72 The 5th Bodyguard

Trevon arrived at the restaurant named New Dinner Boat. The young master purchased some foods for Master Rabbink. At least, he had found four people to join his private squad. Those had the potential to become Rank 3 warriors.

Trevon realized there were many people with talent, but without having the chance to become a cultivator. Therefore, those talents were buried in the sea of people. [What if I could gather a thousand of those people? Hahaha. A squad full of Rank 3 cultivator? Those girls would look at me differently. Hwehwehwe.]

Master Rabbink almost felt Trevon had finally learned to have his life goal, but it was ended very soon. [This young master only thought of women.]

Trevon picked a VIP room for him, while his bodyguards stayed at the special room for them before Trevon's VIP room. Everyone had to pass the small bodyguard room before one could meet with Trevon.

Trevon put Nana on the table and fed the happy mouse with some spirit foods. He didn't forget to rub the soft mouse's fur. Nana enjoyed her foods while squeaked of happiness.

Master Rabbink couldn't wait to try the restaurant famous Sweet and Sour Gurami. Trevon even ordered twenty portions. One for him, while nineteen for Master Rabbink.

Trevon checked his skill status while he waited for the dishes.

[Scout Lv 10 – 511.985/512.000]

[I am this close to the next level.] Trevon was a bit lazy after he went to scout Nana. Most of his progress was when he was tricked by Master Rabbink when he searched for Aya in Demon Beast Market.

Without being tricked, his progress was slower than a sloth. The lazy young master depended on how many beautiful girls he saw whiling drinking tea or wine. He enjoyed the life of a young master. Besides for him, 'Scout' skill wouldn't directly increase his combat power for the demon beast wave.

[I will just scout fifteen people.] He used the skill on the maids in his VIP room. They were preparing the snack and tea.

[Potential: 0/0]

[Potential: 0/0]

[Potential: 0/0]

[Potential: 0/0]

[Potential: 0/0]

[I need more.] Trevon thought. He saw the street below. Normally, he was lazy to intentionally level this skill, but fifteen was a small number.

[Potential: 0/0]

[Potential: 0/0]

...

[Potential: 0/0]

[Potential: 0/0]

[Scout Level Up!] He got a notification panel on his mind and heard that seiyuu's beautiful voice. Trevon had known that seiyuu was a profession and not a girl name from reading his own novel.

[Scout Lv 11 – 0/1.536.000]

[What?] Trevon wanted to strangle the Rabbink if he could. In the past, the next level was double the previous level. This time it was three times. He could imagine it would be even harder in the future.

[Gwahahaha. The first ten levels were the easy mode.]

[What is the new information I got? 3-sizes please!] Trevon hoped.

He saw a new female maid entered the VIP room to bring the food that he had ordered.

[Name: Qadr]

[Age: 17 Years]

[Sex: Female]

[Species: Human]

[Potential: 0/57]

[Determination: 66]

[Cultivation Speed: 76]

[Loyalty: 94]

[Decision Making: 33]

[Talent: Singing, Fighting - Hammer]

[Ability: -]

Trevon saw a new information. [Achk! What is this?]

"That is the number to show one ability to consider their options. For example, people with higher decision making would be able to remember more of their martial arts during a fight. They would be able to select a more suitable martial art. The same people also could see more options and their consequences during their daily lives. It isn't about how smart a person is." Master Rabbink explained. "Most people with experience will have a bigger number on it."

[When I could get the three sizes?]

"One day, Gwahahaha. Don't you want to recruit her?" The Rabbink reminded the more important thing. It smartly changed the topic.

"Wait!" Trevon stopped the girl. She almost returned to the bodyguard's room.

The maid was a sweet girl with slightly brown skin. Similar to Raina she was also already started to develop the correct curves on her body. Two large and clear eyes looked confusedly at Trevon.

"What is it, Sir?" Qadr returned to Trevon's table. "Is there something I could help you?"

"How much is your salary? I will pay you more." Trevon wanted to poach the girl. He knew Master Rabbink intentionally asked him for a treat. That was for this girl. [Finally, a girl in my squad other than Aya. Hahaha.]

