready was rather important just in case.
But then his thoughts lingered onto his new employees, they weren't anything special; Yorick and his lot were just average casual players who while perfectly fine with killing monsters did not make the type of cash to live a comfortable life. As for silver well after the Tea party she wondered around on different servers joining different guild and doing random tasks, when the catastrophe attacked she was asked to be a main member of Plant Hwyaden but refused not interested in the politics instead having more entertainment in the fun of the game. As for why she joined well she was low on money, incredibly bored and wanted to be part of a different guild rather than trying to put back the Tea Party piece by piece.
For how he was going to sort out the groups security clearance well that again was simple and he was about to do it first by apparating to his room where he kept the wards for ease of comfort although still heavily protected by magic. Now in his room all he did was walk towards his desk and find the ward stone which was hidden by a trap door which quickly moved open after sensing his presence allowing him to enter and descend the stairs into a private room where a large marble stone was sat. Walking over to the stone he quickly brought out the vials of blood he had got from his new employees before placing them inside a drawer which had suddenly emerged and then shut. With that action done the stone glowed red as it took in the life essence and responded to his commands of what they were and were not allowed to do essentially giving them the privileges that came with being a member of Britannia.
Quickly leaving the secret room and heading up the stairs Nat commanded the building to prepare the welcoming packet for when the new soldiers came up and had a go with the toys. The welcoming packet would contain a phone which would have all their numbers in as well as a map of the tower with instructions of where they were and were not allowed to go; it was rather basic and he may add more things later but for now other matters called his attention matters which had to be done or else the security of the city could be put in massive jeopardy
Later
Random Street
There was no noise as Nat apparated in front of a rundown building, he didn't know what it had been before its destruction neither did he particularly care but he had chosen this particular building on one of his nights when walking through the city in hopes of getting to know it better. It was a large building and like most of the other buildings he had seen had likely belonged to some type of company that had used it as a base of operations in whatever they sold. But the reason he had chosen this building was mostly because of its location at the end of a road blocking off other places and with a large swimming pool behind it and a garden in front which was protected by a fence all around its premises. Actually now that he looked at the structure it appeared like it was a typical school from an anime with its grand scale and almost welcoming appearance which contrasted to other schools as they looked more like prisons than places of education.
It was almost a shame what he was going to do with it what he would turn this place of education into however it was a necessary sacrifice and when he and the rest of the council started to put money together for a school it was agreed they would choose the nearest one to the Guild Hall. As for this place whilst it may have been grand once it had since degraded only being used by people to take refuge from the weather or used for other types of behaviour. Then again the distance this place had made it the perfect choice for what his plans were since it was a good distance from the core of Akihabara and could easily be avoided, something that would be needed.
400,000 Gold
Purchase Cancel
Quickly purchasing the building he then pulled up the menu for the building and clicked ban on everyone forcing those who had been inside to suddenly teleport back to the guild hall. With his new business adventure bought he now had to change this place from a ruined old school into a place that people would enjoy. Quickly looking at his watch and checking the time he noticed it was around eleven o'clock, it was a decent time to start and with his boosted power levels he could likely get it done by two o'clock the next morning allowing it to be opened later the day afterwards if he found the right manager. With those thoughts completed he quickly started casting magic to hide the school from prying eyes what he was going to do would be considered horrifying in the modern world but he had a few reasons for what he was going to do most of which were for the benefit of the city rather than himself.
Still though as he headed inside of his newly acquired school which he would turn into something else he could never have once imagined that he would find himself in this type of situation. Then again the current set of events weren't normal and there were many problems that had to be solved and with any luck this could deal with a rather important one at least temporarily at the same time he wasn't planning on holding onto the business for long. Added to this would be the fact that with it being built and serving customers he would have to defend not only it but the whole practise in front of the council. Although he could perfectly understand the concerns of what people would think but like a lot of other things it was necessary even if he had to sacrifice a school to get it done.
19 June 2027
2:18 Am
Britannia
Top Floor
It was with utter silence that Nat watched as the rain started to pour down onto Akihabara filling it streets with water clogging some areas up where it should have poured down into the sewers but due to most of their destruction such a thing wasn't possible. As for the reason he was up well he was normally awake at this time, the affairs of the city never stopped and unlike the other round table members he ensured constantly things worked as they should or created plans. And it was for this exact reason why he was waiting for some guests he supposed he should have called it, already he knew they had arrived and was currently taking a nice long bath before their first meeting.
