15: Party.

"Father, we arrived."

Byron, Alexandra, Harold, and Markus were now going into a formal meeting, Byron was using red wine formal clothes together with a white tie, Alexandra was using a blue dress with red high heels, Harold was using black formal clothes with a white tie and Markus was using blue formal clothes with a red tie. Byron was invited to a party in New York City, he could invite one person, but Markus was also invited so Byron asked him to take Harold with him. "Good, now listen, try to socialize a little bit with humans, they can be hypocrites and a little trashy, but they are interesting." They all nodded and walked forward, Byron took a cigarette to his mouth and touched it with his finger and a little flame lit the cigarette up.

Walking forward, Byron saw Markus talking with a young man, they were talking about the army... It seems that they were brothers in arms. Alexandra was talking with another woman, it seems that they know each from the Philippines, and Harold was making his way into the buffet... When Byron walked in he was surrounded by old men like when vultures surround corpses of dead animals. "Mister Tarts you are really a genius!" "Mister Tarts I loved your last release, it was so good, so interesting!" "Mister Tarts, can you tell what would the next release?" Byron heard those old man flattering him with sweet words, Byron put a fake smile in his face and chatted with them until something interesting, at least for him, happened. A guy was hitting on Alexandra! Byron smiled when he saw this and watched as Alexandra tried to politely decline his request, but after she declined several times he was going to say something when Byron said:

"Miss, would you give me the pleasure of dancing with me?" Alexandra looked at Byron that was smiling politely but his eyes shone with ridiculous when he looked at the young man that was talking with her, she smiled and said: "Of course, gentlemen." He took her by her left hand and they danced elegantly, the whole party watched as both of them danced... It felt magical! And it was magical, Byron was using Mana to make them see more shining than others, faster than others, more beautiful than others. When the music stopped, both smiled at each other, and Byron said: "You danced well, my daughter." Alexandra bowed respectfully and said: "Thank you, Father. I trained for this kind of occasion."

Everyone heard their conversation, their voices weren't high nor low, it was just right so everyone could hear what they were talking about. When he returned to the old men group they started to make questions about Alexandra and Byron answered them. "How old is she?" "Is she single? I have a good fat son that would make the perfect match for your daughter." "How old are you? I want to know if your daughter will have all your money when you die so I can marry my worthless son to her now, and later he will have a lot of money." Obviously, they didn't use such words... But that's the mean of their pampering words and hypocrisy. When Byron finally could take a break of those old man's he went to the corner of the party to drink some wine, he was approached by a rather middle-aged guy with a mustache, he walked forward and introduced himself: "Stark, Howard Stark. I bought some of your products Mister Tarts and I can say that you really are a genius, I would like to invite you to my company later so we can discuss technology." Different from the older people, his words had sincerity and not hypocrisy, this made Byron surprised.

"Of course, coming from another inventor is a real honor." Howard looked at Byron curiously and asked: "How did you know that I was an inventor?" Byron smiled and pointed towards Markus who was laughing and said: "That is my son, First Sargent in the U.S Army, and fought beside Steve Rogers, he told me about you." Howard looked at Markus and commented: "When he first attended the army, he said he was taught by his father everything he knew. He humiliated all the recruits and some seniors as well that day... So it was you who taught him." Byron chuckled and nodded, he sighed and looked at Howard's finger, asking: "Married?" Howard shook his head and said: "No. It is just a gift. While marriage is..." Byron laughed and patted his shoulder, saying: "I invite you to the [Insert Byron's company because the author doesn't remember the name, sorry.] company, you can come in any day." saying it he didn't wait for his answer and just walked away. Byron was leaving the party, but before leaving he said loud enough to others hear what he said: "Kids, we're going home now. Thank you very much for inviting me to this party, it was very pleasurable."

Alexandra, Markus, and Harold groaned a little and went toward Byron who chuckled and walked away with his children following him. When they left the gossips started, people started to guess Byron's real age, some said he was 60 but his appearance was very good so they said that at least he had 30 or 35. Well, if you count his last life plus his new life... Then he is 50 years old (10 new life, 40 past life), people also started to gossip about his sons, Harold and Markus, Markus is known to be a First Sargent and hero! He killed countless Germans and saved countless lives, he also fought beside Captain America who is considered a hero by several people... Harold however, no one knows him. Is he a CEO from another country like Alexandra? Is he from the army of another country? Is he a scientist or anything like that? If they knew that Harold is a gang leader... Not A gang leader, but THE gang leader! He has more than 100 small gangs under his wings and more than 10 big gangs such as Yakuza and Italian Mafia in his control!

