Rise of the Greatest Prodigy

Adopted

There were about 15 people seated here. Six were adults while the remaining eight were young adults and teenagers like him.

This seemed like a gathering of models as everyone here was very beautiful and handsome in their own way.

He had been contemplating about it, and now he was sure that this was a first-class family.

This was a hierarchy of the upper-class people in the society.

Third-class families had their worth in millions of dollars.

Second-class families ranged from multi-millions to billions of dollars while First class families were multi-billionaires.

Cynthia had said something about her family making it to the third class with the help of Dan’s family who were second class.

Even Charles’s family was a second-class family.

He realized this also because he finally remembered why the man’s name sounded familiar.

It was simply because he was the head of one of the most powerful and prominent families even among the first class.

The Alistairs.

“Daddy!” A girl exclaimed with a big smile as she ran towards Arthur.

Her long raven black hair similar to her father’s, was worn in bunches and her emerald green eyes reflected admiration while staring at him.

Her skin was without blemish and ruddy with small, round blood red lips.

She was the definition of cute which was further complemented by the knee-length flay gown she wore.

She hugged her father when she got to him, as a smile appeared on his face.

He was free towards his family not requiring too much formality. But she was the only one who could act this casually with him.

She was 15 years old but still acted younger than that, probably because she’s been spoilt since birth.

He returned the hug. “Ashley, you don’t have to act as if you haven’t seen me in a long time,” he chuckled.

“Huh?” She broke the hug and looked at him in confusion.

“But it’s been three days since we last saw. Isn’t that long enough?”

He knew better than to argue with her so he just nodded his head in acceptance. Ashley looked towards Charles and after some seconds of staring, she hurried back to her seat

Arthur also walked towards a chair and took it before gesturing for Charles to sit beside him which he did.

He looked satisfied with the fact that Charles didn’t act shy or meek in front of them.

As for Charles, after he made up his mind to take revenge on everyone who had wronged him, he also promised not to let himself get looked down upon by anyone and he was doing just that.

This was why even though he was receiving intense stares from some of the family members, he didn’t flinch.

What he didn’t know was that the system had already begun to affect his way of thinking as he added more stat points to his intelligence and charm before coming here.

Arthur took his time to introduce them much to the shock of everyone here as they wondered just who this boy might be.

Only a few people in the world could get such treatment and they knew them well which was why they kept glancing at each other in search of answers.

When he was done, Charles had an understanding of the position of everyone here in the family. Out of the 6 adults, 4 were female while 2 were male.

Two of the females were the wives of Arthur. The first wife Sera was quite beautiful with short brunette hair and brown eyes. She seemed to be in her mid-forties.

The second wife, Aria was even more beautiful and younger than the first but she lost out to Sera in body proportions as she was attractively lean having black long hair and green eyes.

She was obviously the mother of Ashley and another girl about his age with the same green eyes, who was introduced as Fiona and she showed the least interest in what was going on here.

She was even more beautiful than her mother, enough to put almost all models to shame.

The third woman was Arthur’s sister and the resemblance was there, so as expected she was also gorgeous only losing out to Aria among the women and her name was Mary.

She had two children also present, Riley and Reiner who were identical twins and slightly older than him.

The fourth woman was Anne the wife of Arthur’s brother Nate who was one of two men other than Arthur.

Sera had three children but only two were present. Andy who seemed to be about 23 and his sister Daniella who was 2 years younger. Among all the younger family members, she had the most mature look and also the most unpredictable, as she was the only one whose expression hadn’t undergone any change.

They were several others and he wondered if their personalities were like his former family.

Arthur looked towards Andy, “How is your business with W.H.E.E.L going?”

Andy was hesitant on answering the question and he was sure his father already had information on his business with one of the largest transportation companies in the world.

“It’s been producing good results but there have been some setbacks this week. We expect things to go back to normal in four days.”

His face was composed, but if anyone saw his tightened fist beneath the table, they would know that it actually wasn’t. This was the first time he was tasked to maintain such a business, but it wasn’t performing excellently.

Maybe truly he was inferior to his elder brother and younger sister.

Something he’s never wanted to accept.

Arthur brought his attention back to everyone.

“Well, the reason I gathered you all is to make an important announcement.”

This was something that happened rarely so everyone listened attentively. Arthur glanced back at Charles who’s been quiet, also waiting for what he was going to say.

Arthur closed his eyes for some time as though finalizing his thought and when he opened them, he could see that he had made his decision.

“This is Charles, or better put Charles Alistair because from now on, he’s a member of this family and my son.”