[Eh?] "I am sorry, but I couldn't say it. How about I call the manager, Sir? He could answer you that." The girl was a trained maid. She knew which she could say or not. [I need help! This young master must want to ask that kind thing.]

"The manager?" Trevon felt a bit apprehensive. "No need. We can just talk directly. I am interested in your service. Name your price. I will double it." Trevon took his fan and fanned himself.

[He really wanted that service.] Qadr felt afraid. "I am sorry, Young Master. I am only a common maid." She didn't want to give that kind of service. The girl really worked hard for her family.

[What? Is this because of her high loyalty?] Trevon became more interested. He had seen her high number in the Loyalty panel.

"This can't do. I want you. State your demand! I, Trevon McArthur will fulfill all your demands. Hahaha." Trevon believed he could follow the famous domineering hero, Ling Fan, whom he read in The Strongest System.

[He is that Trevon McArthur.] The girl turned even paler. "I will call the manager. He could help, Young Master. I am sorry." The girl hurriedly ran outside the room.

"Hey!" Trevon also followed. He was a cultivator, so he could stop her. The young master grabbed her hand to prevent her from running away. Yet they were already outside the VIP rooms where other maids were preparing some foods in the bodyguard room.

Master Rabbink pretended not to see this thing. [This is not the way to recruit someone.] It continued to eat its snacks.

"What's wrong with, Qadr?" Her friend saw Trevon caught her hand.

"Is this the romance in the restaurant?" Her friend had seen too many romantic dramas in the cheap theatre.

[What's wrong young master?] Jerry and the rest of the squad saw Trevon exited the room. They saw Trevon grabbed a maid's hand. Jerry and Jack looked at each other and coughed. Soon the room full of sick people.

"This is not what you guys think." Trevon felt there was some misunderstanding.

"I am sorry, Young Master Trevon McArthur. I didn't offer that service!" Qadr used this chance to ask for help.

"Eh?" Everyone looked to Trevon. They gave the 'I know you know' look.

"Is he that famous young master?" One of Qadr's workmates realized the name. [I should call the manager.] She went to send a signal to other employees on the first floor.

"She is lucky. That young master must offer some money to her."

"Yes. Last time another maid got an offer from a rich man, she could move from a thirtieth-floor house into one on the tenth floor." Another maid whispered.

"I heard that too, the man had been already old. This young master is more charming." Another maid joined the gossip.

"This is Trevon McArthur. One look and you may get pregnant. Qadr must already pregnant with his child." Another maid told her friends.

"He also had looked at us. Will we get pregnant?" She started to feel nauseous.

Luckily Trevon didn't hear them whispered to each other.

[Well, he would read them later. Gwahahaha.] The Rabbink even tested the bodyguard's foods.

"This is not something that you think. This is better. I want to offer you a job." Trevon tried to prevent miscommunication with this potential warrior.

[At least, I could add a better view to my bodyguard team.] Trevon thought while seeing Jack, Jerry, and the rest.

Jack and Jerry were reminded of Trevon's gaze. They quickly coughed even harder and pretended to do something else. Jack and Jerry did some pushups. Their young master somehow loved to make them did some pushups.

Jonathan, Kevin, and Lance were confused. [What happened?] They asked each other.

"I am sorry, Young Master. I am very thankful for the offer. I prefer to work as a maid here." Qadr was afraid. [What kind of job this famous young master would offer me? I don't want a job as his concubines.]

Qadr had dreamed to have a normal family. Being a concubine to a young master might be interesting for some girls but not to Qadr. She was a hard-working woman who believed in her own effort to earn money.

"The salary is one hundred spirit stones per month." Trevon offered something that he believed she couldn't reject.

"Eh?" The other maids couldn't believe what they heard.

"Is that correct? One hundred spirit stones per month?!" Another maid talked a bit louder.

"Hm..." Trevon heard that. He opened his fan again and fanned himself.

"I am ready to become a concubine, even for an old grandpa for one hundred spirit stones per month." Another lady told her friend.

