My World Domination System

Chapter 101 - Think, Simon, Think

But something moved. Something moved ever so slightly that it had taken until this moment for Simon to even notice his presence. It was the youngest member of the Black Family. James Black turned a few pages on the journal he had on his lap, making no apparent observation of anything or anyone around him.

Simon, at least relaxed. His mother, Joanne Black, was nowhere in sight. He coughed a little to get his brother’s attention. James, however, continued, his light reading uninterruptedly. “You’re back, Brother,” said James, not looking up from his book.

“Uhh, yeah, obviously” started Simon, finding a place to sit among one of the sofas. “This is definitely a surprise. What are you doing outside your room?” Simon asked. James had belonged to that category of persons who shut themselves indoors to pursue their innate interests.

His mother and father had not usually berated him over it, considering he was still under 18. It was a behaviour they hoped he would eventually grow out of, and