This business venture he found himself in was not one he had expected to find himself going into but desperate times called for desperate measures and he desperately needed information. Plans and strategies were important in war as were a great many other things but they required information on so many levels such as who were the enemy, what equipment did they have , the plans they possessed. But not all information had to be related directly to an enemy army he needed information on general things such as the opinion of common people, rumours of many things or different things.
And for all his power he couldn't just keep ransacking people's minds for the knowledge, sure it was efficient but with so many other tasks to complete his own personal time that was used for spying had to be downgraded. Already he had plans for his next set of buildings and what they would do besides the apartments, in truth he would have liked to have started on other services especially free health care but it wasn't possible as of yet. He would need more money to sustain so many services and to do that he needed more income but he did not wish to raise prices unless he had to.
So many things had to be put in place and they all required significant sums of cash to purchase the buildings although that general price would significantly decrease once they just had to be maintained since he would only have to pay the cost of staff. But at this present moment defence had to come first not only to settle internal problems but also external plus if his guest's accepted his offer he could hopefully deal with multiple issues at once.
Still he knew that his guests were more than likely to accept his offer after all it was a rather good one and after hearing about their reputation from people in the local inn who should have been far quieter then they should have been. Plus what they didn't know was his ability to read minds allowing him to bypass any of their lies or bluffs, something that they may try to do due to their profession. His warning of their arrival was obvious due to both the wards and the ping of the elevator when the doors opened. Turning around instantly he looked at his guests in person taking in their appearance.
The two guests were both female and both Kitsune they were also incredibly similar although there were noticeable differences. There was also an age gap between them although it didn't look like much with the older of the two looking like she was in her early twenties whilst the younger looked like she was sixteen. Both of them would have been called incredibly beautiful with flawless creamy white skin, long legs and curves in all the right places they both also possessed rather large busts although the older looking one was slightly bigger. He didn't know what the size of the women were neither did he care his only knowledge on that type of information came when Kate had taken him shopping with her when he was younger asking him for advice what underwear looked sexy. Suffice to say Kate had been annoyed with him due to not being able to answer her questions then again he was ten and she was seventeen a year older than the age of consent in the U.K.
Of course he knew what these two women were; Prostitutes, Whores, Pleasure Women, Courtesans there were many words for them and the profession they worked in was called the oldest in the world for a reason. Instantly using legimency he quickly gained the information needed from their minds to have the basic information he required as well as doing his best to skip past a good chunk of their memories not particularly interested in their "Exploits".
The pair were actually a mother and daughter with the older being thirty one despite looking so long whilst her daughter was indeed sixteen. Akane the mother of the two had apparently been left abandoned being given to a brothel where she was raised, naturally this education involved sex a lot of sex. However being a foxtail or Kitsune as Nat preferred the tone she soon gained attention of the owner who apparently owned multiple brothels where he decided to educate her so that she could run the current brothel when she grew up. Apparently the owner was very fond of Akane because unlike the other women who were at the brothel just to earn a living Akane had become an incredibly pricey piece of merchandise and rather enjoyed the act of pleasuring people. When she was thirteen though she found herself pregnant with Kato eventually giving birth to the girl the next year when she had turned fourteen as if it was any better.
Apparently though and contrasting everything Nat would have assumed about the profession in this type of period the owner had found the news of the pregnancy brilliant since it gave him another Kitsune which was apparently rather rare. The rest of the memories showed him that Akane had raised Kato in the same way she was raised with it quickly being realised that Kato had the same lust for sex that her mother had. Nat ensured to quickly skip past the bits which later showed a rather disturbing amount of incestual love and with these two women it went far more beyond than the odd petting the head more lovingly then they should have been.
As for the reason why they were here, two incredibly high class and rather expensive prostitutes well apparently their owner had died and their son had lost the entire business gambling. The new owner apparently weren't as kind as their old one and so the two quickly left their temple of pleasure to come to Akihabara where they had heard Adventurers possessed enormous amounts of gold. But those dreams apparently were quickly dashed with the state the current city was in and while they did have enough money to survive on it wasn't enough to go back to where they had come from nor did they want to. And as for their views on the adventurers in the city they considered them to be far too cheap unable to pay for the top quality services they provided as well as the fact that the one or two adventurers which did have the money being rather lacklustre when it came to pleasure leaving the prostitutes bored and unfulfilled.