"Who wants you?" Her friend teased back. "He will pick me first." Her friend couldn't avoid the temptation of one hundred spirit stones.

Qadr wanted to reject the offer, but Trevon was correct. This number was a big number for Qadr. No common person could dream to have a hundred spirit stone in his or her lifetime. She could help her parents with this money.

"I..." She tried her best to reject it.

"What's wrong here?" The restaurant manager came to the VIP floor. "I am sorry for our poor service. Please do not take it in your heart." The manager thought the maids made a mistake that irked the young master. He was also a bit afraid. This young master had an insignia from McArthur family.

Trevon felt a bit uneasy. He didn't want to steal another person's employee directly in front of the person. "No. Nothing wrong. Hahaha."

[This is a girl with the potential to become a Rank 3 warrior, a real treasure. I have to snatch her.] Trevon remembered of his title as Treasure Snatcher Trevon.

[I have to have her as my private squad member. Even not for romance, looking at her is better than looking at those bulky men.] He looked at Jack, Jerry, and the rest again.

Even Jonathan, Kevin, and Lance followed Jack and Jerry and pretended to practice. [Does young master want us to pretend that we are not here?] The three asked each other.

"Then, it is good." The manager felt relieved. "Is there anything that we could help, Young Master?" The manager saw the strange looks on Qadr and other maids. While all this young master's bodyguards suddenly practiced in the room.

"I am interested in hiring Qadr. Of course, I will give some compensation to the restaurant." Trevon stated the important point to persuade the manager.

The manager had heard about this thing. Sometimes, a customer enjoyed an attendant service that he or she might want the attendant to serve them privately. He had just heard this in other managers' stories.

The slightly fat manager didn't believe his own restaurant would find this same legendary romance drama. He had heard the forbidden love story of a merchant and a beautiful attendant or the princess and the handsome attendant. There were many variants of the story. [I love those romance dramas in the theater.]

The manager almost wanted to say yes, so he could get a gossip when he heard Qadr coughed.

"Ehem... That... That would depend on the girl herself. Our New Dinner Boat didn't sell other things than foods." The manager had to say that. This was the rule of Redwood. Any place who brokered that kind of service could be branded as a pleasure house. That was dangerous in Redwood.

"No. You are mistaken." Trevon realized from the embarrassed look on the manager's face. "I am doing a recruitment with the family on the field near here. I find this girl has potential."

Would anyone believe Trevon? No. Those maids especially they have heard many rumors about Trevon.

They looked into Qadr. [Yes, she has potential. She would turn into a beautiful lady in two or three years.]

The manager had to admit this young master had a good excuse. [He is a professional in this field. He could find a young flower who hadn't bloomed.]

"What do you think, Qadr? Do you want to talk with the young master about the job?"

"I am sorry, Young Master!"

"Wait! You haven't heard about the job. It is as a bodyguard." Trevon proposed.

"Eh? A bodyguard. This Qadr couldn't fight, Young Master." Qadr was surprised by the offers.

[He asked you to fight in the bed. Dumboo.] The other maids looked to Qadr.

While Jack and Jerry almost lost their heart. Their young master just recruited four young men. The two knew those men could be trained, especially the big Omar. [Yet, she is a thin and delicate lady, Young Master.] They complained in their heart.

"I could train you." Trevon proudly said.

[Yeah! This Trevon must really want to teach 'that' to Qadr.] The other maids started to turn more heated.

"Qadr is a slow learner. I am sorry, I might disappoint Young Master." She bowed.

"No need to worry! I have experiences to train the first timer too. I have a ten years old girl practiced under me." Trevon proudly said. He slapped his fan to his other hand and acted cool.

[It is nothing strange with the first timer. But, he really 'train' ten-year-old girl?] The other maids felt horrified.

"You would become a powerful warrior in no time." Trevon proudly declared. "I will even give the same contract that the other bodyguards had. Jonathan, tell the lady the wonder of my cultivation technique."