Harold became a big boss of the underworld, he also calls himself the Third atar, Alexandra is called the Second Star, and Markus who is in the army would be called the First Star. Alexandra also sells information about Tartarus, but just superficial things like the mean of Tartarus symbol, and that Tartarus is an organization composed of several organizations that have this symbol. The symbol changed when Evy became part of the family, now the symbol is a big circle with a little circle inside, the big circle has four stars while the big circle has one and numbers are written in the star. Byron being the 0, Markus the 1, Alexandra the 2, Harold the 3, and Evy the 4. Alexandra would also sell the information in the form of a charade.

"Father, there's someone following us," commented Markus while peeking outside, he saw a black car following Byron's white car, Byron smiled and said: "It seems that it is or Hydra or maybe SHIELD, but I choose Hydra, SHIELD wouldn't send assassins... I guess." Alexandra looked outside and removed from the ring her sniper rifle and said: "Boom." and shot towards the car that exploded and killed anyone inside it. "Well, now there's nothing following us!" Smiled Harold while trying to out a cigarette in his mouth but was stopped by Byron with THE glare, he sighed and put the cigarette back on its place, Byron's pocket. "Well, it doesn't matter what or who was following us. We have things to do, we already have Tartarus' secret base, Tartarus already have a huge influence in the underworld, and we already have several spies in different organizations... I guess we just have one thing to do, become stronger." Byron said this while opening his status.

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[Status]

[Name: Byron Tartarus]

[Race: Divine Demon (Emperor Level)]

[Special Traits: {Unbreakable}, {Breath}, {Void}, {Emperor Authority}, {Emperor Might}, {Emperor Subordinates}]

[Magic Runer: Master: {Array Maker}, {Rune Singer}, {Enchanter}, {Cosmic}]

[Rune Mastered: [Fire Rune], [Water Rune], [Wind Rune], [Earth Rune], [Blade Rune], [Sharp Rune], [Void Rune], [Shield Rune], [Spin Rune], [Alarm Rune], [Barrier Rune], [Float Rune], [Smell Rune], [Sound Rune], [Reverse Rune], [Circle Rune], [Arrow Rune], [Deflect Rune], [Repel Rune], [Explosive Rune], [Small Rune], [Big Rune], [Condition Rune], [Vibration Rune], [Darkness Rune], [Light Rune], [Life Rune], [Metal Rune], [Ice Rune], [Lava Rune], [Contract Rune], [Seal Rune], [Thunder Rune], [Strengthen Rune], [Pillar Rune], [Wall Rune], [Slow Rune], [Fast Rune], [Pain Rune], [Bond Rune], [Fusion Rune], [Heat Rune], [Sphere Rune], [Sun Rune], [Moon Rune], [Illusion Rune], [Plant Rune], [Hard Rune], [Remote Rune], [Wave Rune], [Gravity Rune], [Soul Rune], [Down Rune], [Up Rune], [Backward Rune], [Forward Rune], [Stop Rune], [Room Rune], [Space Rune], [Control Rune], [Curse Rune], [Blood Rune], [Dimension Rune], [Create Rune], [Stabilize Rune], [Time Rune], [Expand Rune], [Divide Rune], [Multiply Rune], [Blessing Rune], [Beam Rune], [Remove Rune], [Radiation Rune], [Power Rune], [Mind Rune].

[Runes Own: [Reality Rune]

[Body Stats]

[Muscles Strength: 5,000]

[Body Flexibility: 3,280]

[Body Stamina: 4,290]

[Body Health: ∞]

[Soul Stats]

[Soul Strength: 3,050]

[Soul Defense: 4,090]

[Soul Energy: 3,500]

[Soul Purity: 4,950]

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Cosmic Energy changed Byron's body and soul, making both of them stronger! This also happened to his children, but less because Byron controls the energy. Anyway, Byron completely focused on [Special Runes] because they are very powerful. Byron can fuse two runes and use them, as an example, the combination of [Power Rune] with [Mind Rune] and [Beam Rune] creates a purple-yellow beam that can pulverize almost half of Father island! Also, Byron became proficient in using Cosmic energy that he received a trait that helps him control Cosmic Energy that is very unstable and dangerous. Byron also created a new method that would make all his children able to use Cosmic Energy, and that is absorbing the Cosmic Energy in Father's island, almost like Cultivation. It works, works pretty well.