Chapter 8
<span style="font-weight:400">Late night.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mira slumped down to her bed, staring into the ceiling.
<span style="font-weight:400">Her hands slowly moved towards her phone on the bed and picked it up. The family picture that she took on the day Yuuji became her family was on the screen. The bright and beautiful smiles of her children and little sister.
<span style="font-weight:400">Instead of the ceiling, she began staring at it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Looking at the little, cute boy, the apple to her eyes, she couldn’t believe how much he had grown…
<span style="font-weight:400">It was so sudden… He had suddenly be the most handsome man she had ever seen in her entire life. Even as a business woman who had a ce within the rich and the high society.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then right after, she found out he has a friend from a hidden yet powerful and extremely rich family who was close enough for her to give him a one of a kind artifact of a scepter.
<span style="font-weight:400">And tonight, she had just found out what a genius her son actually was…
<span style="font-weight:400">Even now, she couldn’t believe how quickly Yuuji grasped everything she taught him. Everything, from the basics to the advance, was understood by him so naturally, as if he was learning simple addition.
<span style="font-weight:400">He showed an impressive and deep understanding in the market situation in but a nce,prehended every trading and investment strategy she exined and even proposed what could be improved on them, and even the foresight on what to invest that was closer to looking into the future rather than instinct.
<span style="font-weight:400">Being shown such a thing, of course she would be extremely shocked as well as excited! Her son showed a talent and potential to be an even better investor than her and her peers!
<span style="font-weight:400">As she began teaching him more and more, she lost track of time, and by the time she realized, it had already been close to midnight.
<span style="font-weight:400">When she was about to end it, however, her son seemed to still be enthusiastic. He was listening so closely to her and seemed genuinely interested.
<span style="font-weight:400">There was no way she could stop here! However, he still had school tomorrow as well as the promise to make his and her daughters’ lunch together in the morning, thus ending their night session there.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji seemed a bit disappointed, but he did relent and thanked her for the lesson. He’s such an understanding and kind boy.
<span style="font-weight:400">But, unable to leave it at this note, she did something on the spur of the moment.
<span style="font-weight:400">She put 10,000 yen into his investing ount and told him to try and multiply this money by at least two folds by the end of the week.
<span style="font-weight:400">He seemed surprised, but epted the challenge and test before bidding her good night and returned to his room.
<span style="font-weight:400">And now… Now that she had calmed down considerably, she couldn’t help but sigh…
<span style="font-weight:400">How could she tell aplete amateur to double 10,000 yen in just six days?
<span style="font-weight:400">She didn’t mind if he failed since it would be a good lesson for him to not be reckless. But she didn’t want him to be discouraged by this!
<span style="font-weight:400">“Perhaps I should retake what I said…?”
<span style="font-weight:400">She thought for a moment… But after seeing how brilliant he was and the look of excitement in his eyes when she gave him the challenge, she decided not to at least for now.
<span style="font-weight:400">She will see how he handled it first. If it went well, then she wouldn''t intervene. But if he seems stressed, then she will help him.
<span style="font-weight:400">The hand holding her phone slumped back down to her side as she took another deep breath. Her enormous twin peaks lifting up high before going back down.
<span style="font-weight:400">She closed her eyes and her lips curved up into a smile.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ufufufu~ To hide such things from your mother for so long. What a naughty boy~ It seems I will have to keep an even closer eye on him from now on~”
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<span style="font-weight:400">After his talk with his mother, Yuuji immediately returned to his room and opened theptop his mother gave him.
<span style="font-weight:400">He actually didn’t n on doing it now, but a sudden burst of enthusiasm and urge, simr to an instinct, was pushing him to.
<span style="font-weight:400">He was, without a doubt, excited to start investing. But, he had nned to start tomorrow considering howte it already was.
<span style="font-weight:400">However, he had a feeling that he would be able to be sessful in his investment if he did it now.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">This must be… the effect of the proficiency…</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">It was not only the knowledge, muscle memory, or experience. The “Proficiencies” were also an inclination to utterly and perfectly seed and produce a result of the greatest quality without the possibility of failure.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Meaning, even with programming, Krav Maga, and a gun, it will naturally make me seed in them...</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Only after he felt the effect did he truly realize how amazing it was… It wasn’t only a normal proficiency, but the proficiency to utterly seed in it.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">...I’ll use these abilities wisely.</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">He took a deep breath and began opening the investment softwares in hisptop.