"Yes. Young Master is the genius of genius. His cultivation technique could reach the moon. No young master could compare to our young master in Redwood and even Heavenly Phoenix." Jonathan had learned to sweet talk from Jerry. It was a bit forced, however, it satisfied Trevon. The young master proudly nodded with those flatteries.

[Eh? Is he serious?] The other maids finally realized. This young master was serious.

"Young Master is serious?" Even Qadr was surprised. She thought this young master just tried to find some ways to persuade her.

"Of course, I am."

The manager could never believe what he heard. [This isn't a romantic story. This is a carp turn into a dragon story. If this girl becomes a powerful warrior, she would become a God in front of commoners like him.]

"You should take the offer, Qadr." The manager wished to be the person who encouraged her. If she managed to become a cultivator. He could brag about this to other managers. [I couldn't believe, I could gossip about this. A maid in your restaurant invited to become a cultivator? That is rare even in drama.]

"Good! Even your manager had agreed. Jerry!" Trevon called Jerry. He quickly sealed the deal, even Qadr hadn't answered him.

"Yes, Young Master."

"Go and bring a bodyguard contract for this young lady!" Trevon ordered.

[Eh?] Jerry was confused. Yet it wasn't his duty to question his young master. He went to Hendrik in the recruitment field to ask for some contract. Hendrik as a recruitment member must have some empty contracts with him.

Trevon enjoyed some foods while Qadr waiting with him. The manager flattered Trevon and Qadr. He even added more portion to the table. Master Rabbink only stole some foods there and here. It was hard to notice the Rabbink with twenty portions on the table.

Ten minutes later, Jerry returned with the contract.

"Good! This is the contract. After you agree with the contract, you will become a common guard of the McArthur family." Trevon said.

"This is another contract. This contact meant that you become a member of my private squad. You will get a cultivation manual and some bonus from me." Trevon took another contract. It was the same contract that he had given to Jonathan.

Qadr could read since every kid in Heavenly Phoenix could access basic education. She only stopped attending Senior Academy to work. The girl didn't find anything wrong and decided to become Trevon's private squad. Those one hundred spirit stones were tempting to the girl.

Jerry pitied her. [What a pity! A beautiful girl entered the young master private squad. Wait! Young Master had become one of the richest young masters in the family.] He started to believe the potential of joining Trevon's squad. Luckily, he was under Alvaro which was also rich but had better potential than Trevon.

"Good!" Trevon heard some notification. He hadn't officially recruited Marcus, Noah, Omar, or Piero since he decided to make the contract tomorrow. Yet, he directly recruited Qadr.

[Lv 1 Job Mission: Recruit a person with talent at least 25 to your organization.]

[Job Mission completed.]

[User got 500 very low chances to increase your job level.]

[Lv 1 Job Mission: Recruit a person to your personal squad.]

[Job Mission completed.]

[User got 500 very low chances to increase your job level.]

He didn't get any job level up. [What?]

"Gwahahaha. It is just some unlucky chance. Remember, you have five potential Rank 3 warriors." Master Rabbink reminded the carrot.

[Erm... Yeah.] Trevon realized the five potential Rank 3 warriors were a good thing. Even his family Grand Elder wouldn't have another Rank 3 warrior on their private squad. [I need some money to train them. The earlier is the better, they have lost the best time to start cultivation.]

"Do not worry! My cultivation techniques had been perfected. Even slightly older people could learn it faster. Gwahahaha."

[I need to visit the family pavilion.] He decided.

Trevon went to the pavilion after he had lunch in the restaurant. He looked for an attendant and asked him to call Uncle Darvis for him.

Darvis came five minutes later.

"What do you need, Young Master Trevon?" Darvis asked.

"I want to meet my uncle."

"I will tell him. He was in a meeting, right now."

"Fine. I will come to internal department first. I will be in Dining Hall." Trevon said.

"I will find you in the Dining Hall if your uncle had completed his meeting." Darvis returned to his duty.

Trevon went to the internal department to register Qadr employment. After that, he was waiting in the dining hall with the happy Rabbink. Issabella had added more than enough portions in the dining hall. One hour later, Darvis came to the dining hall. He brought Trevon to Charles's office.

