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Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 35: Meeting Again
The next couple weeks were spent looking up what Johnny was supposed to do as the heir and trying to come up with a way to complete the quest. The former wasn't actually that hard. His parents didn't exactly ban him, so the servants had no reason to keep him from studying. For the latter, he was still gathering up ideas and coming up with plans on how to deal with them."Young master, I apologize for disturbing you, but the ladies from the Martin and Wright families want to meet with you," the servant said.Johnny dropped the meatball he was about to eat back onto the pasta. He must have misheard. He swore the servant had just said that those two women from before were waiting for him. It was a good thing his parents were there or who knew what their reaction would be. The servant would likely be kicked out for saying anything."Prepare a room. Keep them occupied until I'm ready," Johnny said.While he might not know the full details behind their visit, he was certain it had to do wit
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 36: Fight Between Johnny and Rachel
The servants immediately panicked and ran away from the fight that spilled into the hallway. None of them were crazy enough to get in the middle of two very powerful blessed. They wouldn't stand a chance against them. Johnny cursed as he tried to avoid using his power. Unlike with Rachel's power, his would do a lot more damage. He didn't want to accidentally set the whole building on fire.While he was sure that his parents had some countermeasures in place, considering they are a family with fire powers, he still didn't want to risk it. Dodging a blast of wind, he was surprised to see it didn't actually do that much damage to the wall. There was only a small indent. Either she was going easy on him or the walls were really strong to withstand the attacks.One glance at Rachel told him that the former was unlikely. He wondered what his family used to make the walls so durable. Another blast of wind ended those thoughts as he tried to find something to defend himself. His foot kicked a
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 37: Brief Reprieve
As the two women glared at him, Johnny grimaced. Maybe he shouldn't have provoked them. The moment the thought crossed his mind, he shook his head. No, they would just walk all over him if they thought he was weak. They weren't the kind of people who could be reasoned with. He seriously didn't have any luck with women."They'll be leaving," Johnny said to the servants."Hold it. We never said anything about leaving," Rachel said as she took a step forward.Johnny allowed a bit of fire power to peek through and cover his body with a thin layer of heat. "Are you sure you want to stick around after everything that happened? You do know what this looks like, right?"Neither of them were bothered by the heat radiating from his body. If he hadn't used it before, they didn't think he would really use it now. However, what he just said made them pale. The both of them had secretly traveled there to confront Johnny, or at least they tried to minimize the number of people who knew that they wer
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 38: Working On His Power
Johnny flipped through the channels to see if any footage had been leaked to the press. So far, there hadn't been any news about it in the past couple days. It seemed that the servants had been fully cowed into not attempting anything. That was good. He really didn't want to have to deal with another scandal so soon after the last one. The only bright spot in this incident was that he was able to send a bill to the two families. His parents were fully onboard with the idea, but they made sure not to name names in case someone got ahold of it to use as blackmail. It only listed the names of the families involved and a bill stating it was for damages made to the Burns family. He wished he could see what kind of expression they might have made when they saw the bill arrive at their doorstep. Johnny was sure that the two women would be chewed out for it. It must have been so embarrassing to receive a bill for causing trouble at another family's house. Of course, he would
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 39: Family Talks (1)
Johnny took a seat as he said, "I presume this is about the Martin and Wright families."His father nodded. "That's correct. They recently got in contact with us."The solemn expression on his father's face made Johnny uneasy. It should have been good to hear back from them. This was what they wanted. If the two families had chosen to ignore them, there were going to be issues. He glanced at his mother and saw her hardened expression. Whatever they heard from them couldn't have been good."How bad is the news?" Johnny asked as he braced himself.His parents shared a glance before his mother looked back at him and said, "They have a proposal."So far, that didn't sound too bad, and he nodded his head to signal for his mother to continue, but it was his father who said, "They seem to be under the impression that you are in a relationship with the two women and considering a possible arranged marriage."If Johnny had been drinking, he would have spat it over the table. Instead, he choked
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 40: Family Talks (2)
Johnny didn't see that happening. There was no way he was going to suddenly give up the position he had just received. Even if he really wanted to give up the position, it wasn't possible at that moment. His parents had announced he was the heir not too long ago. If he were to suddenly step down, they would face criticism for his choice.He might not know a lot about his parents. A couple weeks wasn't enough time to get to know them, but anyone could tell how much they cared for him. There was no way he would do anything to spit on their efforts. Since he wasn't going to step down, that would mean the other party would have to. Of course, they all knew that wasn't happening, so there was no point in thinking about it."Instead of a contractual relationship, why don't we enter a partnership?" he suggested.His father raised an eyebrow. "A partnership?""Both sides obviously don't want people to think we're in a relationship, and getting rid of the rumors won't be easy. The best we can
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 41: Obtaining a New Power
Johnny couldn't stop a smile from breaking out. "Great. I didn't expect that the discussion would be enough to complete the quest's requirements."[The system said it was up to the user how they would deal with the users Rachel Wright and Dorothy Martin.]Well, he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. His mind suddenly felt sharper, and details from previous days were clearer. This had to be the power of memorization that the system was talking about. He had thought it wouldn't go into effect until after he got it, but it looked like that wasn't the case. That was good to know."I should start making use of it," he said to himself as he immediately went to the library.The next couple of days were spent memorizing all the books available. He was impressed with the power, as it not only made it possible to remember everything he read, he could read at a faster pace. Instead of taking several minutes to read a page, he could finish it in seconds, depending on how complex it wa
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 42: Business Talks
Did Johnny know money? Honestly, he felt like he was the one who knew the importance of money best when he had been living in poverty. Everyone else had probably spent money on things like water. Okay, he knew he wasn't being fair. In order to run a successful business, they had to know how to handle money or at least hire someone competent. While he was tempted to say something sarcastic, Johnny simply said, "You don't have to worry about me, but I don't think you'll take my word for it. How about we make a little wager?" Rachel narrowed her eyes and asked, "What are you suggesting?" "Since you're worried that I don't know how to handle money, we will have a competition to see who would make the most money within a certain period," he said. "It sounds like you're assuming we'll be doing the jewelry business," Rachel's father said. "If you weren't thinking about it, you wouldn't have agreed to meet," Johnny said. Rachel's father frowned as he leaned back in his chair. "I don't li
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