"Ladies can I offer you some tea and cakes" The two women blinked as they looked at the fifteen year old dressed in his casual uniforms offering them food and drink. What they were also confused about, was why they were wearing what adventurers had called smart casual clothing with a white top black skirt and high heels.
"Thank you" Akane spoke slowly as she spoke slowly her confusion evident all the while she looked at her daughter seeing the same confusion plastered on her face.
"Very good please seat yourself in front of the table and we can get to business" Akane gave a small smile as she thought about what business he meant, it was rather obvious ho this person was even if he hadn't stated his name. After all she was on the top floor of Britannia a rich business and part of the Round table something that was bound to give them a large amount of cash to pay for their services.
Walking towards the leather chairs Akane slowly slid her finger across the fabric feeling it all over her body whilst she looked around the room all the while her daughter did the same thing.
"This is a very beautiful room it's far nicer than the streets, I must ask how much did this cost you" She spoke slowly but with hints of lust in her voice hoping to try and tease the rather younger male.
"That isn't important and contrary to what you think I invited you here for, You are not here to have sex" Akane frowned as she eyes turned towards the much younger person, he wasn't anything special in the looks department being plain if not slightly under something she was unused to having generally only fucked those who were highborn and had the many advantages that came with it."Then why did you invite me and my daughter here to your tower if it wasn't to enjoy us" Sensually she purred out the last two words hoping to cause some kind of reaction and get the teenager off guard although it had no effect.
"Indeed while we are high class you are suppose to take us after a payment or do you not know how this works" Kato turned her eyes onto the wizard as she sat down on the leather chair comfortably although in a way that emphasised her assets as they were momentarily jutted forward however much to her annoyance the leader of Britannia didn't even luck her way.
"As I said before you two are here for a business offer, now you can stop flaunting your bodies and listen or you can leave and I will find someone who will" Akane and Kato looked at each other before smiling agreeing silently on their action something that was confirmed in their actions as Akane sat herself down although in a rather provocative manner.
Rolling his eyes internally Nat walked over with the cakes and teas before sitting himself down opposite the two women looking at them with a casual face before then silently offering them tea and cakes. The two accepted rather easily although they were rather adamant in showing just what they wanted by their way they slowly ate and drunk in a far more sexual manner all the while they had lustful gazes and were constantly glancing at a particular area of their body obviously expecting a reaction.
Dealing with the two women's antics were incredibly easy for him, first was the fact that he just wasn't interested at all, second was that he had seen far more sexual creatures. It was a general characteristic of Eastern Europe teams to bring Veela wherever they went in hopes of putting the opposing team off balance by sheer good looks and incredibly erotic clothing that just skimmed over the lines that was acceptable. After that was the allure when Veela tried to ensnare people's minds by pumping up their hormones to a point where all they wanted to do was rush up to the creatures tear off their clothes and mate with them as fast and hard as they can their minds completely lost to lust? Some people like himself were resistant or even immune to the natural charm with it having to be in high intensity to take affect but Occlumency was a rather useful ability for more than just keeping the mind protected as it prevented the allure from taking effect.
"And what is this business offer" Sweeping away some hair slowly Akane started to wrap it around her finger all the whilst her bright ruby red eyes locked onto the wizards frame.
"I'll put it plainly I give you a fully furnished brothel and money to pay workers or any other short term expenses, in return for you giving me information" Kato looked at the wizard in shock her bright sky blue sixteen year old eyes blinking in shock as she heard the offer that had been placed on the table quickly she looked to her mother the one who had raised her and was far more use to this. Akane however looked at the child in both suspicion and glee a whore and sex addicted woman she may be but she wasn't stupid and that type of offer was far too good although she didn't narrow her eyes instead just making them sultrier.
"And why would I accept such a delicious proposal when all you get is information I will have you know that me and my daughter are not slaves you can just buy once and fuck whenever you want. We are high class pleasure women, you will have to pay every time you want to play with us unless of course you're interested in marriage" Getting the message Kato joined her mother in giving her best sexy eyes all the while she gently roamed her body with her hands trying to entice the teenager to what he could have if he only paid for them. In response Nat only sipped his tea whilst his eyes never once left their nor did they show any sign or indication of lust or arousal in fact is Kato was to say anything he looked bored or much to the injury of her personal pride uninterested at all in her supple and large breasted body.