<span style="font-weight:400">With the knowledge he gained from his mother, his proficiency, and his past life’s memory, Yuuji nned to start short-term investment by specting on the price of London Gold in order to quickly gain the money that would be his seed money for future long-term investments.
<span style="font-weight:400">He had two reasons for this. Firstly, unlike regr gold futures, which have a limit, London Gold doesn’t have a limit. It is possible to continue buying and gain much more profit at once. However, needless to say, the risk of suffering a great loss at once would also be greater.
<span style="font-weight:400">Secondly, the reason why he decided to use London Gold was due to its margin.
<span style="font-weight:400">Transactions on regr gold futures differ from other futures markets due to its margin. It is possible to make a transaction with 15 times leverage. Meaning, it is possible to gain buying power 15 times greater than the deposit ced as coteral.
<span style="font-weight:400">However, for London Gold it is possible to have a 1% margin, a leverage up to 100 times ratio. With 10,000 Yen (Approx. $100), it is possible to get $10,000 worth of goods. Meaning, a raise of $500 in London Gold price from a lot (1 lot = 100 contracts) bought at $1000 per ounce will generate a profit of $50,000 once sold. An extremely high return with low investment.
<span style="font-weight:400">Vice versa, a loss will simrly be magnified greatly. A drop of $500 in London Gold price will cost him $50,000; a risk proportionate to its return.
<span style="font-weight:400">It was a high-risk high-reward short-term investment. In truth, he was still a bit nervous about using such a method. However, in order to gain a great amount of money in a rtively short period of time, this was still the method Yuuji decided to use.
<span style="font-weight:400">The reason? Because he was confident in his [Lucky] trait as well as Investment Proficiency.
<span style="font-weight:400">The reality and power of the Multiverse Group Chat had been proven by the drastic change of his appearance and physique, and he had also confirmed how powerful his Investment Proficiency was.
<span style="font-weight:400">While he was being taught by his mother, he was able to understand and even foresee the situation of the market like the back of his hand. Every time he made a prediction silently in his mind on what to invest in or when to buy or sell, he would always be correct. It was akin to foresight.
<span style="font-weight:400">That is why he decided to believe in himself, his instincts, and the inclination of sess from his “Proficiency”.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Let’s begin my first step.</i>
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<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji woke up the first light of day and sat up on his bed.
<span style="font-weight:400">He grabbed his phone and unlocked it. It was five in the morning, an hour before his promised time with his mother.
<span style="font-weight:400">He opened the Multiverse Group Chat and began replying to chats from the group and personal messages they sent him. He saw Suzuki, Lelouch, and Tatsuya chatting in the group chat, and they seemed to have been chatting for quite a while.
<span style="font-weight:400">Since they became members of the Multiverse Group Chat, they noticed a peculiarity rted to time. Their time zones, as well as the rate at which time flows in their worlds slightly differ.
<span style="font-weight:400">The flow of time in Yuuji’s world seemed to be the fastest amongst the others. It was about twice as fast as the flow of time in Suzuki’s world, where time seemed to flow the slowest.
<span style="font-weight:400">A day in Suzuki’s world would be two days in Yuuji’s world.
<span style="font-weight:400">The rate at which time flows in Lelouch, Tatsuya, and Aika’s world seemed to be in between those two.
<span style="font-weight:400">That’s why Aika had enough time to change into her erotic - borderline scandalous - magical girl costume and took a raunchy photo with Yuuji’s scepter and send it to him very quickly, though he truly wished she was a little less enthusiastic about it.
<span style="font-weight:400">After replying to his messages, Yuuji stretched his body and went to the bathroom to wash up before changing into his uniform in his room and going down.
<span style="font-weight:400">The excitement and anticipation he had for spending the morning, alone, with his mom were through the roof.
<span style="font-weight:400">He felt butterflies in his stomach when he thought aboutst night. He had just ced all 10,000 Yen that he had exchanged into $100 and invested it in London Gold with 100 times leverage, an extremely rash and reckless decision, and he was still more nervous about this.
<span style="font-weight:400">After all, he would be spending time alone with his mother, his first love and the woman he had been in love with for years, for the first time. Moreover, she was such a sexy and elegantly alluring woman… With his stamina and enhanced senses surpassing human capabilities, he had to admit, he was having an extremely difficult time holding his libido and yearning for her.
<span style="font-weight:400">With every step he took, his heart beat increasingly louder and louder as he walked down to the kitchen.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then the moment he arrived, Yuuji froze for a moment as his gaze locked onto the figure of his mother.