"Trevon greets Uncle Charles."

"Good day, Trevon. Hendrik had given me your recruitment. I discussed with your grandmother about this." Charles said. He indicated he also knew about Master Creator's ability to see one potential.

"Ah!" Trevon realized Charles must be thinking about over one hundred people that he wrote. "Master Creator said that those people had potential to become a cultivator. Most wouldn't reach Rank 2. These Noah, Omar, and Piero. I would take them to become my bodyguards."

"They are powerful?" Charles was interested.

"No. They weren't a cultivator. Master Creator believed they might become a Rank 2 talent." Trevon said. He wouldn't say they had the potential to become a Rank 3 cultivator, or Charles might steal them from him. The young master had learned his lesson from his grandmother.

"They already passed the right age to start cultivation." Charles said. He saw some lies on Trevon's actions.

"Master Creator had some unique cultivation technique." Trevon said.

"About the Master Creator..." Charles had some questions. "Is he a God?" Charles asked. The heavenly tribulation is something that shocked the entire city. Even Charles could feel it from the family pavilion yesterday. Trevon also heard some people gossiped about that on the restaurant.

"He is someone like that." Trevon didn't need to lie. The stronger his mysterious backer the better for him.

"I don't know how he picked you." Charles didn't dare to ask blatantly about Master Creator's goal.

"It is a business partner. Only me who could see him, and he needed a partner." Trevon said. He believed this would be an answer that made some senses.

Charles could see the lies again. However, he needed to pretend. [This might be what Master Creator told Trevon to say.]

"What partnership did he offer?" The old fox didn't dare to press Trevon. It might anger the mysterious Master Creator.

"He asked me to sell those improved martial arts. He also could repair broken artifacts. He also could duplicate some artifacts that he had seen." Trevon said. "Uncle about the bet, I only got a bit share of my winnings. The rest was the Master's parts. Have the Redwood family paid the money?"

"How much is your part?"

"2.502.000 spirit stones. The rest is Master Creator." Trevon answered.

"I could give you 2.502.000 spirit stones from the family. However, the Master Creator's part must wait some time. At this time, I could take one hundred million spirit stones from our family's funds. The rest needed to wait for money from Bluestar." Charles looked into Trevon. He waited for Master Creator's reaction.

"The negotiation between Redwood family and us hadn't been completed. The Redwood family had offered some businesses in the city. However, we felt those businesses valuation is still too cheap compared to the gambling rewards. Our family is still in discussion with them. Please tell the Master Creator to wait for some time! Our family actually preferred to take the Arena since it is close in the valuation. If Master Creator is interested, we could offer some shares in the Arena."

Trevon didn't know this would turn into such a big deal. An arena was a super moneymaking machine. Redwood City was a big city. Therefore, the value of its arena was huge.

If Viero heard this he definitely would vomit blood. Six billion spirit stones were very huge, especially for a family like Redwood.

"This Rabbink couldn't eat the arena. I prefer spirit stones or foods. Gwahahaha."

"He prefers money or foods." Trevon knew he couldn't cheat the Rabbink's part. It might go into crazy mode again.

[Gwahahaha.] It started to browse people's minds for the foods in Redwood.

"Fine, I will write the information to the finance department." Charles wrote something for Trevon. "Here! You can exchange it in the finance department. I will also write another one hundred million for Master Creator. Take care of it carefully! They might need you to go to the imperial bank for some spirit stones." He gave the letter to Trevon.

"Yes, Uncle." Trevon took the paper with a broad smile.

"I will talk with the family about the potential to do business with Master Creator." Charles said. He knew the artifacts would be helpful for the family. After some small talk, Trevon left the room.

Trevon went to the finance department and took his 2.502.000 spirit stones and ten million for Master Rabbink. He would need to visit the Imperial Bank to trade a bank note worth ninety million spirit stones for Master Rabbink.

"I am rich! I am rich! I am rich!" Trevon sang his victory song. He had never touched this much money before.

[I am even richer. Gwahahaha.] The Rabbink laughed in its heart. It always the Rabbink on the top who had more money.