"We all know that prostitution is rife in the city especially at night, the moans make it quite clear" Akane smirked as her mind wondered back to hours before where she heard multiple whores as they plied their trade.
"Indeed it's a wonderful sound is it not, I remember when Kato here moaned like that for the first time" Instead of blushing like a normal person might have Kato only seemed to gain a lustful expression as she remembered how her head was in her mother's lap all the while some handsome twenty year old ploughed into her. Seeing the reaction Nat leaked a very small amount of his magical power it wasn't noticeable to the women in feeling it but it did do the job of getting them to think back onto the topic at hand.
"As a member of the round table conference it is my job to help run the city and one of the issues facing Akihabara is prostitution" Instantly Akane and her daughters face started to harden with their tails twitching slightly they remembered several priests who were not too fond of their activities calling them heathens and trying to have them killed.
"If you are planning on having us killed it will look bad on you" The slight growl of Kato's voice was ignored by Nat as he focused on the mother who was the older one of the two and seemed to be in charge.
"Personally I have no problem with people fucking whoever they want" What he didn't mention was he did have a thing against incest considering what it resulted in but since he didn't want to use spells to convince the two Kitsune he left that out. "However I will not allow it to continue on the streets, once you own the brothel I'm sure a great deal of people will attend working out for us both". Akane chuckled slightly as she heard that instantly knowing what he wanted after all she had seen it in many other cities.
"You wish to create a red light district somewhere specific, where us pleasure women can have our fun instead of the dirty streets" The older Kitsune smirked as she leaned in although she wished the wizard had allowed her to keep her normal clothes, it was far harder for her breasts to bounce when they were enclosed in this adventurer underwear and what was worse it wasn't even the sexy underwear she had seen in Britannia just plain white and cotton.
"Unlike my fellow members I have an understanding of the culture here; a lot of women rely on prostitution to survive. If it was out right banned and made illegal than a lot of women and children would starve to death, most of them don't want to work in the business but a lack of jobs prevents such action although some do rather like their jobs and would never quit until their beauty fades". There was a light chuckle in response from Akane as she stared at the adventurer licking her lips as she heard those words.
"My, my you certainly are the smart one; already you've figured things out. You know you can't get rid of prostitution so you want to put us all in one area to make the rest of the city look tidy, then by giving me and my daughter a brothel you give the rest of the pleasure women here somewhere to reside. And what do you want in return... information' deary I've worked in this business for a while so I know exactly what information you want. Plans, rumours strategy, blackmail all stuff that can be difficult to obtain; but people have so much looser tongues when they've been fucked good and hard. Some can even fall in love with the whores allowing themselves to be manipulated"
Nat didn't react as he heard her speak with her rather vulgar words, he could easily tell that it was her way of trying to get him to react especially since she seemed to have realised that unbuttoning her top to allow him access to her massive cleavage hadn't worked at all. He guessed he had surprised the two women with his lack of reaction; had he been anyone else, than the two would have caused their faces to blush red with embarrassment allowing them to pounce and have their way with them but instead he simply sat there with a calm expression on his face his eyes never leaving there's all the while he drank tea as well as eating a slice of cake afterwards.
"Oh so is that what he wants, he wants us and any future whores to get information from our customers and give it to him all in return for the ownership of said building". Like her mother Kato leaned in looking the wizard dead in the eye smirking as his plans were revealed. "Tell me how we know you're not lying and are trying to get a free fuck for empty promises because a few have tried that before and they haven't liked what happens when they try to mess with us" Instead of saying anything Nat just brought out his ipad and quickly opened up the gallery containing pictures of the brothel he was trying to sell. Taking the device quickly Akane tried to place her hand on the wizards hoping that the two of them touching skin would cause something to occur but alas before she could Nat quickly withdrew his hands from the device.