<span style="font-weight:400">Her bell-like humming melted his heart, and he could feel his face bing warmer as he watched her stand in front of the opened refrigerator, taking out ingredients and cing it on the counter. She wore an apron that hugged her voluptuous figure, the figure that had entered his dreams where he would embrace it full of love.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji took a deep breath, made sure his uniform was perfect and then put on his best smile before making his way to her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good morning, mom.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ah, good morning, Yuuji-kun~ It seems that you did not oversleep for once~ Ufufufu~”
<span style="font-weight:400">She turned towards him, her cheeks slightly blushing. Her honey-like voice and alluring smile, that became even more destructive due to her beauty mark by her luscious lips made his heart skip a beat.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Of course. I am very excited to spend the morning and cook with you, mom.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ara ara~ I’m also <i><span style="font-weight:400">very</i><span style="font-weight:400"> excited to spend the morning with my one and only beloved son~”
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji felt a tingle in his lower abdomen when he heard her alluring and sexy voice, and as he came closer, he could now smell her flowery, womanly scent from her body so well due to his Divine Sense.
<span style="font-weight:400">It has be yet another trial for him to make his not-so-little brother down there behave because all sorts of fantasy had began shing through his mind right now.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Here is your apron. Go wash your hands first, okay~?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, mom.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ah, that’s right. Yuuji-kun.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji looked at his mom as he put on his apron and tied the strings.
<span style="font-weight:400">“...I realizedst night that the test I gave you might be challenging, so don’t be disappointed if you didn’t seed, okay? Even I had a very hard time multiplying my seed money when I first started.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji’s lips twitch slightly as he smiled, and nodded. He could feel cold sweat running down his back when he thought about what he had done with that seed money his mother gave him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Of course. I will do my best, mom.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Good boy~ Now then, let’s start~”
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<span style="font-weight:400">Yuna had always been an early bird.
<span style="font-weight:400">In contrast to their usual demeanor, Yuna had always woken up earlier than Nina. In fact, Nina was extremely difficult to wake up and it would take a while for her brain to fully awaken after she was woken up.
<span style="font-weight:400">However, this hasn’t always been the case. When they were young, Mira would have a difficult time waking her twin daughters up in time to eat breakfast and go to school. But it all changed after Yuuji entered their life.
<span style="font-weight:400">Since then, Yuna would always wake up early so she could wake her beloved little brother up and also look at his adorable sleeping face.
<span style="font-weight:400">This had turned into a habit that she would do every morning when they would go to school, and this morning was no different.
<span style="font-weight:400">After brushing her teeth, washing her face, and making sure her beautiful golden hair was perfectly styled along with the red ribbon, Yuna made her way to Yuuji’s room.
<span style="font-weight:400">She could feel butterflies in her stomach and her heart beating rapidly as she got closer.
<span style="font-weight:400">The image of his God-sculpted body with sexy, well-defined muscles that made heat course through her entire body was still vivid in her mind. She wanted to get a glimpse of it again, but it would be too embarrassing for her to ask him to take off his clothes.
<span style="font-weight:400">So, she hoped she could catch a glimpse of it, perhaps lifting up his shirt a bit so she could see his sexy, rock-hard abs and that enormous bulge in his pants up close, while he was asleep.
<span style="font-weight:400">Arriving in front of his door, Yuna took a deep breath and knocked lightly before entering the room quietly with ever so light steps.
<span style="font-weight:400">When she peeked in, her eyes widened.
<span style="font-weight:400">She didn’t find anyone on his bed. His bed had already been done so neatly and cleanly, and she also couldn’t find his uniform that would usually hang by the door.
<span style="font-weight:400">He had never put his uniform anywhere else. She knew this because she had been waking him up in his room every school day for years and kissing the cor of his uniform that would hang by the door.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Eh? Yuu-kun… Did he wake up already…?</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Her lips curled slightly into a frown of disappointment. She wanted to wake him up and also spend a little bit of time in his room, breathing in his scent and maybe even y a little prank here and there by poking or kissing his cheeks.
<span style="font-weight:400">Just then, she heard noise and giggles from below. It was her mother’s giggle, but it wasn’t that strange for her to be down there this early since she would always prepare breakfast for all of them.
<span style="font-weight:400">But it was strange for her to be giggling. Usually, she would hum while she was cooking.
<span style="font-weight:400">Curious, Yuna slowly and quietly made her way down and peeked into the kitchen, and her eyes immediately widened.
