Chapter 411: Cause and Effect

Auric took a few deep breaths.

"Auric..." Maya waved her hand down. "I don’t know what you’re going to do, but don’t do anything reckless."

"I’m not going to do anything reckless." Auric shook his head. He turned to Ellia. "By the way, do you have any manuals on advertising?"

"Advertising? That depends on what you want. Social media, traditional ads, or other things?"

"I can set up a simple one for you." Katarina tugged Auric.

"I don’t like where this is going..." Vera didn’t understand what was going on, but she definitely thought something big was about to explode. Auric sounded pissed, which reminded her of what happened to her uncle.

Maya just facepalmed and shook her head helplessly, not intending to stop him.

"Is that so? In that case, can you handle that? I don’t need anything fancy." Auric accepted Katarina’s offer.

"Sure."

"If you need help, tell me about it," added Ellia.

"Will do." Katarina nodded.

Both of them knew what was going on. Even Maya figured out which store this advertisement was all about.

Auric wanted to reveal his Moon Store.

First of all, he would let people know that the Moon Store was originally opened in Dermania.

However, Dermania had wronged the Moon Store. In addition, the fact that Ultias didn’t even show up to the battlefield as well as Head Instructor Ryan’s attack, could become a justified reason for him to move the Moon Store.

He could simply say that Dermania wasn’t very supportive of the younger generations. Since the Artificial Heart Method focused on Rank 1 humans, not many would question the decision to move the Moon Store.

Of course, he needed to consider Esfrata when doing all this. For him, equivalent exchange was everything.

Chief Lucas had helped him a lot. All these women around him had also helped him.

He believed that if more and more people did that and if the country also helped him, it would create a symbiotic relationship. He would be more inclined to stay in that country for the rest of his life.

But with his mother gone and his father away on ’business trip,’ nothing really tied him up to this country anymore.

He understood the country’s position and decision. That was why he expected the country to accept his decision as well.

The Moon Store wasn’t originally meant to be revealed like this. If it blew up naturally, the response would be similar to the Sun Store.

However, for this advertisement, he intended to pit the Moon Store against the Sun Store right away.

Once it was revealed that he was the owner of the Sun Store and the Moon Store, everything would crumble into pieces.

People would be scared to lose him. After all, it also meant that he might bring his Sun Store somewhere. It wouldn’t be easy to access such a thing anymore.

In addition, the Moon Store would also increase everyone’s overall talent. Esfrata would have to fear losing all that.

Auric didn’t intend to play around with this.

He thought some people would probably remain in this country and earn respect. The people around them would try to test them or kill them if things didn’t go their way. They would have no choice but to prove themselves over and over again until they reached one of the highest positions in the country.

At that time, no one could underestimate them anymore.

However, Auric didn’t intend to be that passive. If he had been wronged, he thought moving to a different country was an option. In this era, people were dying to accommodate talented people.

Since the country decided to bury this matter, it meant he wasn’t that important to the country. In that case, he didn’t intend to place that much importance on the country in his heart.

Maya, Ellia, and Katarina knew about this. If Auric revealed all his cards, people would be kneeling just for him to accept his offer.

Auric didn’t intend to reveal all his trump cards yet. Instead, he intended to get stronger first so that when the time came for him to make that decision, no one could easily kill him to prevent him from leaving.

"I will get on it. Just tell me the details you want me to put in later." Katarina nodded.

"Yeah, thanks. Also, send me the list for the other projects. When are you going to do it exactly?"

"I originally planned to do it in a week after returning home. I have to rile up some people I plan to get rid of." Katarina shrugged.

"Got it. I’ll make some preparations for that." Auric nodded.

"I really don’t know what you guys are talking about. Am I the only one clueless about this?" Vera asked while checking everyone’s expressions. "I feel that’s a yes. I’m feeling left out. No wonder you guys are single."

"..."

Vera just rolled her eyes and walked away. "You guys can discuss this. I’m leaving."

Maya let out a long sigh and said, "The country is in for a rough time."

Ellia and Katarina knew about his principle, but Maya had seen Auric adhering to that principle in a similar situation.

In the past, the principal of his high school decided to give Eric the honor when Auric failed to awaken his avatar. It could be said that his school had abandoned him.

This time, the country chose to remain silent because it didn’t want things to blow up. The country must also have received benefits from Dermania in exchange for keeping quiet.

That was why Auric decided to do the same thing.

Auric simply said, "I don’t need their compensation. I’ll still take the reward from the country because I’ve earned it, but nothing more than that."

Auric wanted the line between him and the country to remain clear.

Maya looked away while sighing. "I’m not saying anything. As I said before, if you want to leave the country, you should leave. There’s no point in protecting something that doesn’t do the same."

"I’m not leaving right away. It hasn’t reached that point, but it doesn’t mean I can’t prepare." Auric turned to Ellia. "Now that I think about it, how much money do you think it will generate?"

"The Moon Store? It’ll probably generate billions. That’s based on its current status. I mean, you’re selling books ranging from a few hundred thousand credits to a few million. Just a thousand people buying your book at the average price of one million will give you a billion. It’s easy money.

"We still need to subtract taxes and other expenses from that amount, but that’s it. It will be extremely popular because everyone is dying to get their hands on something that can improve their innate talents.

"So, yeah. A lot of people are definitely going to buy it. Some places will even offer a subscription service for people to join if they want to browse those techniques. In fact, you have already earned close to five billion in just a few months of opening your store.

"If you continue to progress this way and start releasing higher-ranking techniques, you will definitely earn tens of billions, if not hundreds of billions, every month with practically no expenses.

"At this point, I’m going to ask you whether you need a sugar baby? I can cook, I believe I’m pretty enough, and I can warm your bed." Ellia smiled.

Auric just chuckled helplessly. "I have some plans for the money, but do you need those... I mean, overseas accounts?"

"Right? You definitely need to set up a lot of accounts so that when they freeze your accounts, you have a few backups." Ellia nodded.

"You’re going to handle it?"

"I can definitely do that, but this time, you may want to ask Katarina to do it as well. This way, our methods will be different. Katarina and I will have no knowledge about each other’s details. Only you know everything. If someone ends up finding your money, they will only find either all the accounts set up by me or by Katarina."

Auric turned to Katarina.

"You got it, Boss. So much work. I am expecting a bonus from this." Katarina smirked.

"I know, I know." Auric waved his hand.

Maya chuckled. "At this point, you look like some sort of shrewd businessman who has so much money that he can’t spend it. The problem is that those rich people only have stocks. You? You have too much cash."

"Maybe I should start spending some money and buy a few houses in other countries?" Auric asked jokingly.

"Very good. Buy those houses and start keeping mistresses. No one will know about it. Just don’t use drugs."

"How can you say that?!" Katarina protested. "My child here doesn’t even smoke or drink. How can he even use drugs?"

"Planted." Maya smiled.

"Definitely a viable plan." Katarina sighed.

Auric chuckled. "What are you guys even arguing about? Well, I will just keep the money for now. It’s not the time to use it yet. Maybe I’ll just invest in things I want, even if they’re not profitable... just because I can."

He definitely planned to invest in the mercenary group that Eric and Tommi had created.

"Either way, every action has its consequences. My action too. I don’t plan to regret my actions." Auric smiled.

"Sure." Ellia nodded in understanding.

"By the way, do we have any other schedules?" Katarina asked Maya.

"Nothing. You are free until the closing ceremony. So, you probably want to get a dress or something. Pretty sure a lot of people are interested in..." Maya just gave a judging look at Auric.

Auric sighed. "I guess it will be another exhausting night."