"And what's this?" Looking at the photos Akane leaned over so that she could share the device with her daughter. The first photo showed what she assumed the entrance was with great big green grass fields in front of a very nicely built structure that had many windows. Idly she wiped the image having seen some adventurers do it before revealing the next picture of the entrance way, it was rather beautiful and yet sultry. There was a desk and table on one side where she assumed people would pay but after that she saw things she was far more accustomed to with round seats that were large enough for people to have sex on. There were also poles extending down from the floor idly she assumed that it was some kind of adventurer thing. Flicking through the pages she was met with images of many private rooms that were obviously used for doing the deed although there were different types and looks as well as other rooms.
As he watched the two of them look through the property Nat couldn't help but give an internal sigh of annoyance. Creating the brothel had been a lot harder than he has assumed, with no interest in romance or sex he didn't have a dam clue about what type of things people found attractive nor could he access the internet or find a book on the subject as such he had delved into people's minds. He can't remember what he saw having used an oblivation charm on himself after he had established the place all he did know was that he had left a message for himself not to do so again. Apparently the Japanese mind on sex was far more disturbing than the average person (Apparently it had to do with tentacles for an odd reason) something he had found out as he had looked into many minds. Oh well at least he didn't have to worry about seeing that stuff again and he could maintain his innocence as his sister had once called it.
"This brothel it comes with a lot of equipment there are even private residences for whores separate from the main rooms." Nodding to Akane point Nat nodded from what he knew he had added them into to give the people who would work at the brothel some sense of privacy rather than staying in the rooms that people would constantly be having sex in.
"There is far too much stuff in here not mention the brothels size to be cheap" Giving a lustful look at the wizard Kato allowed her bright golden hair to fall down in front of her all the while her fox tails swayed happily side to side. "So tell me Mr. Britannia how much did this all cost you so me and my mother can think of what to five you as a reward" Licking her lips slowly she was surprised again when she didn't see the wizard react once causing her eye to twitch slightly in anger at being ignored.
"The cost of the building, Plus the renovation, equipment and money I will give you to start off comes roughly at one and a half million in gold" Time seemed to freeze for the two Kitsune as they heard the figure unsure if they had heard right their eyes indicating their shock.
"One and a half million all for some information" Speaking slowly Akane watched as their possible benefactor nodded slowly confirming that their suspicions had indeed been correct. "And we get a fully furnished brothel for us to own and run however we like and all we have to do is give you information that we would receive" Her tone was in shock but it was also starting to dissipate something that was rather obvious as the two Kitsune's tails began to move rapidly back and forth their excitement at the idea very obvious.
"Indeed although do be aware that the age of consent is thirteen" It was a warning a very subtle one telling the two not to cross him and by extension the round table. By giving the two of them this offer it would mark them on the map instantly as not only the first brothel but also the most upscale one, the most professional one, the wealthiest one as well as the most influential one. This would all be achieved because of its size and so in a sense Nat was offering the two of them to be the queens of prostitution the top foxes the people who ran the entire business essentially giving them vast amounts of power all in return for information. Again there was no immediate spoken response just a few chuckles that came from Akane which were followed by her daughter as they looked into his eyes attempting to see if he was serious and to their surprise he was.
"I like you I really do, giving us this amount of power and business all for spying on people who would frequent our brothel. Your cold and smart the others wouldn't have dared such a move to much of their pride on display even if me and Kato here had fucked them nonstop for hours" Looking into the dull purple eyes of the leader of Britannia Akane couldn't help but feel incredibly aroused. Yes she had practically been addicted to sex as soon as she knew about the act getting her daughter to be the same as well but even with her old owner nobody had treated her so well even out of their own personal interest.
"Do you accept my proposal, control of the brothel and two hundred thousand in gold for you giving me every single scrap of information you get" The two women looked at each other with lust as they imagined what they would be able to do which they then turned to the wizard slowly rising their mind hell bent on one thing.
"Touch me and this proposal goes out the window" Like always his voice was calm but it had the intended effects of getting the two rather horny Kitsune of stopping in their tracks although annoyed that they hadn't been able to do what they had planned.
"We do"
"Good but one other thing you will not tell anyone about me or Britannia's involvement and the same goes with hinting or giving any clues I do have a reputation to keep "Yet again the females nodded and then to their surprise a piece of paper and a pen appeared although the paper had been written out in an obvious contract form.
Without hesitating the two women read and filled in the form although they did cut themselves on the paper causing blood to fall onto the paper but they didn't mind neither did Nat as he also signed the contract and allowed a drop of his blood to spill on the paper.