<span style="font-weight:400">In the kitchen, she could see her mother yfully nudging and bumping Yuuji with her shoulders with smiles all over her blushing face. Then in turn, Yuuji would also do the same in retaliation yfully with a beautiful, handsome smile on his face!
<i><span style="font-weight:400">W-W-What’s going on?!?!</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Not only was Yuuji here, cooking with her mother, they looked more like a newly-wed couple ying around while cooking rather than a mother and son!!!
<span style="font-weight:400">She was as jealous as she was shocked!!! She also wanted to do that kind of newly-wed y with her beloved Yuu-kun!!!
<span style="font-weight:400">“G-Good morning, mom, Y-Yuu-kun!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, Yuna. Good morning.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ara, Yuna-chan~? Good morning. You woke up very early~”
<span style="font-weight:400">“U-Uhn… I was about to wake up Yuu-kun, but it seems you’re already awake…”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ah, I was helping mom cook our breakfast as well as our bento for lunch. I figured it’ll be easier for the three of us to eat our own lunch in the ssroom rather than eating in that crowded cafeteria again. So starting from today, I’ll be helping mom with breakfast in exchange for preparing lunch for us.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“O-Ooohh… So that’s why…”
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji’s exnation made her feel slightly relieved. She thought Yuuji woke up early to spend time alone with her mom and flirt with her. If that’s the case, then she also wanted to help with breakfast so that she could flirt with him as well!
<i><span style="font-weight:400">No wait, can’t I still do it?!</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Her eyes sparkled and she immediately raised her hand in excitement.<span style="font-weight:400">
<span style="font-weight:400">“M-Mom! I want to help too!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Her mind was already off to her fantasynd where she would do love-dovey newly-wed couple stuff with Yuuji.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji would hug her from behind and hold her hand as she stirred the miso soup in the pot. Or when she would feed him some of their breakfast to taste test, he would eat it and then begin licking and sucking her fingers too before looking at her with his sharp, sexy gaze and telling her how delicious it was.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Kyaaaahhh!!!!! Yuu-kun, you’re so dreamy!!!!!!</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Even though it was in her imagination, she couldn''t help but fidget in excitement and embarrassment. Her heart was thumping so loudly right now, it felt like it would jump out of her chest!
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ufufufu~ I appreciate the thought, but Yuuji alone will be fine~ He’s learning very quickly that he might not even need my help anymore~”
<span style="font-weight:400">“You’re just very skilled in teaching, mom. I also enjoyed our time cooking together~”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ara~ I’m d~ I <i><span style="font-weight:400">love</i><span style="font-weight:400"> the time we spent together as well~ Ufufufu~”
<span style="font-weight:400">Mira sent a sexy, yful nce at Yuuji before turning towards her daughter once again.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I-Is that so…?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Mm. I’m worried that you might get tired in school if you wake up so early in the morning every day, so just leave this to us and get a full night’s rest, okay?
<span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yes… I understand...”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m d you do. Also, will you please wake up your sister and Aika? Breakfast will be ready soon.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, mom.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Deted, she went back up and woke up her sister and her aunt, both heavy sleepers, and helped them get ready.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then when they went back down together, Yuna was pouting while Nina and Aika were looking at Yuuji and Aika in the kitchen with widened eyes.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Eh? Yuuji?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Nee-san, why is Yuuji…”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yuu-kun will be helping mom make breakfast and lunch for the three of us to bring to school from now on...”
<span style="font-weight:400">“H-Heeh… I never thought he would help Mira-nee make breakfast…”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I was very surprised as well…”
<span style="font-weight:400">As they stood just outside the kitchen in shock, Yuuji finally noticed them and called them with a handsome smile on his face.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, good morning, everyone. Come, take a seat. Breakfast is ready.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“U-Uhn…”
<span style="font-weight:400">“S-Sure…”
<span style="font-weight:400">The three took their seats and watched as Yuuji ced dishes on the table in aprons.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yuna was still pouting, but she was sending Yuuji asional nces with blushing cheeks. After all, no matter what was happening, the sight of Yuuji in aprons was so cool and handsome!!! There’s no way she won’t take this chance to appreciate it!!! SHe almost wanted to take her phone and take a picture of him!
<span style="font-weight:400">Nina and Aika were also doing the same and their cheeks were no less blushing than Yuna.
<span style="font-weight:400">Then, when Yuuji looked at them, all three immediately avert their gazes, making him tilt his head confusedly.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Okay~ Now then, let’s start eating breakfast~”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you for the meal.”
<span style="font-weight:400">““T-Thank you for the meal…””
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