Nanncy Abbadon Aeren!

Her father's words hurt her the most. And another thing was her pride will take a blow in the competition. The most beautiful girl being humiliated is not acceptable.

She attempted suicide but when she survived the news in the street was;

'Nanncy Aeren has boasted about her talent but when she was presented with a challenge she tried to kill herself to escape humiliation.'

Her father calmed down since he realized he will lose his daughter and also brought the best Artist he can afford to tutor her before the competition.

He could have made her resign but he wanted her to feel the humiliation, that will serve as a lesson to her and never boast about something she can't do.

Unbeknownst to them, that was a direction to hatch Phoenix. She trained hard for a month under the Artist. At the time of the competition, she did her best.

Mr. Aeren was sitting in his office when he heard a notification. His heart skipped a beat with anxiety. Knowing his daughter might have undergone something he never wished her to but she has to learn things the hard way.

He steeled himself and looked at the alert. 

What he saw was a letter of recommendation for Nanncy to a World-Class Painting Academy.

"This is good development!" He said.

Then many more alerts came from similar schools around the world, and they all gave Nanncy a scholarship. 

"Wait! What is happening?" 

There were also many text messages and invitations sent to him. 

What shocked him was that he saw an Invitation from Noah National Museum. One of the top museums in the world. Their request was they were inviting Nanncy for the Annual Seminar For Young Genius Painters.

Mr Aeren himself had paid millions of Union before he was able to attend the seminar 3 years ago. And now, just like that, his daughter was invited as a VIP.

He quickly called Samuel Aldi her tutor and asked him. 

The news was that his daughter has achieved 94% success rating. Making her number 1 in the ranking while ranked two was 78% success rating. 

"She had it all along. Her talent was dormant. What I did is just unearthed it and... Mr Aeren, Nanncy has just scraped the surface of her talent!" Samuel Aldi said before he cut off the call.

"My Nanncy!" He whispered in shock

What happened next was her rebellious stage. Knowing she has the talent, she wanted to be independent. She even brought up what he said about disowning her and used it to be free. 

As much as her father wanted to guide her she only took a few tips and left the rest believing that he wanted to control her.

In truth though it was partially true. At first, he viewed her as an asset to use. Later when he realized she was not controllable, he wanted to guide her at the very least.

She was after all his daughter.

Sadly, all attempts were just for her to see him manipulating her. Though he did make sure to bail her out of trouble and hide her tracks.

She was a newbie after all.

Nanncy sighed as she remembered her life. She escaped her father's manipulations and jumped right on to other people's manipulations.

Her name, fame, and the company that she was proud of were all at the mercy of a few. They were those that praised her for the little things she does and were very subservient.

She had dived into their scheme to the point that she couldn't come out. Now, any Paint she did belong to a clan. A Clan she created yet not owned.

That meant she couldn't even make something of her own, something for fun or casual. And that all was in the contracts she drowned herself with. Knowing all that, she stopped painting at all. Only for strong reasons.

Then came Asteroids Online. She again made a foolish mistake thinking she will be free through it and regain her happiness.

Yet, the game screwed her big time.

Nanncy sighed as she stared at the lesson template. It contained lesson plans, skills and techniques for teaching arts. She was checking some that will be used to train Seth.

Sling!

She glanced back as three people came into the room. "We are going to check your progress!" The man from before said.

There was evidence of a subtle frown on her face but it disappeared fast. She doesn't want them to relish her anguish by seeing her agitated.

The three Agents were from Asteroids Online, they came with tools to bring out her data and current progress.

She did not know when she sighed. 

Through the use of a wager and a contract she buried herself deeper in the ocean, she wished to escape. The thing was she used her means and Clan to procure Silver Rank VR Cabin but she only got Bronze.

It was said that if she performed splendidly and rank within the top ten in her country

She will obtain the Silver Rank Cabin.

One should know that there were only ten Silver Rank Cabins in the whole world.

She did that to obtain a headstart and she did get it. Though she kept what her weapon was a secret but the fact she was Ranked 10 they knew she made an amazing weapon.

Sadly, the Second Trial destroyed her plan. The trial was scaling a 100 kilometre pyramid. And at the top of the pyramid, one must fight a brutal fight to take in his weapon. 

That was not all, a group of people worked together, some of them were identifying top-ranked weapons and others sacrificed themselves to obtain them.

Being averse to violence Nanncy didn't know what to do. Though she got notifications any time someone touched the weapon she had no means to obtain it.

"Based on the readings, she is not on the same continent as her weapon… we are being disrupted, it was tightly secured." One of the Agents said.

As if in a hurry, they packed and left. 

Diling!

A notification was presented on the glass she was staring through. Her vision changes from her Garden to the Contract she must, now, sign.

The contract was simple: she would be the property of a certain Company until she produced enough merits to exempt herself.

"Haha," she laughed.

She had avoided her father's manipulation for a decade and now she landed in someone's hands. She swapped the contract away.

"You must sign that or you will lose everything!" The man said.

"Oh Cain, I have a better alternative!" She said softly.

"Hmm" he harrumphed

"Running back to your father? He is riddled with debt. You will only be a burden!"

Nanncy ignored him as she brought another Contract. It was a Contract they all agreed on if things became worse. She signed it immediately! Cain was shocked when his AI notified him?

"Are you out of your mind? You will never be able to rise again. There are countless others of the same talent as you. You can't compete without their backing."

"That is not it, they can help you retrieve what you lost in-game. As their influence in the game outweighs their influence in the world!" He warned but he was in shock.

Nanncy couldn't hide her sadness anymore as she tried to hold back her tears because of her pride!

"After a decade, I'm still a spoiled brat that wants everything to be done for her," she whispered.

Without the two budging from where they were, a Van was parked and people began to load everything that was in the house.  In just an hour the house was almost empty. The things that were left were those that her fans gave her but anything she bought was taken away.

Notifications of her shares in various Companies she invested in were being transferred to someone else.

If only she did not have that accident. The irony, the accident has shown her the true face of the people she once held dear.

Diling!

Nanncy accepted the call.

"Come home!" Abbadon Aeren said to his daughter.

"Yes, father!" Nanncy Abbadon Aeren whispered.

****

"Seth, did you practice!" Nanncy said. She looked into him yesterday but found nothing. And she did not want to dig too deep because people would get suspicious.

Seth stared at her agape without saying a thing. 

"Don't give me that look!" She said unease.

"Maybe you are not her, right? I mean… there are bound to be similar names." Seth asked.

Hmm.

"You went and dug up my name. You will only meet with Nancy Abbadon Aeren on the internet. I only tried to become like her but it was difficult."

Seth nodded. 

A world-class model, a one in Century Genius Painter that was said to be better than Davinci. Is standing in front of him.

He didn't buy her bluff. She did say she was Empress of Painting the Heaven yesterday and there were rumours it was Nanncy Abbadon Aeren's avatar.

Seth began studying how to draw with a pencil. For the day that was what they did. Except for one-hour copying books in the Village Chief Manor.

All the EXP he got, he used to level up his Drawing Skills but that did not raise his Mastery.

And also Nanncy began to panic. In her Quest window, there was a progress bar. Through it, she will know if Seth's Drawing Picture skill was converted into Talent.

However, there was no progress!