"A pleasure doing business the device for giving me information is already located in the brothel as well as instructions how to use it. For now though the two of you can use a guest room here's the key" Quickly catching the key Kato couldn't help but wonder if the younger boy wasn't joking about his lack of sexual interest sure she could understand keeping professional in such situations in fact it was rather admirable but afterwards than was when the three of them were suppose to have sex together but instead he had simply handed over the keys and told politely to leave.
"Indeed we do hope to continue business with you in the future perhaps something of a far more pleasurable nature" Sighing as she realised that her words had no affect on the wizard Akane followed her daughter into the lift and eventually into their guest room for the night. As soon as they arrived their clothes were immediately torn off each other as they celebrated their new business deal in their favourite method possible. Had it not been for the enchantments the moans from the Kitsune would have informed all in the city of their activities however Nat was smarter than that and as such did not have to undergo hearing the sounds of two beautiful, busty Kitsune women ravaging each other?
Still his mind wondered onto his choice of priorities, spending six hundred thousand in gold just to deal with the problem of prostitution was not exactly what he wanted to do but it was the best chance he had of sorting out the problem in the short term. And Prostitution was becoming a larger problem, with many people starting to dwindle down to their final savings since they couldn't find a job or didn't venture outside the city they were turning to whoring out their own bodies just to survive. There was nothing he could do to prevent this at this moment in time since there just weren't the jobs to employ people yet alone the majority of the population as a result he was left with containment. If he could limit the act to one are he could hopefully create areas in the city that were used for different purposes instead of it all being clustered together. Plus with any luck it would take away the whores who were starting to hang around outside many businesses and guild buildings trying to entice people who were causing the amount of people to visit said placed to decline. Perhaps it wasn't the right move or action to take but with the importance of income which he used to not only pay people but invest into the city he couldn't risk it.
A hospital would be his first real public facility since he would still control it but not contribute any money or information towards him only favour especially as he would make it free. Still preparing for what would likely be a rather heavy drain on recourses needed preparation, at this current moment in time he could likely maintain a small hospital but it wouldn't be enough and the staff would quickly become overworked. That was why ne needed more income so when he did build public services like the hospital which would be followed by other things such as police and fire service that they could be paid well and maintained. Because whilst the rest of the round table councils were busy trying to expand their trade or guilds and using the taxes they collected to maintain or buy a few buildings they were mostly just leaving the rest of the city to itself.
Personally he didn't mind footing the bill for the many services he would provide since it would give him incredible leverage over his peers however it did mean things would have to progress at a slower rate. As well as that it also meant that increasing income would have to be more important than the public facilities and while in the future taxes may increase and allow the council to provide it own services until then people would be reliant on him. Still income had to come first and that was why he had created such a large investment with the two women since if prostitution was allowed to carry on near businesses and especially Britannia than it could spell disaster for all of Akihabara.
As for his opinion on the two women well he didn't particularly care for them not that he did for anyone besides his sister, they were business acquaintances they provided a vital service and he gave them a lot of things they could only dream about. As for their personal incestual love for one another that was considered bad even by medieval standards well again he didn't care the two of them had been raised as whores and given a lot of luxuries because of it. And if the two women had sex constantly on their minds he still didn't care it was generally stated that most guys constantly thought about it so if they wanted to have fun with people than it was their choice. However they were not stupid, reading the mothers mind he had seen (after he had quickly skipped the many sex parts) that she was quite competent at running a business and her daughter had also seemed to inherit that from her. Meaning that the possible future business was in safe hands and he didn't have to worry about a loss if information and the contract had stipulated and was now enforced by magic many things that would prevent telling or even hinting at who had given her the business it had also prevented a betrayal like giving false information or withholding it.
If he was lucky his plan would work and the establishment of a whore house would attract many of the participants in that trade to move to that area and it would allow for those who wished to pay for such services a much cleaner place to do so. Putting aside the consequences for the actual pleasure women and their families the results of banning prostitution on adventurers would be rather bad. They had all been taken against their will and most of them were still petrified not knowing how to act and scared they had taken to pleasure women to keep them calm almost like it was a drug such as tobacco or alcohol. Yes some would likely become addicted but for now there was a large amount of inactive powerful group of people who were managing to keep their anger low or wish to cause trouble by sleeping with prostitutes essentially lowering the crime rate.
