World Domination System

10. Madame Diane

After school the next day, Leonard took the bus that would head deep into the city instead of his usual route.

He had left home with his mother this morning and promised her countless amount of times to stop at Madame Diane’s house.

In the bus, he leaned his head back and closed his eyes. To anyone, he was sleeping.

However, since the World Dominating System was already in his body, the two skills he had picked could play out in his head.

It was a trance like situation where he felt like he was watching himself watch the course that was playing out.

There was also an option of playing it on a screen but he didn’t have any Bluetooth device and so he decided to use this method to save time.

Since their school was at the edge of the city center, the bus ride took about an hour and Leonard got down.

He glanced down at the paper that contained the new address that his mother had given him one more time to confirm he was at the right street.

After confirming, he scoffed.

This area was even more luxurious than the old place Madame Diane used to stay, and he was certain that she would have people working for her.

However, she always preferred to keep his mother’s services without wanting to pay.

Since this time, she had found a job for her and even sent some things home, Leonard didn’t feel as angry towards her.

Rather, he was planning to keep an open mind and see what would happen when they eventually moved there.

“Number 4, number 7…” Leonard murmured as he checked the house numbers.

When he eventually stopped in front of house number 10, he took a deep breath and then pressed the doorbell.

The security at Madame Diane’s house was different from what he expected, and they led him in as soon as he entered.

Like most of the houses in these estates, Madame Diane’s house was a huge mansion that had a compound space of over 1000 meters.

Even though he was taking it all in, Leonard didn’t make it obvious and matched the pace of the guard that was leading the way.

Every morning and late evening, the system forced him to do strength training even when his body was aching and sore.

He would also listen to the already-sourced lessons on finance and trading the stock market while he was training.

It was almost like he had entered a phase of hellish training, but Leonard didn’t mind, and without knowing, in less than a week, his aura was already sharpening.

There were little physical changes to his body as he would cut back on food despite the difficult training.

Leonard and the guard eventually entered a waiting room, and the guard turned to him.

“Wait here. Our mistress will come down and meet you,” the guard informed.

Leonard nodded and sat down.

There was a large screen in the waiting room that was showing the news, but he barely paid any attention to it and brought out his notes to write down everything he learned while he was on the bus.

“Great guardian, when is my next task going to be? I happen to have some free time,” he asked, thinking about the monetary reward that came from the last time.

The two skills he had picked happened to be high-end skills, and both of them required that he had a high-functioning computer.

Leonard knew that the fastest way for him to make money was through the system, so he wanted to take on as many tasks as possible.

[The system decides when the host is ready for a task spontaneously. The tasks not only make sure that the host cultivates a sense of responsibility and good, they also make sure that the host leaves a possible future reward]

Leonard nodded. Although he was a little confused by the last sentence, he understood the main point.

He couldn’t ask for tasks!

As he wrote out another page of code and program language that he had just learnt, Madame Diane entered the waiting room.

“Leonard!” She exclaimed, surprise flashing through her eyes as she took his appearance in.

The last time she had seen him was about four to five years now. In a school uniform, there was no telling a person’s background, and Leonard’s natural features were highlighted.

“Your mother has put in a lot of effort into raising you,” she said with a sigh, her eyes not leaving him.

Even when his mother was in front of her, she always had the attitude of someone in front of a superior.

However, standing in front of her, Leonard didn’t react like she was anything special. His eyes were focused, and his posture was firm and solid.

It gave her the illusion of looking at a small but solid mountain. She nodded one more time before sitting opposite him.

“Your mother promised that you would come, I thought it would be a struggle, but she mentioned that you were attending Darwin College?”

Although she was stating, her words were also probing. After all, even for someone like her, she had been unable to get her children to enter a school like that before they got richer. Even though that was a few years ago, Darwin’s standards remained as high.

You either had the status or were a genius!

“Yes, I passed their entrance examination top of the list and got a scholarship,”

Her eyes shined even more as she leaned forward. “Leonard, you must be a genius to achieve something like that, and you have been able to maintain your position since?”

Leonard gave her a glance that seemed to say that he understood what she was doing. However, this was also information that she could easily get with her status. So he didn’t hide anything.

“I’m in my senior year, and I have maintained my position since I got my admission.”

He didn’t have a choice. The moment his position or grades slipped, he had to fork out the exorbitant fees.

“Your mother must have done a lot of good deeds in her past life to have a son like you,” her words were good to the ears, but from her tone, Leonard knew that she wasn’t exactly excited for his mother.

“Has your mother told you about staying here? My husband’s company has grown in recent years, and this place is large enough for more people to live comfortably…”

Leonard nodded as Madame Diane went on and on about their new house.

When she was done, she saw the disinterested look on the teenage boy’s handsome face and felt embarrassed.

However, she hid it with a cough to pull Leonard’s attention back to the conversation.

“So, when will you be moving?”

“Why do you want us here?” Leonard finally asked the question that had been on his mind for the last two days.

“Hmmm?” Not expecting he would ask such a question or even have such a reaction to her wanting to help, Madame Diane was stumped.

Her face flushed with anger and embarrassment.

“Do you think this place is not enough for you?”

Leonard nodded sideways as he stood up. “I know that my mother and I would not stay in the main house. All I’m asking is why you want us here…”

Madame Diane was at a loss for words from his reaction. When she had mentioned it to his mother, she had been full of thanks and praise.

She had expected that he had come to do the same thing. So what was this reaction?

Leonard sighed before giving in. “Madame Diane, I’m grateful that you want to help us. However, my mother and I have been managing to get by these past years… if I see that you had ulterior motives for making us move here, then you would regret doing this!”

He didn’t wait one second as he stood up and left.

Even though they didn’t have anything, he had to make this woman understand that he and his mother weren’t a tool that she could treat however way she wanted!