Now as for why he had given over such a large investment without gaining any cash well it was due to his reputation. Unlike the real world menus showed many details about objects and one of them were buildings such as who owned it. With him trying to put on the appearance of a kind and caring person who had good moral values his reputation would shatter if people discovered he had been involved with prostitution in anyway. Now gambling strangely didn't have that same connotation he could likely get away with casinos if he wished to but for now it was better to stick to more pure business that wouldn't garner a bad reputation.
His actions with the two women however had more than the business deal benefits for him in fact the two women benefited the most since besides owing the brothel the statement that it made was very obvious. The two had been very cal about it but he had noticed it when he had informed them of his decision of giving women not only control of a brothel but also ensuring that it was women who had been born in this world rather than an adventurer. Firstly by giving the women control of brothel it gave them a status they normally wouldn't receive since they physically owned property something that marked not only great respect from others but perhaps inspire a more powerful equality movement by the Lander population. Sure it was a subtle one since the business was a whore house however it was likely they would create a great amount of money and therefore inspire other women to create their own businesses. Secondly was the fact that they were people of the land; compared to the first model point where it was a stigma against women owning property in Akihabara it was physically impossible to purchase or own property due to the magic. However by using his own magic he had bypassed the wards; by physically giving the women control of the property via the contract he had essentially gone through a backdoor since the wards had nothing to prevent him from doing such a thing.
Personally he was for both gender and racial equality among humans although not among all magical creatures especially the goblins due to their nature. However it had to be done in the right ways and with the right message and goals in mind not the stupid shit that existed now which was in fact incredibly detrimental for the equality. This was why he had acted in the manner he had it was subtle yet far reaching and when it came to his meeting with the Lander nobility he could state confidently whilst not talking down to the people in charge. The straight forward approach when it came to those negotiations would be rather detrimental and it was for this reason he had to try and get Maryelle not to attend the meeting that was sure to come.
Maryelle would be considered an amazing woman as well as beautiful but in the current social climate brining her to represent the round table when there were eleven other males would very much be considered an insult of the highest order. Now normally he would be fine with insulting people harshly but this wasn't the time where he tailed his sister when she visited Saudi Arabia with a friend forcing him to nearly kill a lot of people due to a few... incidents. Instead these people were important and very crucial in Akihabara's future plus they had the advantage of not being ruled by some barbaric beliefs on some stupid imaginary friend based on a book written several thousand years ago.
Yes the type of people who ruled Eastal were somewhat similar to what he was use though more powerful since wizards didn't own entire cities and d chunks of lands where they could train soldiers. However they didn't know him besides his reputation one which with any luck would become even better with the time he had between now and the meeting. Another advantage he possessed was that unlike the typical magical world where any politician with common sense learned Occlumency to defend them; these people would be unable of doing such a thing. Again though he would have to be certain of certain things; like he was doing with the two women in building up a spy base the two other side's consisting of Westerlande and Eastal already had one and he was behind.
Information would be crucial in the coming days and perhaps month's if they weren't able to get home, the rather poor performance by Eastal was rather simple to watch with their rings although he had a different feeling. While wearing rings may be obvious it was far too obvious for the time period instead he had a feeling that the average people wearing rings were a distraction, sure they would report back but it was the ones who were hiding and more than likely in the guild meeting hall. He would have to deal with these spies shortly but he had to be subtle about it, if whoever owned the spies realised they were being taken out then they would become suspicious instead he would have to turn them to his side and feed them misdirection. And if they refused well a well placed fidelus charm could do the trick.
The fiddelus charm was made rather famous due to the past wars with hiding information or places, even if it was difficult to cast he was sure he would be capable of performing such a spell now and erasing all living evidence of a person. True the more known a subject was the harder and more power was needed to cast but this however this wasn't the modern age where people were far more connected due to the internet instead people would likely live in small communities and even back during earths medieval periods the average wizard had enough power to hide a person from an entire village.
But perhaps it would be too much effort and a punishment instead it the better course of action was to discover the identity of the spy master and deal with them personally. Wiping their memories and implanting new ones would be easy enough to do plus it would look less suspicious than if a person vanished of the face of the planet entirely as well as taking far less power. Added to this he couldn't exactly allow a person who he had wiped of the face of the planet just go walk about, sure the fidelus kept stuff secret incredibly well but if the subject was shown people could still see them defeating the whole person. Added to this he would have to look after the people, which would mean holding them in a cell their entire lives or dropping them off on another continent which again was far too much effort.
No doing a fidelus charm was far too much hassle and ineffective for people instead it was easier and more effective to wipe out each person's memories of the events and use the fidelus charm for non sentient beings. It was one of the ways he ensured that the new owners of the brothel would not be sharing the information; by using a random person as the secret keeper and then wiping their memories the spell could be completed without fuss. Plus with the magic that stopped the women mentioning, hinting or speaking about where they had gotten the information he had also added a secret piece of magic which would kill them as a last resort should they be in anyway liable for that information being given up.
But even with a single brothel giving him information it wasn't enough far less than enough, adding the spies for other factions onto his side was good but even than it was a risk instead he also needed to make his own set of spies and where best to look than the poor. So often did people not care about the poor and people on the streets not caring about them in their ignorance and speaking or doing matters that should be kept secret and one of the best examples were children. Perhaps it was his natural thinking process or perhaps it was being inspired by game of thrones but children could so very often get into places that other people couldn't and while he didn't have the time to teach children to read and write he would not need to.
There was a device he had made recently he didn't have a name for it but it would be incredibly useful to any possible spy exploits allowing for a multitude of jobs to be done such as recording sound taking pictures recording people. Added to that the information could be then sent via a built in port key to him reducing the risk of being caught via opening the menu or sending a letter that could possibly be intercepted. It was the system in which the two new owners of the brothel would use to give him the information he would require and he had left instructions about its use in their office.
This gadget would be vital to his plans but he still very much found himself in the situation where he had to find the people who were willing to spy on him and not just in Akihabara but all of Yamato and in time beyond that as well. There was far too much information to gather and he didn't not have the time to gather it and this led to a rather large hole when it came to defence since you couldn't plan a proper defence without information. But his spies wouldn't be out to get purely tactical information on enemies or political information he also needed more general information such as how did a certain place feel about a certain set of people. Other things included were how economies ran in different places, popular people, technologies, possible contact with other civilizations as well as a great many other things. If he had to business or discuss anything with anyone he would need information to make them feel more comfortable just like how muggle companies were requiring potential applicants to know more about the business they applied to even if it mattered very little. It was likely because of how he was brought up but what did it matter if the average person knew everything about the company it wasn't important what was, was the fact that they could do their job well.
When he had interviewed people to work at Britannia he hadn't cared if they knew all about the company and the amount they might make all, he did was that they could do the job well. It was like the ever growing problem with higher education in the western world since degrees and the like were becoming far too common and there for be less special. Yes having people able to research topics was good and needed for certain fields but when people with degrees were fighting the average person out of school for a part time job in a restaurant it showed just how bad the standard had fallen. In the wizarding world one did not have that problem since the only way to get masteries in subjects was either by being an apprentice or researching independently sort of like an online university not by throwing people into another school that was cause significant debt and force highly educated people for some dead end job when they should have been working in a field where it required the highest of academic ability.
Plus one of the largest and damaging effects of encouraging everybody to go on to higher education is that it left other fields weak and lacking. After all when everybody is told that being a doctor or lawyer is impressive people want to do that but when years down the line when everybody had those degrees what they do when there aren't the jobs or other services. Balancing jobs was difficult but also important one couldn't get all its civilians into one type of job since it reduced the amount going into other industries like manufacturing or construction; they weren't as fancy or big paying but important to a modern society.
Nat blinked before sighing as he realised he had gone on yet another mental rant as he thought about the problems that society faced though he was happy that at the moment it would be quite some time before he had to worry about not having to worry about certain industries not having the right amount of people in them.
So yeah here is chapter 25 sorry it took longer than i hoped due to fanfiction going weird but its here now.
Well in this chapter we start to see Nat build up his own personal military as well as deal with another one of the problems that face the city. As for the new characters Silver and Yorick are more likely to appear than Akane and Kato since the latter two wont be getting much about them since their independent having only to give Nat information. As for oc character creation in general i dont know how that going to work out since i have had a massive amount wrote about Nat but the others are unlikely to get that type of thing so the characters may end up being bland as they again will generally be independent doing their own thing unless Nat calls them in.